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A02435	A description of the Church of Christ, with her peculiar priuiledges, and also of her commons, and entercommoners With some oppositions and answers of defence, for the maintenance of the truth which shee professeth: against certaine Anabaptisticall and erronious opinions, verie hurtfull and dangerous to weake Christians. Maintained and practised by one Master Iohn Smith, sometimes a preacher in Lincolneshire, and a companie of English people with him now at Amsterdam in Holland. Whome he hath there with himselfe rebaptised. By I.H.	Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645.	1610 (1610)	STC 12567; ESTC S118987	75,210	130

the Cananites for Esaues and Ismalites but to Iacob his beloued he saith I haue giuen Nations for thee and people for thy sake And what was the condition surely the keeping of his couenants and walking in his testimonies I doe not meane the perfect keeping of the ten commaundements Iosh 23.16 giuen in two Tables of stone that fiery couenant which neither they nor their fathers were able to beare for therby the best of them were found euen as a bryer and the most righteous like a thorne but the testament and couenant that he made with Abraham when he saide I will bee they God and the God of thy seede for euer not his carnall seede but his spirituall seede not consisting of one Nation but of many Nations whereof God made him a Father commaunding him to keepe it saying thou shalt keepe my couenants thou and thy seed And this shall be a signe saith he of the couenant betweene you and me namely circumcision signifying thereby that if they vnhardened their hearts and harkened to his voice and Couenant of mercy and loue that he had made to him taking him for their God and louing him trusting him and putting their confidence in him which is the righteousnes of faith Then they should inherit the land and possesse it for euer and many blessings more they should haue they should sleepe lase and dwell in peace a Citie of peace they should haue no enemy should euer hurt them and not onely so but rest to their soules also Heb. 11.13.14.15.16 they shoulde haue and peace which is the liuing * By their earthly Canaan was intended the spirtuall Canaan the land of the liuing Canaan the land of the blessed the Citie of peace But if they hardened their hears and resisted his uoice despising his couenant of grace and fauour Iustifying themselues as their Fathers did in the wildernes of whom God saith I haue seen this people behold it is a stiffnecked people Heb. 4.8 9. wherefore God was angrie and saide to Moses Exo. 32.10 when he prayed for them let me alone for I will consume them But I wil make of thee a mighty Nation I say if thus they should harden their hearts and stiffen their necks and despise his couenant Deut. 28.16 17 18 19. then cursed at home and cursed abroad and his mercies should depart from them and as hee sware in his wrath that they which prouoked him in the wildernes with their stiffe and stubborne hearts should not enter into his rest neither earthly norheauenly So they prouoking him in like maner though they were in possession of that land of Canaan should neither inherit nor enter into the spirituall Canaan therby intended nor inioy it in peace but be destroyed and carried captiue into other Nations and their Countrie and Citie taken as a prey of the Heathen Leui. 16.31 32. And as the little spirituall stocke of Abrahams seed were kept fortie yeares long in the wildernes from possessing the land for Hagars stiffnecked childrens sakes So poore Daniell and the rest of Sarahs little spirituall house were carried captiue for the wicked Cananites sakes and also for that they were as good to liue seruants in a strange land as be murdered and persecuted for the trueth and righteousnesse at home for in Babylon they found more grace and fauour for their truth and wisedome yea euen with Kings then they found at home and also for that by affliction they were brought home from security to repentance But God remembring his promise made to Abraham his seruant after hee had corrected and resined them Ievem 29.10 brought them home againe and restored them vnto their former state But within a while the sonnes of Hagar encreasing his mercies were forgotten and his Prophets went to wrack againe and the Israel of God troden in the dust vntill the Messiah came which is called Christ who set his feete vpon that holy Mount and walked in the streetes of his Citie of peace bewailing the disobedience of Abrahams children in the flesh cried out Oh Ierusalem Ierusalem Mat. 23.37 thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them that were