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A39928	An epistle to the Church of Christ in Chippin-Norton as also certaine scripture rules which Iesus Christ hath given to His churches to walke by, which are approved of and consented unto, by all the members of the said chvrch : published for their use and benefit, and for the satisfaction of such persons as desire to know the principles, and practices of the church aforesaid / by Stephen Ford ...	Ford, Stephen, d. 1694.	1657 (1657)	Wing F1507; ESTC R6260	38,085	48

from one duty to another from one businesse to another from one place to another to performe the dutys of your particular callings and goe from them to prayer or hearing or meditation or discoursing with the Saints oh my brethren what a priviledge will you have none can be greater then to have the heart disposed unto every good word and worke for God Tit. 3.1 Luk. 12.40 7. Be much and often in the great duty of private prayer take heed of neglecting that spirituall and soule enriching duty it hath been and still it is the Common experience of the Lords people that the neglect of this dutie hath been unspeakably prejudiciall to their soules and beloved the Devill will Labour more to keep Believers from this dutie then I thinke from any other for nothing can prejudice the Devills Kingdome like unto this duty well performed now that your hearts may be the more engaged to this duty I shall intreat you to realize these few considerations and Scriptures Math. 6 6.9 Math. 26.41 Mark 13.33 Luk. 18.1 Luk. 21.36 1 Thess 5.17 1. IT is Gods way his Ordinance appointment to Communicate and ●onvey his choisest soul saving mercys to his People so that if ever you expect much of God be much in private prayer Math. 7.6 7 8 Psal 2.8 2. Cons God hath promised his Spirit to helpe such as shall be faithfull in waiting on God in this duty so that when you intend to pray but meet with great oppositions with much deadnesse and coldnesse of h●art many great temptations be not in the least discouraged but go to the Lord and tell him that you intend to pray as he hath commanded you but you cannot unlesse he will helpe you tell God that he hath promised his Spirit to helpe you and that now you Stand in need of him and intreat him to give him to you and take no denyall Rom. 8.26 27. Gal. 4 6. Joh. 14.26 3. Consider that the great God hath condescended to promise to heare the very groans and sighs of your hearts when by reason of the prevalency of your corruptions and temptations you cannot speake out your wants and desires to God Rom. 8 26 27. Psal 79.11 4 Your Heavenly Father invites you to converse with him he intreats you not to be strangers to him God would have his people to be familiar with him call on me saith God I will heare thee you may goe to God in Christs name as friends invited to feast with him and to aske what you will of him Psal 50 15 Math. 11.28 Joh. 15.7 5. Consider that your Heavenly Father Complaines much of his peoples strangenesse to him and tells them they had forgotten him days without number Jer. 2.32 Isa 43 22. 6. Consider that God is your friend and Father he is full of bowells of love compassion and goodnesse he will be exceeding ready to receive you and here your prayers and grant your desires so that when you goe to God to petition him for any mercy remember you goe to the greatest and most real heartedst friend that you have Exod. 34.6 7. Jer. 3.19 Psal 86.5 7. Consider that you have a great faithfull loving and potent friend in Heaven to transact all your businesses in Heaven between God and your soules one who can experimentally sympathize with you your advocate and Intercessor is man as well as God you may open your very hearts to him with as much freedome and holy boldnesse as you may to any friend you have in the world remember what he promised you before he went into Heaven and put him in minde of them and be sure that he will be as good as his word 1 Joh 2.1 2 John 14.13 14 15. John 16 23 24 26. John 15.14 8. Consider prayer is an appointment of God whereby God will hold Communion with his people in his Ordinance God communicates his minde unto his friends and the blessings of the new Covenant and Believers having received of God they give back againe to him by acknowledging his free mercy and grace in blessing and praising of his Name and in resting and relying upon him for further expressions of his Love and by commending his goodnesse and inhauncing it Jam. 4.8 1 and 2. Chapters