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A86899 A plaine and briefe discovery of those two beasts that are written, Revel. 13 And to show what dishonour and disgrace the clergie bring against Christ and his glorious church in reading some part of the service-book. Againe I praise God I have shewed in briefe the true signification of Christ and his glorious church, with those holy ordinances that doe belong unto it. Gathered and directed by that grace God hath given to me James Hunt. All glory be to God on high. Hunt, James, 17th cent. 1643 (1643) Wing H3731; Thomason E70_12; ESTC R1261 12,315 16

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in his judgment I will desire no mercy but I will be content to be put to death under the judgment of a Jury of twelve honest men but what saith the Scripture Cast out the bondwoman and her sonne for the sonne of the bond-woman shall not be heire with the son of the free woman Gal. 4. the sonne of the bond-woman plainly signifieth the Devill and the old Law for the old Law is the spirit of bondage and so is the devill as I in this book have plainly proved Now I will shew you in brief of Gods love and mercy For if the Pope and his Clergy and the Bishops and their Clergy will forsake the old Law and their false power and false doctrines and traditions which is contrary to the true worship and will of God and then be reconciled to Christ and the second covenant of grace God is rich in mercy to forgive them and receive them into his everlasting kingdome of glory Wherefore I will conclude with S. Paul as it is written 1 Tim. 2.3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God out Saviour who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth for there is one God and one Mediator betweene God and men the man Christ Jesus who gave himselfe ransome for all to be testified in due time whereunto I am ordained a Preacher I say againe whereunto God my glorious Father hath ordained me to be a Preacher I speake the truth in Christ and lye not for the spirit of God drawes but one way that is to Christ and to the obedience of the new Covenant my text saith All things that reproveth are made manifest by the light Now by that light God hath given to me I shall reprove the Anabaptist which will not allow young children to be baptized but by the help of God I will prove in briefe by human reason and spirituall signification of Scripture that they are deceived in their judgement my first proofe is Heb 10. For the Law having a shadow of good things to come which doth signifie that the old Law was a type and shadow of the New for the Apostle saith plainly concerning the Jews which were under the Old Law he saith they were baptized to Moses in the cloud 1 Cor. 10.2 the cloud signifieth the Old Law now I understand that Moses did not baptise with water but to signifie that circumcision was a type of Baptisme and young children were circumcised at eight dayes old Againe I finde it written Acts 16. concerning the Jaylor and Lydia which were converted by S. Paul it is said they and all their houshold were baptized Now what man is able to gainsay but those two persons might have young children that were baptized by S. Paul Againe Acts 2. when the Apostle told the Jews that they had crucified the Lord of life they were pricked in their hearts and said Men and brethren what shall we do Peter answered Repent and be baptized and ye shall receive the gift of the holy Ghost for the promise is to you and to your children these places of Scripture doth plainly signifie that all young children of faithfull parents are to be baptized to the mysticall body of Christ Againe Christ said Suffer little children to come to me and forbid them not for to such belongeth the kingdome of God Marke this point I beseech you for Christ saith plainly that the kingdome of God doth belong to young children and Christ and his Gospell signifie Christ and his Kingdome Now if I aske the Anabaptists if they doe beleeve the Baptisme with water to be an holy Ordinance which doth belong to the body of Christ and to the second Covenant of grace they will answer yea why then my answer to them is in briefe that all those that will not suffer young children to be baptized they doe exclude them from the mysticall body of Christ and from the second Covenant of grace I pray God give all such people grace to forsake that wicked practise or else they will draw downe the fiery wrath of God upon their owne soules and thus I praise God I have proved in briefe by humane reason and by plaine signification of Scripture that young children must be baptized Againe I have shewed you that those two beasts doth signifie the Pope and his clergy and the Bishops and their Clergy that their false power are both as one It is written Iohn 16.13 14. Christ saith plainly When he the Spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all truth he shall glorifie me for he shall receive of mine and shall shew it unto you marke I beseech you the commanding power of God for Christ Jesus who in the true and perfect God he saith expresly that the spirit of truth shal receive of his and shal shew it unto you Now by that spirit of truth which Christ hath given unto me I will shew you in briefe the true signification of Christ and his glorious Church with those holy Ordinances which doth belong unto it for there are three that beare record in heaven the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one 1 Iohn 5.1 the Word signifieth Christ Jesus who is the second person in Trinity and all those people that will be reconciled to Christ and to the divine power of his word their spirits shal be joyned to the glorious Trinity my first proofe is in 2 Cor. 13.5 Examine your selves whether ye be in the faith know you not that Christ Jesus is in you except yee bee reprobates But how is Christ in his people my answer is by the vertue and divine power of his word which is revealed in his Gospel Again 1 Cor. 6.19 What know you not that your body is the temple of the holy Ghost which is in you Againe Ephes 4.4 There is one body one spirit one faith one God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all These three places of Scripture doth plainly prove and justifie that all those people that will be reconciled to Christ and to the obedience of his word which is revealed in the New Testament their spirits shall be joyned to the holy and glorious Trinity Father Son and holy Ghost which shall be all ingraffed as in one man though they shall be in number thousands of thousands and thus I praise God I have shewed you in briefe the true foundation of true and sound Religion which by the help of God I dare boldly say that the Devill and all his carnall Ministers shall never be able for to overthrow or shake this foundation Now by the help of God I will shew you in briefe how and after what manner children are to be baptized for I think it fit that the Minister first reade that portion of Scripture Gal. 3.21 For if there had beene a Law given that could have given life verily righteousnesse should have beene by
