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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47074	To Sions louers, being a golden egge to avoid infection, or, A short step into the doctrine of laying on of hands to provoke such as have time, hart, and parts to prosecute, resting upon the promise the tongue of the stutterers shall speake plaine, and out the mouthes of babes, Jehovah shall have praise : looke not to Scottish, nor Dutch, New-England, nor olde, behold the pattern, the Apostles fellowship and so goe up by the tents of the shepheards.	Jones, Sarah.	1644 (1644)	Wing J990; ESTC R4419	7,868	12

bloody hands of the Prelates hath beene taken for the doctrine of laying on of hands as if the using of the ceremonie as a shell to the kernell held forth in the doctrine even as if the joyning of the lips which is the ceremony were all that is required to imbracing by love If there bee another power out and above the congregation which is the Elder ship above her stewards for the lesse is blessed of the greater so surely the congregations united together in Covenant by worship or agreeing in the name of Christ in time of reformation having beene back-sliders such as the tipicall nationall great congregation said come let us joyne in Covenant what was meete for the tipiall Church as the generall congregation of the first borne the same is meete for every visible congregation when they come to reformation uniting themselves together in holy union to injoy holy communion and so shine forth to the consuming of Anticrist electing choosing out from among themselves ordaining investing by her owne power given her from Christ shee being in his stead the Eldership to appoint her Officers as her maides to kill her fatlings dwelling together in one Parish is not from heaven to make one bread and one body but of men but many members becomes one body according to Gods Ordinance to have power to take in cast out by uniting together by faith order agreeing in the name of Christ and so we are indowed with power and order as two parties husband and wife becomes one by Covenant more of few partners becomes one by covenant civill fellowships many members becomes one congregation by Covenant so joyning to Christ by faith gives us not a visible right to the ordinances but uniting together according to the minde of Christ joyning to the Lord in Covenant so in times of persecution holy fellowship will not falsefie their Covenant though the Parish Assemblies turne with the State in evill times but this is too great a labour for my selfe I doe but hint it to the honored that labour in the word and doctrine as a patient desire to be healed wherein I erre I earnestly beg these questions of the wise and learned by what name or title soever called or would be called for of them is pretious Preachers concerning the doctrine of repentance from dead workes and faith towards God but of them are those that have spoken evill of the old and good way of them there is that have blasphemod the Tabernacle and dwellers in heaven of them there is hirelings to speake against the gathering of the Saints in order as Shemaiah was hired by Sanballat Tobia to hinder the building of Gods Temple of them there is not any that ever I heard that opened the doctrine of laying on of hands wherefore though I honour them for the truth they teach yet I submitt not to them in that which is besides the text wherefore turne my questions to the more honored Christians peculiars purchased by Christs blood such as have the tongue of the learned to speake a word in season to the weary honored before such as ashame their name as the righteous is better then his neighbour such as through beleeving out of whose bellies flow rivers of waters of life such as feare Iehovah with whom are his secrets holy brethren such as are made partakers of the Divine nature I know no other Divines but brethren and sisters united together as godly Phyladelphian and sweet Smyrna dwelling even together in unity honored Saints with the double edged sword of those holy hearers I begge these questions following Quest 1. Whether the Congregations that know not the Doctrine of laying on of hands that know not the power or have given their power to the Beast that know not how to weld the two edged sword that know not how to speake each to other 2 or 3 by course and others to judge that know not how to judge one another that know not how to deale with one another 1 by telling privately 2 by two or 3 then to the Congregation whereof they be members that know not how to elect choose ordaine invest Pastors Teachers Elders Deacons Male and Female qualified according to holy writt whether such congregations as these may not be said to be darke mountaines Q. 2. Whether such as be tontosticated with the cup of fornicators rayging and rangling drunke with pride and passion also staggering are not like to stumble and fall upon those darke mountaines Q. 3. Whether the Saints that withdraw from all that walke disorderly either brethren or congregations agreeing in the name of Christ covenanting to walke with God and one with another to walke with God in all his waies so farre as they know or shall know be not the way and order of the Gospell Q. 4. Whether such Congregations as last aforesaid be not fenced Cities which are walled by the power of Discipline upon all the glory shall be a defence and such for whom the Prophet prayes the walls may be built Q. 5. Whether the mixt Congregations that exercise not the power of Christ that he hath given them be not unfensed Cities Q. 6. Whether that now threshing instruments having mouthes called new as the new commandement which was from the beginning be not the ordinance of Dissipline to beat the mountaines into chaffe the graine may appeare behold I will make the tipicall congregation nation one congregation behold I will make thee a very visible congregation under the Gospel a new threshing instrument so the power is given to her not to her officers Q. 7. Whether the Congregations be not the shee preachers to whom the command is given to whom the promise is made goe Preach and Baptise observe and doe all I command you and I will be with you to the end of the world Q. 8. Whether all the Saints shall not have honour the power as the two edged sword her overseers being one with her not Lords over her Q. 9. Whether the Saints that would have healed Babell she not being healed are not to come out from confusion and gather into order as flockes of sheepe goe up from washing Q. 10. Whether the Congregations that suffer Christ to reigne over them the Roote of Iesse set up for an ensigne exersing the power of Christ to take in what is serviceable casting out what is offencive would not be as terrible as an army with banners comly as Ierusalem beautifull as Tirzah Q. 11. Whether the Males in every Congregation be not to lift up pure hands propheng one by another two or three by course the rest judging Q. 12. Whether such Preachers as speake against such as walke in order and are of the quiet of the land such counsellers as adviseth to their hurt such pleaders as pleade for a thing of nought shall not be called to the barre of Gods judgment if they repent not Oh that wee might submitt one to another in all that is good O that the time were come that the wolfe might be with the lamb and a little childe should leade them FINIS Psal. 118.7 Ioh. 13.13 Ierem. 2.8 Ier. 15.19 Ier. 51.15 Rev. 12.20 Esa 51.12 Ier. 13.16 Heb. 12.6.13 Ier. 51.16 Acts 1.42 Eze 10.15 Esa. 41 15. Psal. 149.8.9 Cant. 6.4 Psal. 68.11 Mich. 2. 10. Jer. 2. 36. Holy fellowships are fenced Cities upon all the glory shall be a defence Esay 4 5. Jer. 8.14 Phil. 3. 2. Esay 9. 16. Zach. 11. 5. Esay 3. 11. Revel. 3. 18. Ezek. 42. 8. Rev. 22. 2. Hosea 14. 4. Psa. 39. 1. 2 Cor. 18. 22. 1 Cor. 6. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 5. Jer. 2. 36. Eccle. 10 15. 2 Cor. 34. 14. Rom. 16. 16. Heb 7. 7. Psal. 50. 5. Esay 50. 5. Pro. 9. 1. Jer. 50. 5. Psal. 44. 17. Neh 6. 10. John 2. 38. Psa. 25. 14. Rev. 3. 8. Jer. 2. 8. Psa. 133 Mat. 18. 15. 16. Esay 4. 5. Psa. 51. 18. Esay 41. 15. Psa. 68. ●1 Mat. 28. 19. 20. Cant. 5. 6. Esay 11. 10. Cant. 6. 4. Eph. 5. 21. Esay 11. 6 c