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A88695	The persecuted minister, in defence of the ministerie, the great ordinance of Jesus Christ. Setting forth the severall names of Apostles, prophets, &c. [brace] 1. That there is a ministerial office. 2. That the sacrament of baptisme by a lay-person is invalid. 3. That necessity is no plea. 4. That the long omission of the Lords Supper is unwarrantable. With many other things, plainly and methodically handled / by William Langley late of S. Maryes in the city of Lichfield, minister ...	Langley, William, b. 1609 or 10.	1656 (1656)	Wing L408; Thomason E860_4; ESTC R202682	143,990	208

Christi The most blasphemous Heretique which is Interfector veritatis as Tertullian speaketh if he be buffeted for his errour presently makes himself a Gatholick Martyr Diosc in Con. Chalcedon Ego defendo dogmata sanctorum patrum ego eorum habeo testimonia ego cum patribus ejicior boasting of the Catholique faith antiquity c. Hegesippus apud Euseb lib. 4. cap. 22. It is the complaint of the greatest part of the Fathers That the Heretiques to gain their own dreams their greater authority vented them under the names of some of the most eminent Writers in the Church even of the Apostles themselves Marian. Ep ad Mon. Al●x ad calcem conc Chal. tom 2. pag. 450. E. The Eutichians vented certain books of Apollinaris under the title of the Orthodox Doctors only to abuse the simple People The same men abused the names of S. Gregory of Neocaesarea of Julius Bishop of Rome of Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria so Leontius and he saith particularly that the Book intituled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a particular exposition of the faith which is delivered to us by Turrianus the Jesuite is not S. Greg but the bastard issue of the Heretique Apollinaris It is very evident what horrid things have been fathered upon Orthodox Doctors of the Church Let their number be never so great yet multitude is no argument without verity One Lot is opposite to the rest of his City One Luther to the rest of his Countrey One Noah to the whole world We must not follow wicked men in their wickednesse nor wordly men in their worldlinesse nor good men but in that they are good There are two sorts of examples in Christian imitation the one necessary which is CHRIST the way the truth and the life Via in exemplo Be●n ser 2. in ascens Dom. Bafil de Spirit Sanct. cap. 8. Leo serm 2. de resurrect Cyril in loc verit as in promisso vita in praemio The truth in his learning the way for his living as the Fathers usually glosse that place The other are to be followed in some things and at some times as Paul Peter Augustine Chrysostome Nazianzen and other blessed Saints of God whose lives and lines are so farre forth to be followed as they swerve not from one chief cople Christ In sin we may not follow the good much lesse the wicked of the world be they never so many never so mighty The word of Christ is quite crosse to such a practise not known to any of the Churches of God and therefore these Reverend Divines may be suspected if any such to be brainsick Schismaticks whom they adore and reverence But it is added Object 7 He would not have done it had he thought it would have been possibly made a matter of publique knowledge or observation Fye fye Answ dare you doe that privately which you will not own publickly your conscience it seems would easily have given way that never scrupled it onely fearfull it should be made publick Good Lord was ever the like heard of from men that pretend so much of God to discover their own and Preachers blindnesse who would be content with the doing of what is evil so it were not brought publickly on the stage whence proceeds this but from that catarract drawn over the eye which is bred either from the rhume of vain glory or inflammation of malice Alas poor man thou canst not hide thy self from Gods eye Te videt Angelus malus videt te bonus videt malis major angelis Dens The good Angels the bad and he that is greater than all God sees thee It is good counsel Sic vive cum hominibus quasi Deus videat Gences sic loquere Deo quasi homines audiant So converse with men as if God saw thee so speak to God as if men heard thee Of the dignity of the Minist If. 6.5 Ministers above all men saith Perkins should have a tender conscience not of great and grosse sins but of the lowest and least sins and he must endeavour in his calling not onely to be clear of great crimes but as farre as may be to be free from the least appearance of evil For a small fault in other men is great in them and that which may be somewaies pardonable in other men is no way in them They must therefore watch over themselves most carefully and take heed to all their waies and for this end is it that a Minister in godly wisdome must often deprive himself even of many things which it may be lawfully he might use lest his liberty be an occasion of evil to others and he must abstain from the least sins lest even they be blemishes to his calling and burthens to his conscience Ibidem And let every Minister assure himself that the more he makes conscience even of the least sins the more he resembleth the ancient holy Prophets and the more likely is he to work effectually in his Ministery For his duty is to work in his people a Conscience not of great sins onely but even of all But how can he doe that in them if he have not first of all done it in himself Hence it is therefore that godly Ministers find fault with themselves when other men cannot cry out against themselves for their pollutions with the Prophet here when no other man can accuse them of the least crime nay when others do magnifie God for his graces in