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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30720	A name, an after-one, or, Onoma Kainon, a name, a new one in the later-day-glory, or, An historical declaration of the life of Shem Acher especially as to some more eminent passages of his day relating to his more thorow lawful call to the office and work of the ministry for about twenty years last past. ...	Bampfield, Francis, 1615 or 16-1683.	1681 (1681)	Wing B627; ESTC R16732	65,787	41

say in Truth to the Glory of Jehovah the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit that his Aelohim hath done wonderful things for and upon him and marvellous Works by him for and upon others as to healing Cures both upon Spirit Soul and Body and also as to the executing of very sore threatned Judgments against and upon divers of his implacable Adversaries whereof there be Witnesses as to what was open and publick the particulars whereof would make this Narrative too long only one Experience he shall impart which was a great secret of the LORD Christ's using him as his Administrator upon himself Having by much labour in his work in the forementioned Town about twenty years since broken his Strength which caused a Rupture he used such means for a Cure as the most skilful Physician and some others most experienced in such cases could help him to all which proved ineffectual whereupon his Thoughts were inwardly at work upon this Enquiry whether there were not some other way for his Cure to be sought after This was brought upon his Heart that * Jam. 5. the Ordinance of Anointing the Sick had not been used he was convinced of the need and use of this Ordinance of the standing preceptive and promising part of it but knew not whither to his satisfaction to go or send for a right Administrator the Ministers generally in those parts at that time eirher not having Light or Faith therein and some of them openly opposing of it hereupon a secret Voice whispers that as a Messenger from Christ he should administer it upon himself the case being so circumstanced which accordingly he did and felt the healing strengthning Effect of it quickly which has continued for many years so that he knows not but that † Joh. 3. 25 26 27. Sanative Virtue having been drawn down from Christ by a touching of him by the Hand of Faith in a way of believing on him and on his Word he is well healed though still under and for Christ he use apt means for the continuance of this great Mercy in order to Service all the praise be to him for his Mercy and for his Truth So that what John the Baptist said in the same case both as to his Baptism and Ministry A Man can receive nothing except it be given him from Heaven Shem Acher doth apply to his own Case who hath not in this Matter so far as the Resemblance here doth answer taken what is lawful and good but what has been given unto him thus from above In the Hypothesis or Supposition that one special Argument or Matter upon which John was then disputing those Words are referred to what went immediatly before relating to the Ministerial Office of Christ or of John or of both as to Teaching and Baptizing Both John the Minister and Christ the Master having received Gifts Graces and a Call from Heaven to exercise this honourable Function or delegated Employment they both having been owned and dignified with a Divine Testification from above which gave and confirmed them in their lawful Authority so to act Mat. 21. 25. John 1. 23. 3. 11 25 26 27 32 33. These right Words altho more generally laid down have great force of strong Reason and of convincing Argument in them to prove That a Man can receive nothing take nothing to himself as to such a Call and Office and the Execution thereof in a regular way and right manner by due Commission and warranting Authority except it were first given him from Heaven For tho legitimately to give and legitimately to receive are related to each other and so are together at once yet in order to give is first And therefore tho the Verb be in the Present Tense 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3 Sing Praes Subj yet the Participle is in the past Time 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Partic. N●ut Praet Pass Not any no Man of right good Conscience Heb. 5. 4. is to take this Honour to himself but he who is called of God ordained and appointed thereunto by his Word-Warrant Numb 16. 10. 1 King 13. 33. Luke 3. 2. Acts 23. 5. Not any taketh As to the matter of Right none can justly take none ought to take tho many as to matter of Fact have taken and do take without Gift from Jehovah Aelohim the great Lord over all It being a Function of Divine Institution and of special Favour of great Honour and of weighty Charge both ordinary and extraordinary Ministers must be able to prove their Call Heb. 5. 4. 3. 2. Jer 17. 16. Amos 7. 15. Rom. 1. 1. 1 Pet. 1. 1. 1 Tim. 4. 14. Ephes 4. 11. Exod. 28. 1. 2 Chron. 13. 9 10. 1 Cor. 12. 28 29. 1 Sam. 23. Where any have upon their own Heads set themselves a running or have been pushed forwards by others whom the Lord never sent it concerns them to consider how they will answer it And this is one Ground and Reason for this present * 1 Cor. 9. 3. Apology which is an Answer with a Defence as to Men's false chargings † 1 Cor. 4. 