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A79892	Golden apples. Or Seaonable and serious counsel from the sanctuary to the rulers of the earth, held forth in the resolution of sundry questions, and cases of conscience about divisions, schisms, heresies, and the tolleration of them. Collected out of the writings of the most orthodox, and judicious divines, both Presbyterians, and Independents. / By Sa. Clarke, pastor in Bennet Fink.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.; Anthony, Burgess, d. 1644.	1659 (1659)	Wing C4518; Thomason E1881_3; ESTC R209888	84,688	239

danger unto a Church by Heresies they are quickly conceived and brought forth Though truth gets on very slowly because of the incapacity of mans Judgment for supernaturalls because of that naturall opposition in man to the things of God because of the subtile interposition of the Prince of darkenesse who blindes the minds of men Lest the light of the Go●●el should shine into them yet errors break out easily and spread swiftly There needs no preparation of the ground for nettles If the seeds do but drop downe you may soone have a full crop How soone doth a litle leaven leaven the whole lump Paul wondered that the Galatians were so soone turned to another Gospel Gal. 1.6 The good man slept but one night and the field was sowen all over with tares How quickly did the world turne Arian How suddenly did the Anabaptists indanger Germany Fourthly Heresies are an encreasing and swelling floud False Doctrines at first seem to be modest they will be but scruples and quaere's and then they become to be probabilityes and then to be tollerable conclusions and then they rise to be unquestionable tenents then first to be made publick Articles and then necessary to be held and then the contrary not to be mantained and held nay to be disdained and reproached yea they do not only rise thus to be greater and greater but they multiply also like circles in a pond one Heresie begets another a lesser begets a greater If you consult Historicall Antiquity it s a wonder to behold the great flames that were kindled out of small sparks what monstrous opinions have been built upon errors which seemed but little at first c. Fifthly Heresies are more dangerous then any other floud by reason of their diverse qualities in them Other flouds are quickly up and quickly down these are quickly up but abate very slowly they are like diseases they come upon us flying but goe from us creeping For one Heretick who hath been poysoned in his judicials you may finde a thousand converted who have been only stained in their morals Heresie is shored up by all the parts arguments shifts and learning of carnall reason and it s born up by an haughty and proud spirit it s so fallacious that when you come to handle it it s so rammed in with obstinatnesse that it s almost a miracle to work effectually upon an Heretick Quest Quest Why what dangerous errors and Heresies are now divulged amongst us Answ Answ Take a brief Catologue of some of them 1. that God is the Authour of sin yea of the very sinfulnesse of the sinfull action 2. That the Saints in this life are fully perfect as omniscient as God 3. That the fulnesse of the God-head doth dwell bodily in every Saint in the same measure as it did in Christ whilest he dwelt here on earth 4. Then when the fulnesse of the Godhead shall be manifested in the Saints they shall have more power then Christ had and doe greater works then he did that then they shall have Divine honour 5. One was complained of for saying that Christ was a Bastard 6. Others that themselves were Iesus Christ the Messias 7. That Jesus Christ is not God essentially but nominally 8. That his humane nature was defiled with originall sin as well as ours 9. That he is not of an holier nature then men 10. That it is as possible for Jesus Christ to sin as it is for a Child of God to sinne 11. That there is no such thing as a Trinity of persons 12. That the Scriptures are but a humane invention a meer shadow a false History and ought not to be the foundation of any mans Faith more then the Apocrypha and other Books 13. That the Scriptures of the Old Testament doe not bind us Christians nor those of the New neither any further then the spirit for the present reveales to us that such a place is the Word of God 14. That God never loved one man more then another before the world and that the Decrees are all conditionall 15. That there is no Originall sin 16. That the will of man is still free even to supernaturals 17. That the Saints may fall totally and finally from grace 18. That Christ dyed alike for all yea that the salvificall virtue of his death extends to all Reprobates as well as to the Elect yea to the very Devills as well as unto men 19. That Christ came into the world not for satisfaction but for publication Not to procure for us and unto us the love of God but only to be a glorious publisher of the Gospell to us 20. That God is not displeased at all if his children doe sin and that its no less then Blasphemy for a child of God to ask pardon for his sins 21. That sanctification is