Reasons for vnitie, peace, and love with an answer (called Shadows flying away) to a book of Mr. Gataker, one of the assembly, intituled, A mistake, &c. and the book of the namelesse author called, The plea, both writ against me : and a very short answer, in a word, to a book by another namelesse author called, An after-reckoning with Master Saltmarsh, and to Master Edward his second part called, Gangrena, directed to me ... / by John Saltmarsh ...
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             Reasons for vnitie, peace, and love with an answer (called Shadows flying away) to a book of Mr. Gataker, one of the assembly, intituled, A mistake, &c. and the book of the namelesse author called, The plea, both writ against me : and a very short answer, in a word, to a book by another namelesse author called, An after-reckoning with Master Saltmarsh, and to Master Edward his second part called, Gangrena, directed to me ... / by John Saltmarsh ...
             Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647.
          
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             Issued in: Some drops of the viall. 1646.
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           Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654. -- Mistake.
           Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647. -- Gangraena.
           Ley, John, 1583-1662. -- After-reckoning with Mr. Saltmarsh.
           Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. -- Plea for congregationall government.
           Christian union.
           Protestants -- England.
        
      
    
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           REASONS
           FOR
           Vnitie
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Love
           ,
           WITH
           AN
           ANSWER
           (
           Called
           
             Shadows
             flying
             away
          
           )
           to
           a
           Book
           of
           Mr
           
             Gataker
          
           one
           of
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             A
             Mistake
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           the
           Book
           of
           the
           namelesse
           Author
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             Plea
             :
          
           both
           writ
           against
           me
           .
        
         
           And
           a
           very
           short
           ANSWER
           ,
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           to
           a
           Book
           by
           another
           namelesse
           Author
           ,
           called
           
             An
             After-reckoning
             with
             Master
          
           Saltmarsh
           ;
           and
           to
           Master
           
             Edward
             ,
          
           his
           Second
           Part
           ,
           called
           
             Gangrena
             ,
          
           directed
           to
           me
           .
        
         
           Wherein
           many
           things
           of
           the
           Spirit
           are
           discovered
           ,
           Of
           Faith
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           Of
           the
           Presbytery
           :
           And
           some
           things
           are
           hinted
           ,
           to
           the
           undeceiving
           of
           people
           in
           their
           present
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           By
           
             John
             Saltmarsh
             ,
          
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
           Acts
           7.
           26.
           
        
         
           Sirs
           ,
           ye
           are
           brethren
           ;
           why
           do
           ye
           wrong
           one
           to
           another
           ?
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Giles
             Calvert
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Black
           
             Spread-Eagle
          
           at
           the
           West
           end
           of
           PAULS
           .
           1646.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           IN
           this
           
             Answer
          
           to
           Master
           
             Gataker
             ,
          
           I
           conceive
           thou
           hast
           a
           taste
           of
           the
           true
           
             Notion
          
           both
           of
           the
           
             sweetnesse
          
           and
           
             glory
          
           of
           the
           
             Gospell
             .
          
        
         
           
             Imprimatur
             ,
             IOHN
             BACHILER
             ▪
          
           
             May
             26.
             1646.
             
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Maior
           ,
           Aldermen
           ,
           and
           the
           Common-Councell
           of
           the
           City
           of
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
          
        
         
           MAny
           who
           call
           themselves
           
             Ministers
          
           and
           
             Prophets
          
           of
           God
           accuse
           us
           of
           
             Heresie
          
           and
           
             Schism
          
           before
           ye
           .
           But
           I
           hope
           ye
           will
           take
           notice
           they
           are
           but
           
             men
          
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           and
           
             of
             like
             passions
             with
             us
             ;
          
           neither
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           nor
           
             Prophets
          
           of
           the
           first
           
             Baptism
             ,
          
           or
           
             gifts
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           Yet
           if
           the
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Elders
             ,
          
           or
           any
           Oratour
           ,
           as
           
             Tertullus
             ▪
          
           accuse
           
             Paul
          
           to
           
             Festus
          
           or
           
             Agrippa
             ,
          
           he
           cannot
           but
           a●swer
           for
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           but
           few
           words
           to
           speak
           to
           ye
           (
           Noble
           Citizens
           )
           That
           ye
           would
           in
           that
           
             Spirit
          
           which
           is
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           judge
           the
           
             Doctrines
             of
             Men
             ,
          
           and
           single
           them
           from
           
             Traditions
             ,
             Customes
             ,
             Councels
             ,
             Synods
             ,
             Interests
             .
          
           Ye
           are
           bid
           to
           
             try
             the
             spirits
             whether
             they
             be
             of
             God
             ▪
          
           or
           no
           .
        
         
           Try
           whether
           it
           be
           according
           to
           God
           ,
           for
           some
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           thse
           not
           
             Apostles
             ,
          
           to
           call
           others
           
             Hereticks
          
           who
           
             beleeve
          
           not
           as
           they
           
             beleeve
             :
          
           What
           will
           become
           then
           of
           the
           
             strong
          
           and
           
             weak
          
           Christian
           ,
           
           of
           the
           
             children
             ,
             fathers
             ,
          
           and
           
             young
             men
             ?
          
        
         
           Trye
           whether
           they
           ought
           to
           p●ea●h
           to
           ye
           to
           suppresse
           all
           but
           themselves
           ;
           since
           they
           are
           not
           
             infallible
             ,
          
           but
           may
           
             erre
             ;
          
           and
           where
           is
           the
           
             Remedy
          
           then
           ,
           if
           they
           erre
           ?
           Who
           shall
           judge
           the
           Iudges
           ?
        
         
           Try
           whether
           this
           make
           for
           
             unity
             of
             spirit
             ,
          
           to
           allow
           no
           more
           
             fellowship
          
           nor
           
             brotherhood
          
           then
           in
           
             forme
          
           and
           
             practice
             .
          
           And
           what
           will
           they
           have
           ye
           do
           if
           
             Formes
          
           should
           alter
           ?
           For
           States
           may
           change
           :
           
             England
          
           hath
           done
           so
           .
        
         
           Try
           whether
           this
           make
           for
           the
           
             glory
          
           of
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           to
           persecute
           or
           banish
           (
           as
           they
           would
           have
           ye
           )
           all
           but
           
             themselves
             .
          
           May
           they
           not
           as
           well
           tell
           ye
           that
           
             God
          
           hath
           made
           
             England
          
           only
           for
           
             men
          
           of
           the
           
             Presbytery
          
           or
           
             one
             opinion
          
           to
           live
           in
           ,
           and
           worship
           in
           :
           And
           where
           find
           they
           that
           ?
        
         
           Trye
           whether
           some
           by
           their
           daily
           Invectives
           from
           
             Presse
          
           and
           
             Pulpit
          
           
           against
           
             Independents
          
           and
           others
           ,
           bring
           not
           in
           the
           
             Popish
             Designe
          
           in
           another
           
             Forme
             ,
          
           to
           divide
           the
           godly
           party
           ,
           both
           
             Presbyterian
          
           and
           
             Independent
             ,
          
           and
           so
           to
           ruine
           all
           .
        
         
           Try
           if
           all
           such
           
             Doctrine
          
           as
           they
           commonly
           
             preach
          
           and
           
             write
          
           to
           ye
           ,
           resolve
           not
           it selfe
           most
           into
           their
           own
           
             interests
             ,
             profits
             ,
             place
             power
             :
          
           And
           what
           doth
           the
           
             Scripture
          
           and
           
             Histories
          
           tell
           ye
           of
           that
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           have
           done
           ;
           praying
           for
           ye
           ,
        
         
           That
           ye
           may
           be
           still
           a
           
             free
             City
             ,
          
           and
           not
           disputed
           by
           the
           miscelany
           of
           
             Logick
          
           and
           
             Divinity
          
           of
           some
           ,
           into
           
             bondage
             .
          
        
         
           That
           ye
           may
           be
           still
           
             populous
             ,
          
           and
           not
           your
           
             streets
          
           growing
           with
           grasse
           through
           any
           unneighbourly
           Principle
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           lose
           ye
           many
           ,
           and
           much
           resort
           from
           this
           famous
           City
           ,
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           not
           letting
           such
           live
           beside
           them
           .
        
         
           That
           ye
           may
           be
           a
           
             peaceable
          
           City
           ,
           and
           not
           raised
           up
           and
           dashed
           by
           any
           breath
           of
           men
           against
           the
           other
           and
           greater
           part
           of
           
             your selves
             ,
          
           the
           
             Parliament
             .
             England
          
           hath
           long
           enough
           broken
           it selfe
           against
           its
           own
           walls
           :
           let
           it
           now
           be
           our
           
             strength
          
           to
           
             sit
             still
             ,
          
           and
           to
           
             stand
             still
             and
             see
             salvation
             .
          
        
         
           And
           since
           the
           
             Lord
          
           hath
           let
           the
           most
           of
           the
           successe
           of
           the
           
             Presbytery
             ,
          
           which
           is
           so
           much
           desired
           ,
           come
           thorow
           the
           
             hands
          
           of
           those
           and
           that
           Army
           whom
           they
           have
           told
           ye
           over
           often
           were
           
             Hereticks
             ;
          
           let
           this
           be
           but
           taken
           notice
           on
           by
           ye
           ,
           what
           God
           hath
           told
           ye
           in
           the
           successe
           of
           that
           Army
           ;
           and
           I
           trust
           ye
           will
           never
           regard
           the
           Messengers
           by
           whose
           hands
           the
           Presbytery
           in
           a
           kind
           came
           ,
           by
           beating
           them
           out
           of
           doores
           .
           Thus
           rests
           he
           ,
        
         
           
             Who
             would
             rejoyce
             in
             your
             Peace
             ,
             Prosperity
             ,
             and
             GOSPELL-unity
             ,
             JOHN
             SALTMARSH
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             REASONS
             FOR
             Vnity
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             &
             Love
             .
          
           
             THe
             Nations
             and
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             world
             shall
             bring
             their
             
             glory
             to
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             be
             at
             peace
             with
             all
             his
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Prophesies
             ,
             
               Isai.
               11
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8.
               
               Revel.
               21.
               26.
               
               Isai.
            
             49.
             23.
             
             And
             how
             happy
             is
             that
             Nation
             or
             Kingdom
             which
             shall
             be
             first
             in
             this
             truth
             ,
             and
             have
             rather
             a
             peace
             of
             
               Prophesie
               ,
            
             than
             
               Policie
               ,
            
             a
             peace
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             than
             
               man
               .
            
             How
             happy
             shall
             this
             Kingdom
             be
             to
             fulfill
             any
             of
             this
             
               Prophesie
               ,
            
             of
             peace
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             
               Saints
               .
            
          
           
             That
             all
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             Nations
             ,
             and
             Princes
             ,
             and
             People
             ,
             prospered
             according
             
             to
             their
             love
             to
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             
               his
               :
               Pharaoh
            
             for
             
               Ioseph
               ,
               Ahasuerus
            
             for
             
               Mordecai
               ,
               Artaxerxes
            
             for
             
               Nehemiah
            
             and
             the
             people
             of
             the
             
               Iews
               ;
            
             and
             those
             Nations
             have
             been
             ever
             nations
             of
             
               bondage
            
             and
             
               tyranny
            
             to
             themselves
             ,
             which
             became
             so
             first
             to
             the
             
               Saints
               .
            
          
           
             That
             
               Ierusalem
            
             hath
             been
             ever
             a
             
               burdensome
               stone
               ,
            
             and
             a
             
               cup
               of
               trembling
            
             
             to
             all
             that
             oppressed
             her
             ,
             and
             the
             
               stone
            
             cut
             out
             of
             the
             Mountaine
             without
             hands
             ,
             too
             mighty
             for
             all
             the
             
               Mountaines
            
             of
             the
             world
             :
             And
             the
             
               bloud
            
             of
             the
             
               Saints
               ,
            
             where-ever
             spilled
             ,
             and
             whereever
             found
             in
             
               literall
            
             or
             
               mysticall
               Babylon
               ,
            
             never
             left
             crying
             ,
             till
             that
             very
             place
             had
             
               bloud
            
             given
             them
             to
             drink
             for
             in
             her
             
               was
               found
               the
               bloud
               of
               the
               Prophets
               .
            