1 2 3 4 5. wherein he can justify himself and plead his Office in their Day and Court though in some particular Circumstances of his Case the Searcher of Hearts and the Tryer of Reins can find matter enough against him for which to condemn him O how much Wisdom and Love has the righteous Judg manifested towards Shem Acher in that he has found out a way wherein to justify him from that wherein he can and doth comdemn himself He has patiently born the secret Artifices and open Attempts of some to defame him and to decry his Ministry for about these six years last past as being made willing to deny himself to take up his Cross dayly and so to follow Christ but having long observed that such do still trouble the minds of divers who have been hopefully coming on and do lay stumbling-blocks in the way for the hinderance of others whereby Gospel-work has been at a stand the Sabbath Cause wronged many Souls prejudiced and the Honour of our LORD at least darkned to say no more he doth now judg it high time having had several louder Calls thereunto of late to do publick and open right to this Cause and to some other after Causes and Cases where others have done it such publick and open wrong which is but an act of warrantable regular love towards himself and towards others and also an act of due Equity and of distributive Justice for the wiping off of unkind Calumnies and injurious Aspersions imputed and cast upon an honourable Office about which he hath been many and many a time * Prov. 18. 13 prejudged and condemned as also in other cases before his Matters of Fact and of Right have been known or he himself heard thus has his silence in this cause been misinterpreted a confession of Guilt If any ask why this had not been brought

as Gifted yea suppose him to have great common edifying Gifts who is thereby presently commissioned by Christ for the Ministerial Office seeing some such are notoriously scandalous Livers bitter Persecuters of the Saints open declared Enemies against the Power and Purity of right Worship and of other true good Religion against which they sharpen and set the edg of those Weapons of Knowledg which they have who whilst such are so far from being to be admitted Administrators of Church-Ordinances that they ought not to be admitted to or continued in a state of Church-Membership but should by the due regular exercise of Church Discipline be shut or thrust out from such Communion And here when he duly considers and seriously ponders ‖ 2 Tim. 3. 17. 1 Tim. 6. 11. 1 Sam. 9. 6 7. Lev. 21. throughout Ezek. 44. throughout 1 Tim. 3. throughout Tit. 1. 5 9. Rev. 1 2 3. cha 1 Pet. 5. 1 4. Tit. 2. 1. Acts 6. 2 4. what Men of God what chief Men among the People how holy how unblemished how unblameable how sober and vigilent how temperate how moderate how sound minded how wisely circumspect how modest how well behavoured how fitly attired and well adorned how hospitalish and harbourous in a courteous receiving and entertaining of Strangers how apt able fit apposite to teach well-habited and disposed for orderly-clear-convincing-teaching endued with a good Faculty of instructing and and of discipling of others how not given to Wine-bibbing or to Excess in any other Strong Drink which makes Drunk not an Ale-stake or common Tipler not one that loves tossing of Cups not a striker smiter or beater of others not one of ungoverned heat or of military Fierceness not filthily-gaining not covetously intent upon dishonest base gain how equal full of Equity in all things how courteous gentle patient how unbrawling either as to Speeches or Actions declining the offered occasions of sinful contendings no lover of Silver nor Idolizer of Money how well governing his own Family Houshold having his Children if the LORD give him any in Subjection under Discipline in good order faithful Children not refractory not obnoxious to the Sin of Luxury not one who is but newly ingraffed or implanted in Christian Profession in God's House such as ought to have a good Testimony from those that are without such a one as cannot justly be called into question or into Court for any manifest Crime what a Dispenser of God as his Steward not pertinaciously pleasing of himself not prone to anger not hasty not spirited for rage what a lover of goodness of good both Men Truths and Things how Just how Holy how Pious how Continent how firmly adhering to that faithful Word which is according to wholesom Doctrine that so he may be able also to exhort in Doctrine such as is healthful and sound and to convince such who are contradicting and gainsaying ones not attending to Jewish Fables or to Precepts of Men averse from the Truth or turning Truth away or turning from the Truth one speaking those things which do become sound Doctrine a Feeder of the Flock of God where he is a carefullywatchfully-overseeing one not forcedly but willingly freely with a prompt or ready Mind not imperiously domineering or lording it over those allotted to his Care and Charge being Exemplary to the Flock one who believeth and prepareth for the Appearing of the chief Pastor to receive and carry away an unfading Crown of Glory one who gives himself to Prayer and to the Word whose Wife must be one who is honest who proves constant no Calamniatrix not a devilish Slanderer or false Accuser no malicious Detracter one sober faithful in All what a Star what an Angel When these Qualifications and many more that might be added are