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A88892	The sacramental stumbling-block removed. Or a brief discourse concerning examination by the congregational eldership, before admittance to the sacrament. Wherein all contrary scruples are silenced : the equity and necessity of that duty vindicated, both by scripture, and undenyable arguments. Set forth for, 1. The satisfaction of the weake. 2. The information of the ignorant. 3. The conviction of the obstinate. 4. The edification of the Church of God. / by W.L.	L. W.	1648 (1648)	Wing L96; Thomason E425_16; ESTC R204558	31,401	51

preposterous and unwarrantable thrusting himself upon such Divine displeasure Why shouldst thou endeavour to draw the guilt of thy bloud upon the Eldership or why shouldst thou pull ruine upon thy self And although thou beest not capable blesse God for a believing wife or if thy wife uncapable and thou admitted endeavour her instruction that she may in due time be also received in to Sacramental Communion here and both spiritually united to Jesus Christ 3. It s the want of knowledge of Jesus Christ ignorance of the Doctrine of regeneration and reformation that makes men scruple hereat for any such reason none being more ready to rush upon Divine Ordinances to their ruine then men and women most uncapable to receive them rightly Ob. 24. What are the principal points that will be enquired of by the Eldership what time men come before them A. They are very plain and easie to be understood and every man and woman may reade them in the Ordinance of Parliament wherein are set down certain rules and directions concerning Admission and suspension in point of ignorance and scandal but for that all have not that Ordinance I shall hint out the Heads briefly as followeth All admitted ought to know 1. That there is a God That there is but one True and everliving God maker of Heaven and Earth and Governour of all things That this onely true God is the God whom we worship That this God is but one yet three distinct Persons the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost all equally God 2. That God created man in his own Image in Knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse That by one man sinne entred the world and death by sinne That thereby also all men are dead in trespasses and sinnes and are by Nature children of wrath and so liable to eternal death the wages of every sinne 3. That there is but one Mediator between God and man the man Christ Jesus who is also over all God blessed for ever neither is their salvation in any other That he was conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary That he died upon the Crosse to save his People from their sinnes That he rose the third day from the Dead ascended into Heaven sitteth at the right hand of God and maketh continual Intercession for us of whose fulnesse we receive all Grace necessary to salvation 4. That Christ and his benefits are applied onely by Faith that Faith is the gift of God and that we have it not of our selves but is wrought in us by the Word and Spirit of God 5. That Faith is that Grace whereby we believe and trust in Christ for remission of sinnes and life everlasting according to the promise of the Gospel That whosoever believes not on the Sonne of God shall not see life but the wrath of God abides on him to Eternity 6. That they who truely repent of their sinnes do see them sorrow for them and turn from them to the Lord and that except men repent they shall surely perish 7. That a godly life is conscionably ordered according to the Word of God in holynesse and righteousnesse without which no man shall see the Lord. 8. That the Sacraments are Seals of the Covenant of grace in the bloud of Christ That the Sacraments of the New Testament are Baptisme and the Lords Supper That the outward Elements in the Lords Supper are Bread and Wine and do signifie the Body and Bloud of Christ crucified which the worthy receiver by Faith doth partake of in this Sacrament which Christ hath likewise ordained for a remembrance of his death That whosoever eateth and drinketh unworthily is guilty of the Body and Bloud of the Lord and therefore that every one is to examine himself lest he eat and drink judgement to himself not discerning the Lords Body 9. That the souls of the Faithfull after death do immediately live with Christ in blessednesse And that the souls of the wicked do immediately go into Hell torments That there shall be a Resurrection of the bodies both of just and unjust at the last day at which time all shall appear before the judgement seat of Christ to receive according to what they have done in the body whether it be good or evil and that the righteous shal go into Life eternal and the wicked into everlasting punishment Ob. 25. What are the crimes that make men uncapable of admittance in point of scandal A. 1. All persons that shall blasphemously speak or write any thing of God his holy Word or Sacraments 2. An Incestuous person 3. An Adulterer 4. A Fornicator 5. A Drunkard 6. A profane Swearer or Curser 7. One that hath taken away the life of any Person maliciously 8. All worshippers of Images Crosses Crucifixes or Reliques All that shall make any Image of the Trinitie or any person thereof all Religious worshippers of Saints Angels or any meer Creatures 9. Any person that professeth himself not to be in charitie with his Neighbour 10. Any person that shall challenge any other person by word message or writing to fight or that shall accept such challenge and agree thereunto any person that shall knowingly carry any such challenge by word message or writing 11. Any person that on the Lords-Day shall use any Dancing Playing at Dice or Cards or any other Game Masquing Wake Shooting Bowling playing at Foot-ball or Stool-ball Wrestling or that shall make or resort to any Playes Interluds Fencing Bull-baiting or Bear-baiting or shall use Hawking Hunting or Coursing Fishing or Fowling or that shall publikely expose any Wares to sale otherwaise then is provided by an Ordinance of Parliament of the 6. of April 1644. Any person that shall travel upon the Lords-Day without reasonable cause 12. Any person that keepeth a known Stewes or Brothel-house or that shall solicit the Chastitie of any person for himself or any other 13. Any person Father or Mother that shall consent to the marriage of their Child to a Papist or any person that shall marry a Papist 14. Any person that shall repair for any advice to any Witch Wizard or Fortune-teller 15. Any person that shall assault his Parents or any Magistrate Minister or Elder in the Execution of his Office 16. Any person that shall be Legally attainted of Barretrie Forgerie Extortion or Briberie And the severall Elderships shall have power likewise to suspend from the Sacrament of the LORDS-Supper all Ministers that shall be duely proved to be guiltie of any of the Crimes aforesaid from giving or receiving the Sacrament of the LORDS-Supper FINIS Imprimatur James Cranford John Bellamie Errata Pag 4. line 6. 