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A94747	Seven particulars, containing as followeth, I. Against oppressors. II. Magistrates vvork and honor. III. A meditation for magistrates upon Dan. 12.4. IV. Of hanging for theft, filling the land with blood. V. To the high & lofty in the earth, who exalt themselves by discent or blood. VI. Of ministers maintenance, two extreams. VII. Of persecuting for speaking in the synagogues (by many called churches.) Given forth for publique service by W.T.	Tomlinson, William.	1657 (1657)	Wing T1851; Thomason E936_9; ESTC R203824	25,801	41

which minister about holy things live of the things of the Temple And they which waite at the Alter are partakers with the Alter Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel Thus the Apostle pleads for that liberty or power but yet he would not make use of it to the Corinthians nor with the Church of Ephesus But with some others he did as the forequoted place makes manifest 2. Cor. 11.7.8.9 And likewise Phil. 4.14.15.16 17.18 Where he takes notice in way of commendation of the Philippians liberality to him when none ministred to his necessities but they only I shall set down the words as they stand in both places To the Corinths he saith thus Have I committed an offence in abasing my selfe that you might be exted because I have preached to you the Gospel of God freely I robbed other Churches taking wages of them to do you service And when I was present with you and wanted I was chargeable to no man For that which was lacking to me the Brethren which came from Macedonia supplyed and in all things I have kept my selfe from being burdensom to you and so will I keep my selfe So that here its plain that at Corinth the Brethren from Macedonia supplyed his wants And to the Philippians he saith thus Chap. 4 Ver. 10. to 19. But I rejoyced in the Lord greatly that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again wherein ye were also carefull but yet lacked opportunity not that I spake in respect of want for I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me Notwithstanding ye have well done that ye did communicate with my affliction Now ye Phillippians know also that in the beginning of the Gospel when I departed from Macedonia no Church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving but ye only For even in Thessalonia ye sent once and again unto my necessity Not because I desire a gift But I desire fruit that may abound to your account But I have all and abound I am full having received of Epaphrodi●us the things from you an Odour of a sweet smell a sacrifice acceptable well pleasing to God So here its plain also that the Philippians did also communicate to his necessities and he accepts it with much love and as a sacrifice accepted to God and tells them they had well done in so doing Therefore this particular carriage of Pauls to Ephesus in laboring with their hands to supply their own and others necessity was but to them or some others but he did not alwayes do so nor bind all others to do so seeing he himselfe practised the contrary in other places and pleads for the justnesse of such a practice This therefore I find according to the Scriptures contrary to both these aforenamed extreams 1. That they who minister Spirituall things they may be ministred unto they may receive of their carnall things to whom they minister Spirituall For so God hath appointed that they who preach the Gospel ' should live of the Gospel 1. Cor. 9.14 And Christ our Lord and Captain and Saviour the only begotten Son of God our Pattern he was ministred unto Luke 8.3 Ioanna the Wife of Chuza Herods Steward and Susanna and many others ministred to him of their substance And saith Christ such things as they set before ye eat for the Laborer is worthy of his hire Lak 10.7 go not from house to house Again saith the Scriptures to distribute and communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God is well pleased Is he well pleased with such sacrifices only to others How came his Ministers to be excluded 2. Though they may receive yet they may not compell or strive or contend for the things of others no nor covet after them They have no warrant for that If any man do so he is gone out from the Doctrine of Christ Jesus from his example from his spirit and run into the way of Balam into the number of the false Prophets who prepared war for such as put not into their mouthes against which the true Prophets witnessed and cryed out against them 3. It is agreeable to the Scripture That he that is taught communicate to him that teacheth in all good things Gal. 6.6 if he need and be willing to receive And where the heart is refreshed comforted enlightned strengthened by the Word of Truth and their love constrains or moves to communicate this is a Fruit of love a Fruit of the Spirit a Sacrifice acceptable and well-pleasing before the Lord. This is to feed and eat of the Fruit of the flock this is to live of the Altar and be partakers with the Altar This is right Gospel-Maintenance Gospel-Wages Gospel-Hire where Christ is the Giver This hath a sweet favour But where there is strife and debate about it there the Devil is at work and the Wisdom that 's from beneath there is confusion and evil Work this gives an ill favour before the Lord and before all his Servants and discovers their minds to be earthly and sensual who are here and not having the Spirit they are