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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88697	Lanseter's lance, for Edwards'es gangrene: or, A ripping up, and laying open some rotten, putrified, corrupt, stinking matter in Mr. Thomas Edwards his Gangren, or book intituled, The second part of Gangrena. Wherein, amongst others, he hath abused and belied Mr. John Lanceter, calling him pedler, and saying, that he opened the whole book of Ezra, at a privat meeting in stead of opening his pack, which is proved false, and other things also. So that in consideration of the particulars, judicious men may well conceive the cause of his Gangren to be his blind ignorance of the truth, and his mad malice against the wel-affected conscientious people. Published according to order.	Lanseter, John.	1646 (1646)	Wing L425B; Thomason E354_17; ESTC R201101	16,213	24

these indeed are the onely meet subjects to build him a house Note hear how that none were to build this holy house in Ezraes time but such whose spirits God had raised up to go up even as it was in the building of the first house spoken of in the 35. of Exod. for after the●e came others Ezra 4.1.2.3 verses and such as professed they were seekers of their God as they did and sacrificers to their God as they were a long time yet they were not admitted And because they could not be received therefore they sought with all their might and pollicie to weaken their hands and by false informations prevailed for a time untill the Lord stirred up Haggay and Zecheriah to speake prophetically unto them and to encourage them in the work and then they went on in it and Ezra blessed God in the 7. Chap. 1.27 for the faver of the King towards him in the businesse And Darius also gave free toleration in the 6. Chap. 1.7 verse that the house of God might be built in his place and it was finished within foure yeares se Haggai 1.1 compared with the 6. of Ezra 1.15 verse and after it was finished there was joy se verse 16. and non were admitted to the passeover but such as had seperated themselves unto them from the filthinesse of the heathen of the Land to seek the Lord God did eat see Ezra 6.21.22 Now let us consider of these things and call them over and examine whether we may not now leave Jsrael rellatively cōpare our selves and our Estate that we have been in of late under Antichristian darknesse to be as Jsrael was in their Captivity and whether it be not now with us as it was with them in their coming out First Let us consider and examine whether we were Jsraellites before or whether we were Heathens and whether we may not rather go under the name of Christians in apostasie according to the tenor of the Scriptures and are now onely required to seek out the good old way and return it 2. Vse Examine whether we have been in Captivity or no have we not bin in spirituall Babylon which hath bin worse then temporall Babylon was to Jsrael have we not been deprived of spirituall priviledges have not our enemyes been the chiefe have they not made us to cry by their heavy burdens have they not made our lives bitter unto us have they not given us gall to drinke I mean their filthy tradissions without which we could scarce injoy one Ordinance which thing was to our griefe 3. Vse Examine whether God hath not now by his providence so ordered it and wrought in the hearts of men in authority to proclame liberty for us to get out of that slavery by taking away these heavy burdens and by using meanes to prevent them who would impose the like or worse burdens upon us for which liberty we are bound to be thankfull and to improve it to the best advantage for the glory of God 4. Vse Examine whether it be not Gods end in working these for us that now we should build him an house for himselfe to dwell in and whether it be not his desire to have a visible house upon earth now in the time of the Gospel as in the time of the law if not wherefore did Christ himselfe and by his Apostles endeavour by their preaching and working miracles to bring men and women to believe and then to build them or to build of them severall spirituall houses or Churches that they might be fit habitations for himselfe to dwell in to communicate unto them speciall blessings not onely the gleanings which others may have but even handfulls of refreshments Ruth the 2. and 16. 5. Consider whether God require any other now to build him an house but such as he hath made capable I mean such which the spirit of God and the word which is the sword of the spirit have had a worke upon to fit and square them for the building even such as God hath made willing and whether God will axcept of any others in the work Christ sent his Disciples to gather in such as might be found fit for his Kingdome and such as Christ embraced to be of his Kingdome the Holy Ghost is pleased to call them Saints precious a peculiar people a chosen Generation a royall priesthood a spouse of Christs Children of the most high heiers of the Kingdome a Temple a City in whom God the Father will dwell and in whom Christ will take pleasure and in whom the spirit will abide and whom the spirit will lead direct and comfort Now this I would fayne know whether any are fit for such a work of building an house for God to dwell in but such as we may warrantably judge to be Saints Obj. You will answer it may be that the Church of Corinth was not all such meterialls and Symon Magus was not such a ●ne Answ I answer to this and will affirm it and prove it that neither the Church of Corinth nor Symon Magus nor any members of any of the Churches mentioned in the ould or new Testament were admitted members but were first in charity and that grounded upon a rule out of the word judged to be Saints and fit materialls Therefore now look into the Parish Churches and see if it were so in the constytution of them I pray compare things together and see if you can find the Church of Christ and the Parish Churches agree either in their constitution or in their doctrine or in their discipline now if you find a suitablenesse between them in all this then well and good but if you finde not the first nor the last then it is bad and sad And consider whether there be any hope of bringing the Parish Churches into a rightposture according to the rule or whether their be not clear resemblances of upholding her still in her foundation though there may be amendment in her discipline 6. Consider whether God doe not require his people now to be active in this businesse and that from these places Acts 9.26 and 1 Pet. 2.5 and 2 Cor. 6.17 2 Cor. 8.5 And consider whether after it hath pleased God to give his people to understand the way that he will be worshipped in if that an agreement between them to walk in that way together according to the rule of the Gospel be nor the formall cause of their being a Church if it bee such a number as that they are in a capacity of enjoying all ordinances and of performing all duties And I would fain know wherein lieth the evill of ingaging my self by covenant to doe those duties which God commands me in his word to doe first to himselfe secondly to my brother Take notice of this which Salomon saith Prov. 10.29 The way of the Lord is strength to the upright but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity This is the substance of what I spake and then

