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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40928	Christian religious meetings allowed by liturgie are no seditious conventicles, nor punishable by the late act, or, What persons and meetings are owned and allowed by the liturgie of the Church of England and also, what makes a religious meeting to pass and suffer under the name of a seditious conventicle, and likewise, what is a conventicle and what is not a conventicle ... / written the beginning of the fourth moneth in the year 1664 by R.F.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1664 (1664)	Wing F476; ESTC R25391	17,848	36

good Protestants covenanted with God by promise and vow against Swearing as aforesaid Consider well of it And likewise if it be asked of us why we refuse to swear and take Oaths may it not be truly answered and pleaded that we cannot swear take Oaths because the Bishops and Priests have bound us under a solemn Vow against Oaths by causing us to covenant with God by promise and vow in order to the obtaining that honourable Title of Christians c. to forsake the Devil and all his works and to keep Gods holy Will and Commandments all the dayes of our lives and doth it not plainly appear that Swearing under the Gospel Dispensation is against the Will of God being contrary to the command of Christ Jesus as asoresaid And we make Conscience of it it is great matter of Conscience to us both to keep Covenant with God and also to keep the command of Christ Jesus and if you or any can convince us that we may lawfully break Covenant with God and disobey the Command of Christ Jesus without incurring the displeasure of God and violating the Fundamentals of the Episcopal and Protestant Religion we shall hearken to you and take it into due consideration And moreover many of the friends of Christ Jesus are excommunicated as Christ hath foretold in his Prophesie John 16. and doth not that Act of Excommunication put them out of a Legal capacity of taking a Judicial Oath John 16.1 2 3. or bearing an Office And if so may not that be pleaded and taken as a Legal plea to justifie or excuse such for refusing of Oaths And if Swearing before a Magistrate be lookt upon to be of Divine Institution and according to the appointment of God where doth or can it be made apparent by any plain Text of Scripture that God ordained and appointed one Magistrate to administer an Oath to another before he could be admitted into his Office and that an Oath was ordained and appointed of God to be administred to a third person by a Magistrate for the decision of a Controversie and if that can be proved by Scripture it may be of great satisfaction and if not Ought not tender hearted people to be freed from the imposition of Oaths upon their Consciences in the cases aforesaid And for that and the causes and reasons aforesaid Ought not the Jurors and Judges to be tender towards the people of God reproachfully called Quakers and to acquit them from the penalties provided by the Act against Meeting and Swearing Consider well of it in Christian Moderation and the fear of the Lord and the Lord guide you and them in the wayes of right Justice to give Judgment in the matters and causes aforesaid who are or may therein be concerned Concerning the people and worshippers of God owned and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of England SEeing that meeting together upon the account of Religion and Worship of God contrary to what is allowed by the Liturgie or practise of the Church of England to the number of five or above is accounted an offence punishable with Imprisonment and Transportation by the late Act it is very good to take notice and that all Jurors Judges and Ministers of the Law as well as Witnesses do consider who are the only persons and people owned and allowed of by the Liturgie as the people and worshippers of him that such may not be punished upon such an account but clearly acquitted from the force of the Penalties concerning the same 1. They who are owned and allowed by the Liturgie as the people of God and worshippers of him Publick Baptism are such as God the Father through the Son of his love hath out of his bounteous mercy granted that thing unto which by Nature they could not have that is to say Regeneration the work of his Spirit 2. They who are Regenerated and by that Act of Regeneration are grafted into the Body of Christs Congregation which is holy and declared so to be by the Liturgie 3. They whom God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ hath been pleased both to Regenerate with his holy Spirit Publ. Bapt and to receive them for his own children by Adoption and to incorporate into his holy Congregation are the worshippers and people of God owned and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of England and therefore they may meet and assemble together upon the account of Religion according to the allowance of the Liturgie 4. They who being buryed with Christ in his death Publ. Bapt are dead unto sin and do live unto righteousness and are made partakers of the Resurrection of Christ they are the people of God and