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The Sacramental STVMBLING-BLOCK Removed Or a brief discourse concerning Examination by the Congregational Eldership before admittance to the Sacrament Wherein all contrary scruples are silenced the Equity and Necessity of that duty vindicated both by Scripture and undenyable Arguments Set forth for 1. The Satisfaction of the Weake 2. The Information of the Ignorant 3. The Conviction of the Obstinate 4. The Edification of the Church of God by W. L. Cast ye up Cast ye up prepare the way take up the Stumbling-block out of the way of my people Isa 57.14 Obey them that have rule over you and submit your selves for they watch for your soules as they that must give account that they may doe it with joy and not with griefe for that is unprofitable for you Heb. 13.7 But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts and be ready alwaies to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meeknesse and fear 1 Pet. 3.15 LONDON Printed by James and Joseph Moxon for Henry Overton and are to be sold at his Shop in Popes-head Alley 1648. To the CHRISTIAN READER Christian Reader THe grand confusion and distraction of the Church the great opposition that that so needfull and desirable work of Reformation now meets with together with the great pressures now lying upon the spirits of such as beare good will to the Peace and Prosperitie thereof hath compelled me to the Presse And although the unfittest of ten thousands yet by drawing this Bush in the Gappe I may by Gods blessing not onely prevent that Devastation that for ought I see is like to follow if not timely prevented But also encourage some Master-builder to repaire the Breaches with better Materialls and more skilfull hand I call God to witnesse Nothing more moves me then the love I beare to the Peace of the Church of Christ and its Reformation so much endeavoured both by Parliament and Synod so much desired by the Saints so much oppugned and oppossed by Satan and his Instruments and if by this contemptible clay the Cure be in any good measure effected I have my aime and desire thee with my selfe to give the Glory to Jesus Christ In whom I am thine W. I. A CATALOGVE of such QVERIES and SCRVPLES as are resolved in the ensuing Discourse 1. Obiect WHat is meant by Reformation Pag. 2. 2. Object Was not the goverment of the Church by Bishops c. according to the Word of God they were Protestants and we enjoyed far more peace in the Church then now men enjoyed then the Ordinances without interruption and doubtlesse many thousands went to heaven by Gods blessing upon means then in use Pag. 3. 3. Ob. But are there not some that create Churches to themselves what think ye of them Pag. 3. 4. Object Can you make it appear that the Government of the Church by Pastors Teachers Elders c. is of Divine Institution by the Word of God Pag. 4. 5. Object But what Elders are those spoken of in those Scriptures are they lay Elders or Ecclesiasticall Pag. 5. 6. Object What is the Office of a ruling Elder Pag. 5. 7. Object But where I pray you will men be found fit for such weighty Imployments Pag. 8. 8. Object But why do they choose such young men as in many places they have and some of the meaner sort me thinks they should chuse the most ancient and able men in the Parish who would better become both the title and office of Elders Pag. 9. 9. Object Me thinks the Pastors and Elders in Presbyterian Congregations are neither rightly called nor fitly qualified Pag. 12. 10. Object Q. But why must wee appeale to Classes Have they any power to determine differences and to reforme abuses in particular Congregations Pag. 13. 11. Object But they say now none must come to the Sacrament without Examination by the Eldership which some hold to bee no better then a point of Popery however it s very needlesse and ridiculous for ancient men that have born all Offices in the Parish and Church too lived long under the meanes often formerly admitted now to be catechised like boyes neither do I beleeve there is any rule for it in the Word the Apostle saith Let every man examine himselfe and so let him eat c. 1 Cor. 11.28 Pag. 17. 12. Object Methinks if they would catechise the young people it would do well but for ancient men that have received the Sacrament twenty or thirty years together or more that have born all Offices in both Church and Parish to be now called to account like boyes this cannot be endured Pag. 25. 13. Ob. But must all men be examined Certainly some men are as able to examine the Eldership as the Elders them What need is there to examine such Pag. 26. 14. Ob. But must women also be examined is there any rule for that in Scripture Pag. 27. 15. Ob. Were it only to be examined by the Minister it were not so much but for a man or woman to come before so many dashes them out of Countenance Pag. 28. 16. Ob. Methinks it were sufficient to suspend the scandalous Is there any such need to keep off the ignorant Is not the Sacrament a converting Ordinance Pag. 29. 17. Ob. But do you what you can yet many corrupt men will be admitted Pag. 29. 18. Ob. Surely were it a good work and according to God good Ministers would promote it but there are divers good Preachers about London and in other parts of the Kingdom that act little or nothing at all this way Pag. 30. 19. Ob. But what if the King come home think ye this Government will stand Pag. 32. 20. Ob. Do ye not see how Parishes are divided about this businesse in divers places they are altogether by the ears Pag. 33. 21. Ob. But what 's the reason so many Elders are chosen in divers places and so few hold not halfe in some places Pag. 34. 22. Ob. But is it meet all men should come before the Eldership to be examined before admittance Methinks they should go to the houses of some men of best rank and converse with them there Pag. 35. 23. Ob. But if men and women must both be examined it may fall out a man may be found unfit and his wife may be received some-time the man received and his wife unfit what a kind of confusion will this be doth not the Apostle Paul lay the unbeleeving woman is sanct fied by the beleeving man and the unbeleeving man by the beleeving woman 1 Cor. 7.14 Pag. 36. 24. Ob. What are the principal points that will be enquired of by the Eldership what time men come before them Pag. 39. 25. Ob. What are the crimes that make unapable of admittance in point of scandal Pag. 41. THE SACRAMENTALL STVMBLING-BLOCK Removed FOrasmuch as the Lord by unexpected and unspeakable providence hath so composed the grand quarrell of the Kingdom that notwithstanding