of the earth therefore strive they for the earth and raise contention about it if their Kingdom were not of this world they would not strive for the things of this World but looke up at the Giver of them and wait on him whom they serve to draw forth the hearts of the people to supply their wants they would learn to be contented when their Master gave forth little and so learn to suffer with the Gospel expecting another Kingdom not of this world but in that they strive and contend and make debate for the earthly Treasure they shew whence they are and where their hearts is and such will daylie more and more be made manifest of the earth they are and therefore to the earth their hearts return So then concerning Ministers Maintenance I lay down these Particulars I own 1. THat there is a publike Ministry of Christ Jesus 2 Cor. 6.3 4. 2. That this Ministry hath power to forbear working else had Peter and the other Apostles transgressed Read 1 Cor. 9.4 to 15. 3. That this Ministry hath liberty to work where they see it convenient and have liberty in spirit else had Paul transgressed Acts 20.33 34 35. 4. That this Ministry hath liberty to eat such things as are set before them Luke 10.7 5. That they have power to receive temporals of those to whom they impart spirituals 1 Cor. 9.11 But I deny and let others prove it 1. That they have any power from Christ to take where it is not freely given for that 's not a fruit of the Gospel that 's

implacable then any that have gone before you opening your devouring mouth of persecution to swallow up him that shall but offer to speak among you Therefore how much more intollerable shall it be for you at the day of Judgement then for those unbelieving Jews who though they persecuted the Apostles for their Doctrine yet first heard it what it was and gave them liberty to speak among them but you persecute and would swallow up before you hear the guilt that 's in you not being able to abide a word but if one come to speak a Word of Exhortation among you you either send him away to prison and punishment or else run away your selves from him How many of you have ever sent to strangers coming in among you and offering to speak to bid them go on if they had a Word of Exhortation for the people Therefore see how far short you are of those Jews How strangely are your Spirits framed and your Congregations framed and your Worship framed that can admit of no such thing among you as the Jews Synagogues could admit of Hath not the Devil a better Form of Worship for himself whereby to keep out light and uphold his own Kingdom among you then he had among the Jews where light could have entertainment and truth be spoken forth Consider if it be not so and be ashamed of your cowardlinesse and wickednesse that dare not suffer a Word of Exhortation to be spoken among you to the people for fear their eyes should be opened to see the wickednesse you live in and so to see their own danger in being led by such guides If your consciences did not condemn you rise up against you for being out of the truth you would have the boldness to try all things to hear a Word of Exhortation and to satisfie the minds of your Hearers who many times would willingly hear what another had to say to them and to have their Doctrine tried by you but you being afraid of this and flying if not persecuting hereby shew to all men that there 's something in your consciences that cannot abide the Truth Again Act. 14. ver 1. And it came to pass in Iconium that they went both together into the Synagogue of the Jews and so spake that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed Ver. 2. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their minds evil affected against the Brethren So here again they had no opposition solely for speaking but were suffered to speak freely though the minds of many were bitter against them Act. 16.13 At Philippi also there they went where the people used to worship and pray and spake to the women that resorted thither without opposition Act. 17.1 2. They came to Thessalonica where was a Synagogue of the Jews and Paul as his manner was went in unto them and three Sabbath-dayes reasoned with them out of the Scriptures This was you see without opposition though afterwards for his Doctrine they sought to kill him ver 5. Then departing thence they came to Berea and went into the Synagogue of the Jews Act. 17.10 11. where they preached and opened the things of the Kingdom of God and found more noble spirits then in Thessalonica who received the word with all readinesse of mind and searched the Scriptures daylie whether those things were so therefore many of them believed Here also the unbelieving Iews stirred up the people against them for the word which they spake but not solely for speaking Act. 18.1 4. Paul coming to Corinth reasoned with them in the Synagogue every Sabbath and perswaded the Jews and the Greeks and there he continued a year six Months teaching the word of God among them Thus you see what Liberty was every where in their Synagogues for speaking to the people and never do we find any persecuted solely for speaking as we do now-a-dayes therefore these unbelieving Synagogues shall stand an eternal Witness against you of this generation who have a hand in persecuting men only for speaking and against you who make Laws for persecutors that they do that by your Law which former Ages have thought unreasonable even to