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A87820	A moderate answer vnto Dr. Bastvvicks book; called Independency not Gods ordinance. Wherein is declared the manner how some churches in this city were gathered, and upon what tearmes their members were admitted; that so both the Dr. and the reader may judge, how near some beleevers who walk together in the fellowship of the gospell, do come in their practice to these apostolicall rules which are propounded by the Dr. as Gods method in gethering churches and admitting members. / By Hanserd Knollys. Printed and published according to order. Imprimatur, Ja: Cranford.	Knollys, Hanserd, 1599?-1691.	1645 (1645)	Wing K717; Thomason E293_5; ESTC R200159	15,353	23

subject to a Common-councell or Court of Presbyters The Doctor urgeth that Scripture the third Epistle of John the 9.10,11 verses as an invincible Argument You shall finde it thus expounded by the Doctor pag. 15. ' And therefore when Diotrephes assumed to himself and his particular congregation a power and authority to rule according to his will and pleasure without the consent of the Presbyterie and opposed Iohn the Presbyter He sharply reproves his proceedings and signifies to the Church That when he came he would remember his words and teach him how to prate against the Presbytery with malicious words Which is an evill thing in him saith St. Iohn It was evill in him to assume unto himself and his particular congregation that power that belonged unto the colledge or councell of Presbyters and was to be moderated and exercised onely by the conjoynt and common-consent of the Presbytery For God hath appointed that the Church should be governed by a Presbytery and Diotrephes would have his congregation Independent and have an absolute jurisdiction within it self which saith St. Iohn is an evill thing Now let the Reader judge whether the Dr. be not much mistaken in his Commentary-exposition and application of this place of Scripture And let me give you to understand that St. Iohn saith verse 9. I wrote unto the Church Or as Beza upon that verse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Scripsi nonnihil Ecclesiae that is I have written something to the Church But seeing no mention is made of any perticular Congregation how can the Dr. so confidently affirm that it was his particular Congregation Now the Reader may see plainly That the Dr. can expound those Brethren and their Elders or Presbyters which the Scripture calles a Church to be a particular Congregation And what it was which St. Iohn had written to the Church is not in this Epistle nor any other Scripture declared except it was to receive those Brethren which he saith verse 8. ought to be received and verse 10. whom Diotrephes would not receive how then doth the Doctor say That Diotrephes assumed that power to himself which belonged unto the Colledge and councell of Presbyters without whose joynt and mutuall agreement and common-consent nothing ought to be done or transacted of publike concernment Is the receiving of Brethren or casting out of Brethren a power which belongs to a Colledge of Presbyters and neither the one nor the other may be transacted by the Elders and Brethren of a particular congregation unlesse the court or common-councell of Presbyters conjoyntly consent unto it Let it be also considered That Diotrephes opposed the Brethren and forbade them that would have received those who St. Iohn saith verse 8. we ought to receive yea and cast them ought vers 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 volentes admittere prohibet de Ecclesia dejicit That is and forbiddeth them that would or are willing to admit them and casteth them out of the church to wit excommunicates them Doth it hereby appear that Diotrephes would have his congregation Independent and have an absolute jurisdiction within it self No but Diotrephes would Lord it over the church and have the pre-eminence above his brethren whether fellow Elders or fellow Saints verse ● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sed amans primatum gerere in eos Diorephes that is But Diotrephes loving the primacie amongst them He would be the Primate and Metropolitan of the church and have the Pre-eminence of all the Presbyters in it and Brethren of it The Doctor could have urged this Scripture against the domineering Prelates and why should he marvail that his Brethren should now urge it against the court of Presbyters It is confessed Diotrephes did that which was evill in usurping Authority over the church and those Brethren whom he cast out of the church But that he was the first that opposed the Presbyterian Government or that he did affront a Court and common-councell of Presbyters is more then I know or the Doctor can prove For had Diotrephes done so why was he not convented before them surely the Apostle and Elder St. Iohn would rather have written to the colledge of Presbyters if there were any such then to the Church or in writing to the Church would rather have sent him a summons to appear at some consistorie before the Court and common-councell of Presbyters then to warne them to take heed of his evill that they did not follow it And doubtlesse St. Iohn would have written thus Diotrephes loves to be a Primate among you wherefore when the Presbyterie that is to say the Magistracy or Signory of grave solid learned religious and wise Divines and Ministers come to keep order and met together in a Court and common-councell I will remember his deeds and inform or complain to the Court and common-councell of Presbyters that he prates against us the Presbyters with malicious words But the Apostle St. Iohn did not know any Court or common-councell of Presbyters neither Classicall nor Synod call to appeal unto Nor can the Doctor make good those Appeales he mentioneth pag. 10. to be according to the Scripture of Truth to wit That every particular man as well as any Assembly or Congregation may have their appeal to the Presbyterie of their Precinct hundred or devision under whose jurisdictions they were And if they finde themselves wronged there then they have appeales to some other higher Presbytery or Councell of Divines for relief and justice I onely ask the Doctor how he can prove these appeales by Scripture and if he could whether that higher Presbytery or Councell of Divines especially if they may say the Holy Ghost and we be not as Independent as these Brethren and their Churches against whom the Doctor hath written And if so then such a high Presbytery or Councell of Divines is not Gods Ordintnce by the Doctors own confession and Affirmation Therefore the Apostle writes to the Church or perticular Congregation whereof Diotrephes was a Member and an Elder whom he knew had power to judge him as well as the Church or perticular Congregation of Corinth had power to judge them that were Members therein 1 Cor. 5.12.13 And therefore might as warrantably admonish Diotrephes as the Church of Colosse might Arckippus Coloss 4.17 ' And if nothing of publike concernment ought to bee done or transacted without the joynt and mutuall accord or agreement and common consent of the Presbytery Iohn the Presbyter would not have transgressed so farre as to take upon himself this Authority over Diotrephes to tell the Church of his faults and to say he would remember him and sharply reprove him and teach him to prate against the Presbyterie with malicious words which belonged to the Court and Common Councell of Presbyters But I shall have a just occasion to say more touching this matter in the answer unto the third Question and therefore passing by the objection with its answer mentioned page 19. to the 29. unto its