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A31523	A Certain rule, to find out how many honest men there are in this nation fitted for the use of all sorts, whether Church-of-England-men, Presbyterians, Independents, Anabaptists, Quakers, or papists : and proper to be set up in all schools, shops, parlours, chambers, or closets, both in city and country, in court and camp.		1688 (1688)	Wing C1753; ESTC R38995	5,518	1

the Spirit The Fruit of the Spirit is Love Joy Peace Long-suffering Gentleness Goodness Faith Meekness Temperance XIII (a) Gal. 5.24 25 26. If he be Christ's he has crucified the Flesh with the Affections and Lusts If he live in the Spirit let him walk in the Spirit let him not be desirous of Vain-glory provoking none envying none (b) Gal. 6.9 10. Let him not be weary in well-doing let him do good unto all Men. XIV Let him walk worthy of the Vocation Ephes 4.1 2 3 15 32. wherewith he is called with all lowliness and meekness with long-suffering forbearing his Neighbour in Love endeavouring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace speaking the Truth in Love and being kind to others XV. (a) Eph. 5.15 16 17 20 21. Let him walk circumspectly redeeming the time understanding what the Will of the Lord is giving thanks always for all things submitting to others in the fear of God. (b) Phil. 1.27 Let his Conversation be as becomes the Gospel of Christ XVI Let his Moderation be known unto all Men. Phil. 4 5 8. Let him think on whatsoever things are honest whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever things are of good report If there be any vertue if there be any praise let him think on these things XVII (a) Colos 1.10 Let him walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. (b) Colos 3.1 2.5 Let him seek those things which are above set his affection on things above not on things on the Earth Let him mortifie his Members which are upon Earth Fornication Uncleanness Inordinate Affection Evil Concupiscence and Covetousness which is Idolatry XVIII Let him put on the Bowels of Mercies Colos 3.12 13 14 17. Kindness Humbleness of Mind Meekness Long-suffering Forbearing and Forgiving others that have a Quarrel against him And above all things let him put on Charity which is the Bond of Perfectness And whatsoever he does in Word or Deed let him do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus XIX (a) Colos 4.2 5. Let him continue in Prayer and walk in Wisdom toward them that are without (b) 1 Thess 4.11 Let him study to be quiet and do his own business (c) 1 Thess 5.6 8 14 22. Let him watch and be sober put on the Breast-plate of Faith and Love and for an Helmet the Hope of Salvation Let him warn them that are Unruly comfort the Feeble-minded support the Weak be patient toward all Men and abstain from all appearance of Evil. XX. (a) 2 Thess 3.6 Let him withdraw himself from every Brother that Walketh disorderly and not after the Tradition received from the Apostles (b) 1 Tim. 1.18 19. Let him war a good Warfare holding Faith and a good Conscience (c) 1 Tim. 6.11 Let him follow after Righteousness Godliness Faith Love Patience Meekness XXI (a) 2 Tim. 2.19 Let every one that nameth the Name of Christ depart from Iniquity (b) Heb. 13.5 7 17. Let his Conversation be without Covetousness and be content with such things as he has Let him remember those that have the Rule over him and submit himself These are some of the chief Qualifications prescrib'd by St. Paul for every good Christian who desires as in Name so in Life and Conversation to be a Member of Christ so that whatsoever else may be required to make up his Character yet 't is cer●ain let a man be under what Denomination he thinks best whether of Church of England Dissenter Papist c. yet all will avail nothing unless he takes care to comply with these Directions of the Apostle And therefore let the Apostolic Doctrine and Purity of Faith be profess'd and taught where it will yet 't is a vanity to reckon all those for true Members of that Communion who only joyn in Worship assemble to Hear and approve the Doctrine For this is not enough They must besides all this live the Life of true Christians observe what St. Paul prescribes and avoid what he forbids and declares to be displeasing to God. This then indeed will do These are Christians to the purpose And therefore whe● the next Lists are made and there is an Account of so many that go to this Congregation and so many to another I would have the Rolls lookt over again and from every Congregation be deducted all those that are Vnrighteous Fornicato●● Covetous Malicious Deceitful Backbiters Drunkards Vnclean Contentious Lyers Cursers c. and so on according to what St. Paul directs above and then those that remain will be a chosen Number and the true Members of every Communion And a List of these it is I should gladly see Perhaps you 'l think there will be but a thin Number left behind and it may be so indeed But then what a strange Generation are we fal'n into in which all are so seemingly Zealous in contendin● for the Truth of Christianity and yet when we come to cast