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A78119	A declaration and vindication of the carriage of Edward Barber, at the parish meeting house of Benetfinck London Fryday the 14. of July 1648. after the morning exercise of Mr Callamy was ended, wherein the pride of the ministers, and Babylonish or confused carriage of the hearers is laid down. As also the false aspersions cast npon [sic] him, he doing nothing but what was according to the primitive institution, and is & ought to be in the best reformed churches according to the protestation and covenant. By E.B. freeman of England, and citizen and marchant-Taylor of London.	Barber, Edward, d. 1674?	1648 (1648)	Wing B693; Thomason E458_8; ESTC R205029	8,814	8

A DECLARATION AND Vindication of the carriage of Edward Barber at the parish meeting house of Bene●finck London Fryday the 14. of Iuly 1648. after the morning exercise of Mr Callamy was ended wherein the pride of the Ministers and Babylonish or confused carriage of the hearers is laid down As also the false aspersions cast upon him he doing nothing but what was according to the primitive institution and is ought to be in the best reformed Churches according to the Protestation and Covenant Hosea 8. 12. I have written unto them the great things of my law but they were counted as a strang thing Hosea 9. 7. The dayes of visitation are come the dayes of recompence are come Israel shall know it the Prophet is a foole the spiritaall man is mad Isa 9. 13. For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them neither do they seek the Lord of Hoasts c. Ionah 2. 8. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercies Isa 44 25. I am the Lord that frustrateth the tokens of the lyars and maketh diviners mad that turneth wise men backward and maketh their knowledge foolishnesse Zech. 13. 4. And it shall come to passe in that day that the Prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision when he hath prophesied neither shall they weare a rough garment to deceive c. Mich. 3. 5. with 11. Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people erre that bite with their teeth and cry peace and he that puteth not into their mouths they even prepare war against them Ioh. 3. 19. 20. 21. And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darknesse rather then light because their deeds were evill For every one that doeth evill hateth the light neither commeth to the light least his deeds should be discovered But he that doth truth commeth to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God Ioh. 16. 2. 3. They shall put you out of their Sinagogues yea the time commeth that whosoever killeth you will think he doth God service And these things wil they d● unto you because they have not known the Father nor me By E. B. freeman of England and Citizen and Marchant-Taylor of London BEing earnestly desired by diverse of the Inhabitants of the parish to come to heare Mr. Callamy at the Morning lecture they promising that I should have ●i●erty to add to what he should deliver or contradict if erroni●us he being to be there upon the 14 of July At which time according to their desire and my duty I came and having heard him all his Sermon without interruption wherein ●is cheif discourse was concerning Moses rodd which being done I desired him and the r●st of the audience to permit me to add some few words to what he had delivered conceiving he had not so much as toucht upon the very quintecence of the text which did most neerly concern the people to wit The Lord Jesus the great Ensigne of the Gentils Isa 11. 10. upon which he desired me to forbear till he had concluded I might speak upon which I did forbeare till he had done and pronounced his blessing and then desired that as he had prayed that the Gospell might be sent forth in the right order that I mieht have liberty to speak according to St. Pauls exortation 1 Cor. 14. 29. 30. Let the Prophets speak two or three and let the other judge If any thing be revealed to another that siteth by let the fi●st hold gi● peace For ye may all prophecy one by one that all may learne and all may be comforted c. Which freedom was practised in the Sinagogues as Acts 13. 15. where After the reading the Law and the Prophets the R●lers of the Si●agogues were so far from denying this priviledge that they sent unto Paul and Barnabas saying ye men and brethren if ye have any word of exortation for the people say on not coun●ing their speaking to be making a disturbance as Mr. Callamy did who con●rary to his promise when according to his desire I had forborn till he had done instead the● of giving me leave said he wond●ed that any that pr●fect the Gospell would come to make a disturbance in the Church of God dealing with me as formerly he had done with Mr. K●ffin Mr. Knoles and Mr. Cox concerning the publike dispute that should have been at Aldmanbury meeting house or at least discovering his malice or ignorance of the Gospell practise as Acts 15. 13. where it is written after that Paul and Barnabas had spoken and held their peace Iames answered saying c. compared with P●t 1. 4. 10. Upon which his deniall of this Gospel priviledge I told him and the rest of the audience that as I had bin a long dweller in the parish where I had bin a diligent observer of the traditions of their fathers those popish practises of paying tiths and infants sprinkling c bu● being now better enlightened and also by authority of Parl. injoyned in that place with the rest of the parish to take the protestation a thing injoyned up on the whole Kingdom wherein I was injoyned to protest against all popery and popish innovation this tying of the spirit of God only is the mouths of the Black co●●es b●ing one of the grearest innovations that ever was invented as to raise so to uphold the Kingdom of Antichrist and so long as it is upheld it shall never be raced nor the libe●ty of the Gospell obtained which we are all injoyned to en●e●v●●● the overthrow thereof and therefore desired the audience to consider these Scriptures as I sh●uld nominate as Acts 2 4. And they w●re all filled with the Holyghoast and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utteranes comp Numb 11. 26. with 29. Ioel 2. 28. Upon which the Assembly was filled with confusion like the whole City of Ephesus Acts 19. 29. and 22. 22. Where Pau● declaring the liberty of the Gospel which was by him to be preached to the Gentl●s The Iews giving him audience unto that word and they lift up th●ir voices and said away with such a fellow from the earth for it is not fit that he sh●uld live crying out casting off their cloaths and throwing dust in the Ayre c. So these being in this confusion some crying one thing some another some crying lay hold on him some throw him down others kill him others pull him limbe from limbe som kiking him others pulling off his coate another his hat some saying he is mad others he is drunke women scraching me by the face where I might have been both robbed and murthered had there not been a Constab●e there who Centurian like rescued me there being Mr Calamy Mr. Clanford Mr. Clarke and some eight more of them and not one endeavouring in the least to stop the rou● but 3 or 4●0 following me in