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precious till Samuel And what Wonder the Hirelings did not through Covetousness and By-respects instruct them perfectly in the Law of Moses when as some Write that in former times D. Favour Antiq tri c. 13. some Thousands of Parishes never heard the Scriptures Read to their Understanding and scarce one Priests Study in a Hundred had them and had Images Will you that are for Liberty impose so upon them what they knew not nor probably could in some times cast all out It 's said of the People of Samaria 2 King 17.31 41. They Feared the Lord and Served their Graven Images And many Ages after they were not com'd up to Moses Law strictly yet Christ prefers the Mercy of the Samaritan Luc. 10.33 17.16 18. and Leper's Thankfulness not comed to the Form before the Levit and Priest the highest in it without them yea the Woman of Canaan's Faith before the Israelite's Blindness and Pride makes Hipocrisy not discern the differences of Times and States Mat. 19.18 considering that Much was winked at and suffered to the Iews because of the Hardness of their Hearts Chrysostom Jerom. Euthymius Theophilact Rabanus Lyra. Aquinas others on Jer. 7. Isa 66. Mat. 5. and others And those called Fathers and School-Men note That God indulged Sacrifices c. to them which were among the Heathen And the Heathen Writers say That several Customs were amongst them that were amongst the Jews as Herodotus the Antient Greek Historian who himself Travelled amongst the Egyptians tells of them and the Persians without probability of the contrary passage according to some Heb. 9.10 Baptisms Yea to come nearer to that which is continued even to our Times and has been winked at in many questionless Men fearing God and working Righteousness and doubtless accepted of him viz. Baptism Tacitus Arrianus Polyaenus Hesychius Apulcius R. Elias de Wides Herbanus Judaeus Petr. Blesensis Tertullian Nonnus on Nazianzen Joseph Vice-comes Anti. Marsil See J. Selden de Successione ad leg Jud. c. 26. Both Heathen primitive Christian and other Writers agree that it was among the Heathen practised in their Imitations or entrances into their Mysteries of Religions even amongst the Ancientest Egyptians Persians and Graecians amongst the Jews in receiving in their Proselytes after continued among them when turned Christians consisting of them mostly at first as may be Read in these Writers Questionless Charity has cause to Conclude that if a Prophet of the Lord had come to Micah's Family that proceeded in the Work of Reformation in that dark Time he would have been Received as Elias was and his Message And will you that pretend not only to More Liberty Argumenta ad hominem but also to More Charity and own an Vniversality of Light and Grace and More Reformation In Charity come short of all sorts of Protestants For several of them of most Eminency in each Bishop J. Vsher Sermon of the Unity of Faith Ri. Baxter in Church Hist Justin Martyr Clem. Alex Chrysostom Lud. Vives Andradius T. Aquinas Lyranus Collius Sotus Canus and many others Zuinglius D. Potter ibid. Author of no Preexistence cites Luther and other Protestants have declared That They cannot believe but that many Papists tho Living in dark Times and Places and serving God which was with Images c. were yet Good Men and accepted in the measure of Sincerity in them such as Taulerus Thomas a Kempis Gerson Francis Sales and others Yea short of Papists too in Charity For many of them as well as Protestants and Antient Primitive Christians their Charity extended thus far viz. That not only Infants Naturals Deaf-born Distracted c. but also Pagans before and since Christ if their Life be Vertuous morally Honest by God's Mercy and Christ's Merit they may be Saved because God is not tyed to Means As for the Woman of Tekoah he is the first I have met with that has discommended her as a Lyer for using a form of wise Speech See the Parable of the Prophet to Ahab in 1 Kings 20.39.40 c. Bible Contents Bible Marg. Notes against 2 Sam. 14. v. 6. v. 20. called a Parable which he over and over calls a Lying Story as Nathan did yea Christ What Blasphemy were it to say He spake Lyes when He spake Parables Let W. R. look into his Notes he speaks of concerning the Women in 2 Kings 23.7 which none commends but argues from of those worthy Men exiled in Queen Maries time and he will find they call that form of Speech a Parable Assembly Annotations on the same Villalpand and others as do also the Assembly of Divines Villalp And I question not any Judicious Man if it deserved enquiry being such a ridiculous Scruple And as ridiculous it is to Scruple Whether there was a Church in Jacob's House when he told his Wives his Vision and they believed and obeyed in following and exhorted him to return to the promised Land as Abraham did a Figure of the True was there no Religion in all this As much Ground to say That there was none in Isaac and Jacob's Blessing their Sons For here was a Vision and Command of God and Belief and Obedience yielded to it And do Types contain No Religion Yes and also fore-shew what shall succeed as Degeneracy in some sort shews what has proceeded as aforesaid The like is the slighting and accusing our Churches or Meetings with a mixt unqualified number of Younger with the Elder not exclusive as they would have them and of a nominated Select Number of Men contrary to the General Rule Judicia dehent esse publica See Fox Mart. That Judgments should be publick as J. Philpot pleaded to Bonner as I remember And the choosing at times supposes not the Excluding Act. 6.5 15.12 22. but Excusing of the presence of the rest for other Services and Businesses fitter and incumbent Magna Charta our Laws require themselves to be Read publickly several times a Year and Judgements concerning them are publick Indeed if the General Meeting were frequented by the Bad and they over-ruled the Good which is not nor cannot be proved then it were to be denied and separated from In Thesi But that will not overthrow the General Meetings of the Churches and the Examples thereof in Scriptures But as for the expediencies of Times Places Manner c. whom may we expect the Lord should make use of in ordering the Churches but them that Planted and such as God shall raise up in the same Spirit according to the Scriptures He that instrumentally called the Gentiles is called The Apostle of the Gentiles So of later time Apostolus Mechliniensis Pappas Boniface of Germany Sadeel our Brittish Rumold is called the Apostle of that Country he Converted as Theophylact of Bulgaria and such others But if the Vision of God be called in such a one an Imagination and in others that give Testimony to it an Imitation there Dispute by Arguments ceases We own with Protestants the Scriptures to be the Outward but the Spirit to be the Inward Immediate Iudge of the Church and the sharp Sword that proceeds out of the Mouth of the Word of God must decide that and hath done it And the Ear where it is Hear and the single Eye the Light of the Body that can See And Judge who is the Apostate Schismatick c. And who the true Christian with Christ's Spirit and distinguish betwixt the Spirits of Division Schism or Heresy of a darkned Understanding with a perverse crooked Will and the Tender with Weakness and ignorance Invincible as they Term it and make a Difference between them even in the same Action We do not with Papists place Heresy and Schism more in Judgement than in Will But confess That he that goes against his Judgement though not so well informed Condemneth himself though in going according to his perswasion he also often go amiss and is not therein justified though winked at not turned away from but meekly born with admonished and instructed watched and waited for R. Richardson Obadiah ver 3. The Pride of thine Heart hath Deceived thee c. ver 4. Though thou Exalt thy self as the Eagle and though thou set thy Nest among the Stars thence will I bring thee down saith the Lord. THE END LONDON Printed for John Bringhurst at the Signe of the Book in Grace-Church-Street 1681.