up the Account the right way there are so few Christians in earnest to be found amongst us But what shall we say The Ballance of Men is deceitful Their Account is cast up by halves w●thout due consideration They reckon what Congregation they go to what Doctrine they hear and believe but not so much what their Lives are And what signifies it what their Faith is if they live the Lives not of good Christians but rather of Unbelievers A Christian Faith with an Heathenish Life will never carry a Man to Heaven 'T is fitting therefore every Man should call himself to a more just Account and not only consider whether he goes to Hear and Worship but likewise ●●w he Lives These Directions of St. Paul may serve for this purpose by which if he Daily or Weekly examine himself he 'll soon find what Grounds he has for true Peace of Conscience I humbly recommend therefore this Paper to all ●orts of ●●n 1st T● all Teachers of what Communion or Perswasion soever that they weigh it seriously and remember that a Congregation of Hearers and not of Doers of Believers and not of Livers will One Day be little to their Credit That all Opinions and Doctrines are alike to the Evil Liver And that 't is to little purpose to keep their Flock to a Party if they let them run into Hell by their wicked Lives 2ly T● all Private Persons That they peruse it carefully and never esteem themselves truly Members of any Christian Congregation till they make it their business to conform their Lives to these Directions of St. Paul. It matters not where they assen● if they have their Hearts full of Bitterness and Anger full of Malice and Revenge If they lye under the Guilt of Incontinency and Covetousness of Drunkenness and Injustice If they have not crucified the Flesh with the Affections and Lusts Their Conversation be not as becomes the Gospel of Christ For however these may flatter themselves with the Name of Catholick or Reformed Christian yet 't is certain they do not belong to Christ. 3ly T● all those who being Members of no Congregation hope to save their Souls by living Honestly and Justly and giving every one their own That they reflect upon these Rules and Directions of St. Paul and remember that their Honestly and Just●● to render them pleasing to God must include a Compliance with all that is here directed by this Apostle and that they deceive themselves if without all this they think their Honestly and Justly will ever rank them among the Blessed Let these Me●●ee to conform their Lives in earnest to this Model of a Christian Practice and then I don't question but 't will be available to them And si●●● the observance of these Directions gather'd out of Holy Writ is a common Concern of all I recommend them heartily to all whether Church-of-England-Men Papists Presbyterians Anabaptists Independents or Quakers putting them in mind ●hat however they may think themselves oblig'd to differ from one another in other things yet that in these Duties they are all oblig'd to agree Let them all therefore examine their Lives and Conversations and often call themselves to an Account these Directions of St. Paul let them have them always in fight both in their Shop their Parlour their Chamber and their Closet that so they may never forget their Duty And after a short Observation both of themselves and others t●●● soon discover who are the honest Men and good Christians This too will soon remove our Animosities and establish a Common Peace and otherwise 't is to be fear'd that notwithstanding all the Zealous Pretences to the Truth we shall in a ●●●rt time quite lose the Practice of Christianity whil'st we contend for the Name LONDON Printed by F. C. and are to be Sold by Richard Baldwin 1688.

A CERTAIN RULE To Find out How many Honest Men there are in this NATION Fitted for the Use of all Sorts Whether Church-of-England-Men Presbyterians Independents Anabaptists Quakers or Papists And Proper to be Set up In all Schools Shops Parlours Chambers or Closets both in City and Country in Court and Camp. July 31. 1688. This may be Printed Rob. Midgley Since Numbring the People has been so fashionable of late I have bad a Temptation of putting the Work forward not in such manner as may any ways give Offence either to God or Man but so as to make it acceptable to both And therefore since some have made so exact an Enquiry into the several Divisions in this Nation as to discover such a Party to comprehend an Hundred to One of such another Another to be a Third Part of the Nation c. So many Church-of-England Men so many Papists so many Dissenters c. I earnestly beg these Accountants to look over their Lists again and tell me how many of St. Paul's Christians there are amongst them all A Catalogue of these would be an Excellent Work and much more Edifying than all the rest for however some may please themselves that they Joyn with such a Communion others that they Assemble with such a Congregation yet all this is but an Empty Name a Vain Satisfaction if they are not of this List of St. Paul's Christians I do not intend by this as if St. Paul set up a Particular Order of Christians by