a dirty and dungie qualification 22. That the Doctrine of Repentance is a soule-destroying Doctrine 23. That fastings and humblings are Legall and abominable 24. That the soules of men are mortall 25. That there is no heaven for the godly nor hell for the ungodly 26. That Civill Magistracy is Antichristian and but a usurpation 27. That the whole Ministry of the land as to their ordination and standing is Antichristian 28. That it s as lawfull to Baptize Dogs and Cats and Horses as Infants of Believers 29. That there is noe true Ministery c. This day in the world nor was since the generall Apostacy which they say began at the Death of the last Apostle 30. That there will be none til some Apostles be raised up and sent and when those Apostles come then there will be true Evangelists also and Pastors and not till then Quest Qust What must Magistrates doe in such cases as these Answ Answ They must doe their uttermost to restraine and repress them It was a scornfull speech of Tiberius that the Gods alone must remedy the jnjuries offered unto them O no Magistrates are made keepers of both Tables Are designed to be nursiing Fathers they receive the sword to be a terror to the evil Learned and pious Amesius handling the question whether Hereticks are to be punished by the civill Magistrate Answers that it is his place and duty to repress and restraine them and if they be noxious and turbulent if they be manifestly blasphemous and pertinacious they may saith he be punished with death as Lev. 24.15 16. Now that which is required of our Magistrates at this time is First A peremptory abhoring and crushing that abominable maxime viz a Catholicke liberty and tolleration of all opinions If men may be suffered to step from one Religion to another they will soone fall from all Religion to none Secondly A publick declaration against all Heresies and Blasphemies known to be spoken and printed When Ostorodius and Vaidovius declared their Socinian Heterodoxies in the Low Countries the States Generall banished those seducers and burnt their Books Thirdly Making some standing Lawes against such oppinions

Gospel c. 77 Obj. Famous Princes have spoken against constraint in matters of Religion 79 Obj. Many ancient Writers have written against it 80 Obj. But it s no prejudice to the Common-wealth if liberty of conscience be granted to them that truly fear God 84 Qu. What other remedies may we use against infection by seducers ib. Qu. How do Seducers bring in and disperse their errors 85 Qu. VVhy doth Christ suffer such deceivers in the Church 86 Qu. What motives do seducers usually make use of ib. Qu. How else may it appear that Magistrates may punish an obstinate Heretick with de th 87 Qu. What danger is there in tollerating heresie and hereticks 88 Qu. What rules are Magistrates to observe in tollerating smaller errors 90 Obj. But we see that the States of the united Provinces allow diversity of Religions 91 Qu. How else will it appear that Schisms Heresies and errors are so dangerous 92 Obj. But a Tolleration of all Religions would be a means to cure all dissentions 95 Qu. VVhence is it that Heresies Schisms eat up the power of godliness 98 Q. Whence is it that heresies errors are of so spreading a nature 99 Qu. How then may we prevent being ensnared by them 107 Qu. Seeing the Angel of the Church of Ephesus is commended for not bearing with them which are evill who are those evil ones that must not be tollerated 110 Qu. VVhat doth not bearing with them import 111 Qu. VVhy should such persons be so severely dealt with 112 Obj. But love beareth all things 116 Obj. But Christ saith let both grow together till the harvest 118 Qu. Upon what account may a man be accounted a false prophet or a false Teacher 119 Qu. VVhat may be considered about Heresies 122 Qu. How manifold is Heresie 123 Qu. What is simple Heresie ib. Qu. What is complicate Heresie ib. Qu. VVhether may any of these be capitally punished by the Civil Magistrate 124 Qu. How will it further appeare that there is so much danger in tollerating Hereticks 126 Qu. VVhat then is incumbent upon Magistrates to do against them 129 Obj. But would you have us punish them when many of them are godly persons 131 Qu. How come Heresies that are so destructive to be so prevalent ib. Qu. How will it further appeare that errors and Heresies are so dangerous 137 Qu. What dangerous errors and Heresies are now divulged 146 Qu. VVhat must Magistrates do in such cases 149 Qu. What must private Christians do to prevent infection in such times 151 Qu. Whether are Anabaptists Hereticks 153 Qu. Whether are Arminians Hereticks ib. Qu. Whether are Lutherans Hereticks 154 Qu. Whether are Hereticks to be punished by the Civil Magistrate ib. Qu. Why are hereticks and false teachers called the tail Isa 9.15 156 Qu. What is Mr. Jer. Burroughs his judgement about tolleration 157 Quest Why is Tolleration a dangerous principle ib. Obj. This is Old Testament and we finde it not in the Gospel 158 Obj. Christ hath left spiritual means to prevent Heresies infection 159 Obj. Magistrates have nothing to do in matters of Religion