them and praise their gifts and commend their good lives even then do they condemne themselves and exclaim against their own corruptions their own smallest negligences or omissions are great wounds to their Consciences and their least sins and their most pardonable infirmities are sore burthens unto them for of all men in the world a godly Minister is a man of the most tender conscience I will end with one passage more in the Letter had we been known to any of the Members of the Classes as we are to you we would have written to you to assure you that we never heard that Mr. Butler's practice therein ever occasioned any perplexity or trouble to any Religious persons here nor hath it been observed that we hear of by any of this place except Mr. Langley I see these great Supporters of Confusion have found out many shifts which they think are of force but if you examine them you shall instantly see that they be like Hercules tragicall Club in shew massy but in substance nothing else but shreds and straw as the Poet speaks an affrighting vanity It is a true saying every man loves his own his own Children his own Friends his own Goods his own Conceit Conf. lib. 12. cap. 25. Non quia vera saith Augustine sed quia sua they have long consulted and now vainly insult Parturiunt Montes nascetur ridiculus mus The Hill doth swell and taketh on As it would cleave in sunder And out there starts a little Mouse Which

our God and consider him that underwent the contradiction of sinners A second is of bearing patiently injuries and they are twofold Personal or Ministerial what concerneth his person and what his calling An indignity that onely toucheth our private person must be borne as S. August replied to railing Petilian Possumus esse in his pariter copiosi sed nolimus esse pariter vani He could be as full as he but would not be so vain The best Apologie to scorn and petulancy is patience and silence but when slanders redound to the discredit of their profession and calling it behoves us not to be silent When Festus scorned Paul as a mad man he answered I am not mad oh noble Festus but c. And the primitive Christians often did Apologize in defence of themselves when truth was wounded through their sides It is observed by divers Divines that when as the Jewes objected against Christ two crimes one that he was a Samaritane an irreligious vile person and another that he had a Devil he neglects the first concerning his person and stands upon that especially which touched his doctrine he answered I have not a Devil Ioh. 8.49 Christ accused of blasphemy did ever Apologize for himselfe zealous we ought to be for God howsoever remisse in what concerneth our selves It was the saying of a Father He would rather lose his life than suffer one syllable of Gods holy truth to be betrayed Meam injuriam patienter tuli injuriam contra sponsam Christi ferre non potui saith Hierome Our own injuries we must bury in forgetfulnesse but wrongs to the truth of God and Gospel of Jesus Christ we must not put up And further he saith in crimine haereseos neminem oportet esse patìentem When any is accused of heresie or schisme he ought by no means to put it up in silence but make his lawfull defence Hier ad Pamma I might here fall to lament and deplore the state and condition of this Age there being scarcely any Religion but what is tainted with a spice of Faction nor any encouragement to Ministers of the Gospel unless schismaticall Novellists the bane of Church and State 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To the onely wise Omnipotent God and Trinity in Unity be ascribed all power and praise dominion and thanksgiving now and for evermore AMEN THE END Faults escaped in the Epistles correct thus Epist Ded. p. 4. l. 9. r. their saith p. 6. l. 6. r. 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but the satisfying of their own ends which will prove destructive in the end A second thing in which this Office chiefly consists is in praying for and with the people James 5.14 Acts 6.4 The Ministers are Gods mouth to the people and for the people to them in constant preaching for them in fervent praying If people rise up against their Pastors let their Pastors fall on their faces for the people Thus did Moses and Aaron Samuel little lesse 1 Sam. 12.23 God forbid c. Absit à me hoc peccatum Christ that good Pastor and Bishop was earnest in prayer for his own Father keep them and for his Enemies Father forgive them Precatio praedicatio prayer and preaching are holy actions both sisters in Gods service the one must not thrust out the other Saint Paul often practised this as we may read in his Epistles beginning and ending them with prayer He that bids despise not prophecying saith in the same Chapter pray continually 1 Thes 5. In solemn actions it hath ever been the custome of the Church of God to begin with prayer Christ sent not his Apostles without prayer John 17.17 Father sanctifie them through thy truth The Deacons are not chosen without prayer Acts 6.6 Nor Matthias one of the seventy in the room of Judas without prayer Acts 1.24 It was the laudable and commendable custome of the Church to begin with prayer Almighty and most mercifull Father c. Every important action requires prayer much more the preaching of the word Those that represent God and carry his message to the world should be consecrated by publick devotions private prayer is commendable but publick much more pure hands are accepted in every place but especially in the Sanctuary The Lord saith the Psalmist that made heaven and earth blesse thee out of Sion he saith not The Lord that made heaven blesse thee upon earth nor the Lord that made earth blesse thee out of heaven but the Lord that made heaven