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A56233 The poor mans progress and rest, or, the way of God with man passing through the wildernesse to Canaan In answer to a grand question demanded of the author whilst a prisioner in Jameses. Viz. What the manner of Gods dealing was with him in the severall dispensations that he had gone through; and also the ground of his practise, directed to one of the councel. And now published for the prevention of false suggestions against the said prisioner during his captivity. Wherein is clearly demonstrated, first, the false foundations that many thousands in this generation [ ] upon. Secondly, what the true foundation is with the ill consequences and absurditees of the contrary. Thirdly, the infallability of the this true foundation. Fourthly, the difference between living to Christ and living by him. ... Tenthly, some reasons to induce submission to imposition of hands. All made plain by scripture reason and experience. By William Pryer, a poor despised servant of Jesus, ... Pryor, William. 1655 (1655) Wing P4132A; ESTC R218357 9,493 14

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in such legible characters whereby when men read they may understand Eph. 3.4 which comforts the hearts of the Lords servants filling them with all riches of assurance of understanding in their acknowledging the mystery of God and of the Father and of Christ to the which acknowledgement the God of praise and love bring all those that set their faces Sion ward that in the rich enjoying of assurance may finish their course with joy he coming the earnest of their inheritance untill the redemption of the purchased possession when the righteous shall receive the end of their hope the salvation of their souls And so much in brief I was sollicited to signifie unto your honour touching the manner of Gods dealing with my poor soul now humbly craving your serious consideration of the particulars herein being willing to receive information wherein I see either in judgement or practise and the God of peace and love give you understanding in all his wayes which are pleasanter then all that this world can afford I shall only give you an account in a word or two of my practice in opposing the Clergy which I am sure you have had various reports of First I never spake to any of them by way of question untill they had done except two and what I said to those two was in vindication of present ordinances openly violated by them Nor I never laid hands upon any nor abetted any that did though I have heard so much hath been suggested to your honour but alwaies on the contrary desired peace and peaceable reasoning yet strongly endeavouring by reason to vindicate that which I apprehended to be truth The reasons of this my practise may it please your honour was these First I am commanded to follow the example of my dear Saviour and the example of his servants so far as they followed him I find him disputing amongst the Doctours and asking them questions and taking his opportunities of speaking amongst multitudes I find the servants as Stephen and Apollo and Silas and Peter following his example and it was Pauls manner Act. 17.2 to go in the Synogogues on the Sabbath day and reason with them 〈◊〉 of the Scripture which God is my witnesse besides many hundreds I have practised with much meeknesse though I have received many taunts and reproaches from them unbecoming men of their profession besides sundry of their endeavours to set the tumultuous about my ears as I am able to manifest yet I rendered them not evill though I have by their occasion often undergone stroakes buffetings and stoning and my garments torn from me all which I value not because I know my God hath registred my sufferings I gave no manner of unbeseeming retorts at O●ndle when Mr Resbury came into the publick place and called to Mr Morley a gentleman of Northamptonshire whilst preaching being then in the pulpit which was at that time free by act of Parliament uttering with a loud voice contumelious threatnings uncomely to be mentioned by any that professe the name of Christ but a patient suffering is comely to and amongst the people of God an adorning to the gospell of their profession to bear about alwayes in their bodies the dying of the Lord Jesus is their treasure in earthen vessels and therefore shall commit these the series of my understanding and practise to your serious consideration being willing through grace to go through good report and evill and to suffer any thing that God may have the glory and what of it deserves the light to let it have it which is all at present from him who is the unworthiest of truths lovers yet shall take leave to subscribe my self Your Honours servant for the truths sake William Pryer I know I shall be the wonder of the Churches abroad and of all others that have been witnesses to my opposing the doctrine of imposition of hands when they hear of my entring into the practise of it it may be some will censure me as unstable be it so I had rather be accounted unstable then stable in opposing truth and therefore shall briefly give to serious consideration the reasons of my submitting to imposition of hands now practised in many places upon all baptized beleevers First Because ever since I opposed it I have found a coldnesse growing upon me as to the things of God Secondly I have found a greater debility in my self to withstand temptations Thirdly because I could find no other way to claim that great promise of the gift of the spirit by which is convaid the assurance of all the other promises but by following the example of the holy men of God in that which did immediately proceed the enjoyment of the spirit Fourthly Because I find imposition of hands joyned to the doctrine of baptismes by a Conjunction copulative Heb. 6. and according to the practise of the Apostles immediately to proceed the enjoyment of the promise intealed upon the chearfull reception of the doctrine of baptismes of water and afflictions Fifthly I find it an interposed practise of the Apostles immediately after baptisme before the saints enjoying the spirit promised Sixthly Because mortification of sin guidance in the way of truth helps to prophecy directions to prayer all convai'd through the spirit which leads into all truth Seventhly Though I find some had the spirit without it yet I have no grounds to expect it but in Gods ordinary way of communication Eighthly Because I find imposition of hands kept alive successively from the Apostle through the darkest mists of popery even after baptisme was changed as to the right subjects by the subtilty of Fidus the priest this practise hath been ever since kept alive by the Bishops hands upon their couzened babes Ninthly Because I find a greater experience of the indwelling of God in those that practise it upon baptized believers then in the opposers of it more frequent in duties both at home and abroad more love in them one towards another more watchfull over one another more zealous for truth more sympathying one with another in sufferings If I had no other reasons to convince me of truth in the present practise of imposition of hands then I have experienced in these latter These only would have engaged me no longer to have opposed it Vale. William Pryer FINIS