persecute men only for speaking whether the thing were good or bad that they spake Shall not all the Synagogues of the Jews every where in which there was liberty for a Word of Exhortation for Reasoning for Disputing shall they not all rise up against you and your Synagogues in which there is persecution for the same thing to which they gave liberty Shall not Corinth Berea Thessalonica Philippi Iconium Salamis Dam●scus and all the Synagogues where-ever Christ or any of his Apostles and Disciples came in their own Country and in other Countries every where Shall they not all rise up in the Judgement against this generation and condemn it yea verily they will rise up in judgement against you and your Synagogues who have so framed them that as much as you can you may keep out all Knowledge of God from them save what the hireling Teachers will afford them whose eye God hath closed up because of their disobedience pride and contention and wrath and covetousness ●●d earthly-mindedness haughtiness for such are blind and cannot see far off as the Apostle Peter witnesseth 2 Pet. 1. He that lacketh these things is blind and cannot see far off of which things Patience is one Now how far are they from this that either persecute a man for speaking or else run away from him therefore their want of patience declares them plainly to be blind guides and yet these are defended by Laws of men and have their Synagogues impropriated to themselves and so framed that they can admit of no such thing as the Apostles had liberty to do in the Synagogues of the Jews either to speak or reason with them or dispute these men declaring hereby their fear to have their blindness discovered lest their people getting Knowledge and having their eyes opened should withdraw from them and so their gainful Trade should decay Obj. It may be some will say None are hindered but such as come to delude people Ans The Apostles and Christ Jesus himself were accounted as great deluders in their time as any are now and yet their Synagogues afforded that liberty every where that they might speak amongst them But secondly Wil you say they are Deluders therefore will you not suffer them This is to judge first and then to examine the matter for how know you that they are deluders whom you have not heard speak but persecute them or run from them hefore they speak so as you can understand their Doctrine here your impatiency and blindness appears But thirdly Are they Seducers and Deluders who would awaken you out of your bed of Security wherein you lye slumbering in unity with the World and would stir you up to purity and holiness without which none can ever see God They that would put you upon the trial of your selves whether the hope of Glory be found in you or no namely whether Christ be found living in you They who would shew unto you the Way by which they themselves have found Fellowship and Communion with God to their comfort and peace Whereto tends 〈◊〉 Doctrine if it tend not to these ends and is this delusion Consider if that will not delude you in the end To content your selves with the Name of Christian without the true nature of a Christian to live in the World at all adventure not knowing whether Christ be in you of a truth or no crucifying the light in you in which God dwells and wherein you can onely enjoy communion with him one with another See if the delusion do not lye here see if you be not found those that neither enter into the Kingdom of God your selves nor suffer others See if you be not the upholders of the Works of darkness which Christ came to destroy who dare not suffer the light to shine among you Have you not sins among you which you never open to the people but keep them in ignorance of and so in danger of plagues Is there not a drunken spirit which is drunk with the Wine of the whole Earths Fornication namely which runs after a Form and rests in it falling short of the life and power of godliness besotted with their Form like drunken men with strong drink and so falling asleep therein and ready to beat and quarrel with him that shall offer to awake them out of it Is there not such a spirit and are not you their Nurses lulling them asleep therein until misery and destruction come upon you and them For assuredly all Nations that drink of this Wine of Fornication must also drink of the VVine of the VVrath of that Fornication But lastly If you will truly judge of delusion mind where is the disobedience to the light of Christ that comes into the world to consume the man of sin for upon the diso bedient is the strong delusions sent because light hath shined among us to discover many evils not yet reformed and men loved not that light and that truth they have not received it in love being joyned to earthly things in their hearts and loving them better for this cause God sends strong delusions even to keep those men in the world where their heart chose to be rather then to follow the light under the Cross and talk as much of delusion as you will here it will be found in the end 2 Thess 2.10 11 12. THE END ERRATA Pag. 26. lin 22. for yet r. yee pag. 27. l. 6. for their hands to supply their own and others necessity r. his hands to supply his own and others necessity pag. 28. l. 5. for their r. there and l. 15. for and evil work r. and every evil work pag. 29. l. 26. for quite to the spirit of Christ r. quite contrary to the spirit of Christ pag. 34. l. 25. for the r. your