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truth_n	lord_n	spirit_n	worship_n	4,855	5	7.8659	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64255	A few necessary questions & conclusions for the present parish-teachers of England, &c deeply to ponder and answer in God's fear, for the good of their own and the peoples souls that are under them, for the Lord is arisen to call all things into judgment.	Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.	1670 (1670)	Wing T573; ESTC R9060	7,076	16

Christ only who saith Without me ye can do nothing so then this evil Custom of your undertaking being derogagatory to the Honour of Christ who can say that God hath required it at your Hands but if you will yet plead for it shew us your Scripture for it if you would be esteemed to act as Protestants and not as Papists and to own Scripture above mens Inventions and Traditions 3. Also what Scripture have you for your Surplice Canonical Coats Typpets c. and for wearing Black rather then other Colours seeing the Apostle blamed such as placed Religion in Dayes Meats and the like surely he would not agre with such as place their Religion in Garments and Colours blessed be the Lord whose Day is dawned which makes all things manifest and none will hate the Light of it but Evil-doers 4. And what Scripture have you for your Tythes Easter-reckonings Mortuaries and the like now under the Gospel and for your Laws which you call spiritual to compel the People to pay you them seeing Christ is come the End of that Levitical Priesthood under which Tythes were payable by a Law 5. What Scripture have you who profess your selves to be Cbristians for your Swearing swearing in your Courts so called swearing in your Spiritual Courts so called the poor people called Church-Wardens groan under the Burden of this evil Custom O this is far from following Christ who said and saith unto his Swear not at all but you are grown to that pass that you cannot trust one another without Swearing no not in your Church-matters is not this a Fruit of Apostacy and departing from that ancient Faith which was once delivered to the Saints 6. And what Scripture have you forgiving David's Prayers Prophecyings Roarings Quakings Tremblings and Confessions in Rhyme and Meeter to the VVorld to sing who are of another Spirit then David was and so utterly unacquainted with David's Conditions and so instead of singing with the Spirit and Understanding as the ancient Christians did you sing in a Form without the Power thereby not honouring but rather dishonouring the Lord who is a Spirit and will be worshipped in Spirit and Truth 7. And what Scripture have you for teaching People to worship one another and for your Ring in Marriage where you teach them to say With this Ring I theewed and with my Body I thee worship Is not God alone to be worshipped how then are such to be accounted Christian Ministers who abide not in his Doctrine 2 John 9. And lastly seeing you pretend to be Christ's Ministers and so God's Free men I ask you these few plain Questions further Gal. 1. 10. viz. 1. Why do you limit your selves or suffer others to limit you to such and such Forms of Words and Gestures and Apparel as is in Use amongst you in all your Services is it from any Excellency you see in those Words or Forms more then in any other or is it because you are so weak of Judgment or brittle of Memory as that you can do little without Book or is it not rather for filthy Lucre sake you are willing to be so ty'd because you know that without Conformity to the Wills of the great Ones in this Matter you can get no Power to compel Peoples earthly things from them O what will not the Love of Money compel covetous minded People unto 2 Tim. 6. 10 11. 2. What is it that makes you go to the Bishop rather then any other Man or Men for Ordination as you call it Is it because you know or believe that he is more holy then any other or hath more Power to confer any spiritual Gift upon you by Imposition of his Hands more then any other If you say he hath where had he it and wherein doth it appear or is it not rather that you go now to the Bishop for Ordination as you or your Brethren went formerly to the Classical Presbytery so called in Oliver's time because this is the Way now as the other was formerly to impower you to come into Parishes be their Teachers and command their earthly things from them by Force whether you do any spiritual Work for them or no yea from such as in the Lord's Light see you to be no Ministers of the Spirit and therefore not able to minister spiritual things and therefore deny you Oh that ever such a thing should be among such as profess to be Gospel Ministers 3. Whether do you believe that all things in the Church ought to be done and spoken in the alone Power and Spirit of the Lord Jesus and if so then how can you expect but that God will overturn overturn all Things until he to wit the Lord Jesus Christ to whom all Power in Heaven and Earth it given comes to rule in alland over all to whom of Right it belongs So be it And what is the Cause that you are so dark in your Minds as concerning the Mystery of Christ's Kingdom and the spiritual saving Power thereof if it be not that mentioned in the third Chapter of Micah 's Prophecy verse 5 6 7. where it is written Thus saith the Lord concerning the Prophets that make my People err that bite with their Teeth and cry Peace and he that putteth not into their Mouthes they even prepare War against him therefore Night shall be unto you that you shall not have a Vision and it shall be dark unto you that you shall not divine and the Sun shall go down over the Prophets and the Day shall be dark over them then shall the Seer she ashamed and the Diviners be confounded yea they shall all cover their Lips for there is no Answer of God So be not proud for the Lord hath spoken but see in the Dread and Fear of God how you can acquit your selves from the Charge against false Prophets and Teachers mentioned in this Paper and more abundantly in the Scriptures for if you be found in their Sins how can ye escape their Plagues Rev. 18. 4. For Wo will be to them that seek deep to hide their Counsel from the Lord and their Works are in the dark and they say who seeth us and who knoweth us see Isa. 29. from ver 10. to ver 16. Read and consider and be wise for your Souls From one who travails for the Prosperity of Sion Tho. Taylor