and earth blesse thee out of Sion blessings come originally from Heaven mediately through Sion Humble advise of the late Assembly As we are to pray in every place so more solemnly in the publick Assemblies which are not carelesly or wilfully to be neglected or forsaken when God by his Word and Providence calleth thereunto Now that prayer may have acceptance there is required First that it be made in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ through whom our persons are accepted and all our performances are as sweet smelling incense 1 Pet. 2.5 Secondly that it be made by the help of the Spirit who helpeth our infirmities and teacheth us to cry Abba father Rom 8.26 Thirdly according to Gods will 1 John 5.14 for if we require mala things in their own nature bad or not good to us or male good things for bad ends God will not hear us Jam. 4.23 Fourthly with reverence becoming the Majestie of GOD suitable to his Omnipotency and Holinesse Psal 95. falling down c. Eccles 5.1 Not offering the sacrifice of fools It was a tart rebuke that the Emperour Augustus gave to a Citizen of Rome who inviting him to a slender banquet no waies answerable to his greatnesse and majestie tells him Nesciebam me tibi tam familiarem esse I never knew before that thou and I were so familiar So will the God of all the world say unto such as give not that respect unto him befitting his greatnesse and glorious Majestie to whom belongeth all reverence and godly fear Heb. 12.28 Fiftly with humility which is a comely garment for every member of Christ Be ye cloathed with humility 1 Pet. 5.5 humilitatem insinuate as in the vulgar Latine that is in sinu habete cherish it in your bosome with loves heat that it may be both hearty and ready for use when occasion is offered S. Augustine calleth it the first second and third virtue of every Christian the Pharisee goeth from Gods door without an alms he was proud and arrogant but the humble Publican receives a blessing Never did any that begged with humility but either had his desire or better than he desired Reverend Bede writing of the Publican saith Appropinquare noluit ad Deum ut appropinquaret ad illum He would not draw neer that he might draw neer He that will not be a mountain in Christs way must not be a Mountebank of his own virtue but levell himself even with the ground for he fills the hungry with good things but the rich he sends empty away So the rich in their own conceit and proud of their own gifts shall be sent empty from Christs gates Let us empty our selves and deponere magnificentiam abhorre our selves Job 42.6 Casting our crowns and glory the best things we have at the feet of Christ Revel 4.10 Sixtly it must be made in faith for without faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11.6 Faith is a Mother-virtue without which all things are to no purpose therefore we are exhorted to ask in faith Jam. 1.6 Cain offered a sacrifice aswell as Abel but it was Abels faith in Christ that made Abels sacrifice accepted Heb. 11 4. Seventhly it must be with fervency for the life and soul of any duty is not the outward action but the inward affection of the heart Lycurgus enjoyned his people to offer little sacrifices to their gods for saith he they regard more the inward affection than the outward action a rule which our great Lawgiver hath given us Mat. 6.7 When ye pray use not much babbling It is said of the Publican Oravit paucis Buter sed affectu multo He couch't much devotion in a little room and yet all the vertues of a true penitent are found in him confession contrition faith and amendment of life If we bring our sheep to Gods Altar and them alone we had as good have left them behinde they are not worth the carriage Isa 1. To what purpose is c. When the Searcher of the reins shall finde a carkas of Religion without a quickning spirit he will turn his countenance from it Deus non habet gratum offerentem propter munera sed munera propter offerentem God valueth the offerer by the gift not the gift by the offerer Non corticis sed cordis Deus He regards not the rinde of the lips but the root of the heart the inward parts Psal 51.6 integer and rectus are joyned together Job 2.3 So we must have these two properties We must be recti straight not crooked and integri sound not hollow our Tabernacles must have gold within as well as without Exod. 25.11 Lastly it must be directed only unto God through Jesus Christ without the Invocation of Saints or Angels 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 properly belong to God Mat. 4.10 Therefore we may not so much as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 give any adoration to Saints or Angels But fearing I have been too long on

Christ compares the Enemies of his Church 3. Nor his Ministers they are not free from persecution they must approve themselves in much patience in afflictions 2 Cor. 6.4 This the Apostle adviseth Timothy 2 Tim. 4.5 Watch thou in all things suffer afflictions this is to doe that work of an Evangelist as a good souldier of Christ to suffer afflictions ready to bear bloody blows of open Enemies and scorns of false Friends To preach the Gospel saith Luther as we should is to stirre up all the Furyes of Hell against us It belongs to us Ex officio to reprove to rebuke 2 Tim. 4.2 to pluck up to throw down Jer. 1. and we can expect therefore no great favour for we encounter with Beasts in the shape of Men with Wolves in the coats of Sheep with Devils in the habit of Angels with unreasonable and wicked men and must therefore expect persecution but alas poor soules they doe not so much wrong us as themselves they foam out their own shame and bewray their wretched I had almost said reprobate malice such as sit