          
           
             That
             the
             true
             
               Peace
            
             indeed
             ,
             is
             more
             
               spirituall
            
             and
             
               comprehensive
            
             then
             
             men
             usually
             think
             it
             ,
             and
             takes
             in
             severall
             
               natures
               ,
               nations
               ,
               people
               ,
               languages
               ,
            
             of
             every
             
               tongue
            
             and
             
               kindred
               ;
            
             so
             ,
             severall
             
               spirits
               ,
               consciences
               ,
               judgements
               ,
               opinions
               ;
            
             not
             a
             
               Peace
            
             only
             of
             
               such
            
             or
             
               such
            
             an
             
               Opinion
               ;
            
             not
             a
             
               Peace
            
             only
             of
             
               such
            
             or
             
               such
            
             a
             
               Society
               ;
            
             of
             
               such
            
             or
             
               such
            
             a
             
               Body
               ;
            
             not
             a
             
               Peace
            
             of
             
               Presbytery
            
             only
             ,
             nor
             
               Independency
            
             only
             ,
             nor
             
               Anabaptisme
            
             only
             ,
             but
             a
             
               Peace
            
             of
             
               All
               ,
            
             so
             far
             as
             that
             
               all
               ,
            
             or
             
               many
            
             may
             be
             one
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             
               unity
               of
               spirit
               in
               the
               bond
               of
               peace
               .
            
          
           
             That
             true
             
               Peace
            
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             all
             
               selfish
            
             interest
             ,
             and
             
               selfish
            
             preservation
             ,
             
             and
             
               selfish
            
             unity
             ,
             or
             
               selfish
            
             peace
             ;
             because
             that
             when
             
               Unity
               ,
               Peace
               ,
               Preservation
               ,
            
             gathers
             up
             from
             that
             common
             interest
             
               Peace
            
             and
             
               Unity
               ,
            
             to
             which
             they
             are
             appointed
             by
             the
             
               law
            
             of
             
               Creation
               ,
            
             and
             
               Institution
               ,
            
             and
             becomes
             
             only
             their
             
               own
               ,
            
             and
             not
             
               anothers
               ,
            
             their
             
               own
            
             peace
             ,
             their
             
               own
            
             unity
             ,
             their
             
               own
            
             preservation
             ,
             they
             breaking
             that
             
               law
            
             of
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             
               Communion
            
             of
             their
             first
             Creation
             ,
             each
             
               perishes
            
             in
             their
             single
             ,
             private
             and
             unwarrantable
             way
             of
             
               saving
            
             themselves
             ;
             
               And
               the
               eye
               saith
               unto
               the
               hand
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               need
               of
               thee
               ,
               and
               the
               head
               to
               the
               foot
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               need
               of
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
             That
             there
             is
             no
             such
             impossibility
             of
             being
             
               one
            
             under
             
               divers
               Opinions
               ,
            
             as
             we
             are
             made
             beleeve
             ,
             no
             more
             then
             there
             was
             for
             those
             that
             
               eat
               flesh
               ,
            
             and
             those
             that
             
               eat
               herbs
               ;
            
             for
             those
             that
             
               regarded
               a
               day
               ,
            
             and
             those
             that
             
               regarded
               it
               not
               ;
            
             for
             those
             that
             used
             
               milke
               ,
            
             and
             those
             that
             eat
             
               stronger
               meat
               ;
            
             for
             those
             that
             were
             zealous
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ,
            
             and
             those
             that
             were
             more
             in
             the
             
               Gospell
               ,
            
             to
             be
             
               one
               ,
            
             or
             
               together
               ,
            
             or
             to
             
               please
               one
               another
               to
               edefication
               .
            
             Did
             
               Paul
            
             bid
             the
             
               eaters
               of
               flesh
            
             call
             the
             
               eaters
               of
               herbs
               ,
            
             hereticks
             ?
             or
             them
             that
             
               regarded
               a
               day
               ,
            
             the
             others
             that
             regarded
             it
             not
             ,
             
               hereticks
               ?
            
             or
             them
             that
             were
             zealous
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ,
            
             them
             that
             were
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             
               Heretickes
               ?
            
             or
             thus
             ;
             
               Flesheaters
               ,
            
             and
             
               Day-regarders
               ,
            
             and
             
               Legalists
               ?
            
             as
             we
             doe
             ,
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
               Independents
               ,
               Anabaptists
               .
            
          
           
             
             That
             there
             is
             so
             much
             in
             every
             one
             of
             these
             ,
             wherein
             they
             appeare
             to
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             one
             another
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             cannot
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             need
             of
             the
             
               Independent
               ;
            
             nor
             the
             
               Independent
               ,
            
             I
             have
             no
             need
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               ;
            
             nor
             either
             of
             them
             say
             ,
             we
             have
             no
             need
             of
             you
             
               Anabaptist
               :
            
             For
             ,
             the
             
               Presbyterian
            
             may
             need
             the
             
               Independent
               ,
            
             because
             he
             is
             for
             a
             purer
             
               Communion
               of
               Saints
            
             then
             he
             ;
             They
             both
             the
             
               Anabaptist
               ,
            
             because
             he
             baptizeth
             Beleevers
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Apostles
            
             alwayes
             did
             :
             They
             both
             the
             
               Seekers
               ,
            
             because
             none
             of
             them
             have
             these
             Ordinances
             by
             the
             first
             patterne
             in
             the
             Word
             ,
             as
             by
             
               Apostleship
            
             and
             
               Baptisme
            
             of
             
               Spirit
               :
            
             Nor
             these
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             because
             there
             may
             be
             some
             
               gift
               ,
            
             some
             power
             of
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             some
             
               principle
            
             of
             
               Administration
            
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             may
             help
             the
             
               Body
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Common-wealth
               ,
            
             or
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             All
             these
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             all
             members
             of
             the
             same
             State
             .
          
           
             
             That
             
               Love
            
             is
             the
             more
             
               excellent
               way
            
             revealed
             ,
             then
             either
             the
             way
             of
             
               Gifts
               ,
            
             or
             
               Ordinances
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             no
             gift
             or
             ordinance
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             
               love
               :
            
             
             Love
             neither
             
               envies
               ,
            
             nor
             
               vaunts
               ,
            
             nor
             
               behaves
               it self
               unseemly
               ,
            
             but
             
               beareth
               all
               things
               ,
            
             and
             
               hopeth
               all
               things
               :
            
             and
             this
             is
             that
             
               love
            
             which
             is
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             extends
             it self
             as
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             
               comprehends
            
             and
             
               embraces
            
             men
             ;
             not
             as
             
               this
               man
               ,
            
             or
             that
             man
             ,
             meerely
             ;
             not
             as
             a
             
               man
            
             of
             this
             ,
             or
             that
             opinion
             :
             but
             because
             it
             is
             
               love
            
             from
             the
             
               fountaine
            
             of
             
               infinite
               love
               ,
            
             it
             flowes
             upon
             all
             ,
             and
             hath
             a
             kind
             of
             
               peace
            
             with
             all
             ,
             and
             loves
             all
             :
             
               God
            
             is
             
               love
               ;
            
             and
             therefore
             
               just
            
             and
             
               unjust
               good
            
             and
             
               bad
               ,
            
             are
             taken
             into
             something
             of
             him
             ,
             seeing
             
               he
               giveth
               to
               all
               things
               l●fe
               and
               breath
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               :
            
             and
             the
             more
             this
             
               love
            
             is
             amongst
             men
             ,
             the
             more
             they
             love
             as
             
               God
               ,
            
             and
             the
             more
             large
             in
             love
             ,
             and
             
               universall
            
             in
             love
             .
             That
             love
             which
             is
             only
             to
             
               one
               kind
               ,
            
             is
             but
             
               low
               ,
               narrow
               ,
            
             and
             
               naturall
               ,
            
             the
             meer
             love
             of
             
               creatures
            
             as
             
               creatures
               ▪
            
             but
             that
             
               love
            
             which
             can
             love
             those
             of
             other
             kinds
             ;
             as
             
               Presbyterian
               ,
               Anabaptist
               ,
               Independent
               ,
            
             is
             not
             that
             love
             
             of
             a
             
               creature
            
             only
             :
             so
             as
             the
             more
             we
             
               love
            
             any
             that
             are
             not
             as
             we
             are
             ,
             the
             lesse
             we
             love
             as
             
               men
               ,
            
             and
             the
             more
             as
             
               God
               .
            
          
           
             That
             the
             
               first
            
             and
             most
             
               glorious
            
             and
             
               spirituall
               unity
            
             is
             that
             of
             
               spirit
               ;
            
             and
             
             therefore
             things
             that
             are
             outward
             ,
             formall
             ,
             and
             perish
             with
             using
             ,
             nor
             any
             Ordinance
             ,
             were
             ever
             made
             an
             hinderance
             to
             that
             unity
             :
             let
             not
             Christians
             think
             they
             cannot
             be
             
               One
               ,
            
             nor
             in
             any
             
               communion
            
             of
             
               spirit
               ,
            
             till
             they
             be
             like
             one
             another
             in
             the
             
               body
            
             first
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             
               Ordinance
            
             first
             ,
             which
             it
             may
             be
             they
             never
             shall
             be
             ,
             for
             we
             see
             
               God
            
             hath
             hid
             outward
             
               Ordinances
            
             deepest
             from
             discovery
             ;
             so
             as
             they
             that
             find
             most
             ,
             find
             but
             
               pieces
            
             and
             
               parcels
               ,
            
             and
             one
             one
             
               part
               ,
            
             and
             another
             another
             
               part
               ,
            
             and
             another
             another
             
               part
               ,
               all
            
             finde
             not
             
               all
               ,
            
             because
             
               all
            
             should
             not
             want
             
               one
               another
               ,
            
             and
             we
             find
             these
             things
             last
             ,
             because
             there
             was
             lesse
             need
             :
             how
             many
             
               hundred
            
             yeares
             from
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             nothing
             of
             these
             ?
             yet
             
               Christ
            
             was
             knowne
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             the
             more
             spirituall
             
               glory
            
             of
             
               Christ
               :
            
             and
             if
             Christians
             should
             not
             be
             one
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             like
             
               one
            
             another
             ,
             how
             little
             would
             the
             
               peace
            
             be
             ?
             even
             as
             little
             as
             that
             
               unity
            
             they
             contend
             for
             :
             and
             what
             peace
             would
             it
             be
             ,
             but
             that
             of
             
               flesh
            
             and
             
               forme
               ,
            
             the
             
               peace
            
             of
             
               Ordinances
               ,
            
             not
             of
             
               Spirit
               .
            
             I
             desire
             this
             may
             be
             considered
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             first
             patterne
             ,
             the
             Baptisme
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             or
             Gifts
             and
             Ordinances
             ▪
             were
             
               together
               ,
            
             never
             
               asunder
               ,
            
             from
             the
             
               Apostles
            
             times
             to
             the
             
               falling
               away
               :
            
             and
             let
             there
             be
             a
             Word
             held
             out
             for
             Ordinances
             by
             themselves
             without
             the
             like
             Gifts
             ,
             or
             else
             let
             us
             be
             in
             more
             unity
             of
             Spirit
             then
             we
             are
             .
          
           
             
               Christians
            
             are
             truly
             so
             alike
             ,
             and
             so
             
               one
            
             and
             the
             
               same
               ,
            
             as
             they
             are
             one
             in
             
             
               Christ
            
             in
             
               union
            
             and
             
               spirit
               ,
            
             one
             in
             
               God
               ,
            
             as
             they
             partake
             of
             the
             
               Divine
               nature
            
             of
             the
             
               Image
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             as
             they
             are
             branches
             in
             the
             same
             
               Vine
               ,
            
             members
             in
             the
             same
             
               body
               :
            
             so
             
               God
            
             loves
             all
             
               his
               ,
            
             as
             they
             are
             of
             
               him
               ,
               born
               of
               the
               incorruptible
               seed
               ,
            
             being
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             
               second
               Adam
               ,
            
             quickned
             by
             that
             
               life
               ,
            
             that
             
               eternall
               life
               :
               God
               looks
            
             not
             nor
             
               loves
               not
               ,
            
             as
             men
             are
             
               Presbyterians
               ,
            
             or
             
               Independents
               ,
            
             or
             
               Anabaptists
               ,
            
             we
             commonly
             
               love
            
             so
             ,
             who
             begin
             to
             love
             at
             the
             
               outward
            
             man
             before
             the
             
               inward
               :
               God
            
             loves
             us
             first
             as
             in
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             loves
             us
             because
             in
             
               Christ
               ;
            
             God
             loves
             according
             to
             the
             
               figure
            
             of
             himself
             in
             us
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             should
             
               love
            
             one
             another
             ,
             if
             we
             will
             love
             according
             to
             
               God
               :
            
             let
             
               Papists
            
             love
             
               Papists
            
             only
             ,
             and
             
               Prelates
            
             love
             
               Prelates
            
             only
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             so
             ;
             let
             us
             love
             according
             to
             that
             of
             
               spirit
               ,
            
             we
             discerne
             by
             the
             same
             spirit
             in
             each
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             of
             
               love
               ,
               faith
               ,
               meeknesse
               ,
               patience
               ,
               purity
               ,
               faithfulnesse
               ,
               glory
               ,
            
             which
             are
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             Spirit
             :
             let
             us
             
               love
               ,
            
             as
             we
             judge
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             in
             
               spirit
               ,
            
             as
             spiritually
             discerning
             according
             to
             
               fruits
               of
               righteousnesse
            
             and
             
               holinesse
               ,
            
             not
             according
             to
             this
             and
             that
             forme
             which
             is
             carnall
             :
             for
             as
             he
             is
             not
             a
             
               Jew
               ,
               which
               is
               one
               outwardly
               ,
            
             no
             more
             is
             he
             a
             
               Christian
               ,
            
             which
             is
             one
             outwardly
             ,
             
               circumcision
            
             and
             
               Christianity
            
             is
             not
             of
             the
             
               letter
               ,
            
             but
             of
             the
             
               spirit
               ;
            
             so
             as
             loving
             thus
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             thinke
             nor
             speake
             against
             
               these
               ,
            
             and
             
               these
               ,
            
             because
             they
             are
             not
             
               Presbyterians
            
             as
             we
             are
             ,
             because
             
             they
             
               beleeve
               not
            
             as
             we
             
               beleeve
               ,
            
             and
             
               think
            
             not
             as
             we
             
               think
               .
            