sent vnto thee How oft saith hee how oft would I haue gathered thy children together as a Hen doth her Chrickens vnder her wings and you would not Beloued saith he thy house is left vnto thee desolate for thine enemies shall cast a banke about thee and keepe thee in on euery side And wherefore now was it Master Smith euen because they would not vnharden their hearts repent and heare his voice so often crying and calling vnto them by his Prophets from time to cime who still proceede in wickednesse notwithstanding and fulfilled the works of their Fathers in the highest degree and yet could say garnishing the Tombes of the Prophets which their Fathers had killed Mat. 23.29 Oh if wee had liued in the dayes of our Fathers wee would not haue done this and yet they could take that great Prophet and Prince of the couenant and kill him stoning and killing his Apostles also and therefore I say and for that cause it was that Ierusalem was made desolate and the temple burnt with fire and not a stone left vpon a stone vncast down whereas otherwise if they had heard his voice and would haue beene gathered together like Abrahams spirituall seede and not haue resisted but embraced and kept his couenant and righteousnesse of faith which circumcision did signifie vnto them they had beene a Nation vntill this day and their land had yeelded her fruite vnto them their City had beene a City of peace till now and their Temple vndefaced But because they refused downe with it downe with it euen to the very ground Deface it for euer let their table bee made a snare and bow thou downe their back alway And now Master Smith whither will you goe to rest your selfe Canaan is taken from you Ierusalem is desolate there is no abiding place for you any longer you haue beene there a great while Will ye rest you at Amsterdam in Holland Indeede there was a people once not many yeeres agoe which came to Amsterdam with their wiues and children in ships with this beliefe and resolution that Holland was the land of Canaan and Amsterdam Ierusalem and therefore there they would inhabite I hope you are not of their minde therein as they were of your minde concerning baptisme Although Amsterdam Holland doe entertaine all sects of seuerall opinions suffering them there in rest and peace Yet is not Holland that land of rest nor Amsterdam that City of peace but if ye will be safe indeede and finde rest and peace to your soules Fly to mount Sion and to the City of the liuing God the caelestiall Icrusalem and to the company of innumerable Angels and to the assembly congregation of the first borne which are all written in heauen and to God the Iudge of all and to the spirits

A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHVRCH OF Christ with her peculiar Priuiledges and also of her Commons and Entercommoners WITH SOME OPPOSITIONS AND ANSWERS OF DEFENCE For the maintenance of the Truth which shee professeth AGAINST CERTAINE ANABAPTISTICALL AND ERRONIOVS OPINIONS Verie hurtfull and dangeroous to weake CHRISTIANS MAINTAINED AND PRACTISED By one Master IOHN SMITH sometimes a Preacher in Lincolneshire and a Companie of English people with him now at Amsterdam in HOLLAND Whome he hath there with himselfe Rebaptised By I. H. REVEL 22.13.14.15 VER ¶ J am Alpha and Omega saith the Lord The first and the last Blessed are they that doe his Commandements that their right may be in the free of life and may enter in thorough the Gates into the Citie For without shall be Dogs and Enchanters and VVhoremongers and Murderers and Idolaters and whosoeuer ●●ueth or maketh lies LONDON Printed for Nathaniel Fosbrooke 1610 ¶ The principall oppositions are these 1 THat the Baptisme of Children is the marke of the Beast 2 That euery member of a true visible Church must be baptised againe 3 That none ought to be Baptised before hee bee Regenerate 4 That the members of their Church are all so regenerate and baptised and is the heauenly Ierusalem 5 That some of these may fall away and perish 6 That there is no true Church to be seene in the world but themselues at this day With diuers other false Doctrines which are grounded vpon these principles TO THE CITIZENS OF THE HEAVENLY IERVSALEM INCREASE OF TRVETH And heauenly Wisedome be multiplied vpon you with Peace and prosperitie in these latter dayes And to all her well affected Friends that desire to see her Beautie and to dwell within her Gates happie successe A Friend of yours sweete Citizens vnworthy to take part with you in your riche peculiar things makes bolde to present vnto your custodie treasures which I haue found And also most earnestly intreates you to assist me against your many enemies who lay claime to your Citie