ib. Quest. Are they not excluded from exercising any power in matters of Religion 160 Quest Indeed Magistrates under the Old Testament had power but were they not therein types of Christs Kingly power 161 Quest Why is the Magistrates power needful 162 Quest Doth the holy Ghost justifie this power of the Magistrate in the times of the Gospel 164 Obj. But matters of Religion belong not to his cognizance 165 Obj. Such Scriptures speak only of his power in civil things ib. Qu. How will it appear that Magistracie is appointed for our spiritual good as well as for our civil 166 Qu. How can natural and external things be helps to things spiritual and Divine ib. Obj. Conscience is a tender thing and therefore must not be medled with 168 Qu. What may be done to a man that pleads conscience ib. Qu. How shall we know whether the devil be in the conscience 169 Qu. What may be done to such as persist in errors under pretence of conscience 170 Qu. What if mens errors be of less moment can nothing be done to restrain such 172 Qu. Suppose a man doth what he can to informe his conscience and yet cannot yeeld what may be done to him 173 Qu. But by fomenting Divisions such as are in power may rule the people best ib. Qu. How else may the wickednesse of Tollerating heresies blasphemies c. be made out 174 Obj. But Idolatry was the adequate object of the coercive power of Judahs Kings c. but it extended not to hereticks 177 Obj. But still these are Old Testament examples 180 Qu. How else may it appear that corruptions in Religion may be punished by the Civil Magistrate 182 Obj. Christ punished such as God or Messias therefore it s not imitable by Magistrates 183 Obj. It was an extraordinary act in Christ therefore not imitable 184 Quest What corruptions in Religion are thus to be punished 185 Quest What conclusions may be laid down upon these premises 187 Quest How may it be proved to be the Magistrates duty to punish heresies 190 Obj. Still these are Old Testament examples 191 Quest What need the Church any such helps c 196 Obj. But this will make men to dissemble or to sin against conscience 200 Obj. It may bring in persecution for conscience-sake 201 Obj It s crosse to the meek Spirit of Christ c ib. Quest Why may not a Tolleration be granted 202 The names of such English Divines whose judgements are here produced to shew the danger of Divisions Schismes and Heresies and the tolleration of them Mr. Anthony Burges Mr. Edm. Calamy Dr. Tho. Hill Mr. Richard Vines Mr. Richard Stock Dr. Thomas Tailor Dr. Edw. Reynolds Mr. Joh. Cotton of Boston in N. Eng. Dr. Sibs Mr. Tho. Thorowgood Mr. John Mainard Mr. Robert Bailies Mr. Ja. Cranford Mr. Joseph Caryl Mr. Tho. Hodges Dr. Amesius Mr. Obad. Sedgwick Mr. Jer. Burroughs Mr. Tho. Edwards Mr. Tho Cobbet of New Eng. ERRATA PAg. 27. Line 30. put out hath p. 55. l. 3. put out he p. 71. l. 7. for Minister r. Ministry p. 120. l. 7. for Divisions r. visions p. 128. l. 4. for earthquake r. earthquakes p. 115. l. 29. put out not p. 123. l. 5. for which r. with QUESTIONS AND Cases of CONSCIENCE About Divisions Schisms Heresies and a Toleration of them Qu. WHence do Discords Qu. and Divisions arise They are the fruits of the flesh whereas love An. peace c. are the fruits of the Spirit so that a man cannot more demonstrate himself to be in the flesh and devoide of Gods Spirit then by a contentious dividing spirit Some Salamander-like cannot live but only in the fire of contention These like Marcion with great boldness will cry out We will cast fire into the Church and divide it But hereby they shew of what temper they are and who is their father even

them like the Elephant to muddy the pure waters of Truth that their uggliness may not appear as the Pharisees did the Law by their foolish glosses Mat. 5.21 c. They love darkness more then light because their works are evil John 3.19 They make their lusts their Law and therefore lie open to be seduced by such who bait their hook with what is proportionable to those lusts in them 2 Pet. 3.18 Sixthly Because the time and season much conduceth to help forward this evil It s a time of liberty wherein the reins of Government are laid too loosly upon the peoples neck Nay perhaps the garb and fashion that is in most request is Heresie which finding patronage from persons of no mean rank and power no marvel though it spread apace and flourish weeds appear not till the Summers-Sun revive them So errors if they receive not some gleams of countenance from some in a superior orb would soon wither and quickly vanish Mr. Tho. Hodges Parl. Sermon Mar. 10. 