          
           
             
             Were
             it
             not
             madnesse
             to
             fight
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             not
             like
             one
             another
             in
             the
             
               face
               ,
            
             in
             
               feature
               ,
            
             in
             
               complection
               ,
            
             in
             
               disposition
               ,
            
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             not
             alike
             in
             body
             ?
             and
             what
             were
             it
             lesse
             to
             
               fight
            
             with
             one
             another
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             not
             alike
             in
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             in
             
               soule
               ,
            
             in
             
               judgement
               ,
            
             in
             
               conscience
               ,
            
             in
             
               opinion
               ?
               If
               the
               whole
               body
               were
               the
               eye
               ,
               where
               were
               the
               hearing
               ?
               If
               the
               whole
               were
               hearing
               ,
               where
               were
               the
               smelling
               ?
            
          
           
             
             The
             lesse
             we
             endeavour
             this
             
               bond
               of
               peace
               ,
            
             the
             more
             we
             shall
             take
             in
             new
             
               fuell
            
             to
             our
             old
             
               fire
               ,
            
             the
             more
             advantage
             and
             opportunity
             will
             be
             opened
             to
             let
             in
             the
             old
             remainders
             of
             the
             war
             amongst
             us
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             as
             a
             train
             of
             powder
             to
             kindle
             us
             into
             new
             
               contentions
               ;
            
             and
             thus
             new
             divisions
             will
             spring
             out
             from
             the
             ashes
             of
             the
             old
             ,
             and
             those
             whom
             we
             
               conquer
            
             one
             day
             ,
             will
             be
             
               conquerors
            
             amongst
             us
             another
             day
             ,
             and
             we
             shall
             not
             know
             them
             from
             some
             of
             our selves
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             victories
             and
             conquests
             will
             be
             but
             the
             enemies
             
               design
            
             of
             
               recruiting
            
             our
             
               misery
               ;
            
             they
             whom
             we
             subdue
             ,
             finding
             the
             veine
             of
             
               enmity
            
             running
             through
             
               Presbytery
            
             and
             
               Independency
               ,
            
             will
             soone
             gird
             themselves
             to
             
               battle
            
             in
             those
             
               Notions
               ,
            
             and
             we
             shall
             never
             want
             enough
             of
             
               Presbytery
            
             and
             
               Independency
               ,
            
             till
             they
             undo
             us
             after
             our
             own
             
               fashion
               :
            
             and
             if
             they
             cannot
             kill
             us
             as
             
               Cavaliers
            
             and
             
               Malignants
               ;
            
             in
             this
             new
             way
             ,
             they
             may
             kill
             us
             as
             
               Presbyters
            
             and
             
               Independents
               .
            
             And
             surely
             they
             will
             have
             so
             much
             
               Iesuitisme
               ,
            
             as
             never
             to
             let
             us
             starve
             for
             
               Heeticks
            
             and
             
               Schismaticks
               :
            
             the
             
               Iesuits
            
             run
             commonly
             over
             to
             the
             
               Lutherans
               ,
            
             and
             raile
             there
             against
             
               Calvinists
            
             and
             so
             they
             never
             want
             matter
             for
             
               division
            
             in
             
               Germany
               ;
            
             it
             is
             the
             great
             design
             of
             
               Conclaves
            
             and
             Popish
             
               Councels
               ,
            
             to
             practice
             upon
             
               States
            
             in
             their
             own
             
               religions
            
             and
             
               customes
               ,
            
             and
             to
             turne
             us
             back
             into
             
               Popery
               ,
            
             by
             being
             
               Protestants
            
             amongst
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             up
             
               new
            
             troubles
             by
             changing
             the
             
               old
               ,
            
             and
             by
             transfiguring
             their
             
               enmity
               ;
               Satan
            
             himselfe
             can
             be
             an
             
               Angell
            
             of
             light
             ,
             when
             he
             cannot
             passe
             as
             a
             
               power
            
             of
             
               darknesse
               ,
            
             and
             where
             works
             he
             thus
             but
             in
             the
             
               children
            
             of
             
               disobedience
               ?
            
             And
             
               Brethren
               ,
            
             let
             us
             not
             let
             our
             
               enemies
            
             in
             at
             
               back-doores
               ,
            
             of
             
               Presbytery
            
             and
             
               Independency
               :
            
             let
             us
             not
             
               undo
            
             our selves
             when
             God
             would
             save
             us
             :
             let
             us
             see
             that
             these
             
               workings
            
             are
             but
             the
             
               old
               designe
            
             in
             a
             
               new
               Forme
               .
            
          
           
             
             The
             last
             reason
             is
             :
             People
             are
             not
             wholly
             undeceived
             in
             their
             present
             
               Ministers
               .
            
             And
             to
             that
             end
             consider
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             these
             Ministers
             who
             tell
             them
             thus
             ,
             and
             preach
             thus
             ,
             are
             neither
             as
             
               Aaron
            
             was
             nor
             as
             the
             Prophets
             were
             ,
             nor
             as
             the
             Apostles
             were
             ,
             nor
             have
             such
             an
             infallible
             gift
             ,
             nor
             spirit
             of
             discerning
             ,
             so
             as
             their
             words
             and
             Sermons
             are
             no
             more
             to
             be
             beleeved
             then
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Scripture
             proves
             ▪
             and
             people
             are
             to
             trie
             all
             and
             to
             trie
             spirits
             ,
             and
             so
             trust
             ,
             and
             now
             (
             friends
             )
             not
             beleeve
             
               Sermons
            
             too
             suddenly
             ,
             because
             their
             Sermons
             are
             not
             very
             
               Scripture
               ,
            
             but
             
               interpretation
            
             to
             their
             light
             ,
             and
             light
             may
             be
             darkned
             with
             carnall
             reason
             and
             interest
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             That
             these
             Ministers
             who
             preach
             so
             for
             
               Presbytery
            
             through
             
               bloud
            
             and
             
               persecution
            
             now
             ,
             did
             but
             a
             few
             yeers
             since
             preach
             as
             confidently
             for
             the
             
               Service-book
               ,
            
             for
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             or
             against
             the
             
               Presbytery
               ,
            
             &
             our
             
               Brethren
            
             of
             
               Scotland
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             these
             Ministers
             that
             preach
             nothing
             but
             
               Presbitery
               ,
               Government
               ,
            
             and
             
               Divine
               Right
               ,
            
             yet
             never
             tryed
             it
             in
             their
             
               lives
               ,
            
             nor
             
               lived
            
             in
             the
             experience
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             have
             it
             by
             
               report
               ,
            
             and
             by
             
               Idaea
               ,
            
             or
             modell
             ,
             or
             
               Landship
            
             from
             other
             Countreys
             ,
             and
             some
             specious
             
               Scriptures
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             these
             
               Ministers
            
             who
             would
             presse
             the
             
               Covenant
            
             against
             Popery
             and
             Episcopacy
             root
             and
             branch
             ,
             yet
             will
             be
             content
             ,
             though
             
               Bishops
            
             be
             unlawfull
             ,
             to
             say
             the
             Bishops
             hands
             which
             ordained
             them
             are
             not
             ;
             and
             that
             
               Bishops
            
             could
             make
             them
             
               Ministers
            
             of
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             though
             they
             were
             
               Antichrist
            
             themselves
             ,
             and
             that
             
               Episcopacy
            
             could
             make
             a
             lawfull
             
               Ministery
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             these
             Ministers
             who
             preached
             against
             
               Deanes
               ,
            
             and
             
               Archdeacons
               ,
            
             and
             
               Prelates
               ,
            
             as
             unlawfull
             ,
             can
             be
             content
             very
             well
             with
             their
             
               maintenance
               ;
            
             their
             
               tythes
            
             are
             not
             
               popish
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             
               profits
            
             nor
             
               revenues
            
             are
             not
             against
             
               Covenant
               :
            
             (
             people
             )
             look
             a
             little
             into
             
               these
               men
               ,
            
             that
             hold
             there
             is
             no
             
               popery
            
             in
             any
             thing
             that
             makes
             them
             
               rich
               ,
            
             or
             
               maintaines
            
             them
             :
             is
             this
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             
               crosse
               ,
            
             and
             
               selfe-deniall
               ?
            
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             these
             
               Ministers
            
             who
             preached
             against
             
               Pluralities
               ,
            
             
             yet
             now
             a
             
               mastership
            
             of
             a
             
               Colledge
               ,
            
             and
             a
             great
             Living
             or
             two
             of
             some
             hundreds
             a
             yeer
             ,
             with
             Chaplainships
             ,
             as
             they
             commonly
             have
             ,
             and
             two
             or
             three
             great
             Lectures
             in
             conjunction
             with
             a
             
               great
               Living
               ,
            
             is
             not
             
               Plurality
               ,
            
             nor
             must
             be
             accounted
             so
             :
             Nay
             ,
             for
             a
             
               Presbyter
            
             to
             have
             two
             livings
             is
             no
             plurality
             now
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             
               Prelate
            
             to
             have
             them
             is
             undoubtedly
             so
             .
             By
             the
             same
             tenure
             the
             
               Prelates
            
             formerly
             lived
             at
             Court
             ,
             and
             in
             Lords
             houses
             ,
             and
             held
             Livings
             ,
             as
             they
             in
             the
             
               Assembly
               ,
            
             now
             ,
             by
             their
             attendance
             there
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             That
             these
             
               Ministers
            
             who
             pretend
             to
             so
             much
             
               light
            
             and
             
               certainty
            
             of
             
               truth
               ;
            
             yet
             after
             two
             yeers
             
               reasoning
            
             and
             proofe
             ,
             have
             not
             been
             able
             to
             prove
             their
             way
             of
             
               Government
            
             from
             
               Scripture
               ;
            
             so
             as
             there
             are
             so
             many
             excellent
             
               Quaeries
            
             propounded
             from
             the
             
               Honourable
               Parliament
               ,
            
             which
             lye
             unanswered
             ,
             unlesse
             the
             
               Ministers
            
             intend
             to
             resolve
             the
             
               Parliament
            
             some
             other
             way
             ,
             by
             making
             the
             
               tumults
            
             more
             ,
             and
             their
             
               answers
            
             lesse
             ;
             for
             their
             
               books
            
             and
             
               Sermons
            
             speak
             no
             lesse
             .
             Was
             ever
             Reformation
             ,
             but
             where
             the
             
               Red
               Dragon
            
             is
             in
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             preached
             for
             in
             so
             much
             
               bloud
               ?
            
             and
             I
             pray
             (
             friends
             )
             are
             all
             things
             so
             true
             as
             they
             tell
             you
             ?
             our
             
               greatest
               and
               wisest
               Counsell
            
             can
             see
             no
             such
             thing
             in
             it
             yet
             :
             and
             since
             you
             expect
             your
             Government
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             I
             pray
             go
             not
             before
             them
             in
             your
             
               judgements
               ,
            
             but
             stay
             and
             examine
             as
             they
             do
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             That
             the
             mystery
             of
             the
             