brought and put together to measure as by a straight Rule many of those by who lay claim to this Office that doth put Shem Acher upon deep Sighing and makes him ask this Question in his Thoughts Where do the able faithful Ministers dwell He has had some signal Calls to this Office by Christ especially at three times one about fourteen years ago another about seventeen years since of both which an account has been given before for some other purpose and once before both these when with the former of these last two he did set himself by Fasting and Prayer to know the Mind of Christ whether he had indeed set him apart to this Office in all which times he had satisfying Answers and Signs fulfilled quickly after in some remarkable returns by eminent Conversions He has had such a sight of Christ in the North as was clear and evident to his Eye of Faith chiefly more at one Season mentioned before which was made so real to him and has more or less so continued for so many years Night and Day as doth leave it out of doubt with him in a degree as if he conversed with the Person of Christ himself so far as Shem Acher in this state of Imperfection has a Capacity of walking with an exalted Christ in his state of Glory As for the Sealings on Earth of his Commission received from Heaven in the Hearts of converted Sinners of edifyed Saints of comforted Souls he had rather others would speak and declare than himself however seeing somewhat may be expected from him as to this Parrallel he doth * 2 Cor. 2. 14. 17. give thanks unto God who especially for twenty years or more has caused him to triumph in Christ and has made manifest the favour of his Knowledg by him more or less in every place as he has travelled up and down with the blessing of the Gospel of Christ For besides some ownings of him and of his labours before whilst he lived in a little Parish when he was called to that Neighbour Town spoken of before there was as hopeful a budding and blowing of young ones there and in the Neighbourhood and he hopes much good brought forth to the praise of Grace in and by many there being yet alive several scores who can as he supposeth somewhat sensibly call to mind the Truth of this besides what the LORD hath done by him in two Counties during his Imprisonments for above nine years at which time some were begotten again in the bonds of the Gospel and also what good and gracious effects his preaching of the Gospel has brought forth by the Spirit and Blessing of God upon his Works since his Liberty in any other place particularly near and in London For † 1 Thess 2. 19 20. what is his Hope or Joy or Crown of rejoycing are not even a converted edifyed comforted confirmed People in the Presence of our LORD Jesus Christ at his coming For these are his Glory and Joy As for a Miracle-working Power such as Paul had he doth not pretend to this either for all the Kinds or for those high Degrees and great Measures as Paul was honoured withal yet this he can

at Mount Sinai where the very next step in his Travails he hears * Exod. 19 and 20 chap. particularly chap. 20. vers 8 9 10 11. the trumpeting promulgation of this Kingly Law of the Seventh day Sabbath sounding loud in his Ear and Heart and still the further he passed on in the after Writings of Moses and of the Prophets the more he is led along in the Seventh-day-Sabbath-way till he came full home to the close of the Old Testament with this Seal put upon this Scripture-Canon or Rule by Jehovah himself † Mal 4. 4. Remember ye the Law of Moses my Servant all and every both of the Commands for keeping holy of the weekly Sabbath day and of the Promises of Blessings and Sanctifyings of weekly Sabbath day to right Observers of it and also of the Threatnings denounced against Profaners of the weekly-Sabbath-day relating only to the seventh the last day of every week and to no other day of the week He was now in a short space of time the very same day of entering upon this enquiry got so far forwards in this way of the seventh-day Sabbath from that Light and Truth which Jehovah Aelohim sent forth from his word by his Holy Spirit that he forthwith concluded there was no either going back or stepping aside for him out of this Scripture-Path For if all the Old Testament were for it the New was not against it seeing if any had preached up the first or any other day except the seventh of the whole week at the beginning of the New Testament-dispensation of Grace those who were more * Acts 17. 1●● noble-raced Believers on and Disciples of Christ before the Writings of the Evangelists and Apostles who searched the Scriptures they then had whether the first-day-pretended-Sabbath-Doctrine were true or not they could not find that written Word which they then enjoyed had any such Institution at all in it but the weekly Sabbath's † Exod. 25. 11 16 21 22. 1 Kings 8. 9. Jam 2. 8 9 10 11 12. crowning honour was all through visible and legible upon the head of the seventh day only However he narrowly examined and diligently compared the whole New Testament Writings by the Evangelists and Apostles and there he soon discovered that the LORD Jesus Christ whose * 1 Pet. 2. 21. 1 Cor. 11. 1. 1 Joh 2. 4 6. and 4. 