down in the seat of the scornfull make a low step to damnation God will laugh those to scorn that laugh his to scorn and despise those that despise us in expuentis recidit faciem quod in Coelum expuit That which a man spits against Heaven shall fall back on his own face Those indignities done to the Ministers of the Gospel shall not sleep in the dust but stand up in judgment Never was any truth so happily innocent as to maintain it selfe free from calumny and abuse S. Paul was a faithfull and painfull Preacher yet was slanderously reported Rom. 3.8 The best truths are subject to misinterpretation and there is not any doctrine so firmly grounded and warily delivered whereupon calumny will not fasten and stick slanderous imputations Neither Iohns mourning nor Christs piping can passe the pikes but the one hath a Devil and the other is a Drunkard and a Wine-bibber Iohn the Baptist came neither eating nor drinking and yet the people said he had a Devil and Christ came both eating and drinking c. The Servant is not greater than his Master neither an Ambassadour greater than he that sent him if they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub how much more them of the houshold Mat. 10.25 If Christs doctrine did not think we the doctrine of his Ministers and Servants can escape the stroak of mens tongues Christ came to fulfill the Law and yet he was accused to be a destroyer of the Law he decides the question for Caesar Give unto Caesar c. and yet they charge him as if he spake against Caesar Ioh. 19.12 The book of the Acts doth witnesse how the Apostles were slandered as Seducers Sectaries vain-Bablers Hereticks Broachers of new false and pestilent Doctrines Nor did the Devil here leave off for if we read the Apologies of Athenagoras Tertullian and others it will amaze us to see what blasphemous seditions horrible and odious impieties were fathered upon the antient Christian Doctors those perillous times instant in the daies of S. Paul are become extant in our Age 1 Tim. 4.1 Some turn to the doctrine of Devils Others start aside to Schisme few love Religion in sincerity and the high and honourable calling of the Ministery is vile base and contemptible Now what are the Reasons or grounds of this contempt and despising of the Ministers of the Gospel 1. They discover the filthinesse and unmask the hypocrisie of the sons of men and so raise all the furies of hell against them It is observed the worst men of a Parish regard a good Pastor and his Doctrine the least for they are like Legs and Arms out of joynt and so cannot endure the touch of the Chirurgeons hand whose chiefest care is to work their cure they are to reprove and rebuke 2 Tim. 4.2 to root up and throw down Ier. 1.10 Men will raile and rage prosecute and persecute those that would pull down and overthrow their pleasant delightfull beloved and profitable sinnes The reason of this contempt proceeds from that cursed nature of man who is an enemy against all good and Ishmael-like persecutes the truth and Preachers of it Come let us imagine some devises c. Jer. 18. verse 18. It is desperate wickednesse to contend with those that justly reprove you to expostulate with them cast reproaches in their teeth and lay to their charge what you your selves are most guilty of Thus dealt Corah and his Complices with Moses and Aaron Numb 16 Ahab with Elias 1 Kings 18. The Israelites with Ieremiah Ier. 18. Amaziah with Amos Am. 7. And the Scribes and Pharisees with our Saviour Mat. 12.24 What a preposterous thing is it that the Hand or Foot should guide the Eye The Childe rebuke the Father the Patient direct the Physician the Scholler check his School-Master and the Sheep quarrell with the Shepherd no lesse preposterous is it for a people to instruct their Instructor and lesson those that should lesson them This contempt proceeds from a cursed heart and is a signe of desperate wickedness Thirdly to bring all to a triplicity This contempt of the Ministers of the Gospel may be imputed First to Sathan 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that calumniator who out of contempt to the preaching would bring a loathing of truth he is the Father of Lyes the Prince of Darkness and therefore hates Truth and Light the Message and the Messengers Secondly it may be imputed to man partly to the Understanding when the judgment it self is weak or weakned through prejudice Or else to the Will men of corrupt mindes or to the affections overcome by carnall and seeming shews Or to malitious wickednesse and this is very dangerous God will hardly forgive those that sin of malitious wickednesse Thirdly it may be imputed to God not causing but permitting and suffering First out of justice as a fearfull Judgment upon wicked ones and to render them lyable to the greatest and sorest punishments Secondly out of triall of faithfull painfull Teachers not to be dismaid though briars and thorns be against them but to evidence their constancy and sincerity and how they live above all the scorn and contempt of men willing to suffer not the losse of reputation but a thousand deaths I should now come to severall Uses but I will summe them up in two The first is by way of encouragement to such as are persecuted it is their Masters and the Churches Lot a Condition from which they cannot plead exemption If all that live godly must suffer persecution 2 Tim. 3.12 in vain doe the Preachers of Righteousnesse think to escape and not drink of Christs cup. God hath made us a gazing-stock to men and Angels Athanasius was nick-named Sathanasius Cyprian called Caprian Paul accounted mad and Christ himselfe reputed a Conjurer We must not fear if Bryars and Thorns be against us Ezek. 2.6 but encourage our selves in the Lord