               Popish
               Ministery
            
             hath
             ever
             been
             to
             lead
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             stir
             up
             the
             people
             ,
             either
             by
             
               merit
               ,
            
             or
             
               martyrdome
               ,
            
             or
             
               ministery
               :
            
             and
             therefore
             the
             
               poore
               sou●es
            
             of
             
               England
            
             had
             given
             away
             all
             their
             
               Lande
            
             once
             to
             
               Monks
            
             and
             
               Friers
               ,
            
             and
             would
             all
             fight
             for
             the
             
               Holy
               Land
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
             
               Kings
            
             and
             
               Princes
            
             their
             power
             to
             do
             with
             as
             they
             pleased
             :
             and
             all
             was
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Priest
            
             said
             ,
             for
             
               Religion
            
             too
             ,
             all
             as
             the
             
               Holy
               Church
            
             said
             :
             and
             now
             
               merit
               ,
               martyrdome
               ,
            
             and
             
               ministery
            
             carry
             all
             before
             them
             yet
             ,
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             so
             much
             :
             
               England
            
             hath
             seen
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             to
             take
             much
             of
             their
             lands
             again
             ,
             and
             Tythes
             again
             from
             the
             Ministery
             ;
             and
             the
             
               Parliaments
            
             have
             seen
             so
             much
             as
             a
             little
             to
             debate
             
               Religion
            
             with
             the
             
               Synods
               :
            
             and
             this
             Parliament
             hath
             seen
             more
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             they
             have
             
               reasoned
               ,
               disputed
               ,
               quaeried
            
             with
             their
             Ministers
             :
             When
             did
             ever
             
               England
            
             see
             so
             much
             liberty
             before
             ?
             when
             durst
             
               Parliaments
            
             talke
             with
             their
             
               Ministers
            
             till
             now
             ?
             And
             (
             friends
             )
             let
             not
             the
             old
             Popish
             things
             of
             
               merit
               ,
               martyrdome
               ,
            
             and
             
               ministery
               ,
            
             carry
             us
             away
             as
             they
             did
             .
             I
             remember
             an
             excellent
             saying
             reported
             of
             Generall
             
               Lesley
            
             to
             our
             
               Nobles
            
             and
             
               Gentry
               ,
            
             when
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             fight
             for
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             
               Shall
               we
               lose
               our
               bloud
               for
               so
               many
               fat
               Swingers
               ?
            
             And
             I
             pray
             ,
             are
             not
             these
             the
             
               Sons
            
             of
             the
             
               Swingers
            
             according
             to
             ordination
             ,
             
               ordained
            
             and
             
               called
            
             by
             
               Bishops
               ?
            
             Is
             our
             bloud
             too
             good
             for
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             and
             not
             for
             
               Presbyters
               ,
            
             as
             some
             think
             ?
          
           
             9.
             
             That
             these
             
               Ministers
            
             who
             seem
             to
             close
             with
             those
             whom
             they
             so
             lately
             called
             ,
             and
             preached
             against
             as
             
               Malignants
            
             and
             
               Cavaliers
               ,
            
             yet
             cannot
             love
             them
             ,
             or
             use
             them
             otherwise
             then
             in
             designe
             to
             
               help
               up
               with
               the
               Government
               ,
            
             and
             then
             
               leave
            
             them
             ,
             und
             
               persecute
            
             them
             under
             the
             same
             
               Notion
            
             with
             us
             as
             
               Hereticks
               ,
            
             using
             them
             now
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Israelites
            
             did
             the
             
               Gibeonites
               ,
            
             as
             
               hewers
               of
               wood
               ,
            
             and
             
               drawers
               of
               water
               ;
            
             and
             then
             what
             will
             become
             of
             these
             poore
             
               soules
               ,
            
             who
             having
             helped
             up
             the
             
               Presbyters
            
             into
             the
             roome
             of
             the
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             to
             be
             sure
             they
             shall
             neither
             have
             
               Common-prayer-book
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Surplice
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             nor
             
               Sacraments
               ;
            
             for
             the
             
               Directory
            
             shall
             keep
             out
             the
             
               Common-Prayer-book
               ,
            
             and
             
               Presbyters
            
             shall
             keepe
             out
             
               Bishops
               ,
            
             and
             
               Elders
            
             shall
             keep
             out
             all
             
               Communicants
            
             of
             such
             and
             such
             
               sins
               ,
            
             and
             
               Vniformity
            
             will
             keep
             out
             
               Conformity
               :
            
             And
             if
             ye
             hope
             for
             better
             ,
             by
             the
             
               bustle
            
             and
             
               differenc●s
               ,
            
             and
             
               sideings
               ;
               Issues
            
             and
             
               successe
            
             are
             in
             
               Gods
               hand
               ,
            
             not
             in
             
               ours
               :
            
             Ye
             may
             know
             when
             ye
             
               begin
               ,
            
             but
             not
             when
             ye
             
               end
               ;
            
             and
             they
             will
             be
             first
             in
             the
             
               Presbytery
               ,
            
             before
             ye
             in
             the
             
               Prelacy
               .
            
             Therefore
             consider
             things
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             That
             these
             
               Ministers
               ,
            
             though
             some
             of
             them
             were
             old
             
               Non-conformists
               ,
            
             and
             have
             a
             
               power
               of
               God
            
             in
             them
             ,
             (
             which
             I
             desire
             to
             love
             under
             any
             Forme
             )
             yet
             according
             to
             their
             
               Interests
            
             they
             are
             not
             so
             ,
             nor
             to
             the
             
               flesh
            
             they
             are
             not
             so
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             their
             
               old
               man
            
             I
             write
             against
             ,
             not
             their
             
               new
               ;
            
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             
               men
               ,
            
             and
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             
               persecuters
               ,
            
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             lovers
             of
             
               gaine
               ,
            
             not
             of
             
               godlinesse
               ,
            
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             accusers
             of
             their
             
               Brethren
               ,
            
             so
             far
             as
             they
             are
             in
             the
             
               Forme
            
             of
             
               Godlinesse
               ,
            
             not
             in
             the
             
               power
               :
            
             Therefore
             consider
             ,
             these
             men
             are
             not
             all
             
               spirit
            
             and
             
               truth
               ,
            
             we
             are
             not
             to
             call
             one
             of
             them
             
               Iubiter
               ,
            
             nor
             the
             other
             
               Mercurius
               ;
            
             They
             are
             
               men
               of
               like
               passions
            
             with
             
               us
               ,
            
             and
             
               ye
               ;
            
             and
             the
             worst
             I
             wish
             (
             saving
             their
             humour
             of
             Persecution
             )
             is
             that
             the
             
               Lord
            
             would
             make
             them
             love
             us
             in
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             we
             shall
             in
             all
             love
             allow
             them
             their
             
               Formes
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             To
             Mr.
             GATAKER
             .
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Hope
             I
             shall
             answer
             all
             things
             materiall
             in
             your
             
               Book
               ;
            
             but
             your
             
               Margin
            
             I
             shall
             not
             meddle
             with
             :
             I
             observe
             ,
             you
             commonly
             in
             all
             your
             books
             fill
             that
             with
             
               things
               ,
            
             and
             
               Authors
               ,
            
             of
             little
             value
             to
             
               Christ
               crucified
               ;
            
             As
             in
             your
             
               last
               leafe
               ,
            
             where
             you
             quote
             
               Sophecles
            
             the
             Poet
             ,
             comparing
             your selfe
             to
             an
             old
             prancing
             
               horse
               .
            
             I
             should
             not
             rebuke
             your
             yeers
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             find
             you
             
               Comicall
            
             and
             
               Poeticall
               ;
            
             and
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             ashamed
             to
             own
             those
             
               Raptures
               ,
            
             though
             I
             am
             young
             ,
             having
             tasted
             straines
             of
             a
             more
             glorious
             
               Spirit
               ;
            
             how
             much
             more
             you
             that
             are
             old
             ,
             and
             call
             your selfe
             a
             
               Divine
               ,
            
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             any
             
               fruit
               in
               those
               things
               ?
            
          
           
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             be
             in
             no
             more
             passion
             with
             you
             ,
             than
             with
             your
             Brother
             of
             the
             
               Assembly
               ,
            
             Mr
             
               Ley.
               
            
             I
             write
             to
             
               edifie
               ,
            
             not
             to
             
               conquer
               ;
            
             nor
             to
             teach
             others
             ,
             but
             that
             we
             may
             be
             all
             taught
             of
             God
             .
          
           
             
               JOHN
               SALTMARSH
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             To
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             PLEA
             for
             the
             Congregationall
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             he
             should
             have
             said
             )
             Parishionall
             Government
             .
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             A
             word
             to
             you
             the
             
               Author
            
             of
             the
             
               Plea
               .
            
             You
             have
             so
             
               entangled
            
             and
             
               wrapped
            
             your selfe
             in
             the
             
               Congregationall
            
             and
             
               Church-principles
               ,
            
             as
             if
             you
             meant
             to
             engage
             me
             at
             once
             against
             your
             
               Presbytery
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               dissenting
               Brethren
               .
            
             But
             that
             
               Spirit
            
             which
             makes
             me
             oppose
             you
             ,
             makes
             me
             discerne
             your
             
               designe
               ,
            
             and
             so
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             single
             you
             from
             them
             ;
             though
             you
             have
             cloathed
             your selfe
             in
             their
             
               Apologeticall
               Narration
               ,
            
             yet
             I
             must
             deale
             with
             you
             as
             your self
             ,
             and
             your
             Brethren
             ,
             not
             as
             theirs
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             but
             a
             little
             I
             have
             to
             say
             to
             you
             .
             But
             why
             no
             Name
             ?
             Is
             your
             
               Divine
               Right
            
             so
             questionable
             ,
             that
             you
             will
             not
             own
             it
             ?
             or
             are
             you
             one
             of
             them
             that
             sit
             too
             neare
             it
             to
             commend
             it
             with
             open
             face
             ,
             and
             think
             you
             may
             better
             ,
             and
             more
             modestly
             do
             it
             in
             disguise
             ,
             and
             without
             a
             name
             ?
             Had
             I
             not
             some
             reason
             to
             suspect
             it
             came
             from
             some
             of
             that
             sort
             ,
             I
             had
             passed
             it
             by
             with
             as
             little
             noise
             as
             it
             came
             abroad
             :
             And
             I
             have
             but
             little
             to
             say
             to
             you
             now
             ;
             I
             cannot
             stand
             long
             wrangling
             in
             things
             that
             grow
             clearer
             and
             clearer
             every
             day
             ,
             for
             
               the
               day
               breaks
               ,
               and
               the
               shadowes
               flie
               away
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             SHADOWES
             FLYING
             AWAY
             :
             Or
             ,
             A
             Reply
             to
             Master
             Gataker's
             Answer
             to
             some
             passages
             in
             Master
             Saltmarsh
             his
             Booke
             of
             FREE-GRACE
             .
          
           
             Master
             Gataker
             .
          
           
             (
             1
             )
             THat
             he
             was
             traduced
             by
             one
             Master
             
               John
               Saltmarsh
               ,
            
             a
             man
             unknown
             to
             him
             ,
             save
             by
             one
             or
             two
             Pamphlets
             ,
             as
             witnessing
             to
             the
             Antinomian
             party
             .
             (
             2
             )
             That
             he
             must
             unbowell
             and
             lay
             open
             some
             of
             the
             unsound
             stuffe
             .
             (
             3
             )
             That
             some
             think
             they
             have
             found
             out
             a
             shorter
             cut
             to
             Heaven
             .
             (
             4
             )
             That
             my
             inferences
             upon
             his
             words
             are
             not
             true
             ,
             nor
             as
             he
             intended
             :
             As
             if
             a
             Protestant
             with
             a
             Papist
             disputing
             about
             the
             Masse
             ,
             should
             say
             the
             Controversie
             is
             not
             concerning
             the
             nature
             of
             Sacraments
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Answ
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             first
             ,
             
               ●hat
               you
               were
               traduced
               by
               me
               :
            
             Let
             not
             
               you
            
             and
             
               I
            
             be
             judge
             of
             that
             :
             both
             our
             Books
             are
             abroad
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             quoted
             your
             
               words
            
             to
             the
             very
             
               leafe
            
             where
             they
             are
             .
             Your
             
               meaning
            
             I
             could
             not
             come
             at
             ▪
             the
             
               deep
               things
               of
               the
               heart
            
             are
             out
             of
             the
             power
             of
             anothers
             
               quotatior
               .
            
