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A37263	Truth and innocency vindicated against falshood & malice exprest in a late virulent pamphlet intituled, (A true account of a most horrid and dismal plague began at Rothwell, &c.) without printer's licenser's or author's name thereunto) : together with an account of the Kettering visitation / by R. Davis ... ; to which is added, Mr. Rob. Betson's answer to so much as concerns him in the said libel.	Davis, Richard, 1658-1714.; Betson, Robert. Answer to some part of that pamphlet called, A plain and just account of a plague being at Rothwell.	1692 (1692)	Wing D435; ESTC R10047	98,027	94

dependeth wholly upon our Obedience as the condition to which it is promised and therefore it puts us into a condition or State of Life Imperfect and subject to Change as Obedience it self is that we are not perfectly justified till Obedience be perfected 7. That by their Obedience Believers serve God and are fitted for Heaven and their Afflictions are Paternal Corrections to quicken them and to purge them but not inflicted as effects of the Curse 7. That Believers by their Obedience obtain continue and perfect their Right to Heaven and that their Afflictions are Fruits of the Curse of the Law Christ having purchased only that it should not Damn us but left it to the Father to Punish us for Sins in this Life as he shall think fit 8. We are made partakers of Christ's Righteousness and the Benefits thereof by Faith and that Faith is a trusting in the Promise of Life for the sake of Christ's Righteousness 8. That Faith in its whole Latitude is believing and obeying the Gospel that by this we are made partakers of the Benefits of Christ he having only purchased this Grant or Law that they which Obey him shall be Saved not that his Obedience should Save them 9. That Justification is the acceptance of a Sinner with God as Righteous through the Righteousness of Christ imputed to him whereby he hath a full right to Eternal Life 9. Justification is nothing else but the Pardon of Sin i. e. the not exacting the punishment of Sin due by the Law of Works and an acceptance of Man so far and so long as he performeth the Conditions of sincere Obedience These I unfeignedly Assent and Consent to These I Declare and protest against Rich. Davis Richard Davis BEhold the present controversie rightly Stated and tho many of the present Adversaries seem to approve of the Old Protestant Scheme and to be shie of the other yet let their Principles Doctrins and Expressions be persued close and you will catch them in the Neonomian Scheme and many of those they call Anti-Nomian flow genuinely from the Old Protestant Scheme I shall add no more but heartily Pray that the Spirit of Truth would guide us into all Truth as it is in Jesus Amen And that the World may know what my Judgment is in Matters of Faith I do heartily declare my Assent unto and Approbation of these following Articles I. Of the Scripture THE Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testament are the Word of God and the only Rule of Faith and Life II. Of God There is but one only the living and true God who is a Spirit Infinite Eternal and unchangeable in his Being Wisdom Power Holiness Goodness and Truth There are three Persons in the God-head the Father eternally begetting the Son eternally begotten of the Father and the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son the same in Essence equal in all the incommunicable and communicable Attributes of the Divine Nature III. Of God's Decree The Decrees of God are his Eternal Purpose according to the Council of his Will whereby for his own Glory he hath fore-ordain'd whatsoever comes to pass which Decrees he executes in the Works of Creation and Providence IV. Of Creation The work of Creation is God's making all things of nothing by the word of his Power in the space of six Days and all very good and after other Creatures he Created Man Male and Female after his own Image in Knowledge Righteousness Holiness with Dominion over the Creatures V. Of Providence God's Works of Providence are his most Holy Wise and Powerful Preserving and Governing all his Creatures and all their Actions VI. The Covenant of Works When God Created Man he entred into a Covenant of Life with him as the common Head and Representative of all Mankind upon condition of perfect Obedience forbidding him to Eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil upon pain of Death which Covenant our first Parents being left to the freedom of their own Will broke and so fell from the Estate wherein they were Created by sinning against God and all Mankind descending from Adam by ordinary Generation sinn edwith him and Fell with him in his first Transgression VII Of Sin by the Fall The Sinfulness of every Man descending from Adam by an ordinary Generation consists in the Guilt of Adam's first Sin the want of Original Righteousness and the Corruption of his whole Nature which is commonly call'd Original Sin together with all Actual Sins whereby he is opposite to all Good and bent to all Evil and liable to God's Wrath the Curse of the Law Death and all Miseries Spiritual Temporal and Eternal The remainders of this Original sinful Nature acts even in the Saints when their State is changed through Grace VIII Of Christ Christ Jesus the Eternal Son of God became Man being conceived in the Womb of the Virgin Mary by the Holy-Ghost and thereby taking our Nature upon him continueth to be God and Man in two distinct Natures and one Person for ever IX Our Lord Jesus Christ both in his humbled and exalted state executeth the Office of a Prophet of a Priest and of a King to his Church X. Of the Prophetical Office of Christ Christ executes the Office of a Prophet in the times both of the Old and New Testament in revealing by his Word and Spirit the whole Mind and Will of God for Man's Salvation XI Of the Priesthood of Christ Christ executeth the Office of a Priest in once offering up himself a Sacrifice without Spot to God to be a Reconciliation for the Sins of all them that shall be Saved and in making continual Intercession for them at the Right Hand of the Majesty on High XII Of the Kingly Office of Christ Christ as our Redeemer executeth the Office of a King in calling out of the World a People to himself in Ruling and Defending them and in restraining and conquering all his and their Enemies XIII Of the Covenant of Grace The Covenant of Grace was made with Christ as the second Adam and in him with all the Elect as his Seed and was made manifest by freely providing and offering to Sinners a Mediator and Life and Salvation through him XIV Of Iustification Those whom God effectually Calleth he also freely Justifieth not by infusing Righteousness into them but by pardoning their Sins and by accounting and accepting their Persons as Righteous not for any thing wrought in them or done by them but for Christ's sake alone not by imputing Faith it self nor any other Evangelical Obedience unto them as their Righteousness but by imputing the Obedience and Satisfaction of Christ unto them They receiving and resting on him and his Righteousness by Faith which Faith they have not of themselves it is the Gift of God And this Faith is not a dead Faith but worketh by Love and is accompanied with all other saving Graces XV. Of Faith Faith in the General is a giving credit