himself distinct from those who were the true Followers of Christ but I call those St. Paul's Christians who fill up that Practical Character of a Christian as is described by St. Paul and lead their Lives according to those Rules and Directions given by this Apostle in his Epistles extant in Holy Writ For St. Paul taking occasion in his Letters he Writ to the First Christians of several Nations to prescribe them a Method of their Lives and Conversation what they ought to do and what to avoid 't is certain that in them he spoke to us that in reproving their Follies and Extravagancies he condemn'd ours and in giving Directions to them he instructed us in the Conditions and Qualifications of good Christians 'T is a List then of such as live according to these Rules and Directions laid down by St. Paul I would gladly see and to give some Encouragement to the helping this forward I 'll here set down some of the Chief Qualities and Conditions requir'd by St. Paul for such a good Christian Some Principal Conditions and Qualifications necessary for every honest Man and good Christian as set down by St. Paul. I. (a) Rom. 1.29 TO avoid all Unrighteousness Fornication Wickedness Covetousness Maliciousness Envy Murder Debate Deceit Malignity (b) Rom. 1.29 30 31. Not to be a Whisperer Backbiter Hater of God Despiteful Proud Boaster Inventor of Evil Things Disobedient to Parents Covenant-breaker without Natural Affection Implacable Unmerciful II. (a) Rom. 2.8 Not to be Contentious (b) Rom. 6.8 not to do Wrong not to Defraud our Brethren (c) 2 Cor. 7.2 nor Corrupt any Man (d) 1 Cor. 6.9 10. not to be a Fornicator nor Idolater nor Adulterer nor Effeminate nor Abuser of himself with ●●nkind nor a 〈◊〉 nor 〈…〉 a Drunkard nor a Re … nor Extortioner III. (a) Gal. 5.15 16 19 20. Not to Bite and Devour others not to fulfil the Lusts of the Flesh to avoid Adultery Fornication Uncleanness Lasciviousness Idolatry Witchcraft Hatred Variance Seditions Heresies Envyings Murders Drunkenness Revelings (b) Ephes 4.25 6 27 28 29. To put away Lying and every Man speak Truth with his Neighbour Let not the Sun go down upon his Wrath nor give place to the Devil Let him that stole steal no more let no corrupt Communication proceed out of his Mouth IV. (a) Ephes 4.31 Let all Bitterness and Wrath and Anger and Clamour and Evil Speaking be put away from him (b) lb.c. 5.3 4 11. But Fornication and all Uncleanness or Covetousness let it not be once named Neither Filthiness nor Foolish Talking nor Jesting which are not convenient And let him have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of Darkness but rather reprove them V. Let nothing be done through Strife ●hil 2.3 14. or Vain-glory but in Lowliness of Mind without Murmurings and Disputings Put off Malice Blasphemy Filthy Communication out of his Mouth VI. (a) 1 Thess 5.15 Let him not render Evil for Evil (b) 1 Tim. 1.4 10. Nor give heed to Fables Let him not be Prophane nor a Murderer nor Lyer nor Perjur'd (c) 1 Tim. 6.17 20 Let him not be High-minded nor trust in uncertain Riches avoid Prophane and Vain Babling and opposition of Science vainly so called (d) 1 Tim. 4.7 and refuse prophane and old Wives Fables VII (a) 2 Tim. 3.2 4. Not to be a lover of his Ownself nor Covetous nor a Boaster Proud Blasphemer Unthankful Unholy a Truce-breaker nor a False Accuser Incontinent Fierce or a Despiser of those that are good Nor a Traytor Heady or High-minded nor a lover of Pleasures more than of God. (b) Tit. 3.2 And speak Evil of no Man. VIII Let his Love be without Dissimulation Rom. 12.9 10 11 12 13. abhor that which is Evil cleave to that which is Good Be kindly affectioned to Neighbours with Brotherly Love Not slothful in Business fervent in Spirit serving the Lord Patient in Tribulation continuing instan● in Prayer given to Hospitality IX Let him Bless them Which Persecute him Rom. 12.14 16 17 18 19 20 21. Bless and Curse not Mind not High Things Be not Wise in his own conceit Recompenceo Man Evil for Evil Live Peaceable as much as in him lyeth with all Men. Avenge not himself Feed his Enemy 〈◊〉 he hun●●●● Be not overcome of Evil but overcome Evil with Good. X. Let him be subject to Higher Powers Rom. 13.1 5 7 8 13. he must needs be subject not only for Wrath b●●●ls● for Conscience sake Let him render to all their Dues Owe no Man any thing but to love one another Let him walk honestly as-in the Day not in Rioting and Drunkenness not in Chambering and Wantonness not in Strife and Envying XI (a) Rom. 14.13 Let him not Judge his Neighbour (b) 1 Cor. 4.12 Being Revil'd let him Bless Persecuted let him suffer it (c) 1 Cor. 13.4 5 6 7. Let him have Charity Charity suffereth long is kind envieth not vaunteth not itself is not puff'd up doth not behave it self unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provok'd thinketh no Evil rejoyceth not in Iniquity but in the Truth beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things XII (a) 2 Cor. 7.1 Let him cleanse himself from all filthiness of the Flesh and the Spirit perfecting Holiness in the fear of the Lord. (b) Gal. 5.16 22 23. Let him walk in