1646. Quest How will Errors and Heresies Quest further appear to be so dangerous Answ Answ 1 First Because the Scripture doth flatly charge sin and perniciousness and damnation upon them Heresie is made a work of the flesh that excludes men from the kingdom of Heaven Gal. 5.20 21. Peter calls them pernicious and damnable that bring swift destruction and saith of the Authors of them that their damnation slumbers not 2 Pet. 2.1 2 3. Secondly Let us consider unto what dangerous things Heresies and Errors are compared in Scripture by what dangerous Creatures Hereticks and false Teachers are expressed As 1. Heresies are compared to a Gangrene or Canker 2 Tim. 2.17 which corrupts one part after another till at length it eats out the very heart and life Sometimes to a Shipwrack 1 Tim. 1.19 20. In what a miserable condition are passengers when their ship is split under them Christ calls them Leaven Paul calls them a bewitching Learned Writers call them a Leprosie Poison Fire a Tempest a flood c. 2. Hereticks are sometimes stiled Foxes Cant. 2.15 Dogs rending Dogs Phil. 3.2 Wolves grievous Wolves which devour the flock Act. 20.29 Sometimes in effect they are called Mountebanks Cheaters and such as beguile unstable souls 3. Christ and his Apostles give special charges and caveats against them which they would not have done had they not been very dangerous Mar. 8.15 Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees Mat. 7.15 Take heed that no man deceive you for many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many Phil. 3.2 Beware of dogs c. 2 Pet. 3.17 Beware lest being led aside by the error of the wicked ye fall from your own stedfastness Thirdly The danger of them is very great Heresies are the greatest and highest of dangers to the Church of Christ worse then the sword prison exile spoiling torments yea and the cruellest death For the Church alwayes gained by these grew more in Purity in Unity in Zeal and Courage not so by Heresies which are a flood cast out of the mouth of the Serpent Rev. 12.15 For 1. They are a corrupting and defiling flood they defile the pure waters spoil the ground leave filth and mud behind them and coming out of the mouth of the Serpent they are poisonous waters and there are four precious things which Heresies corrupt and defile 1. Souls of men which is the noblest and choiest thing in man of more value then all the world Damnable Heresies makes us deny the Lord that bought us 2 Pet. 2.1 2. The leading faculty of the soul It casts poison into the spring Heresies corrupt the Judgement which moves all the other faculties of the soul If the light which is in you be darkness how great is that darkness If the Judgement be infected how dangerous is that infection In how desperate a condition is the whole soul of such an one If it recover not out of its Errors it dies for it 3. The most active faculty of the soul they defile and corrupt the Conscience Now this is amazingly dangerous A wicked Error is blinding when it is in the Judgement only but it s binding also when it is in the Conscience For whatsoever engages Conscience the same engageth all and the utmost of our all If Conscience be made a party against the Truth now all that a man hath all that he can do will be made out against the truth too Such an one with Paul will grow mad and desperate against Christ Pauls erroneous conscience made him consent to Stevens death yea could he in that condition have met with Christ himself he would have done the like against him 4. The Conversations of men Heresie is seldom or never divided from impiety Such make Shipwrack of a good conscience 1 Tim. 1.19 whom Paul calls Dogs he calls also Evil-workers Phil. 3.2 and Tit. 1.15 16. speaking of some whose minds were defiled he adds that they were reprobate to every good work And Christ speaking of false Prophets saith You may know them by their fruits The Doctrine of faith is a Doctrine of Holiness and a Doctrine of lies is a Doctrine of prophaness too He that falls from truth to falshood will quickly fall from piety to wickedness Sleiden in his story of the Anabaptists writes that Errors began in their Judgements but ended with wicked practises Cyprian writing of Novatus saith that he was one who itched after new notions and was beyond measure covetous intolerably proud no man so prying no man so treacherous he would commend you to your face and cut your throat behind your back as false a person as lived a very fire-brand and turned the world up side down that he might carry on his opinion c. 2. Heresies are a drowning and overflowing flood Now there are three things that Heresies overwhelm 1. The glory of all glories the glorious name of God the glorious name of Christ the glorious name of the Holy Spirit the glorious name of divine truths Heresie turns the glory into a lie It gives God Christ and the Holy Ghost the lye Truth the lye the Scripture the lye and he that makes the word of God a Lyer makes God himself a Lyer 2. The Glory of Religion Religion is darkened It grows base and beggerly when it s patched with Errors All Religion is by so much the more excellent by how much the more of truth it hath but when once its adulterated and leavened with damnable Errors now the silver is become dross c. 3. Not only the dignity but the very vital entity of a Church Truth is the soul of that body and Error is the death of it Schism doth much hurt but false Doctrines more Schisms do rent the coat but Heresies do rent the heart those pluck up the fence but these pluck down the building those do scratch but these do kill Thirdly Here●es are a suddenly rising floud and herein lies the greatnesse of the