and all your priuiledges Pray with me vnto the Lord your God that his truth may take place in the hearts of men and bee regarded and that all the hatefull enemies therof and their lies may be brought to confusion These things I entreat at your hands making no doubt of your diligence herein Goe but vp to the top of mount Sion and you shall see your enemies round about you with their shields in their hands and their swords drawne but be of good courage feare nothing your God will deliuer them into your hands and their weapons shall you consume like straw with the fire of his word and the Citie shall be yours as it is and it shall not he taken from you nor the treasures thereof out of your possession The daies are come wherin truth shall preuaile And now deere friends to let you vnderstand my cause of writing to the aforenamed Master Iohn Smith and his company It fell out of late that I being in company with some of them had some conference with them wherein they seemed very well affected to the things that I spake vnto them One of them answering me in these words I could willingly let all these things which you haue said goe downe into me but onely the going to the assemblies another of them answered him instantly you heard what he sayd for that And so they requested me that I would set the things downe in writing which had beene said and they would either answere or subscribe vnto it which thing I thought good to performe And beloued friends though I be the least worthy of you all to plead your cause yet being mooued at their request I haue made bold and also seeing afterwards some writings of theirs published in Print I was emboldened the more perceiuing therein their desperate resolution proclaiming open war challenging al and therin the city of God I was encouraged seing it was his cause perswaded he wold be my protector in the defence of his owne Citie I therefore tooke his word and promise for my shield with this confidence that he would not leaue me till they were ouerthrowne other weapons I haue none except the sword of the spirit The skill of the learned disputers of this world looke not for that is not my profession Truth I hope yee shall find but vested in a very low and simple Coate Method I did forget matter onely was in my mind the enemy came so fast vpon me that skill was laide aside Truth I hope hath kept me company though I could not garnish it with Rhetoricall ornaments And therefore most noble and courteous Citizens I haue made choice of you before all other to Dedicate this measure of truth vnto because I knew although you be the noblest Citizens in the world yet are ye the poorest in spirit your hearts can stoope and your eyes can looke below you are come downe from the hilles of pride to the vallies of teares yet can goe vp to the top of mount Sion you looke not after the glory of this world nor the wisedome thereof It is foolishnes in your thoughts which are seasoned with heauenly wisdome if truth come you embrace it you looke not vpon the coate of him that brings it so that you iustifie I am pleased what others say and iudge for my part I passe not but for their parts I wish them to be aduised and to giue eare to the voyce of the Spirit and the Bride which crieth come whosoeuer is a thirst and whosoeuer will and take of the water of life freely And to the end your Mother deere Children of Ierusalem might a little refresh the spirits of her well affected friends that haue beene so long time wearied with the Iarres and contentions that haue beene about her visible state I thought good to publish this short description of her vnto the open veiwe that they might see her fruits what they be her light her priuiledges and her markes whereby shee may bee seene and knowne from the fleshly boasters of these distastfull times who hauing beene so long accustomed to earthen buildings cannot discerne nor tast that which commeth from aboue and although not onely the generall but specially the reformists and reformers will not onely distast like wayward children but euen spurne against yet will I not be discouraged for there is a little remnant that thirsteth for reliefe so they be refreshed I passe not for the rest for I know true wisedome which is alwaies from aboue hath beene is and shall be for euer iustified of her Children and they shall see Ierusalem to their great ioy whereas the other groping in the dark shall neuer behold that holy Citie nor pertake of her priuiledges for euer And although she hath cried oft and vttered her voice full many a time and few or none regard what shee saieth yet can shee not holde her peace but shee must pleade her Childrens cause against those that lay claime to their