allowed by the Liturgie as aforesaid 5. They in whom the old Adam is buried and in whom the new Man is raised up Publ. Bapt in whom all carnal affections do die and all things belonging to the Spirit do live in them and grow are the people of God allowed by the Liturgie so to be and may meet upon the account of Religion and Worship of God to the number of five and above 6. They who have spiritual power and strength from the Lord and Victory to tryumph against the Devil the World and the Flesh Publ. Bapt and are endued with heavenly vertues and are made Members of Christ and Inheritors of the Kingdom of Heaven those are the Worshippers and people of God allowed by the Liturgie as aforesaid 7. They who are not viciously but vertuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life who following the example of Christ and to be made like unto him See the latter end of publick Baptism and that called the Communion feast of Trinity only that as he died and rose again for them so they should die from sin and rise again unto righteousness who do continually mortifie in them all evil and corrupt Affections and do daily proceed in all vertue and godliness of living those are the people allowed and owned by the Liturgie who may meet and assemble together to perform duty and service to God at any time and in any place which is very meet right and their bounden duty and that according to the Liturgie See Publick Baptism and Communion upon the Feast of Trinity 8. They who are the servants of the ever-living God who are regenerated by him to whom he hath granted forgivness of all their sins See that called confirmation or laying on of hands and doth strengthen them with the holy Ghost the Comforter and doth also daily encrease in them his manifold Gifts of Grace the Spirit of wisdom understanding the Spirit of counsel and heavenly strength the Spirit of knowledge and true godliness and are filled with the Spirit of Gods holy fear those are the people and worshippers of God owned and allowed by the Liturgie as aforesaid and they may meet and assemble together in the way of the Worship of God and ought not

by the Liturgie or declared to be the Church of God and to refuse to meet in point of Religion and Worship with such as are not of Gods Houshold and Family is not to refuse to come to the Church and Service of God but to assemble and meet together in point of Religion and Worship of God with the Houshold and Family of God to perform Duty unto him at any time and in any place is to come to the Church and Service of God according to the allowance of the Liturgie of the Church as aforesaid What is owned by the Liturgie to be a Church what is not That the Church is not owned or declared by the Liturgie to be either the Parish Meeting places or wicked unsanctified persons though they may assemble and meet there is very plain because the Liturgie declareth and saith the Church either are or should be Regenerated and Born of God and they who are not Regenerate and Born of God are not owned or declared by the Liturgie to be any Members of the Church of England And again the Church is declared by the Liturgie not only to be Regenerate and Born of Water and the Spirit but it is also Declared by the Liturgie that the whole Body of the Church is governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God for proof thereof Order of Baptism Good Friday Col. see that called the Order of Baptism and on Good Friday the Collects Admittance into Church-Fellowship and becoming C●urch members according to the Liturgie Seeing then it remains true according to the Liturgie that none are admitted into Church Fellowship nor accounted Church-Members but such as are Regenerate and Born of God and they who are Governed and Sanctified by the Spirit of God Then to assemble and meet together with such as are born of God and Governed and Sanctified by the Spirit of God is not contrary unto but according to the manner allowed of by the Liturgie of the Church of England The Government of the Church is Spiritual according to the Liturgie If the whole Body of the Church be Governed and Sanctified by the Spirit of God then every particular Member thereof is under the Government and Sanctification of the Spirit of God as aforesaid and it seems such are the only Church Members allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of England then they who have the sense and knowledg of the Work of Gods Spirit upon their hearts 1 Cor. 6.11 Gal. 4.6 7. Heb. 8.10 11 12. Rom. 8.14 15 16 17. and working within them both for Regeneration Government of heart and Sanctification and also testifying unto their spirits that they are the children of God as the Saints and Believers in Christ aforetime had according to the Scripture Record those are the true Church and they and their Meetings are allowed of by the Liturgie aforesaid Then they who are not governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God Who are owned to be Mi●isters and Members of the Church and who are not both according to the Liturgie and Scripture are no Ministers nor Members of the Church neither according to the Liturgie nor the Scriptures For