          
           
             For
             my selfe
             
               unknown
               to
               you
               but
               by
               two
               Pamphlets
               :
            
             I
             take
             your
             sleighting
             :
             I
             could
             call
             your
             Treatises
             by
             a
             worse
             name
             then
             
               Treatises
               ;
            
             for
             I
             knew
             
               one
            
             of
             them
             some
             yeers
             since
             ,
             
               that
            
             of
             
               Lots
               ,
            
             wherein
             you
             defended
             
               Cards
            
             and
             
               Dice-playing
               :
            
             And
             it
             had
             been
             happy
             for
             others
             as
             well
             as
             my selfe
             ,
             in
             my
             times
             of
             vanity
             ,
             had
             you
             printed
             a
             Retractation
             .
             I
             beleeve
             you
             strengthened
             the
             hands
             of
             many
             to
             
               sin
               .
            
             I
             know
             you
             love
             ancient
             Writers
             well
             ,
             by
             your
             
               Margin
            
             and
             
               quotations
               .
            
             And
             I
             pray
             remember
             how
             
               Augustine
            
             honoured
             Truth
             as
             much
             by
             confessing
             
               Errours
            
             as
             professing
             
               Truths
               .
               What
               fruit
               should
               you
               and
               I
               have
               of
               these
               things
               whereof
               we
               are
               now
               ashamed
               ?
            
          
           
             For
             your
             
               witnessing
               to
               the
               Antinomian
               party
               against
               your
               will
               :
            
             Is
             that
             your
             fault
             ,
             or
             mine
             ?
             Nor
             am
             I
             to
             judge
             of
             your
             reserves
             ,
             and
             secret
             senses
             ,
             but
             of
             
               words
            
             and
             
               writings
               .
            
             Nor
             is
             it
             an
             Antinomian
             party
             I
             alleadge
             you
             to
             countenance
             :
             but
             a
             Party
             falsly
             traduced
             and
             supposed
             so
             :
             a
             Party
             called
             
             
               Antinomian
            
             by
             you
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             and
             then
             writ
             against
             :
             A
             setting
             up
             Hereticks
             to
             deceive
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             then
             telling
             the
             world
             such
             and
             such
             are
             the
             men
             .
             You
             may
             make
             more
             by
             this
             trick
             ,
             then
             you
             find
             so
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Second
             ,
             
               that
               you
               will
               lay
               open
               the
               unsound
               stuffe
               :
               I
            
             shall
             not
             be
             unwilling
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             to
             be
             told
             my
             failings
             :
             but
             
               I
            
             must
             look
             to
             the
             
               stuffe
            
             you
             bring
             in
             the
             roome
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             entreat
             others
             to
             trye
             the
             soundnesse
             of
             yours
             It
             is
             not
             
               my
            
             saying
             ,
             that
             mine
             is
             
               sound
               ,
            
             will
             make
             it
             better
             ;
             nor
             your
             saying
             it
             is
             
               unsound
               ,
            
             can
             make
             it
             worse
             .
             
               Let
               every
               ones
               work
               be
               proved
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               shall
               have
               whereof
               to
               boast
               .
            
          
           
             To
             your
             Third
             ,
             of
             some
             
               finding
               out
               a
               shorter
               cut
               to
               Heaven
               then
               some
               former
               Divines
               :
            
             I
             know
             not
             what
             you
             meane
             by
             
               shorter
               cuts
               .
            
             The
             Papists
             find
             a
             way
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             to
             Heaven
             by
             
               works
               ,
            
             some
             Protestants
             by
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             and
             
               works
               ,
            
             and
             others
             by
             
               Jesus
               Christ
            
             alone
             ,
             and
             make
             works
             the
             praise
             of
             that
             Free
             grace
             in
             
               Jesus
               Christ
               :
            
             And
             is
             that
             a
             
               shorter
               cut
            
             then
             theirs
             ,
             as
             you
             call
             it
             ?
             or
             rather
             ,
             a
             clearer
             revelation
             of
             
               Truth
               ?
            
             Methinks
             your
             expressions
             have
             too
             much
             of
             that
             which
             
               Solomon
            
             cals
             
               frowardnesse
            
             in
             old
             men
             .
             Argue
             ,
             and
             prove
             ,
             and
             bring
             Scripture
             as
             long
             as
             you
             please
             ,
             but
             be
             not
             too
             
               quarrelsome
               .
            
             But
             
               I
            
             shall
             excuse
             you
             in
             part
             ,
             because
             you
             tell
             us
             you
             are
             not
             yet
             recovered
             from
             sicknesse
             :
             so
             as
             I
             take
             this
             ,
             with
             other
             of
             your
             Books
             ,
             as
             
               part
            
             or
             
               remainders
            
             of
             your
             
               disease
               ,
            
             rather
             then
             your
             
               judgement
               ;
            
             and
             the
             infirmity
             of
             your
             
               body
               ,
            
             not
             the
             
               strength
            
             of
             your
             
               spirit
               .
            
             But
             why
             chose
             you
             not
             a
             better
             time
             to
             trie
             
               Truth
            
             in
             ,
             when
             you
             were
             not
             so
             much
             in
             the
             
               body
               ?
            
          
           
             To
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             That
             
               nothing
               lesse
               was
               intended
               by
               you
               :
            
             I
             undertook
             not
             to
             discover
             your
             
               intents
            
             to
             the
             world
             .
             You
             might
             have
             don
             well
             to
             have
             revealed
             your selfe
             more
             at
             first
             ,
             that
             
               I
            
             might
             not
             have
             taken
             you
             to
             be
             more
             a
             friend
             to
             
               Truth
            
             then
             I
             see
             you
             are
             :
             
               forgive
            
             me
             this
             injury
             ,
             as
             the
             Apostle
             saies
             ,
             if
             I
             accounted
             you
             better
             then
             you
             desire
             to
             be
             .
             
               Love
               hopeth
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               beleeveth
               all
               things
               .
            
             And
             
               Paul
            
             it
             seems
             was
             better
             perswaded
             of
             
               Agrippa
            
             then
             there
             was
             cause
             ,
             and
             quoted
             some
             of
             the
             Heathen
             Poets
             better
             then
             they
             intended
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             seems
             I
             have
             done
             with
             you
             ;
             that
             being
             the
             greatest
             thing
             you
             lay
             to
             my
             charge
             .
          
           
             Master
             Gataker
             .
          
           
             (
             1
             )
             That
             our
             Antinomian
             Free
             grace
             is
             not
             the
             same
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Prophets
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             and
             the
             Apostles
             in
             the
             New
             .
             (
             2
             )
             That
             in
             saying
             the
             Old
             Testament
             was
             rather
             a
             draught
             of
             a
             Legall
             dispensation
             ,
             then
             an
             Evangelicall
             or
             Gospell-one
             ,
             was
             to
             taxe
             the
             Ministery
             of
             the
             Prophets
             for
             no
             Free-grace
             .
             (
             3
             )
             That
             in
             saying
             the
             Ministers
             now
             by
             the
             qualifications
             they
             preach
             ,
             do
             over-heat
             Free-Grace
             as
             your
             poore
             soules
             cannot
             take
             it
             ,
             doth
             make
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             Iuglers
             and
             deluders
             of
             the
             people
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             To
             your
             first
             ,
             That
             
               our
               Antinomian
               Free
               Grace
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               same
               with
               the
               Prophets
               and
               Apostles
               :
            
             Why
             do
             you
             tell
             us
             of
             
               Antinomians
               ,
            
             of
             
               Prophets
            
             
             and
             
               Apostles
            
             Free-grace
             ?
             It
             is
             not
             the
             Free-grace
             of
             any
             of
             these
             :
             Free-grace
             is
             of
             God
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             are
             but
             dispencers
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             Ambassadours
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             Ministers
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             yet
             Ambassadours
             not
             in
             the
             same
             habit
             :
             The
             
               Prophets
            
             preached
             Grace
             in
             a
             
               rough
            
             and
             
               hairy
            
             garment
             ,
             or
             ,
             more
             
               Legally
               ;
            
             the
             
               Apostles
            
             in
             a
             more
             
               clear
            
             and
             
               bright
            
             habit
             ,
             in
             the
             
               revelation
            
             of
             the
             
               mystery
            
             of
             
               Christ
               :
               The
               Law
               was
               given
               by
               Moses
               ,
               but
               Grace
               and
               Truth
               by
               Iesus
               Christ
               .
            
             I
             could
             as
             easily
             say
             ,
             Master
             
               Gatakers
               Free-grace
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Legalists
               Free-grace
               ,
            
             as
             he
             sayes
             
               Our
               Antinomian
               Free-grace
               ;
            
             but
             such
             
               words
            
             and
             
               reproaches
            
             make
             neither
             
               you
            
             nor
             
               I
            
             speake
             
               better
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             To
             your
             Second
             ,
             That
             
               in
               saying
               the
               Old-Testament
               straine
               was
               rather
               Legall
               then
               Gospell
               ,
               taxes
               the
               Ministery
               of
               the
               Prophets
               for
               no
               Free-grace
               :
            
             That
             is
             according
             to
             your
             Inference
             only
             .
             Because
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             sayes
             ,
             the
             
               Law
               was
               given
               by
               Moses
               ,
            
             therefore
             will
             you
             put
             upon
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             that
             
               Moses
            
             taught
             or
             gave
             out
             nothing
             but
             
               Law●
            
             Because
             I
             say
             ,
             
               The
               Old
               Testament
               was
               a
               Legall
               ministration
               ,
            
             therefore
             do
             I
             say
             there
             was
             no
             Free-grace
             in
             it
             ?
             or
             doe
             I
             not
             rather
             say
             ,
             Therefore
             it
             was
             Free-grace
             legally
             dispenced
             ,
             or
             preached
             ,
             or
             ministred
             ?
             Would
             not
             such
             Inferences
             be
             bad
             dealing
             with
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             will
             it
             be
             faire
             dealing
             with
             me
             ?
             I
             wonder
             you
             who
             pretend
             to
             write
             against
             me
             ,
             as
             having
             not
             dealt
             
               justly
            
             with
             your
             sense
             ,
             will
             deale
             so
             
               unjustly
            
             with
             mine
             ,
             and
             commit
             the
             same
             
               sin
            
             your self
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             time
             of
             your
             reproving
             mine
             .
             You
             may
             see
             what
             this
             
               Logick
            
             hath
             brought
             you
             to
             ,
             To
             deceive
             your selfe
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             your
             neighbour
             .
             Can
             you
             cast
             out
             my
             mo●e
             ,
             and
             behold
             ,
             a
             beame
             in
             your
             own
             eye
             ?
          
           
             I
             have
             printed
             all
             you
             quoted
             :
             let
             the
             Reader
             judge
             from
             this
             and
             compare
             it
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             my
             Book
             .
          
           
             The
             whole
             frame
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             was
             a
             draught
             of
             Gods
             anger
             at
             sin
             .
             —
             And
             God
             in
             this
             time
             of
             the
             Law
             appeared
             only
             as
             it
             were
             upon
             tearmes
             and
             conditions
             of
             reconciliation
             :
             and
             all
             the
             Worship
             then
             ,
             and
             acts
             of
             Worship
             then
             ,
             as
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             Fasting
             ,
             Repentance
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             went
             all
             this
             way
             ,
             according
             to
             God
             under
             that
             appearance
             .
             And
             in
             this
             straine
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             runnes
             all
             the
             Ministery
             of
             the
             Prophets
             too
             ,
             in
             their
             exhortations
             to
             Duty
             and
             Worship
             ,
             as
             if
             God
             were
             to
             be
             appeased
             and
             entreated
             ,
             and
             reconciled
             ,
             and
             his
             love
             to
             be
             had
             in
             way
             of
             purchase
             by
             Duty
             ,
             and
             Doing
             ,
             and
             Worshipping
             :
             So
             as
             under
             the
             Law
             ,
             the
             efficacy
             and
             power
             was
             put
             as
             it
             were
             wholly
             upon
             the
             Duty
             and
             Obedience
             performed
             ,
             as
             if
             God
             upon
             the
             doing
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             brought
             into
             tearmes
             of
             peace
             ,
             mercy
             and
             forgivenesse
             ;
             so
             as
             their
             course
             and
             service
             then
             ,
             was
             as
             it
             were
             a
             w●rking
             for
             life
             and
             reconciliation
             .
          
           
             Do
             not
             these
             words
             and
             termes
             inserted
             ,
             
               As
               it
               were
               ,
            
             and
             ,
             
               in
               the
               way
               ,
            
             and
             ,
             
               as
               if
               ,
            
             and
             ,
             
               is
               it
               were
               ,
            
             cleare
             me
             from
             such
             positive
             and
             exclusive
             assertions
             of
             
               Free-Grace
            
             as
             you
             would
             make
             me
             speake
             ?
          