was one and in confirmation 1 Tim. 1.15 was alledged that Christ Came into the world to save sinners but then reasoning with some that he came to save some sinners not all considering which I was at as great a losse as before not knowing by an infallible testimony that I was of that number for whom Christ died which led me to a universall proposition for comfort which I was altogether averse to it being so contrary to that I had been taught and especially considering two texts of scripture the one the 2 Tim 3.15 16 17 that the holy scripture is able to make wise to salvation through believing and is so profitable that the man of God may be perfect throughly finished c. the other the 1 Thes 4.5 That the gospel comes with much assurance which necessarily must be from the word of God and not from the wisdome of man which induc'd me through grace to lay hold on the generall doctrine especially considering the ill consequences of the particular doctrine then presented unto me As First If Christ hath not died for all then thus no gospel for some men contrary to Luke 2.10 Isai 49.6 Jud. 3. Secondly then infidelity is not the condemning sin contrary to Mark. 16.16 Iohn 3.18 19. Thirdly then the servants of the Lord are commanded to preach lies to some men Mark 16.15 1 Tim. 2.7 in being commanded to declare Christs death for all when it were but for some see 1 Tim. 4.10 11. Fourthly Then the Apostles did not speak truth when they said God would have all men to be saved 1. Tim. 2.4 and for that end ordered remission of sins to be preacht Luk 24.47 Act. 10.36 Act 13.38 That Christ took away the sins of the world Ioh. 1.29 that he tasted death for every man Heb. 2.9 that he is the saviour of all men 1 Tim. 4.10 that he gave himself a ransome for all 1 Tim. 2.6 that he bought false prophets and false teachers that bring in damnable heresies and upon themselves destruction 2 Pet. 2.1 that he sanctified those that trample under foot the son of God and count the bloud of the covenant an unholy thing all which scriptures must be raised out of the book of God and counted as fables if Christ hath not died for all men Fifthly If he died not for all men then his rendering vengeance in flaming fire at the great and dreadfull day shall not be for not believing the gospel but because there was none for them to believe contrary to 2 Thes 1.8 Sixthly If he died not for all men then it 's no sin but a virtue for some men not to believe it because if they should believe that he died for them when he did not they would believe a lye Seventhly To deny Christs death for all men is to call in question Christs own words Rev. 22.17 in his general inviting poor lost man The serious consideration of those absurdities with many others presented to me clearly following a limited gospel and knowing assuredly that no absurdities followed upon the truth I through the goodnesse of my dear Lord cloased with that despised doctrine of his despised indeed of men but chosen of himself that the riches of his love and goodnesse might be manifested without respect of persons in which my heart was presently established having his word to testifie to my conscience then my building was upon him the rock against which I am sure no storms nor floods can prevail if I make use of those sweet givings forth of himself in holding fast my confidence firm to the end for I have not the reasonings of men nor no inherent qualifications but his own word in and from which I have a cloud of witnesses of his dying for me it that he dyed for all men and his end therein declared 2 Cor. 5.15 that he died for all that those which live should not henceforth live unto themselves but unto him that died for them and rose again And this is the condemnation under the gosel not because Christ hath not died for man nor because man doth not live by Christ but because man doth not live to Christ there is this difference betwixt living by Christ and living to him all men live by Christ for by him all things consist Col. 1.17 yet none live to him but such as are alive in their obedience and such only he accounts his friends Joh. 15.14 and promiseth his presence Ioh. 14.21 and his and the Fathers aboad Joh. 14.23 to such he promiseth further discoveries of himself and makes known whatsoever the Father hath made known unto him Ioh. 15.15 the making forth of which love I have in some measure enjoyed and if I had been more obedient I believe I should have enjoyed more yet not for my obedience but because God hath promised who hath said I will do this for the house of Israel yet not for your sakes yet will I be sought unto by you and hath also promised that he that will do my will shall know my doctrine yet not as a recompence for his doing God hath no more said he will save any people for doing then he hath said he will save them without doing for he himself will have all the glory of mans salvation and of mans doing because God himself finds all the matter he is the authour of our salvation and the authour of our abilities by which we do it is he that gives us in the behalf of Christ not only to enable us to believe but also to suffer for his sake which promise of abilities no man can claim that suffers as an evill doer though many times he is neerer then his promise which through the riches of his grace I have had experience of by which grace I have obtained an assurance of mercy who am least in all my Fathers house not worthy of the crumbs that fall from his table much lesse of those sweet smiles from himself speaking peace to my poor soul sweetning all conditions unto me with freenes of satisfaction in all sufferings though I have been a backslider and thereby have occasioned the way of truth to be evill spoken of and brought the people of God under shame and reproach yet have obtained mercy though I was with Asap envious at the prosperity of the wicked seeing no bands in their death but had more then heart could wish though the righteous wanted and were troubled every morning I concluded I had changed my heart in vain thus was my temptations yet from those the Lord hath delivered me by revealing his Son in me and by him discovering to me as to the prophet Psal 73.17 18. both the end of the righteous and the wicked and now through the eternall light guiding me in that which some call heresie so worship I the God of my Fathers believing all things recorded in the law the prophets in which are the reasons of my believing First That Christ took upon him the iniquity of