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A80359 The memory of that faithful servant of the Lord Thomas Carleton, reviv'd. Being a collection of several of his vvritings in the ensuing volume as a testimony of his zeal for promoting the blessed truth and establishing of Friends therein. : Also some testimonies concerning his faithfulness and perseverance in the way of the Lord, unto the finishing of his course here with joy, which was the 18th day of the ninth month, 1684. Carleton, Thomas, 1636?-1684. 1694 (1694) Wing C589A; ESTC R170899 77,974 209

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same God to day and can save so take heed betime least the judgments of God fall heavy upon thee and labour not to incur the wrath and displeasure of the Almighty upon thy Soul for thy deceit violence spoyling and persecuting is and will be a token of perdition when my innocent suffering is and will be a token of Salvation and that in Christ Jesus So be warned I advise thee once more and repent and amend speedily lest the plagues and arrows of the Almighty fall heavy upon thee for this I am bold to tell thee in the Name of the Lord that the Lords wrath is kindled against such which will not cease nor quench till the workers of Iniquity be cut off that have added affliction to the afflicted and usurpingly exercised lordship over the Heritage of God for your treachery deceit and folly hath and is appearing to all Men and Gods controversie against you is begun for your end is destruction whose God is your gain and your belly whose mind is on earthly things yea the Stone of your Wall and the Beam of your Timber the very materials of Babel's Building shall cry out against the Builders and the Stone you have rejected is become Head viz. Christ Jesus the Light and if thy patience can read it and apply it so do if not how willt thou bear and answer the Lord when these things fall upon thee Carlile the 13th of the 3d Month 1665. From a Sufferer for Truth and Righteousness Tho. Carleton These Queries following I propounded to him occasioned by some Discourse between us about their Sacrament and Conformity which he seemed to charge upon me as the sole cause of my imprisonment having the like confounded Architectors of Babel either lost the original cause else finding the weakness and inconsideratness of it was ashamed and so let it fall For I said to him that I never thought Nonconformity to their Church and Sacrament had been the cause but rather Tythes as my Mittimus signified he answered no no it was it and nothing but it meaning Nonconformity L. West PErceiving thou blamest me for want of Conformity to the Church Ordinances and Sacraments as if that were the sole cause of my imprisonment and thou pretending to be a Minister in the Church and to the Church give me a full and positive answer to these following Queries according to Scripture sound Doctrine and the spirit of Truth that so my judgment may be rightly informed and if I have been erroneous and schismatical I am willing to reform when I am thereof convinced 1. What is the qualification of a Minister of Christ what is his Gifts and Endowments and how and from whom are they obtained 2. How is a Minister of Christ to be called sent what is their Ordination or whether thy Call Ordination or Ministry be from him to whom wast thou sent and to what end or whether there be not some that run unsent and never profit the People according to Jer. 23.32 3. What dost thou Minister from in thy self or what dost thou Minister to in the People or wherein doth thy gift and ministration con●●●t 4. What is the Gifts and Parts of a Minister of Christ what is the gifts and parts of a Minister of Antichrist or how do they differ one from another 5. Whether is a Minister to be Servant to and in the Church or to exercise lordship over the Church and Heritage c. as the manner of the Gentiles is 6. Whether is covetousness pride wrath malice envy swearing lying drunkenness fornication oppression robbery theft idle and corrupt communication and such like of the Spirit of Christ or Antichrist 7. Whether they that do such things do believe in God and have Faith in Jesus Christ or can be either a Minister or Member in his Church and Body having not obtained Remission Redemption and Salvation from those things 8. What is the Church of Christ or how many Churches is there whereof doth it consit whereon doth it stand where and by whom is the Foundation thereof laid and how is it preserved Holy and without Spot or whether is it subject to corruption and change yea or nay 9. What are the Ordinances of the Church what are the Precepts Rules and Canons therein to be observed and to whom doth the Rule and Government thereof belong 10. Whether doth these Ordinances of the Church belong unto all Men or whether is all Men under the Rule and Government thereof or what is the qualification of those that have a right therein and the priviledge of those that are Governed thereby 11. How many Ordinances are in the Church when and by whom are they instituted to what end and for what time 12. What is Baptism who is the Baptiser with what and to what are Men Babtized 13. How many Baptisms are there and how do they differ one from another 14. How are they Baptized that are Baptized into the death of Christ and are Buried with him in Baptism or how is the Baptizing with Fire and the Holy Ghost 15. Whether doth dipping and sprinkling in water England's present Church Form in Baptism make one a Member of Christ or whether is any unclean thing a Member of Christ yea or nay 16. Whether they that were Baptized and ingrafted as a Member in the Church if they perform what was therein promised viz forsake the Devil and all his works the pomps and vanities of this wicked World and all the sinful Lusts of the flesh and believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith and keep Gods holy Will and Commandments and walk in the same whether they must not be excomunicated and cast out of your Church and into Prison and suffer loss both in body and estate yea or nay according to John 16.2 17. What was those Ordinances and Traditions that Paul forbad the Collossians to touch taste or handle which though commanded by Men was to perish with using which Ordinances Christ blotted out and nailed to his Cross as being against such as he had quickned and raised by his Spirit 18. What was those Meats and Drinks those Holy-dayes New-moons and Sabboth-dayes which was but shadows of good things to come or is not the Churches yet under those Ordinances Traditions and Shadows and knows not the Light of the glorious Gospel revealed which Christ commanded to believe in 19. What was the Philosophy Traditions and Rudiments of the World which had like to have spoiled some and which those that were dead with Christ were not to be subject to but if Pope and Turk should have power to set up their Traditions Rudiments would you not be subject and Preach them up for Doctrine 20. What is the Sacrament of the Lords Supper which thou would have me receive how is it distributed and received or what is the qualifications of the worthy Receivers and if I Eat and Drink the thing signified viz. the Body and Blood Spiritually and so difist from