           
             To
             the
             Third
             ,
             That
             
               in
               saying
               the
               Preachers
               with
               their
               qualifications
               over-heate
               
               Free-grace
               ,
               I
               doe
               by
               that
               make
               the
               Prophets
               deluders
               of
               the
               people
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             I
             answer
             :
             That
             way
             of
             preaching
             the
             Prophets
             used
             ,
             pressing
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             ▪
             Repentance
             ,
             Reformation
             ,
             Humiliation
             ,
             and
             with
             Commination
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             ,
             &c.
             was
             but
             according
             to
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             method
             ,
             and
             straine
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             taught
             them
             under
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
               :
            
             but
             if
             the
             
               Prophets
            
             should
             have
             held
             forth
             Jesus
             Christ
             under
             the
             
               New
               Testament
               ,
            
             and
             when
             Christ
             was
             manifested
             in
             the
             
               flesh
               ,
            
             with
             such
             
               vails
            
             over
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             
               Law
            
             over
             him
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             before
             ,
             they
             had
             sinned
             against
             the
             
               glory
            
             of
             that
             
               ministration
               ,
            
             as
             well
             as
             some
             of
             you
             ,
             who
             bring
             Christ
             back
             againe
             under
             the
             cool
             shadow
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ,
            
             and
             make
             that
             
               Sun
               of
               Righteousnesse
            
             that
             he
             warmes
             not
             so
             many
             with
             the
             
               love
            
             of
             him
             as
             he
             would
             doe
             ,
             if
             ye
             would
             let
             them
             behold
             with
             open
             face
             as
             in
             a
             glasse
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             would
             give
             his
             
               beams
            
             more
             liberty
             to
             shine
             upon
             them
             ;
             doth
             not
             the
             
               ministration
               of
               the
               Spirit
               exceed
               in
               glory
               ?
            
          
           
             Nor
             were
             the
             Prophets
             
               deluders
               of
               the
               people
               then
               ,
            
             because
             it
             was
             the
             peoples
             time
             of
             
               Pupillage
               ,
            
             and
             being
             under
             
               Bondage
               ;
            
             they
             
               were
               shut
               up
               under
               the
               Law
               till
               faith
               came
               ;
            
             they
             were
             under
             
               Tutors
            
             and
             
               Governors
               till
               the
               time
               appointed
               :
            
             So
             as
             that
             was
             
               truth
               ,
            
             and
             right
             dispensation
             in
             them
             to
             preach
             so
             much
             of
             the
             
               Law
               ,
            
             of
             
               curse
               ,
            
             and
             
               judgement
               ,
               &c.
            
             as
             they
             did
             ;
             and
             of
             
               Repentance
            
             and
             
               Reformation
            
             in
             that
             straine
             they
             did
             :
             But
             in
             ye
             who
             pretend
             to
             preach
             
               Christ
               come
               in
               the
               flesh
               ;
            
             ye
             who
             pretend
             to
             be
             
               Preachers
               in
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               God
               ,
            
             and
             so
             greater
             then
             the
             greatest
             
               Prophet
               ,
            
             then
             he
             that
             was
             more
             then
             a
             
               Prophet
               ;
            
             in
             ye
             ,
             such
             preaching
             were
             delusion
             ,
             because
             it
             were
             not
             as
             the
             truth
             is
             in
             Christ
             ,
             nor
             according
             to
             that
             
               glory
            
             of
             the
             
               Gospell
               ,
            
             to
             that
             
               grace
               revealed
               ,
            
             to
             that
             
               manifestation
               of
               Christ
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
            
             to
             that
             
               ministration
               of
               glory
               ;
            
             but
             rather
             to
             those
             
               deceitfull
               workers
            
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
             on
             ,
             to
             those
             that
             
               troubled
               them
               with
               words
               ,
               subverting
               their
               souls
               ,
            
             who
             preached
             
               Law
            
             and
             
               Gospell
               ,
            
             
             
               Circumcision
            
             and
             
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             Master
             Gattaker
             .
          
           
             (
             1
             )
             That
             we
             gird
             at
             those
             that
             bid
             men
             repent
             ,
             and
             be
             humbled
             ,
             and
             be
             sorry
             for
             sinnes
             ,
             
             and
             pray
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             as
             Legall
             Teachers
             .
             (
             2
             )
             That
             Christ
             preached
             repentance
             ,
             humiliation
             self-deniall
             ,
             conversion
             ,
             renouncing
             all
             in
             purpose
             :
             this
             is
             not
             the
             same
             Gospell
             with
             that
             they
             preach
             ,
             as
             in
             Free-grace
             ,
             
               pag.
            
             125
             ,
             126
             ,
             152
             ,
             153
             ,
             163
             ,
             191
             ,
             193.
             
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             To
             your
             first
             ,
             for
             our
             
               girding
               at
               those
               that
               bid
               men
               repent
               ,
               and
               be
               humbled
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               as
               Legall
               teachers
               :
            
             If
             ye
             presse
             
               repentance
            
             and
             
               humiliation
            
             legally
             ,
             why
             wonder
             ye
             at
             such
             words
             as
             
               Legall
               teachers
               ?
            
             Will
             ye
             doe
             ill
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             told
             of
             your
             faults
             ?
             must
             we
             prophesie
             smooth
             things
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             say
             ye
             are
             able
             Ministers
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             perswaded
             that
             truth
             is
             detained
             in
             unrighteousnesse
             ?
             We
             blame
             not
             any
             that
             bid
             men
             repent
             ,
             or
             be
             sorry
             for
             sinne
             ,
             &c.
             be
             humble
             ,
             &c.
             if
             they
             preach
             them
             as
             Christ
             
             and
             the
             Apostles
             did
             ;
             as
             
               graces
            
             flowing
             from
             
               him
               ,
            
             and
             out
             of
             his
             
               fulnesse
               ,
            
             and
             not
             as
             springings
             of
             their
             owne
             ,
             and
             
               waters
            
             from
             their
             fountaines
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             teachers
             ,
             like
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             would
             make
             men
             beleeve
             they
             could
             with
             such
             Rods
             and
             exhortations
             ,
             smite
             upon
             mens
             hearts
             as
             upon
             rocks
             ,
             and
             bring
             waters
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             be
             they
             never
             so
             hard
             and
             stony
             .
             We
             agree
             with
             you
             ,
             that
             
               repentance
               ,
            
             and
             
               sorrow
               for
               sinne
               ,
            
             and
             
               humiliation
               ,
            
             and
             
               self-deniall
               ,
            
             are
             all
             to
             be
             preached
             ,
             and
             shall
             contend
             with
             you
             ,
             who
             preaches
             them
             most
             ,
             and
             clearest
             :
             but
             then
             ,
             because
             
               Iohn
            
             said
             Repent
             ,
             and
             
               Christ
            
             said
             Repent
             ,
             and
             
               Peter
            
             said
             Repent
             ;
             are
             we
             to
             examine
             the
             Mystery
             no
             farther
             ?
             Know
             we
             not
             that
             the
             whole
             Scripture
             in
             its
             fulnesse
             and
             integrality
             reveales
             the
             whole
             truth
             ?
             and
             must
             we
             not
             looke
             out
             ,
             and
             compare
             Scripture
             with
             Scripture
             ,
             spirituall
             things
             with
             spirituall
             ,
             and
             so
             finding
             out
             truth
             from
             the
             degrees
             ,
             to
             the
             glory
             and
             fulnesse
             of
             it
             ,
             preach
             it
             in
             the
             same
             glory
             and
             fulnesse
             as
             we
             find
             it
             ?
             We
             heare
             Christ
             preaching
             before
             the
             Spirit
             was
             given
             ,
             
               Repent
               ;
            
             and
             we
             find
             ,
             when
             the
             Spirit
             was
             given
             ,
             Christ
             is
             said
             to
             give
             
               Repentance
            
             to
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             and
             
               forgivenesse
               of
               sinnes
               ;
            
             and
             shall
             we
             not
             now
             preach
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             Repentance
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             fountaine
             of
             repentance
             ,
             the
             author
             of
             repentance
             ,
             and
             yet
             preach
             repentance
             ,
             and
             repentance
             thus
             ,
             and
             repentance
             in
             the
             glory
             of
             it
             more
             ?
             The
             Apostle
             in
             one
             place
             saith
             ,
             
               Beleeve
               in
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               thou
               shalt
               be
               saved
               ;
            
             and
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             
               He
               is
               the
               author
               and
               finisher
               of
               our
               Faith
               ;
            
             Shall
             we
             not
             now
             preach
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             first
             ?
             and
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             the
             
               fountaine
               ,
            
             and
             
               Iesus
               Christ
            
             the
             
               author
            
             of
             
               faith
            
             and
             
               beleeivng
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             preach
             
               faith
               ;
            
             yea
             and
             thus
             preach
             
               faith
               ,
            
             faith
             in
             the
             
               glory
               ,
            
             faith
             in
             the
             
               revelation
            
             of
             it
             ,
             faith
             from
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             faith
             in
             
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             One
             Scripture
             tels
             us
             
               godly
               sorrow
               worketh
               repentance
               to
               salvation
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             another
             tels
             us
             ,
             
               They
               shall
               look
               on
               him
               whom
               they
               have
               peirced
               ,
               and
               they
               shall
               mourne
               for
               him
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Shall
             we
             not
             now
             preach
             
               sorrow
               for
               sin
            
             took
             from
             
               Christ
               ,
               Christ
            
             piercing
             ,
             and
             wounding
             ,
             and
             melting
             the
             heart
             ;
             Christ
             discovering
             sin
             ▪
             and
             
               powring
               water
            
             upon
             drie
             ground
             ?
             this
             is
             sorrow
             for
             sin
             in
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Gospell
             .
          
           
             
               One
               Scripture
               bids
               ,
            
             He
             that
             will
             follow
             me
             ,
             let
             him
             deny
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             take
             up
             his
             crosse
             .
             
               Another
               saith
               ,
               It
               is
            
             he
             that
             worketh
             in
             us
             both
             to
             will
             and
             to
             do
             of
             his
             good
             pleasure
             ,
             
               and
            
             I
             am
             able
             to
             do
             all
             things
             through
             Christ
             that
             strenghneth
             me
             .
             
               Shall
               we
               not
               now
               preach
            
             Christ
             
               our
               strength
               ,
               and
            
             Christ
             
               our selfe-deniall
               ?
               and
               is
               not
               this
            
             selfe-denyall
             
               in
               the
            
             glory
             
               of
               the
               Gospell
               ?
            
          
           
             So
             as
             the
             difference
             betwixt
             us
             is
             this
             ;
             Ye
             preach
             Christ
             and
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             the
             graces
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             parts
             as
             ye
             find
             it
             :
             we
             dare
             not
             speak
             the
             mystery
             so
             in
             peices
             ,
             so
             in
             halfe
             and
             quarter
             revealings
             ;
             we
             see
             such
             preaching
             answers
             not
             the
             
               fulnesse
            
             of
             the
             Mystery
             ,
             the
             
               riches
            
             of
             the
             
               Gospell
               ,
            
             the
             
               glory
            
             of
             the
             
               New
               Testament
               :
            
             We
             find
             that
             in
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             the
             
               New
               Testament
               ,
            
             Christ
             is
             set
             up
             as
             a
             Prince
             ,
             as
             a
             King
             ,
             as
             a
             Lord
             ,
             as
             a
             
             crown
             and
             glory
             to
             every
             grace
             and
             gift
             :
             nay
             ,
             he
             is
             made
             not
             only
             
               righteousnesse
               ,
            
             but
             
               sanctification
            
             too
             ;
             and
             so
             we
             preach
             him
             .
             Whereas
             to
             preach
             his
             riches
             without
             him
             ,
             his
             graces
             by
             themselves
             ,
             single
             ,
             and
             private
             ;
             as
             ,
             
               repent
               ,
            
             and
             
               beleeve
               ,
            
             and
             
               be
               humbled
               ,
            
             and
             
               deny
               your selves
               ,
            
             ye
             make
             the
             gifts
             lose
             much
             of
             their
             glory
             ;
             Christ
             of
             his
             praise
             ,
             and
             the
             Gospell
             of
             its
             fulnesse
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             Second
             ,
             of
             your
             alleadging
             my
             Book
             in
             such
             and
             such
             pages
             ,
             as
             another
             Gospell
             from
             Christs
             :
             I
             shall
             print
             them
             as
             you
             quote
             them
             ;
             and
             with
             them
             ,
             I
             desire
             these
             things
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             other
             parts
             of
             my
             Booke
             ,
             and
             the
             scope
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             you
             have
             
               detained
               in
               unrighteousnesse
               :
            
             All
             these
             I
             freely
             open
             to
             the
             judgment
             of
             all
             who
             are
             Spirituall
             .
          
