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A94556	To the lavv, and to the testimonie or, A proposall of certain cases of conscience by way of quære; chiefly touching the publick worship of the New Testament; and other things either necessary or profitable for Christianity; presented to those churches and societies of Christians, which professe the Scripture of the Old and New Testament for the only rule of faith and manners. Wherein the true and genuine way to reconcile Christians is laid open / translated out of Latine into English by a lover of truth and peace.	Lover of truth and peace.	1648 (1648)	Wing T1562; Thomason E1165_3; ESTC R210102	44,767	117

Cor. 16.10 1 Tim. 4.6 Titus 2 Cor. 8.23 and chap. 12.18 Epaphras Col. 1.7 Tychicus Col. 4.7 and their like 2 Cor. 8.23 but others though they might have continued in the meere purity of that word yet either through the neglect of their gifts or through the losse of a good conscience or by the abuse of their affections or of set purpose did depart from it such as they may be accounted who built wood hay and stubble upon the foundation 1 Cor. 3.10 11 12. who taught strange doctrine 1 Tim. 1.3 4. and were deceitfull workers 2 Cor. 11.13 and grievous wolves not sparing the flock and speaking perverse things to draw away the Disciples after them Acts 20.29 30. as ambitious and prating Diotrephes 3 John ver 9 10. Hymenaeus Alexander and Philetus 1 Tim. 1.19 20. 2 Tim. 2.16 17 18. and other false teachers of that age 1 John 2.18 19 26. Finally others though they continued in the meere purity of that word yet being indulgent to some particular affection did not procure the unanimous edification of the Church together with other Ministers such as they may be accounted of whom the Apostle speaketh Philip. 1.12 13. c. Philip. 1. v. 12. But I would ye should understand brethren that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel v. 13. So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace and in all other places v. 14. And many of the brethren in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speake the word without fear v. 15. Some indeed preach Christ even of envie and strife and some also of good will v. 16. The one preach Christ of contention not sincerely supposing to adde affliction to my bonds v. 17. But the other of love knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel v. 18. What then notwithstanding every way whether in pretence or in truth Christ is preached and I therein do rejoyce yea and will rejoyce v. 19. For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ 13. But since the people of that age had an infallible oyntment and knew the truth 1 John 2.20 27. were confirmed therein 1 Pet. 5.12 2 Pet. 1.12 were replenished and enriched with all necessary knowledge Rom. 15.14 1 Cor. 1.5 6 7 8. had mutuall faith with the Apostles alike precious and most holy Rom. 1.8 12. 2 Pet. 1.1 Jude ver 20. had learnt the doctrine of the Apostles and had beleeved it as it was preached by them and had received it Rom. 16.17 2 Thes 2.15 1 Cor. 15.11 Heb. 10.26 Acts 8.14 could retaine that doctrine as it had been delivered to them 1 Cor. 11. 2. Acts 2.42 did altogether abound in faith and utterance and knowledge and all diligence 2 Cor. 8.7 had the truth of the Gospell abiding with them Gal 2.5 had beene sealed with the holy Spirit upon the word of truth or Gospell of their Salvation Ephes 1.13 had the sanctification of the Spirit and beliefe of the truth 2 Thes 2.13 had the form of the Apostles doctrine Rom. 6.17 Jude v. 3. could try the Spirits whether they were of God 1 John 4.1 2 3. 2 John v. 9 10. Heb. 9.10 might be and was sound in the faith Titus 1.13 Apoc. 2 25. might continue in the faith grounded and setled and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel which they had heard Col. 1.23 knew how they ought to walke and please God 1 Thes 4.1 2. and consequently knew that one only faith Heb. 11.6 Ephes 4.5 c. since I say the people of that age were endued with the aforesaid faculties they could easily observe what particular Ministers did depart from the purity of that Word and therefore though the Ministers of particular Churches by the neglect of their gifts or otherwise might depart from the truth yet were not the people using their gifts to the end aforesaid endangered thereby since they could easily detect it a 1 John 2 20 21 24 26 27 28. and 2 Ioh. v. 9 10. 1 Joh. 2. v. 20. But ye have an unction from the holy One and ye know all things v. 21. I have not written unto you because yee know not the truth but because ye know it and that no lie is of the truth v. 24 Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning if that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you ye also shall continue in the Son and in the Father v. 26. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you v. 27. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him v. 28. And now little children abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming 2 Iohn v. 9. Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God he that abideth in the doctrine of Christ he hath both the Father and the Son v. 10. If there come any unto you and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God speed 14. Neverthelesse though some Ministers did revolt yet the integrity of the gift it selfe wherewith they were instituted and endued remained safe and sound with all other particular Ministers who kept the mysterie of the faith in a good conscience inasmuch as they both might and did duely performe that Embassage to which they were called and furnished by Christ for though the particular Ministers of that age might revolt and there were some amongst thē that did indeed revolt yet that doth no more derogate from the integrity of their institution which was with the word of the Gospell wholly intrisincally undoubtedly and meerly true then the fall of our first parents derogateth from the truth of their originall integrity wherein they were created by God for as their fall hindreth not but that they were created in a spotlesse condition and were able to have persisted in it so likewise though those particular Ministers might revolt and did revolt yet it cannot be denied that they were instituted with the word of the Gospell wholly intrinsically undoubtedly and meerly true and might accordingly have persisted in it 15. Besides as there were some amongst those particular Ministers that did indeed revolt so also were there others that did not revolt to wit those who by patient continuance in well doing proved themselves to be good trees by their good fruits such as many then were and in the first beginning of the Gospell all though afterwards some by degrees revolted so as the faithfull of that age were not wont to try the

