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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37064	A demonstration of the necessity of settling some Gospel-government amongst the churches of Christ in this nation held forth in an answer to a querie whereby Mr. Saltmarch did once endeavour to hinder the settlement of all church-government in the nation : written in the year 1646, and now published for the present use of these times, wherein it may be seasonable to be taken into consideration for the preventing of further confusion and disorder amongst the professors of the Gospell / by John Dury.	Dury, John, 1596-1680.; Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.	1654 (1654)	Wing D2851; ESTC R24917	50,485	74

also Mar. 8 38. Luk. 9. 26. Mat. 10.33 These three things then make up the Truth of Religion and except all three be taken together the tie of subjection unto God is not compleat Thus I have told you as briefly as I could what I mean by true Religion now we come to the Notion of Principles By the Principles of Religion and State I suppose he doth mean the fundamentall Maximes Positions and Rules of Doctrine and Practise upon which Christianitie is grounded and whereupon the peace and prosperity of the Common-Wealth is settled Now what these Principles are by which the whole point of doubt is to be determined he saies nothing expresly to any purpose but onely insinuates the matter suspiciously and as it seems to me for little instruction or edification I must then let you know that the Principles of Christianity must needs be Three-fold according to the three tyes of Conscience hereafter mentioned namely Principles of Truth in Doctrine Principles of Practise in Godlinesse and lastly Principles of our publique Profession of both these The Principles that are fundamentall in Doctrine are all such Truths and Positions which bear a Character of Necessity or are specially recommended to our Faith as matters of great importance as that of 1 Tim. 3.16 Without controversie great is the mysterie of Godlinesse God was manifested in the flesh justified in the Spirit c. And that of 2 Tim. 2.8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my Gospell and such like which may have a two-fold Character of Fundamentality either by some expresse words declaring their absolute necessity as when Christ saith Joh. 3.5 Verily verily except a man be born of water and of the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdome of God or by the importance of the matter in it self though without any intimation thereof in the expression as when it is said The just shall live by Faith it might be inferred from the innate propertie of justice and of life depending upon Faith that Faith is absolutely necessary for salvation although the Apostle elsewhere had not said without Faith it is impossible to please God These Characters of fundamentall Truths I thus briefly hint at onely to shew what must distinguish a Principle from another Truth in case we should have need to judge of some Positions Whether they be Fundamental or not and it is good to walk by known Rules for otherwise we walk not in the light And as in matters Doctrinall so in matters of Practise there are fundamentall Duties such as is that of Luk. 13.3 Except ye repent ye shall all perish and that of Heb. 12.14 Follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord and from that which the Apostle saith 1 Tim. ● 5 concerning Charity That it is the end of the Commandement might easily be concluded that Charity is a fundamentall Duty although he had not said elsewhere If I have not Charity I am nothing 1 Cor. 13.2 And as in the inward Truth of Faith and Godlinesse so in the outward Profession there are Fundamental Rules to walk by which in this case I suppose will be most considerable because I think that in matters of Faith and Practise so farre as these relate to the New Creature in the inward frame of the mind towards God there will be no cause of dispu●e amongst us But in the outward Confession Profession and exercise of Religious Duties as they are to be upheld by way of Government for Gods glory amongst men I suppose the chief doubt of this Question doth lie Therefore to resolve the same the Principles of this kind are more distinctly to be thought upon and to this effect I conceive that the outward Profession of Religion is the Publique Witness-bearing and opening of our selves to manifest the Truth of our Faith and Obedience due to God towards Men which can be done onely two wayes by Word and Deed We bear witness to the Truth by word of mouth two waies First when we worship God publiquely calling upon his name in Christ the Lord Phil. 2.11 and giving praise unto him through Christ Rom. 15.9 10. Heb. 13.15 and when we joyn with those that call upon him out of a pure heart in the profession of his truth and say Amen to that which is professed by them 1 Cor. 14 16. Secondly When we give an account to every one that asketh a Reason of the Hope that is in us 1 Pet. 3.15 We bear witne●s to the Truth in deed in three sorts of Actions First In the Actions whereby we shew that we are in Covenant with God through Christ Secondly In the Actions whereby we maintain Communion with the Saints the Members of Christ And thirdly By the Actions whereby we maintaine Communion with the Ministers of the Word the servants of Christ in their Ministeriall Charge towards Us In the first of these our Actions are considered as single between God and Us In the second they are considered as co-ordinate to our Brethren In the third as subordinate unto the Ordinances of God in the Gospell In all these Respects there be certain Fundamentall Duties and Principles of Walking which if a Christian doth not know and conscionably intend he doth sin against the Truth of his Profession In respect of the first we are commanded to walk worthy of God as dear Children and followers of him as being called to his Kingdome and Glory 1 Thes. 2.12 Ephe. 5 1. Mat. 5.44 45 46 47 48. to do all our matters without murmurings and disputings being blamelesse and harmlesse in a crooked Generation and holding forth the Word of life Phil. 2.14 15 16. and to this effect all that are in Covenant with God through Christ in their professed subjection to the Gospell must intend two main things First As his Disciples to be baptized into his death to serve him by bearing his Cross and by being crucified thereby unto the World Rom. 6.3 Gal. 6.14 Mat. 16.24 Secondly Such as thus serve and follow Christ must walk openly in the light before men and not closely and in darknesse Joh. 3.20 21 22 1 Joh. 1.17 Mat. 5.16 In respect of the second we are commanded to serve others through love not using our freedom to give occasion to the flesh Gal. 5.13 To walk in all lowinesse and meeknesse forbearing one another in cases of offence and endeavouring to keep the unitie of the Spirit in the bond of peace Ephe. 4.2 3. and to bear one anothers burdens Gal 6.2 And to this effect To consider one another to provoke each other to love and to good Works Heb. 10.24 Not to forsake the Assemblies as the custome of some was Heb. 10.25 And still is to partake in the Assemblies the Ordinances in an orderly way 1 Cor. 11. per totum To remember the Poor by distributing to the necessities of the Saints Gal. 2.10 Rom. 12.13 To