           
             Master
             Gataker
             .
          
           
             (
             1
             )
             That
             
               John
               ,
            
             Christs
             ,
             and
             his
             Apostles
             Method
             were
             all
             one
             for
             matter
             and
             manner
             ;
             
             for
             they
             all
             preached
             Faith
             and
             Repentance
             ;
             and
             yet
             we
             are
             ●a●ed
             for
             these
             things
             as
             Legalists
             by
             this
             Author
             .
             (
             2
             )
             
               John
            
             and
             the
             rest
             preached
             life
             and
             salvation
             upon
             condition
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             Obedience
             .
             (
             3
             )
             Where
             we
             find
             Faith
             only
             preached
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             we
             have
             but
             the
             Summaries
             or
             heads
             of
             their
             Sermons
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             first
             ,
             that
             I
             
               taxe
               you
               for
               preaching
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               ;
               a●
               the
               Apostles
               did
               ,
               and
            
             John
             
               did
               ,
               as
               Legalists
               .
            
             Nay
             ,
             I
             tax
             ye
             only
             because
             ye
             preach
             it
             not
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             full
             revelation
             of
             it
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             ;
             but
             you
             preach
             it
             only
             as
             you
             find
             it
             in
             their
             Summaries
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             briefe
             narration
             of
             their
             Doctrine
             ;
             and
             this
             you
             ought
             not
             to
             do
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             preach
             according
             to
             that
             glorious
             Analogie
             of
             the
             Gospell
             :
             and
             to
             this
             ,
             I
             shall
             only
             bring
             in
             your
             own
             words
             to
             convince
             you
             ,
             and
             so
             from
             
               your
               own
               mouth
               condemn
               you
               .
            
             
             You
             say
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             We
             have
             but
             Summaries
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             in
             
               Acts
            
             2.
             40.
             and
             16.
             32.
             and
             you
             knowing
             this
             ,
             preach
             only
             by
             their
             first
             Methods
             and
             Summaries
             ,
             not
             looking
             to
             the
             revelation
             of
             the
             mystery
             ,
             
             which
             the
             Apostle
             saies
             is
             now
             made
             manifest
             .
             And
             for
             
               Iohns
               manner
               of
               preaching
               ,
            
             his
             
               Preaching
            
             is
             to
             be
             no
             more
             an
             example
             to
             you
             then
             his
             
               Baptism
               .
            
             You
             know
             the
             least
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             is
             greater
             then
             he
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             second
             ,
             That
             
               Faith
               ,
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               Obedience
               ,
               were
               conditions
               of
               life
               and
               salvation
               .
            
             Why
             keep
             you
             not
             to
             the
             Forme
             of
             
               wholesome
               words
            
             in
             
               Scripture
               ?
            
             Where
             doth
             the
             Scripture
             call
             
               these
            
             conditions
             of
             salvation
             ?
             They
             that
             are
             Christs
             ,
             do
             beleeve
             ,
             and
             repent
             ,
             and
             obey
             ;
             but
             do
             they
             
               bele●ve
               repent
               ,
            
             
             and
             
               obey
            
             that
             they
             may
             be
             Christs
             ?
             Hath
             not
             God
             
               chosen
               us
               in
               him
               ,
            
             &
             predestinated
             us
             unto
             the
             adoption
             of
             children
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ?
             But
             I
             know
             you
             wil
             say
             ,
             That
             when
             the
             Apostles
             did
             beleeve
             ,
             repent
             ,
             and
             obey
             ,
             it
             is
             by
             consequence
             as
             much
             as
             a
             
               condition
               ,
            
             and
             the
             same
             with
             a
             
               condition
               .
            
             But
             answer
             :
             The
             interpreting
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             thus
             in
             the
             
               letter
               ,
            
             and
             in
             
               consequence
               ,
            
             
             hath
             much
             darkned
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Gospell
             .
             When
             some
             of
             Christs
             Disciples
             took
             his
             words
             as
             you
             do
             ,
             under
             a
             condition
             ,
             Except
             ye
             
               eat
               the
               flesh
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               man
               ▪
               &c.
               the
               words
               ,
            
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               that
               I
               speake
               ,
               are
               Spirit
               .
            
             Consider
             but
             what
             〈◊〉
             you
             bring
             the
             
               Gospell
            
             into
             :
             first
             ,
             you
             make
             life
             appearing
             to
             be
             had
             in
             the
             
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
            
             as
             at
             first
             in
             the
             
               Covenant
               of
               Works
               ▪
               Do
               this
               ,
               and
               live
               ;
            
             so
             
               beleeve
               ,
               repent
               ,
               obey
               and
               live
               ;
            
             thus
             runs
             your
             
               Doctrine
               :
            
             nar
             can
             you
             with
             all
             your
             distinctions
             make
             
               Faith
            
             in
             this
             consideration
             ,
             lesse
             then
             a
             
               worke
               ,
            
             and
             so
             put
             
               Salvation
            
             upon
             a
             
               condition
            
             of
             
               works
            
             againe
             .
             Is
             this
             
               Free-Grace
            
             or
             But
             you
             say
             
               Faith
            
             is
             a
             gift
             
               freely
               given
            
             of
             
               God
               ;
            
             and
             here
             is
             Free-grace
             still
             ▪
             But
             I
             pray
             ,
             Is
             this
             any
             more
             
               Free-Frace
            
             respectively
             to
             what
             we
             do
             for
             life
             ,
             then
             the
             Covenant
             of
             works
             had
             ?
             All
             the
             Works
             wrought
             in
             us
             then
             ,
             were
             freely
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             
               free-gift
            
             too
             ,
             as
             
               Arminius
            
             well
             observes
             in
             the
             point
             of
             universall
             Grace
             ;
             and
             we
             wrought
             only
             from
             a
             
               gift
               given
               .
            
             Either
             place
             Salvation
             upon
             a
             free
             bottom
             ,
             or
             else
             you
             make
             the
             
               New
               Covenant
            
             but
             an
             
               Old
               Covenant
            
             in
             new
             tearmes
             ;
             in
             stead
             of
             
               Do
               this
               and
               live
               ▪
               Beleeve
               this
               and
               live
               ,
               repent
               and
               live
               ,
               obey
               and
               live
               :
            
             And
             all
             this
             is
             for
             want
             of
             revealing
             the
             mystery
             more
             fully
             .
          
           
             To
             your
             third
             ,
             That
             
               where
               we
               find
               Faith
               only
               preached
               ,
               and
               so
               Salvatio●
               made
               short
               work
               ;
               that
               it
               is
               because
               we
               have
               but
               the
               Summaries
               .
            
             I
             agree
             with
             you
             that
             we
             have
             but
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             
               Apostles
               ,
            
             as
             
               Johns
               ,
            
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               He
               spake
               many
               other
               things
               in
               his
               exhortation
               to
               the
               people
               :
            
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             we
             have
             much
             of
             what
             they
             said
             ,
             and
             we
             want
             much
             ;
             yet
             we
             have
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             may
             shew
             us
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             
               work
            
             of
             Salvation
             in
             us
             ,
             
               Faith
            
             is
             the
             
               worke
            
             which
             gives
             most
             glory
             to
             God
             :
             
               Abraham
               believed
               ,
            
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             and
             
               gave
               glory
               to
               God
               ;
            
             they
             that
             
               beleeve
               ,
               give
               glory
               ;
            
             and
             
               Faith
            
             of
             all
             the
             
               works
            
             of
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             is
             the
             glorious
             Gospell-worke
             ;
             Christ
             cals
             it
             the
             
               worke
               indeed
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               worke
               that
               ye
               beleeve
               :
            
             So
             as
             the
             only
             reason
             why
             we
             heare
             so
             much
             of
             
               Faith
            
             in
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             and
             meerely
             as
             you
             insinuate
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             but
             their
             Sermons
             in
             Summaries
             ,
             and
             because
             of
             another
             reason
             of
             yours
             ,
             drawn
             from
             the
             
               qualification
            
             of
             some
             they
             Preached
             to
             ,
             that
             had
             other
             
               gifts
               ,
            
             and
             not
             
               Faith
               ;
            
             But
             because
             
               Faith
            
             is
             of
             all
             Spirituall
             encreasings
             in
             us
             ,
             the
             most
             gloriously
             working
             towards
             
               Christ
               ,
               Faith
            
             goes
             out
             ,
             and
             
               Faith
            
             depends
             ,
             and
             
               Faith
            
             lives
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             
               Faith
            
             brings
             down
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             
               Faith
               opens
            
             the
             riches
             ,
             and
             
               Faith
               beleeves
            
             home
             all
             
               strength
               ,
               comfort
               ,
               glory
               ,
               peace
               ,
               promises
               .
            
          
           
             And
             
               Faith
            
             hath
             so
             much
             put
             upon
             it
             ,
             as
             
               becomes
               a
               stumbling
               stone
               ,
               and
               a
               rock
               of
               offence
               ,
            
             to
             many
             :
             
               Justification
               ,
               imputation
               of
               righteousnesse
            
             is
             put
             upon
             
               Faith
               ;
            
             Salvation
             upon
             Faith
             as
             Christs
             Bloud
             ,
             is
             put
             upon
             
               the
               Wine
               ;
               the
               Cup
               that
               we
               blesse
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               the
               Communion
               of
               the
               bloud
               of
               Christ
               ;
            
             and
             
               Christs
               body
            
             upon
             the
             
               bread
               ,
            
             the
             bread
             that
             we
             
               breake
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               the
               
               Communion
               of
               the
               body
               of
               Christ
               ?
            
             and
             yet
             neither
             the
             
               Wine
            
             nor
             the
             
               Bread
               ,
            
             is
             his
             
               Bloud
            
             or
             his
             
               Body
               ,
            
             no
             more
             then
             
               Faith
            
             is
             either
             
               Justification
            
             or
             
               Righteousnesse
               ;
            
             but
             such
             a
             work
             as
             goes
             out
             most
             into
             him
             ,
             and
             carries
             the
             soule
             into
             him
             who
             is
             
               Righteousnesse
            
             and
             
               Justification
            
             to
             us
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Word
            
             were
             no
             
               mystery
               ,
            
             if
             it
             were
             not
             thus
             ordered
             ,
             and
             things
             so
             mingled
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             only
             could
             discerne
             and
             distinguish
             ;
             Do
             not
             the
             
               Papists
            
             stumble
             at
             
               Works
               ?
            
             And
             why
             ?
             because
             they
             see
             not
             
               Faith
            
             for
             
               Works
               :
            
             And
             do
             not
             others
             stumble
             at
             
               Faith
               ?
            
             And
             why
             ?
             because
             they
             see
             not
             
               Christ
            
             for
             
               Faith
               ▪
            
             Do
             not
             some
             say
             that
             the
             
               words
               ,
               world
               ;
            
             and
             
               all
               ,
            
             and
             
               every
               man
               ,
            
             makes
             some
             stumble
             at
             the
             Election
             of
             some
             ,
             and
             so
             conclude
             
               Redemption
            
             for
             
               all
               .
            
          
           
             Master
             Gataker
             .
          
           
             (
             1
             )
             That
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             never
             Preached
             Free-grace
             ,
             without
             conditions
             and
             qualifications
             on
             own
             parts
             ,
             
             
               Rom.
               8.
               1.
               Mat.
            
             5.
             8.
             
             &c.
             (
             2
             )
             Christs
             Bloud
             or
             Wine
             is
             not
             to
             be
             filled
             out
             too
             freely
             to
             Dogs
             and
             Swine
             ,
             to
             sturdy
             Rogues
             .
             (
             3
             )
             That
             saying
             ,
             promises
             belongs
             to
             sinners
             as
             sinners
             ,
             not
             as
             humbled
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             and
             all
             that
             received
             him
             ,
             received
             him
             in
             a
             sinfull
             condition
             ,
             is
             a
             creeping
             to
             Antinomianisme
             .
             
             (
             4
             )
             That
             God
             may
             be
             provoked
             to
             wrath
             by
             his
             Children
             ,
             and
             
               David
            
             and
             
               Peter
            
             made
             their
             peace
             with
             God
             by
             repentance
             .
             (
             5
             )
             That
             God
             loves
             us
             for
             his
             own
             graces
             in
             us
             ;
             God
             is
             as
             man
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Father
             is
             angry
             and
             chastiseth
             his
             for
             sin
             .
             (
             6
             )
             Faith
             is
             not
             a
             perswasion
             more
             or
             lesse
             of
             Christs
             love
             ,
             all
             may
             have
             that
             ,
             men
             may
             beleeve
             too
             suddenly
             ,
             as
             
               Simon
               Magus
               .
            