17. Example he was to follow in all the Acts of Decalogical Obedience or Obedience to the Laws of the ten Words and whose exact perfect Holiness and Righteousness both of Nature Heart and Life was fully every way answering to all the demands of this Law which was to be both imputed to Believers for their Justification and conformed to by Believers in their Sanctification this Christ all his Life long in the weekly returns of the Sabbath kept the † Luk. 4. 16 31. 23 56. elsewhere seventh day Sabbath and no other day of the week as such to which the Gospels give abundant Testimony Now he begins to be more confirmed and wondereth how he could so much overlook so self-evidencing a Truth and Duty so long he converseth further with the Records of the Apostles whether their Doctrine and Practice did Harmonize and tune in the same Concord with this new * Ps 92. Title Jer. 6. 16. 17. 21 c. Song Psalm and Hymn of the true good old weekly seventh day Sabbath His only remaining work now left was to consult the Apostles Writings and therein he reads in plain legible Characters that as Christ's Custom Manner or constant practised Usage was so also was † Luke 4. 16. Acts 17. 2 3. 18. 4. Paul's the Expression is one and the same in the Greek to observe the seventh-day as the only weekly Sabbath day and that no other day in the whole week has both the Name and Nature of a weekly Sabbath-day given to it by the Holy Spirit but only the seventh day and that Obedience to these Laws of Christ is so often called for both * Mat. 5 6 7. chap. Joh. 14. 15. Luk. 10. 25 26 27 28. Rom. 4. 15. 5. 13. 13. 8 9 10. Jam. 2. 8 9 10 11 13. Heb. 5. 9. Rev. 12. 17. 14. 12. 22. 14 15 18 19. by Christ and his Apostles as an evidence of Love to Christ and of other Interest in him as a Saviour and that the new Testament Scripture was also closed up with Christ's Seal of Blessing to those who doing these his Commandments and of pronouncing a Sentence of Excommunication against any Man who should either add to or take from this written Word Will and Law of Christ The whole Scripture being thus profitable for this Doctrine and Duty of the weekly seventh day Sabbath Christ sate as one expecting an answer readily heartily whereupon Shem Acher was not disobedient to this heavenly Teaching by the Holy Spirit but resolves in the strength and supplies of the same good Spirit to set about the Practice of it and this State of the Question he sends to his enquiring Brother who also forthwith embraced the same Truth and reduced it to Practice And now lo a very formidable Sight stares him in the Face for he saw such an Army of Opposers not only profane but professing not only Foes but Friends all almost as one Man up in Arms against him as soon as it should take Air abroad for he was then the LORD's Prisoner and be known that it was his Principle † Ps 119. 165 and Practice He also foresaw that tho this was no * Stumbling-block at all to him neither any disturbance to his own great Peace yet many others would throw it as a Stone of Offence in their own and others ways to the troubling the Minds of young Ones In such Multitudes who promised so fairly and came on so towardly how many were likely to be much prejudiced against him and his former and after-Ministry And what was most terrible of all † Acts 28. 22. how evil tho injustly many were likely to speak against the Word and Ways of the LORD and to blaspheme Jehovah's fearful glorious and holy Name Christ still held him to former Terms of bringing All to an whole Christ and his whole Word and suitably the good Spirit framed his Heart to this holy Resolve Duty is mine the Issues and Successes of things are the LORD's and do belong to him He privately obsevred the Seventh-day-Sabbath for some time but with great Difficulties and sore Trials and distressing Hardships in the Prison He imparts the LORD's Teachings of him to one and then to another privately who gave place in them to this Word-Truth and Law and so unto some others as they were capable of receiving it And when four or five were hopefully gained over he could hold no longer and could not but speak the Truths and Things of Christ in a more open Declaration and publick Profession which being

Scripture-Learning and for the procuring of a more exact literal Translation of the Old-and New-Testament into our Mother-Tongue and for the more religious educating of Children in Families and in Schools and for the relieving of the Poor and for such other good Works and to enquire what may be further a Duty upon us towards the two and the ten Tribes of Judah and of Israel to help forward their Conversion as also what the Spirit has to say more particularly and especially to our Churches and to other Churches in this great Providential-day and such like publick-spirited Inquiries and all this for the promoting of the Honour of our LORD and of his Word Works and Cause the Purity and Peace of Churches and Salvation of Souls Thus through Grace and Mercy obtained from our LORD we discover and declare our readiness to joyn in with you in what is the work of our Day and Generation and so commend you to God and to the Word of his Grace which is able to build you and us up and to give us an Inheritance among all them who are Sanctified Shem Acher Now that Shem Acher's Ends towards the latter-day-Glory might be promoted and that Shem might prosecute so good a design in the use of all those lawful means which his Line could reach into in his place for the finishing of this part of his Testimony for Christ for the Word of Christ for the Law of