begin But they held to their agreement to perswade me Then I saw it was their earnest desire and so I did apprehend it to be a call of God and therefore I demanded from them What they would have me do and whether they would have me read any part of the Scripture or go on in prayer without reading To which they made answer They thought it very fit to read a portion of Scripture For saith one it may be God hath made known something to this our friend which hee hath not done to us and we ought to be willing to learn from any by whom God will teach us Then I asked if we should desire a blessing upon the word to which they answered that it was a fitting thing Then I propounded this to them that I desired that if there were any thing spoken that day contrary to the Rule it might freely be objected against in love that it might be cleared and they agreed thereunto and liked the motion very well Then we joyned together and sought God for a blessing upon our comming together and that he would give us to understand his minde in his word And after we had so done then I opened the Bible and read the first Chapter of Ezra which containeth in it 1. The occasion of King Cyrus his proclamation That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled in the 29. of Jeremiah the 10. verse For thus saith the Lord that after seaventy yeares be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you and perform my good word to you and cause you to return from this place 2. The Proclamation it selfe Thus saith Cyrus King of Persia Who is there among you of all his people his God be with him let him goe up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and build the House of the Lord God he is the God which is in Jerusalem 3. An exhortaion to the people where these Jewes dwelt to help them with supplies for their journey to Jerusalem 4. The effects that were wrought by the proclamation and exhortation Then rose up the chiefe of the Fathers of Judah and Benjamin and the Priests and Levits with all those whose spirit God had raised to goe up to build the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem Then all that were about them strengthened their hands with such supplies as they were exhorted unto by the King 5. The concurrence of the King with them he brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar had put in the House of his God 1. Here is to be noted the great care of God over his people not to let them lie any longer in captivity then the appointed time 70. yeares The word of comfort he uttered to his people it was both spoken and written before that so they should not faint under Gods corrections but at the end they should be delivered For the wed of the wicked shall not alway lie upon the lot of the righteous lest they should put forth their hands to iniquity Now was the time indeed that God did as is said in the 40. of Isaiah verse 1. Comfort ye my people and speak comfortably to Jerusalem and tell her her warfare is past c. 2. Observe the way of Gods working deliverance for them it was by over-powering the heart of Cyrus a heathen King to give them liberty Sometimes God will make use of instruments to bring to passe his own designes yet not out of any reall love he beares to them but out of love to his people 3. Observe also the noble frame of spirit that was in a great part of the people of God that they with Paul did not consult with flesh and blood but were obedient to the will of God and rose up presently according to Eccles. 9.10 What thy hand finds to doe doe it with all thy might 4. Observe what great incouragement they had by the King and by the people First by the King two wayes 1. Hee exhorted others to help them and 2. He himselfe delivered out to them the vessels of the House of the Lord which had been carried to Babylon which if they had been destroyed and the people to make all new it might have been a long time before they should have been in a fit posture to worship God And this was great encouragement to the people Quest But what was the reason that God gave power into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar to carry them away into Babylon and the vessels of the House of the Lord to put them into the hands of his God and to use the people so hardly as they were used 2. Quest How did they carry themselves towards God in Babylon 3. What was Gods end in bringing them out of Babylon againe 1. Answ To the 1. I answer it was for their sins and rebellions against God for poluting the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem and for abussing the Prophets that came unto them and for dispising their words therefore he brought upon them the King of the Chaldees 2 Chron. 6. and 14.15.16.17 and they burnt the house of the Lord see vers 19. and they became servants to him and his Sons nay slaves a sad change for them to be carried from a place of peace to a place of sorrow from a place of freedom to a place of thraldom see the 1 of Lamenta the 2. vers she weepeth sore in the night and so through the Chapter we may see how God chastiseth her Answ to 2. Quest She carried her selfe obediently humbly and boare patiently the hand of God see Jer. 39 5.6 7. and Lament 3 from 22. to 29. verse and severall places in that book but though they found no rest they waited for his salvation Answ to 3. Quest. What was Gods end in bringing them out of Babilon againe at the appointed time 1. It was to perform his faithfulnesse to his people for so he had promised after 70. years was fulfilled to bring them back againe 2. He brought them out for this end that they might build him an house in the place appointed that so he might manifest himselfe unto his people by communicating speciall blessings unto them And God had declared his love to Zion how that he made it his peculiar habitation where he said he would dwell Psal 132.13.14.15 In Moses dayes after God had delivered his people out of Egypt the Lord desired them to build him a Tabernacle and he promised to dwell with his people and so he did and his glory rested upon his Tabernacle and after that they were setled in Canaan God commanded them to build his Temple and it was built in Solomans dayes and God manifested his glory therein And now is the time that God desireth that his spirituall house should be built that he might manifest his glory to the sons of men that love his name and take hold of his Covenant and joyn themselves unto him such as