spirits of those Ministers of the Gospell whom they had found by experience to be true and faithfull servants of God as it is evident from 1 John 4. 1. for it is not said there that they should not beleeve any but not every spirit and that not because of the true and faithfull Ministers of the Gospell who were already known and received but by reason of false Ministers and Prophets who had either revolted or intruded themselves into the Church for it was a different case when those lawfull Ministers were not as yet received for such by the people and known by experience as it is manifest both by our Saviours speech to the Jews John 7.14 15 16 17 18. and the example of the Beroeans Acts 17.10 11 12. for in that case the word of the lawfull Ministers of the Gospell was left to be examined by the people that doubted of it not as if any errour either were or were to be found by the people therein but that the doubting examiner after a due search might be infallibly assured that no errour either was or was to be found there which is so true that whether the examiner of that word said or beleeved that he had found an errour therein or affirmed that he had found no errour therein yet their word remaineth as before wholly intrinsically undoubtedly and meerly true 1 Cor. 14.37 38. but after they had found those Ministers to be true and lawfull that of the Apostle taketh place 1 Thes 2.13 For this cause also we Paul Sylvanus and Timotheus give thanks to God incessantly in that when ye received the word of God preached by us ye received it not as the word of men but as it is indeed the word of God which also effectually worketh in you that beleeve Wherefore as at this day none suspecteth godly Ministers who are known and received for such that they in their preaching wilfully depart from the known truth but is rather perswaded that their whole endeavour is to keepe close to it so likewise it is to be granted that the people of that age were fully perswaded of their Ministers who were known to be godly that they rightly imployed their gifts which Ministers since they might continue in the meer purity of that word and not depart from it must needs performe that which they desired and were able to do and consequently there was no reason that the faithfull of that age should have any sinister suspition of such Ministers untill by contrary proofs of evil life and doctrine they had rendred themselves unworthy to be accounted lawfull Ministers of God which if they did it could easily be discovered by the faithfull of that age as we have already shewn in the thirteenth Article 16. But though some particular Ministers in the time of the Apostles did indeed revolt from the word of the Gospell yet did they not presently forfeit their Ministery because as they might revolt so they might repent and returne againe into the right way a Apoc. 3.1 2 3 14 15 16 17 18 19 Col. 4.17 1 Tim. 1.3 4. and therefore there was hope that they would revert to the integrity of their first institution wherein Christ had given them a faculty to preach the Gospell by way of embassage for God which faculty they had both reduced into act in the beginning of their preaching and though they had afterwards revolted yet if they were not wanting to themselves might again renew it and therefore because according to the institution and will of Christ they had been furnished with a word that was wholly intrinsically undoubtedly and meerly true and had been specially and duly called by Apostles or Apostolick men to officiate for God likewise because they might persist in the originall truth of their institution or if they revolted return unto it again for this reason I say they did not presently forfeit the title and function of Ministers of the Gospel because there was hope that they would again return to those divine beginnings which would have had no place if either their doctrine had not at first been instituted by Christ that they by it might officiate for God or they had not gotten a faculty to preach a word wholly intrinsically undoubtedly and meerly true or they could not have persisted in that truth though they endeavoured it never so much or there had been no hope that they could attain to the truth of the first institution of the Ministers of Christ or in a word if they had never before really performed or were not as yet able to perform the things that were requisit to the first institution of Christ Ephes 4.11 c. for in these cases it necessarily followeth that they who had never stood in such or such a condition cannot be said to fall from it much lesse that they are able still to persist in it Apoc. 3. v. 1. And unto the Angel of the Church in Sardis Write These things saith he that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars I know thy works that thou hast a name that thou livest and art dead v. 2. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die for I have not found thy works perfect before God v. 3. Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard and hold fast and repent If therefore thou shalt not watch I will come on thee as a thief and thou shalt no know what hour I will come upon thee v. 14. And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write These things saith the Amen the faithfull and true witness the beginning of the creation of God v. 15. I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot I would thou wert cold or hot v. 16. So then because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot I will spue thee out of my mouth v. 17. Because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked v. 18. I counsell thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayest be rich and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear and anoint thine eyes with eye salve that thou mayest see v. 19. As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Col. 4. v. 17. And say to Archippus Take heed to the ministery which thou hast received in the Lord that thou fulfill it 1 Tim. 1. v. 3. As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine v. 4. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies which minister questions rather then edifying which is in faith so do 17. Wherefore since in the institution of Christ regard is to be had to the gifts wherewith particular Ministers were instituted by him and not to