thereunto what was false I denied what was true I acknowledged giving my reasons for my judgment and practice To which Letter I have not received an answer to this day The beginning of the last Summer I went again to London and being set upon afresh by Friends I gave them another Visit still being under some jealous apprehensions lest these Visits of mine should give too much advantage to the form'd design I must confess they treated me very civilly and were pleased to ask me divers questions which I answered as my memory served In the close of this Conference Mr. Williams spake publickly That he had many things against me in matters of Faith but he had not his Witnesses ready to prove them I was amazed at such a bold Accusation and considering the language and spirit he delivered himself in I could not but plainly declare against such Judicial Proceedings yet being willing if I could to rescue them from such evil Credulity in receiving such false Reports concerning a work and Church of Christ I frankly offer'd him that if he would produce his Witnesses against their next Meeting I would be there ready to confront them This he concluded impossible Upon this I made a second offer in the simplicity of my heart being only desirous to free them from the vexation of libellous Letters and false Stories that when he would be pleased to gather his Evidence to London I should make another Journy there for the sake of their quietness and repose and thus we then parted I heard no more from them till some months after returning from a great Journy that I undertook for the service of Christ I was alarm'd all the way as I came home with an intended Visitation to be shortly at Katterin by some Ministers deputed from the Assembly at London It was almost beyond imagination what insulting Joy and Triumph the little Adversaries of the Truth exprest thereat in every quarter They could have notice thereof a long time before the day by circular Letters which likewise enjoined them to bring in all that had any thing to say against me Whence I do observe there was no fair dealing designed me They had their matters of Accusation and Witnesses ready but I must know nothing of all this tho' it was earnestly requested of Mr. Williams at a Meeting at London by a Brother that was with me there Had they never been so authorized yet this had been unjust in them No Court pretending to Justice doth ever deny so righteous a Request The King's Courts always grant a Copy or else read the Indictment before the indicted Party is required to plead All sorts of Episcopal Courts grant a Copy of their Libel to the Party accused with the Names of the Evidences that they may know how to make their Defence before they give in their Answer yet this little piece of Justice must not be done to me But to go on When I came home I found a Letter subscribed by one Mr Godman stiling himself Moderator pro tempore The Contents whereof were to this purpose That since I had passed a Promise to meet them and their Evidences at London when they should give me notice thereof they to spare me that pains had sent some of their Company to examine them nearer home But here I shall pause a little to bestow some Animadversions thereupon 1. There are none that have been acquainted with their Proceedings towards me will ever judge that it was to spare my pains that Reverend Mr. Williams came down to Ketterin but rather to expose me to the Country therefore they might have spared that needless piece of Compliment 2. I never promised to meet them at Ketterin nor any other place of the Country nor were there the same Reasons to move me thereunto In my promise to meet at London I designed privacy but I knew any such Meeting in the Country would expose us to publick observation and a tumultuous noise 3. My design in meeting at London was to give the whole Assembly satisfaction that the Stories they had often received were not worth their crediting And I had cause to question whether two or three would give them a true account of the matter especially one if not two of them being declared Enemies But their Letter goeth on thus That therefore they would desire me to give them the Meeting at Ketterin on such a day To the same Purport there came a Note without a Name delivered by Mr. King's own hand in the way of an Apparitor to meet them at a certain Ale-house at Ketterin on the appointed day But pray why at Ketterin and not at Rothwel Must this Town be pitched upon because both the World and Professors there were most malignant and disaffected to us But their Letter proceedeth Lastly They desired that I should bring none with me that might cause Publick Observation And yet they had summoned in People from eight or nine Counties and their Friends had greatly nois'd it up and down the Country and yet observe I must be debarred from bringing those with me that might witness for me Let sober and impartial Men judge whether this was fair dealing This Letter with all speed I communicated to the Church in their Assembly the Church alarm'd with these Proceedings appointed their Elders and other Brethren as Messengers to enquire into this matter and to know by what Authority and for what Ends these Ministers came down and summoned me their Pastor before them They also requested the assistance of Reverend Mr. Hayworth who was then providentially cast amongst us with the assistance of Reverend Mr. Suunders and others The day being come we met and consulted the Lord first by Prayer and then with one another and upon the whole of our Debate concluded thus That it was not expedient I should appear before them for these following Reasons 1. That my Appearance would be owning the Authority of the Vnited Brethren which was none 2. The Authority of their Deputies which was less if possible than nothing 3. The owning of and submitting to all the Irregularities they had committed contrary to the Word of God and the Principles of the Congregational Churches And first It was the primitive Practice if matters of Debate and Scandal arose many Churches to send Messengers to that Church to compose that matter if it could be by way of Advice Thus Acts 17. when matter of Debate and Scandal arose in the Church at Antioch they sent Messengers to the Church at Jerusalem for Advice ver 2 3. compared together So again the Church at Jerusalem sent Messengers back with Advice ver 22. Then it pleased the Apostles and Elders with the whole Church to send chosen men of their own company c. The Letters containing the substance of Advice was subscribed by the Brethren i. e. the Church as well as the Apostles and Elders Ver. 23. The Apostles Elders and Brethren send greeting to the Brethren which are of