his ten Words and the annexed Judicials and for the Seventh-day-Sabbath more especially whilst others were following of the King with Petition upon Petition subscribed with multitudes of Hands from Cities Towns and Counties By Shem's direction this following Address was put into the Hands of the King Honoured SIR THe Land doth tremble it is broken it shaketh the right Way and proper Method to heal its Breaches is plain and evident You have seen the Hand of the LORD stretched out against the Popish Plotters in a continued Discovery for many Months of their bloody Design If the LORD Jesus Christ who is the King of Kings would graciously give you a Heart for it and then put it into your Heart openly at the next Session of Parliament to declare that It is your full Purpose and firm Resolution in the Strength and Supplies of the Almighty God to set up the Laws of Christ in the Scriptures of Truth as the one and the only Rule of your Government for which you have their own Authority in express Words The Law of God is the Law of the Land Then will your Name be transmitted to Posterity in the English Chronicle with a Crown Royal upon it Those who honour Christ he will honour This from a mean Handmaid Elizabeth Hooker The Sabbath of my Mighty God make thou it Precious O my God of Deliverance A like Address was made by the same Advice and Hand to the King to the same Effect in answer to that loud awakening Call by that signal Blazing Star for the promoting of the same grand Design of exalting of Christ and of the Word of Christ And a third sometime after to the present Mayor of London for the like End As Paul's manner was accordingly Shem Acher in his place finding some Disciples of Christ at his first coming to live near London to do work for his LORD and for Souls they agreeing to desire him thereunto and expressing this desire to him that seeing they were a few scattered Sheep without a Shepherd not being fully then satisfied to join in Church Fellowship with any particular Church as so constituted and so walking in London they declaring their being satisfied in one another and in him that he would administer the LORD's Supper unto them which after Conference with them and divers of them having profited under his ministerial Labours and having been baptized by him accordingly he did at Bethgnal-Green in the year seventy four withal declaring both he and they that this was a providential Communion in all the Ordinances of Christ's new Spiritual House towards the latter-day-Glory so far as for the present according to our Scripture-Light they can regularly come at them and so long as the LORD should continue them somewhat near together in their Dwellings this was assented unto and agreed upon by those baptized Believers and Seventh-day-Sabbath-Observers A little after this some difference in Judgment arising amongst them which Shem Acher foresaw and told it unto some a remnant of them who were more of one Mind agreed at a meeting in seventy five to own the LORD Jesus Christ to be the one and only LORD and Lawgiver to their Souls and Consciences and the Holy Scriptures of Truth as the one and only Rule of Faith Worship and Life according to which they were to judg of all their Cases Then did they pass into a Church For at that meeting upon this Agreement without any particular Church-Covenant about controverted Matter they did firmly lay all their Churchbottoming and building upon this Rock and Foundation even upon Christ and upon his Word A little before their thus passing into this Church State and Relation the two Sabbath Churches in the City desired his Labours at sometimes with them in the use and exercise of his Gifts which he consented to upon their importunity the LORD assisting him and prospering of his Labours upon the Hearts of several whose longings still encreased to enjoy more of his Ministerial Labours after that he had gathered some Disciples of Christ and was in a Church-way with them and had a distinct Meeting-place in the same City where he met with the Church and others who gave their Attendance at that Assembly where his service was accepted of the Saints so that they were mutually refreshed whereby they had in much experience a savoury taste of the Spirits of one another divers of the Brethren and Sisters of one of those two other Churches of Sabbath-keepers imparting some of their inmost Cases unto Shem Acher who has here upon this occasion a weighty Case to propound As to the Matter of Fact which is attested to be true by the whole Church who knew what doth follow with whom he doth walk Shem Acher doth suppose a Sister of another Sabbath-Church in the same City imparted this Case of her Soul unto him reporting to him that for some years she had been mu●h oppressed in Heart distressed in Spirit broken and distempered in her bodily Constitution for want of that Spiritual Life and Liberty Purity and Peace Sweet and Satisfaction which she enjoyed not where she sat before but since she came under the Ministry of Shem her communicated Experience is that she has met with that Presence of the Holy good Spirit and of Grace sealed upon her Heart here to her Edification Comfort and Healing whereupon she desired to be in full Communion with Shem Acher and with the Friends in Church-Fellowship with him he laying this Gase in the several Circumstances of it to Heart the particulars whereof he