of the Acts 9. Consider God hath promised to heare and to Answer the desires and requests of his people that are according unto his will and God is ever mindfull of his Covenant Jer. 29.12 13 14. Psal 34.15 10. Consider that if you shall be negligent in this duty you will quickly incurre guilt on your consciences and bring heardnesse upon your hearts you will grieve the holy Spirit and cause him to withdraw from you you will bring upon your selves many feares and doubtings which will greatly perplex and trouble your soules you will loose the exercise and use of all your Graces yea you will have all your spirituall comforts taken from you Psal 30.5 2. Be sure to performe this duty according to the will of God Oh my beloved t is not enough to pray much but take heed how you pray t is not any kind of praying that is a Sacrifice well pleasing to God Mat. 6.9 after this manner therefore pray ye saith Christ 1. Before you begin to pray set a part a little time to prepare by considering 1. What your wants are what you stand most in need of 2. Whether it be your duty at that time it is an easy matter to be mistaken and to pray when we should doe some other thing I assure you friends 't is a great thing yea a choise mercy indeed for a Believer to do all duties in their season 3. Whether God hath promised to give such things as you intend to aske whether there be any generall or paticular promise to be a foundation for your faith 4. Consider with whom you have to doe in prayer a God who is Justice Goodnesse Wisedome Strength Mercy Love Omniscient Omnipresent and a Spirit and then 5. Consider what frame of heart is or may be most suitable to these glorious Attributes of God 6. Consider your own unworthinesse how infinitely unworthy you are of such a priviledge 7. To consider your own insufficiency that you can do nothing without the assistance of the Holy Spirit and that he hath promised the Spirit to them that in sincerity aske him 8. To consider what encouragements you have from God to pray and other considerations you should use to prepare your hearts 3. When you go to God believe for much and expect much of God take heed of doubtings and of low and narrow expectations open your mouths wide that is your faith that God may fill your hearts Jam. 1.5 Psal 8.10 4. Be sure that you get your hearts affected with your wants and with the greatnesse preciousnesse of those mercys that can supply them that so your hearts may hunger and thirst earnestly after them Math. 5.6 5. Go to God the Father in Christs name go in

repentance that then the said Member is to be suspended or cast out of the Church and that all the Members present should give their consent thereunto Math 18 17. Num. 15.30 31. Num. 19.13 20. Ezra 10.8 1 Cor. 5.4 5. 2 Cor. 2.6 but in case some few Members should refuse to give their consent to the suspending or excommunicating the said offendor without giving the Church convinc●ng reasons for their refusall the major part may suspend or cast him out 24. That in case any person fearing God shall desire to joyne with the Church but through weaknesse of judgement and want of light in these things cannot be fully satisfied in some circumstance used and practised in the Church and yet the said person be willing to walk in Gospell Fellowship with them in all other things he ought to be admitted into the Church provided it may not apparently tond to make a breach in the said Church Rom. 14.1 2 3 4 5 6. Rom. 15. 1 Cor. 8. More Particular Practicall Rules For walking in Church fellowship THat all endeavour to the utmost of their power and abilities especially by their practice to set up and maintain all the ordinances of Christ that he hath given to his Church for his own Glory and his Churches edification and comfort Zach. 14.17 18. Jos 24.15 Deut. 6 7. Eph. 6. Ge● 18 19. 1. Publique and Private prayer which are Gods holy appointments for to convey Grace into the hearts of his Saints Luke 21.36 Acts 1.24 Acts 4 41. Mark 6 6. 2. Prea●hing and hearing the word publiquely or privately these are Gods Ordinances Prov. 8.34 Act. 18 28 Act. 20.20 Isa 55.3 3. Singing of Psolmes and Hymes and Spirituall Songs Math. 26 30. Eph. 5.19 Coll. 3 16 Jam. 5.13 4. Conferences one with another is an Ordinance of Jesus Christ 1 Thes 5.11 Heb. 10.24 25. Jude 20. 5. That Jesus Christ will have particular Churches untill his second coming and therefore 't is the duty of all Saints in their places and capacities to help to set up and uphold this Ordinance and appointment of Jesus Christ Rom. 16.4 16. 