the Liturgie saith the whole Body of the Church is governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God then they who are not governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God are not owned either as Ministers or Members of the Church and the Scripture saith If any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his Christ doth not own any either as his Ministers or Members of his Church if they have not his Spirit as aforesaid See Rom. 8.9 Seeing that the whole Body of the Church is declared by the Liturgie to be Governed and Sanctified by the Spirit of God is not the body of the Church a sanctified Body and under a spiritual Government And ought not Spiritual men to hear and determine spiritual matters And seeing that it is a spiritual matter that is like to come in question about meeting according to the allowance of the Liturgie or no may not those that are to be tryed in such cases justly appeal to the spiritual Judges to judg of spiritual Causes and not to the Temporal Judges for is there not belonging unto the Imperial Crown of the Realm a Body Politick compact of all sorts and degrees of people divided in Terms and by Names of Spirituality and Temporality to render and yield Justice and final determination to all manner of people resiants or subjects within the Kings Realm in all Causes Matters Debates and contentions hapning to occur insurge or begin with the limits thereof And hath not the Body Spiritual power when any Cause of the Law Divine hapneth to come in question or of Spiritual Learning to declare and determine all such doubts and are not the Laws Temporal for Tryal of Property of Lands and Goods 24 Hen. 8. Chap. 12. and for the Conservation of the people of this Realm in unity and peace without Ravin or spoyl And are not those Temporal Laws to be administred and executed by sundry Judges and Ministers of the other part of the said Body Politick called the Temporality If the Body Politick be divided into and consist of two Parts the one part called by the name of Spirituality and the other part called the Temporality the one to hear and determine spiritual matters and causes and the other to hear and determine Temporal causes and matters For as much as ours is a spiritual matter or cause being concerning the Worship of God ought not the Temporal Judges to leave it to the spiritual Judges to hear and determine The whole stress of the matter lyeth in this thing that is to say whether Meetings upon the account of Religion be allowed by the Liturgie or practise of the Church of England or no For those Meetings that are not contrary to the allowance of the Liturgie or practice of the Church of England are not it seems neither prohibited nor punishable by the Act as aforesaid It is declared by the Liturgie of the Church of England 2 Coll. for Peace that the Service of God is perfect freedome and seeing that by the Liturgie of the Church of England the service of God is owned allowed of and declared to be perfect freedom whether ought any person or persons whatsoever to be forced either to it or from it by outward compulsion but rather left to their liberty and freedom concerning the same Concerning Oaths and Jurors or Judges c. WHereas it is said in the late Act That there are some persons that do obstruct the proceeding of Justice by their obstinate refusal to take Oaths lawfully tendred unto them in the ordinary course of Law It is enacted That if any persons do refuse to take a judicial Oath in any Court of Record except Court Leets being duly and legally summoned or served with process to appear in such Courts as aforesaid as a witness

are owned by the Lord and allowed by the Liturgie as aforesaid 23. They who through the tender love and mercy of the Lord do follow the example of Christ in his great humility and patience and are made partakers of his resurrection Sunday next before Easter the Coll. who are governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God of whom the Lord receives supplications and prayers which they offer before him for all estates of men Good Frid Collects in his holy Congregation which is so governed and sanctified by the Spirit of God as aforesaid those are the people which God doth own as his worshippers and both they and their godly Meetings are owned and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of England and therefore they ought neither to be imprisoned nor banished for so doing but rather to be freed and clearly acquitted from all Ecclesiastical censures and temporal punishments concerning the same 24. They unto whom God hath granted and doth or may grant his holy Spirit alwayes to think and do such things as be right and good in the sight of God so that they which cannot be without him 9 Sunday after Trin. Collect. may by him be able to live according to his Will in all things are the people owned and allowed by the Liturgie so that the people of God are enabled by the Spirit given unto them of God to do and perform that alwaies which is acceptable and according to the Will of God as aforesaid 25. They are the people of God and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church