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A88756 A confutation of the Solemn League and Covenant, against the persecuting dividing sense put upon it by such who seeke more themselves and their ends, then the glory of God, or the peace of the kingdomes. / By R.L. A true friend to all reall covenanters. R. L. 1648 (1648) Wing L53; Thomason E443_38; ESTC R204751 17,854 15

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judgements then that spirit which is come into the World to leade us into all truth Exclaiming against the authority of popish Fathers councells c. over us in matters of Faith It being a principall branch of Popery to believe as the Church believes which we have chiefly covenanted against That wee and our posterity after us may as Bretheren not as Masters and servants for the Scribes and Pharisees love the uppermost roomes at Feasts and the chiefe places in the Sinogogues and greetings in the Markets and to be called of men Rabbi Rabbi but be not yee called Rabbi for one is your Master even Christ and all yee are Breathren Mat. 23.6 7 8. and call no man father upon earth for one is your father in Heaven Live in faith and love c. Not in envying strife and vaine jangling about things indifferent in Faith and Love not in forme custome and tradition in Faith and Love which is the unity of the Spirit not uniformity of Church Government Worship Discipline c. though the latter is likewise included where it doth not prejudice the former And the Lord may delight to dwell in the middest of us c. Acts 7.48 Esa 8.18 Ioel 3.21 Psal 132.13 Psal 87.2 Who delights not to dwell in Tents made of hands whose habitation is not in Discipline outward Worship or formes of Religion for the Lord hath chosen Zion hee hath desired it for his Habitation he loveth the gates of Zion more then all the dwellings of Jacob though Iacob were not without Altars and Sacrifices no more then Zion Zion representing the spirituall Church of God not the carnall for God hath not his Habitation nor dwelling place in or among none but such as have their dwelling place in him hee that eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Bloud dwelleth in me and I in him Io 5 56. which relateth to the spiritual union betwixt Christ and a christian not to an outward profession of the Gospel So Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians writing of the new Ierusalem the spirituall Church of God where only God dwels speaking of Christ the chiefe corner stone in whom saith he yee are also builded together for a habitation of God through the spirit Eph. 2.23 Pet. 1.1.4 1 Cor. 12.13 and if yee be not thus builded together in chiefe and made one with him by pertaking of the Divine nature by being baptized into him through that one spirit it is not your building together in outward Leagues and Covenants discipline and formes of worship though never so pure that makes you a habitation for God to dwell in The second Head That we shall in like manner without respect of persons indeavour the extirpation of Popish prelacy that is Church-Government by Archbishops their Chancellors and Commissaries Deanes Deanes and Chapters Arch-Deacons and all other Ecclesiasticall Officers depending on that hierakchy c Not onely the names formes and offices of the Government but chiefely the evill of the Government which was their Ecclesiasticall Jurisdiction over the people Their exalting formes traditions and ceremonies above and against the purest godlinesse their troubling and persecuting good Christians under the name of Heritickes and Schismaticks forcing multitudes out of His Majesties Dominions to injoy their liberties elsewhere which is taken notice of by the Parliament in their protestation made the 5. of May 1641. all which kinde of disposition and persecuting principles we are fully and really Covenanted to extirpate in others as well as in them Superstition Which word includes all manner of ceremonous worship crept in among us by the customes and traditions of men contrary to the word of God and forced upon us by the decrees and determinations of Councels and Synods all which are wholy superstitious Heresie Which word signifies a peremptory obstinacy in a grosse visible error in opposition to a fundamentall known truth that is in opposition to the very foundation upon which religion viz. the power of Godlinesse is grounded not every small difference among Christians in matter of Opinion or Judgement about discipline Goverment or points so disputable which are hard to be determined Schisme Which signifies Division or striving about Religion by some few violent persons to the great prejudice of the generality of godly Christians not a Christian sober contending for the faith of the Gospell against the traditions and customes of men Paul withstood Peter to the face before Barnabas and all the Saints at Antioch yet Paul was no Schismatick nor Peter a Heritick for practising such things in the Church as were reproveable and blameable by Paul Prophanesse Which word signifies a fleshy carnall abusing of spirituall and holy things or the prophaning of the Lords day his names c. the administring spitituall Sacraments or Ordinances to Carnall Ignorant Scandalous people this is is that the Lord much complaines of in Scripture Ezek 12.8 thou hast despised my holy things and prophaned my Sabbaths so in ver 26. her Priests have violated my Law and prophaned my holy things Heb. 12.16 1. Timoth. 1 9. they have put no difference betweene the holy and prophane so it includes all manner of evill scandalous conversation whether in words or deeds This word in the Covenant is so little taken notice of though it be lesse disputable and the sinnes against it more scandalous and provokeing to the pure eyes of our God who cannot behold iniquitie Heb 1.13 then difference in opinion among Godly people and if there were a better reformation of the former the latter would be more easily obtained prophanesse being to be driven out from among us as Christ drove the buyers and sellers out of the Temple and holinesse of life with unity among brethren to be led in by cords of love and strength of reason But we walking so much by contrary meanes find by wofull experience contrary effects and consequences Whatsoever shall be found contrary to sound doctrine that is sound doctrine which destroyes all our own things whether parts abilities workes or righteousnesse and exalts Christ alone to be all in all for us and in us Rom. 3.22 23. 1 Cor. 12.6 Ephes 1.23 Col. 3.11 That is sound doctrine which is preached in no other name and authority Ioh. 7.16 but Gods as the doctrine was which Christ taught my doctrine is not mine but his that sent me not that which derives its Authority from Counsells Fathers c. who have many of them preached for doctrine the Commandements of men And the power of godlinesse These two things are well placed neere together for where the one is wanting the other is seldome found the power of godlinesse being constantly attended with sound doctrine though among the purest graine there may be sowne some teres for the more ye finde of the power of godlinesse in any man or society of men the more of sound doctrine is there to be expected and if the power of godlinesse be wanting in