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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86648	The common salvation contended for, and the faith which was once delivered to the saints· Or, An answer to a book called a plain answer to eighteen queries of Iohn Whitehead, put forth by William Kays, who calls himself minister of the Gospel at Stokesly; wherein he hath perverted the faith once delivered to the saints, and pleads for those things which the Scripture declares against, and so he is made manifest, not to be a minister of the everlasting Gospel, but preachesanother [sic] Gospel. The queries laid down, and the substance of his answer, with a reply to his answer. / By one who is a friend to all, who wait for the appearance of Iesus Christ without sin to salvation, known to the world by the name. Francis Howgill.	Howgill, Francis, 1618-1669.	1655 (1655)	Wing H3155; Thomason E824_3; ESTC R18577	18,636	20

sins is of the Devil not that the Devil can claim him for his or that he is in the possession of the Devil for your gift is of Balaams nature and not of the nature of Pauls and so your reward will be as Balaams and not as Pauls who inherits the everlasting treasure for ever And further thou sayest but as to the point of taking Tythes which in respect of darkness and prejudice some Saints are herein unsatisfied and thou sayest we understand not our selves in judging from the Apostles example except we could prove by Scripture that the Apostles might have had Tythes or those Ministers which were like Timothy and Titus settled in a parochial way in their quarters might have had Tythes given them and yet refused them Reply They which are satisfied that they are Ministers of Christ which takes Tythes are indeed in darkness as thou speaks and unto all that fear God taking of ●ythes whether in paying or receiving will be prejudice and be it known unto thee and unto all such that we do understand our selves in judging thee and all such to be Antichrists and deceivers and false Prophets who acts and upholds those things which the deceivers and false Prophets acted in former generations and in seeking for your gain from your Quarter and in making merchandise of people through covetousness you make it manifest that you are such and so in the light which was in the Prophets and in the Apostles we see you and by it we judge you and by the example of the Apostles you may all be condemned who never took Tythes nor sought for their gain from their Quarter nor made merchandise of any through covetousness as you do and we tell thee plainly it is as true as the Scripture for by the same Spirit we speak that none of the Ministers of Christ nor his Apostle did take Tythes or wages of the world for preaching and this we can prove by the Scripture that the Apostles refused to take that which they might have had which was offered unto them and herein they shall judge you who not onely takes what men give you willing but compels some to pay against their will and that Timothy or Titus or any of the ministers of Iesus Christ was never settled in a parochial way in Quarters we do deny it and doth charge it upon thee to be a false accuser and a slanderer and a lyar upon Timothy and Titus and would make them as bad as thy self and the rest of the false Prophets and here let thy own conscience condemn thee for believing the holy men of God and speaking that of them which they were not to cloak and uphold thy own deceits abominations further thou sayest till then the light of the Apostles that took whatsoever was given them satisfies thy conscience to praise God for the Magistrate that doth freely give it unto thee and then brings the Apostles words they that preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel Reply The light in which the Apostles lived by which they were acted will for ever condemn thee except thou repent for by their example thou art judged already as it is manifested thy conscience is blinded by the god of the world and not satisfied by the light of Christ which was in the Apostles for if the light of the Apostles acted thee then would thou be found in their steps but be witness against thy self that thou art acted by that spirit which acted the false Prophets and false Apostles being thou art found in the same steps making merchandise of people and preaching for hire as they did which of the Apostles had any Law from any Magistrate to compel men to pay Tythes to them shew this by the Scripture if thou canst or else be a witness against thy self that thou lives not upon the Gospel For I know if you had not a Law to compel men to maintain you the Gospel which you preach and the people to whom you preach would starve you for maintenance this Scripture we own and do witness they that preach the Gospel shall live of the Gospel and doth without running to Magistrates to receive order from them to compel men to pay them XVI Query Shew me by the Scripture where ever any of the Ministers of Christ did give Davids Psalms to be sung of the people in a rime and if not thou acknowledgest that thou art in the inventions and traditions of men raised out from them all Answ. In thy answer unto this Query thou brings many Scriptures to prove singing some of which doth not at all prove any singing and none of them will prove the singing which thou pleads for which is a great company of proud and covetous and earthly minded persons to sing Davids words which they cannot witness but are enemies to the life of what he spoke for the world cannot sing praises unto God but you by your traditions cause men to sing lies that they are not puft in mind and that the Law of God is dear unto them and that every night water they their bed with tears when as they never witnessed these things though all this was true in David and as for that Scripture 2 Chron 29. where it was commanded of the Priests to sing the words of David and Asaph this was under the Law a figure as the Priests was a figure and from that Scripture you may as well prove the offering of sacrifice as singing but thou makes manifest thy ignorance and blindness hereby unto all the simple and many other Scriptures thou brings and the example of Christ and his Disciples and the example of the Churches which will not at all prove the singing of your assemblies which is onely by tradition and invention we do deny and bear testimony against it that it is not the singing to the praise of God but God is dishonoured by it and it shall all be turned into howling and bitterness and the time is at hand wherein the Iudgements of God shall be revealed against it for in the eternal light it is discovered to be abomination unto God and instead of singing you shall howle and lament the Lord hath said it and a great deal more rabble of stuff thou hast written to prove thy deceitful practice which I forbear to answer as not worth naming XVII Query Whether that wo which Christ pronounced against the Pharisees who were called of men Masters had the ceief place in the Assemblies and stood praying in the Synagogues do not abide upon thee who art called of men Masters hast the chief seat in the Assemblies stands praying in the Synagogue or how wilt thou justifie thy self in these practices seeing Christ is the same yesterday to day and for ever who cryed woe against them that lived in them Answ. Thou sayest thou doth not feare the woes pronounced against the Pharilees Reply It is because thy heart is hardened and thy mind is stiffnecked and rebellious