of England 7 Sunday after Trin. Coll. in whose hearts the Lord God of all power and might who is the Author and giver of all good things doth engraff the love of his name and doth encrease in their hearts his true Religion and doth also nourish them with all goodness who of his great mercy doth keep them in the same through Christ Jesus our Lord so that the people of God have the love of God engrafted in them and true religion is planted within them and doth encrease in their hearts who are nourished with the vertue and goodness of God and by his power preserved and kept in the same and who more in that than the Quakers so called Consider well of it and do not unworthily punish them for being so owned and allowed of both in principle practise and judgment or doctrine by the Liturgie as aforesaid 26. They are the people allowed by the Liturgie 12 Sunday after Trin. Coll. whom God almighty and everlasting is alwayes ready to hear and on whom he poureth down abundance of mercy forgiving them those things whereof Conscience is afraid so that Conscience is afraid until God out of his mercy forgive sins and transgressions and do restore Conscience into a capacity again of becoming the servant of God 13 Sunday after Trin. Coll. therefore it is by the only gift of God that his true and faithful people do perform him true and laudable service and they are the true and faithful people and worshippers of God who by the only gift of God do perform him true and laudable service as aforesaid and such people and their godly religious Meetings and Exercises On S Peters day the Coll. are owned by the Lord and allowed by the Liturgie of the Church therefore such ought not to be punished by Imprisonment or banishment for serving God according to the gift of God 27. They to whom God the Father by his Son Jesus Christ hath given or doth give many excellent gifts and commandeth them to feed his Flock are to be diligent in preaching Gods holy Word and the people to whom it is so preached who do obediently follow the same are Ministers and people of God and the people of God are to serve God according to the gift of God allowed by the Liturgie and they are the true faithful people of God in whose hearts his love is engrafted true Religion planted and doth encrease in their hearts who are nourished with the vertue and goodness of God and by his power are preserved and kept in the same who by the gift of God do perform true and laudable service unto God as aforesaid and as that is owned and allowed by the Liturgie so likewise by the Scripture and doth not therefore both Liturgie and Scripture own and allow of the Doctrines Principles and practises of the people of God reproachfully called Quakers and others 28. For the Scripture saith As every man hath received the gift even so minister the same one to another as good Stewards of the manifold grace of God If any man speak let him speak as the Oracles of God If any man minister let him do it as of the ability which God giveth that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ as it is written 1 Pet. 4.11 29. Whereby it may be observed that none are enjoyned commanded or required of God to minister from him to the souls of the people but them to whom the gift of Ministration is given and also that all are commanded enjoyned and required by the Lord to Minister from him to the people to whom the gift of Ministration is given so that the Gospel is to be preached with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven 1 Pet. 1.11 12. 30. And as it is evident and remains true that the Ministers of the Gospel of Christ are by a spiritual power and Gospel authority 1 Pet. 4.10 11. 1 Pet. 1.11 12. 2 Cor. 3.1 2 2 Cor. 4.1 2 Act. whereby they are to be commended in the sight of God to the Consciences of those that receives them as Ministers of the Gospel of Christ to whom the gift of Ministration is given of God for that end and purpose to convert people from the evil of their wayes and doings unto God by turning them from darkness unto light and so from the power of Satan unto God they are to preach in the Spirit and to the spirits in prison with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven 31. So are both Ministers and people to pray unto God and praise him in the Spirit and that according to the Apostolick doctrine as it is written Rom. 8.14 Rom. 8.26 27. 1 Cor. 14.15 Lastly By what hath been said it is evident and doth appear what persons and Meetings are owned and allowed both by the Liturgie and Scripture and that by the allowance of both the service and worship of God is to be performed by the Spirit and gift of God And that they who meet preach and pray or perform duty and service to God in the Spirit and by the gift of God they are the only people owned by the Lord as his people and worshippers of him and also allowed by the Liturgie as aforesaid Therefore the people of God called Quakers and others who perform service unto God by the gift of God are owned and allowed by the Liturgie and Scripture as aforesaid and ought to be acquitted from all Ecclesiastical Censures and Temporal punishments concerning the same THE END