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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89333	A messenger sent to remove some mistakes; or A desirous instrument for the promoting of truth, unity, peace and love in the church of Christ. By way of answer to a book, untruly and improperly intitled, A vindication of that righteous principle of the doctrine of Christ called laying on of hands upon baptized believers. / By Thomas Morris, a servant of Jesus Christ. Also Robert Everards Three questions propounded to Benjamin Morley about his practice of laying on of hands, with his answer, and R. E. reply.	Morris, Thomas, Baptist.; Everard, Robert, fl. 1664. Robert Everards Three questions propounded to Benjamin Morley.	1655 (1655)	Wing M2811; Wing E3541; Thomason E838_23; Thomason E838_23*; ESTC R207456	30,573	49

A MESSENGER SENT To remove some mistakes OR A DESIROUS INSTRUMENT For the promoting of TRUTH UNITY PEACE and LOVE in the CHURCH of CHRIST By way of Answer to a Book untruly and improperly intitled A vindication of that righteous principle of the Doctrine of Christ called laying on of hands upon Baptized believers By THOMAS MORRIS a servant of Jesus Christ Also Robert Everards three Questions propounded to Benjamin Morley about his practice of laying on of hands with his Answer and R. E. Reply Study to shew thy self approved unto God a workman that need not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth 2 Tim. 2.15 To the Law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this rule it is because there is no light in them Isa 8.20 LONDON Printed for R. E. and are to be Sold by Richard Moon at the seven Stars neer the North Door of Pauls Church 1655. To all that love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity DEar Brother and Brethren I taking notice of the design of Anti-Christ whose trouble it is to see the Church of Christ increase and his honour flourish it being the decay of his worldly honour and wicked Government and so he hath as from the very root of envy against the honour of Jesus Christ and the good of his Church his viz. Anti-Christs honour and interest being concerned in his design which moves him to indeavour the ruin of Christs honour and of his people in that he hath in these last days indeavoured to confound Christs Church and the way his people walk in by using Instruments to perswade them to shift obedience to Gods Ordinances especially in point of Baptism and breaking of Bread pretending as if he hath brought in a new dispensation by way of Revelation and immediate inspiration consisting of the power of Godliness without the form sometimes appearing like an Angel of light in point of opinion and sometimes like a civil honest man for matter of conversation thinking the Church of Christ could not have espied his painted blasphemy in point of opinion nor his dissembling hypocrisie in using civil honesty as a cloak for his Knavery so that under pretence of bringing men over to serve Christ in a higher dispensation as he calls it he might bring them to serve himself in a blasphemous way giving God the lye in saying he hath not commanded the Saints now to be Baptized in water nor to hold visible Communion in the Supper or breaking of Bread and thus he indeavours to divide the Church of Christ by this means but when he could not prevail utterly to confound the Church this way Christ having some stout Souldiers who as instruments under God did withstand him he now attempts utterly to ruin the Church of Christ another way for finding many in the Church whom he cannot by his former design deceive they were so zealous for obedience to Gods Ordinances he now lays his bait where he thinks it is most likely to catch viz. in actions relating to Ordinances and so with something like truth which is not truth but an error so neatly dressed with truths habit that few are able to look through truths habit so as to see the ugly shape of errour that barks under it he strikes at the very being of the Church and therefore seeing Gods honour and the Churches Peace and well being is so much concerned in it I desire all my dear Brethren and Friends as they with me tender Gods honour and the Churches well being Impartially to read and deliberately to consider this following Treatise the which if you do though Anti-Christ hath prevailed with some who have a great influence upon the Churches to be Instrumental for the promoting of his defence though I verily believe they know it not but as some zealous Presbyters do when they sprinkle Infants think they do God good service you shall see this error stript of truths habit and laid open in its own colours and whereas Brother Morly in his Epistle to the Reader seems to be the more confident in his way because the Bishops kept the name of Gods Ordinances of which saith he laying on of hands was one but I must tell him and you that for my part I dare not receive neither the name nor nature of Baptism nor laying on of hands as from what the Bishops said or did no further then they said and did according to the rule of Scripture and so if your practice had been such a one as had been taught by way of Doctrine and injoyned by way of Command from Scripture it had been well but your practise of laying on of hands being such a one as is neither taught by way of Doctrine nor injoyned by way of Command is of the more sad and dangerous consequence as sad experience hath proved so hoping you will take the Counsel of the Spirit of God by the Apostle 2 Cor. 13. viz. To examin your selves whether you be right in the Faith or not I shall refer you to the following discourse for further satisfaction and rest and remain Your Fellow Servant in the Faith and Fellowship of the Gospel THOMAS MORI● TO THE READER READER THough upon the reading of this following Treatise thou mayst discover two friends contending one against another yet take heed that thou doest not stumble and fall for though an unhappy difference is now fallen out in the Church of Christ yet it is no new thing for in the Apostles time Acts 17.2.7.10 there was great contention amongst the Brethren whether or no Circumcision was of necessity to salvation therefore think it not strange that Brethren should differ in some things for if thou dost stumble thou mayst fall and perish when the parties differing may be reconciled and live for ever but if it should so unhappily fall out that this one thing should cause us to break our visible Communion yet know that I hope we have all of us better learned Christ than to turn back again to the beggarly rudiments of the National Church of England so hoping thou wilt be wise for Gods glory and thine own good I shall leave thee to him who is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance 2 Pet. 3.9 and would have all men saved 1 Tim. 2.4 And shall still remain a well wisher to thy Soul THOMAS MORRIS AN ANSWER TO Mr. MORLEYES First Chapter By THOMAS MORRIS Thomas THe difference between you and I as in relation to those two sorts of laying on of hands you treated on in your first Chapter viz. about Officers and Sick is so little that I shall at present say nothing to them onely methinks you are overseen in the beginning of this Chapter in saying you would treat of those layings on of hands which you find in Scripture and not meddle with any other and yet there in your naming of them you have left out two viz. that of the Saints patient suffering persecution