1 Cor. 7.17 1 Cor. 11.16 Gal. 1.2 Rev. 1.11 Rev. 2.7 Rev. 22.16 6. Baptisme and the Lords Supper are Gods Ordinances and they are appointed to be signes and Seales of the Covenant of Grace between God the Father Son and Believers Math. 28.19 1 Cor. 11.23 7. The Ministry is an Ordinance of Jesus Christ and to continue in the Church unto the end of the World and therefore all should endeavour to set up and to vindicate Christs Ministers and their Ministry as much as they can Eph. 4.11 12 13. 1 Tim. 5.17 Heb. 13 17. as an ordinance of Christ 2. that all doe endeavour to grow in grace and to be spirituall Saints such as may worship God in Spirit and in Truth and walk spiritually before Saints and sinners that they may commend Religion unto others by their spirituality for God hath promised that such as are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish and goe from strength to strength in Sion Psal 92.13 Psal 84.7 you should labour to be spirituall in all places in all companies and in all businesses in your words and deportments Ioh. 4.24 1 Cor. 3.1 2.3 Gal. 6.2 3. It is the duty of all to labour and endeavour to obtain so much wisdome and spirituall understanding as is possible in spirituall things that so they may be able to serve God and worship him according unto his will that they may not be soon shaken in mind and tossed to and fro with every wind of Doctrine but that they may be perfectly joyned together in the same mind and in the same judgement in the truth Coll. 1.9 Eph. 4.12 13. Eph. 3 18.19 4. That all doe labour after a great measure of Faith that they may be able to trust God in times of triall and not dispond and be dejected at every providence that thwarts sense and reason but to be able to cast themselves on the free grace mercy faithfullnesse wisdome power and Love of God in Christ and to give him all the glory of his dispensations the contrary renders Religion odious and unpleasant 2 Pet. 3 18. Eph. 6.9 to 18 Eph. 4.15 5. That all the members of the said Church do endeavour faithfully according to their abilities and opportunities to performe such duties as they owe to each other in their relations whether as Saints and members of Christs body or a● Men and so as Parents or Children or Husbands c. Rom. 13.8 or as Offi●ers that teach or rule or as private members that are taught and ruled 1. A Past●r is to attend upon Preaching the word in season and out of season and to administer the Sacraments to answer objections doubts and scruples to the study of the word to maintain and defend the Truths he Preaches to wai●h over the flock to protect them from wrong as much as he can all which he i● to doe as a Pastor of his own flock only and he is to manage matters in the Church that concernes the well ordering of it 1 Cor. 12.28 Rom 12.6 7 8 Luk 22. Act. 20.11 2 Cor. 1.4 Mal. 2.7 1 T●m 4.13 14. 2 Tim. 2.15 T it 1.9 1 Pet. 5.2 2. The du●y of the Members to their Pastor first to provide for him for his subsistance and comfortable being that he may not be entangled with the affaires of this life but that he may wholly give up himselfe to the work of the Lord 1 Tim. 4.15 and discharge the trust committed to him Gal. 6 6 7 8. Rom 15.27 1 Cor. 9.7 to 15. 2. Not to receive an accusation against him under two or thre with nesses 1 Tim. 5.1 19. 3. To give him that Love and respect that is due to him and no more to be carefull not to give him that honour that is due only to God or to refuse to give him that which God commands them freely to give unto him 1 Thes 5.12 13. 1 Tim 5.17 Heb 13 17. 4. To attend upon his Ministry as they have opportunity both in private and publick Act 2.42 5. And in a speciall manner to pray for him that God may blesse him in his studies that God may direct him to Preach such truths as may by the blessing of God be most advantagious and profitable to Saints and sinners and that God may give him the door of utterance that he may speak the Word with boldnesse and clearnesse that he may give to every one his portion that he may be able to divide the word aright that he may be led into all truth that he may be very successefull in the turning of many sinners to God 1 Thes 5.25 Heb. 13.18 Act. 12.5 2 Cor. 1.11 Phil. 1.19 Rom. 15.30 Eph. 6.18 19. The duties of Members to each other and towards all men 6. The Members are commanded to Love each other truly and heartily without dissimulation in deed and in truth Eph. 5.2 1