by the hand and say these words after the Minister I John take Anne to my wedded wife to love and cherish in sicknesse and in health until death us depart according as God hath commanded by the divine power of his Word and thereunto I give thee my troth and then for the woman I Anne take John to my wedded husband to love and to cherish in sicknesse and in health until death us depart according as God hath commanded by the divine power of his Word and thereunto I give thee my troth And after this the Minister shal read that part of Scripture as is written Eph. 5. beginning at the 22. Verse and read to the end of the chapter And thus I praise God I have shewed you in brief what wil be sufficient for marriage which is agreeable to Gods Word and wil now for the burial of the dead I think it fit that the dead bodie be caried into the Church and there may be Divine Service or Preaching for the edifying of the people and then lay the dead body into the grave and the Priest and people may sing to the praise and glory of God the 113. Psalme for there is no cause of mourning for those that die in the faith of Christ therefore I say again I thinke it fit when the dead body is laid in the grave for the Priest and people to sing a Psalme And thus I have shewed you in briefe what wil be sufficient for the burial of the dead Now for Church-govemment I think it fit for to have a Justice of Peace in every Parish of note for to bear the sword of justice for to punish the evil doers and for the upholding of the just and good Againe I thinke it fit for to have Church-Wardens and Side-men in every Parish as already is for to keep the Houses of God in repair and for gathering of money for the poore that the hungry may be fed and the naked may be cloathed that so the members of Christ may rejoyce in glory together Now some with say this Church-government hath beene held here in England a long time My answer is in some respects it is very good but by the help of God I shal prove in brief that in some respects as it is held forth it is abominable in the sight of God for the Magistrates and Church-wardens they will suffer none to declare their mind to the people in the Churches but those which have beene brought up in the Universities and in so doing they deny God of his divine power for God breaths his Spirit where it pleaseth him Againe I say if God give a man a great and perfect gift concerning the art of preaching the Clergy and Magistrates will not suffer him to exercise his gift unto the people which God doth allow and command by the divine power of his Word as I shall prove in briefe My first proofe is in 1 Pet 2.9 Ye are a royall Priesthood an holy nation that you should shew forth the praise of him who hath called you out of darknesse into his marvellous light Now I pray how shall the Saints and servants of Christ set forth those praises and honour and glory which doth belong to Christ and his glorious Church but by the manifestation of his Word which is revealed in his Gospell Againe the Apostle S Paul saith expresly 1 Cor. 14. When the Church are come together let the Prophets speak two or three and let the other judge for ye may all prophesie one by one that all may learne and all may be comforted This saying of S. Paul doth plainly prove and signifie that God hath appointed that every man should have free liberty for to exercise his gift in the Church in an orderly and decent way for he saith All may prophesie one by one and for to prophesie is to open and unfold the mysteries of God to the true meaning and signification Againe I plainly understand that prophecying and preaching they are both as one in signification for prophecying is to unfold the mysteries of God to the praise and glory of his grace and to the confounding of false power and false doctrine which proceedeth from the devill and preaching is for the very same purpose I say that which doth proceed from God Now the Apostle maintaines his argument with a commanding power for to prove that God doth allow that every man should have free liberty to declare his mind in a decent way for he saith expresly in the 37. Verse of the same Chapter if any man think himselfe to be a Prophet or spirituall let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandements of the Lord. Thus I praise God I have proved by plaine and cleer signification of Scripture that God doth allow and command by the divine power of his Word that his Saints and servants should have free liberty for to declare their mind in the Church in an orderly and decent way but the Clergy and Magistrates and Church-wardens they will not suffer those things to be done in the Church which God hath commanded by the divine power of his Word I pray God give the Clergy and Magistrates and Church-wardens all grace to forsake that wicked practise and that henceforth they will suffer those things to be done in the Churches as God hath commanded which if they shall wilfully refuse to do they will be sure to have their portion in hell for ever Thus I praise God I have shewed you in briefe how Church-government may be held to the praise and glory of God Againe I have shewed you how Church-government in some r●spects is held forth which is abominable and hatefull in the sight of God Againe I acknowledge the Lords Prayer and other gol●ly prayers and Davids Psalmes shall abide in the Church of Christ for ever for the Psalmes those that are in prose to be read for Divine service and those that are in meeter for the people to sing to the praise and glory of God but for the old Law and Testament that is quite abolished by Christ Now if there be any Protestant Papist Anabaptist or Brownist that can be able to shew and set forth Christ and his glorious Church with those holy Ordinances that doth belong unto it in a plainer and cleerer and briefer way then I by Gods help have done I shall rejoyce to see that man● and I will be of his Religion if it shall appeare so to be by the plaine and cleare truth of the word of God and by the judgement of the high Court of Parliament which I hope are gathered together for the triall of the spirits FINIS