             
             (
             7
             )
             Christ
             bids
             us
             repent
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             beleeve
             ;
             yea
             ,
             first
             to
             repent
             ,
             we
             are
             to
             try
             our
             Faith
             ,
             2
             
               Cor.
               13.
               5.
               1
               
               John
            
             4.
             1.
             
             (
             8
             )
             That
             he
             clogs
             men
             with
             conditions
             of
             taking
             and
             receiving
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             we
             of
             repenting
             and
             obeying
             .
             
             (
             9
             )
             The
             summe
             of
             this
             mans
             Divinity
             is
             ,
             Men
             may
             be
             saved
             whether
             they
             repent
             or
             no
             ,
             whether
             they
             beleeve
             or
             no
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             
               To
               the
               first
               ,
            
             That
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             never
             Preached
             Free-grace
             ,
             without
             conditions
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             on
             our
             parts
             :
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             They
             
               Preached
               Faith
               ,
            
             and
             
               Repentance
               ,
            
             and
             
               Obedience
               :
            
             But
             how
             ?
             First
             ;
             in
             
               degrees
            
             of
             
               Revelation
               ,
            
             the
             Gospell
             came
             not
             all
             out
             at
             once
             in
             its
             glory
             :
             They
             
               Preached
               them
               ,
            
             but
             how
             ?
             not
             in
             
               parts
               ,
            
             as
             we
             have
             their
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             you
             confesse
             
               they
               Preached
               them
               ;
            
             but
             all
             along
             in
             the
             
               New
               Testament
            
             there
             is
             more
             of
             their
             
               glory
            
             and
             
               fulnesse
            
             revealed
             concerning
             them
             ;
             so
             as
             the
             
               degrees
            
             of
             revealing
             ,
             the
             
               parts
            
             or
             summaries
             of
             their
             Sermons
             ,
             the
             
               fuller
               discovery
            
             in
             the
             whole
             New
             Testament
             ,
             are
             
               those
               things
            
             you
             consider
             not
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             
               the
               things
            
             we
             only
             consider
             ,
             and
             so
             dare
             not
             
               Preach
            
             the
             
               Gospell
            
             so
             in
             
               halfes
               ,
            
             in
             
               parts
            
             and
             
               quarters
            
             as
             you
             do
             ,
             and
             yet
             will
             not
             beleeve
             you
             do
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             much
             worse
             ,
             
               Ye
               say
               ye
               see
               ,
               and
               therefore
               your
               sin
               remaineth
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               the
               second
               ,
            
             Christ
             Bloud
             is
             not
             to
             be
             filled
             out
             to
             Rogues
             and
             Dogs
             .
          
           
           
             Take
             heed
             you
             charge
             not
             Christ
             for
             being
             with
             Publicans
             and
             Sinners
             ,
             you
             may
             upon
             this
             ground
             say
             he
             Preached
             false
             Doctrine
             because
             he
             said
             ,
             
               He
               came
               not
               to
               call
               the
               Righteous
               ,
               but
               Sinners
               .
            
          
           
             What
             ,
             were
             all
             of
             us
             in
             our
             unregenerate
             condition
             sinners
             or
             righteous
             persons
             ▪
             unholy
             or
             holy
             ?
             men
             of
             Faith
             or
             unbeliefe
             ?
             or
             not
             rather
             
               deall
               in
               trespasses
            
             and
             sins
             ,
             till
             
               quickned
               with
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               To
               the
               third
               .
               That
               saying
               ,
            
             Promises
             belongs
             to
             sinners
             as
             sinners
             ,
             and
             not
             humbled
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             I
             pray
             ,
             to
             whom
             doth
             all
             Promises
             belong
             first
             ,
             but
             to
             Christ
             ?
             and
             from
             whom
             to
             us
             ,
             but
             from
             Christ
             ?
             and
             what
             are
             the
             Elect
             ,
             and
             the
             chosen
             in
             him
             ,
             before
             they
             are
             called
             or
             beleeve
             ,
             but
             sinners
             as
             sinners
             ?
             Do
             you
             look
             that
             men
             should
             be
             first
             whole
             for
             the
             Physitian
             ,
             or
             Righteous
             for
             Pardon
             of
             sins
             ,
             or
             justified
             for
             Christ
             ;
             or
             rather
             
               sinners
               ,
               unrighteous
               ,
               ungodly
               ?
               While
               we
               were
               yet
               sinners
               Christ
               dyed
               for
               us
               ;
            
             He
             
               dyed
               for
               the
               ungodly
               .
            
             Christ
             is
             the
             
               Physitian
               ,
            
             the
             
               Righteousnesse
               ,
            
             the
             
               Sanctification
               ,
            
             and
             makes
             them
             
               beloved
               that
               were
               not
               beloved
               ,
            
             and
             to
             
               obtaine
               mercy
               that
               had
               not
               obtained
               mercy
               ,
            
             and
             
               Saints
            
             who
             were
             
               Sinners
               ,
            
             and
             
               Spirituall
            
             who
             were
             
               Carnall
               .
            
          
           
             So
             as
             we
             looke
             at
             Christ
             and
             the
             Promises
             comming
             to
             men
             in
             their
             sins
             ;
             but
             those
             men
             were
             beloved
             of
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             who
             suffered
             for
             sins
             before
             ;
             so
             as
             they
             begin
             not
             now
             to
             be
             
               loved
               ,
            
             but
             to
             be
             made
             to
             
               love
               ;
               God
            
             begins
             not
             to
             be
             
               reconciled
            
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             begin
             to
             be
             
               reconciled
            
             to
             him
             ;
             
               The
               love
               of
               God
               being
               shed
               abroad
               into
               their
               hearts
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
            
             
             
               which
               is
               now
               given
               unto
               them
               .
            
          
           
             So
             as
             we
             looking
             at
             
               persons
            
             as
             
               chosen
            
             in
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             at
             their
             
               sins
               ,
            
             as
             borne
             by
             
               Christ
            
             on
             
               his
               body
               on
               the
               Tree
               ,
            
             we
             see
             nothing
             in
             persons
             to
             hinder
             them
             from
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             and
             offers
             of
             Grace
             there
             ,
             be
             they
             never
             so
             sinfull
             to
             
               us
               ,
            
             or
             
               themselves
               ,
            
             they
             are
             not
             so
             to
             
               him
            
             who
             hath
             
               chosen
            
             them
             ,
             not
             to
             
               him
            
             in
             whom
             they
             are
             chosen
             :
             And
             this
             is
             the
             mystery
             ,
             why
             
               Christ
            
             is
             offered
             to
             
               Sinners
               ,
            
             or
             
               Rogues
               ,
            
             or
             whatsoever
             you
             call
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             ,
             as
             
               touching
               the
               Election
               ,
               beloved
               for
               the
               Fathers
               sake
               :
            
             
             I
             speak
             of
             men
             to
             whom
             
               Christ
            
             gives
             
               power
            
             to
             receive
             him
             ,
             and
             beleeve
             on
             him
             ,
             and
             
               become
               the
               Sons
               of
               God
               ;
            
             and
             Christ
             findes
             them
             out
             in
             their
             sins
             ,
             and
             visits
             them
             
               who
               sit
               in
               the
               region
            
             and
             
               shadow
               of
               death
               ,
            
             and
             them
             that
             are
             
               darknesse
               ,
            
             he
             makes
             
               light
               in
               the
               Lord
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               your
               fourth
               ,
            
             That
             God
             may
             be
             provoked
             to
             wrath
             by
             his
             Children
             .
          
           
             I
             pray
             ,
             Can
             
               God
            
             be
             as
             the
             
               Son
            
             of
             
               man
               ▪
            
             Is
             there
             any
             
               variablenesse
               or
               shadow
               of
               change
               in
               him
               ?
            
             Can
             he
             love
             and
             not
             love
             ?
             Doth
             he
             hate
             
               persons
            
             or
             
               sins
               ?
            
             Is
             he
             said
             to
             
               chastise
            
             as
             
               Fathers
               ,
            
             otherwise
             then
             in
             expressions
             after
             the
             
               manner
               of
               men
               ;
            
             because
             of
             the
             
               infirmities
               of
               our
               flesh
            
             must
             we
             conceive
             so
             of
             God
             as
             of
             one
             another
             ?
             Can
             he
             be
             provoked
             for
             〈◊〉
             done
             away
             and
             abolished
             ?
             Hath
             Christ
             taken
             away
             all
             the
             sin
             of
             his
             ?
             Hath
             he
             borne
             all
             upon
             his
             body
             or
             no
             ?
             Speakes
             he
             of
             anger
             otherwise
             then
             by
             way
             of
             
               Allusion
            
             
             and
             
               Allegory
               ,
               as
               a
               Father
               &c.
               
            
             And
             is
             that
             ,
             
               He
               is
               a
               Father
            
             after
             the
             fashion
             of
             men
             ?
             Or
             speaks
             he
             not
             in
             the
             Old
             Testament
             according
             to
             the
             Revelation
             of
             himselfe
             then
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             of
             himselfe
             now
             ,
             only
             because
             our
             infirmity
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             manner
             of
             appearing
             which
             is
             not
             yet
             so
             ;
             but
             we
             may
             beare
             him
             in
             such
             expressions
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             so
             in
             such
             expressions
             ,
             but
             we
             may
             see
             more
             of
             him
             and
             his
             love
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             Salvation
             in
             other
             expressions
             ,
             and
             not
             make
             up
             such
             a
             love
             as
             you
             commonly
             do
             of
             benevolence
             and
             complacence
             .
          
           
             
               Did
            
             David
             
               and
            
             Peter
             ,
             
               as
               you
               say
               ,
               make
               up
               their
               peace
               with
               God
               by
               Rapentance
               :
            
             Is
             there
             any
             that
             makes
             peace
             but
             one
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             who
             makes
             peace
             through
             the
             bloud
             of
             his
             Crosse
             ?
             Can
             
               Repentance
            
             make
             
               peace
               ?
            
             Or
             
               Obedience
            
             make
             
               peace
               ?
            
             Is
             there
             any
             sacrifice
             for
             sin
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             was
             
               once
               offered
               ,
               even
               he
               that
               appeared
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               to
               put
               away
               sin
               by
               the
               sacrifice
               of
               himselfe
               ?
            
             
             
               And
               was
               not
               this
               called
               by
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               One
               sacrifice
               for
               sins
               for
               ever
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Repentance
               Obedience
               ,
            
             &c.
             may
             make
             way
             for
             the
             
               peace
            
             made
             already
             for
             sin
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             such
             workings
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             
               love
            
             of
             
               God
            
             in
             the
             
               face
            
             of
             
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
            
             may
             shine
             upon
             the
             
               Soule
            
             more
             freely
             and
             fully
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             the
             
               Spirit
            
             abounds
             in
             the
             fruits
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             more
             
               joy
            
             and
             
               peace
            
             flows
             into
             the
             
               Soule
               ;
            
             and
             the
             more
             the
             
               Soule
            
             looks
             
               Christ
            
             in
             the
             
               face
               ,
            
             so
             as
             peace
             with
             God
             is
             not
             
               made
            
             but
             more
             
               revealed
            
             by
             the
             Spirit
             in
             obedience
             and
             love
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               To
               your
               fifth
               ,
            
             That
             God
             loves
             us
             for
             his
             own
             graces
             in
             us
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             he
             had
             loved
             us
             too
             in
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             
               love
            
             given
             Christ
             for
             us
             ,
             and
             yet
             loved
             us
             in
             Christ
             too
             ;
             Can
             any
             thing
             without
             God
             ,
             be
             a
             cause
             of
             Gods
             love
             ?
             Doth
             God
             love
             as
             we
             love
             one
             another
             ,
             from
             complexions
             or
             features
             without
             ,
             or
             loves
             he
             not
             rather
             thus
             ?
             
               God
               is
               love
               ,
            
             and
             therefore
             we
             are
             
               made
               ,
            
             and
             
               Redeemed
               ,
            
             and
             
               Sanctified
               ;
            
             not
             because
             we
             are
             
               Sanctified
            
             therefore
             he
             loves
             us
             ;
             
               We
               love
               him
               ,
               because
               he
               first
               loved
               us
               ;
            
             he
             loved
             us
             ,
             because
             he
             loved
             us
             ,
             and
             not
             because
             we
             
               love
               him
               ;
            
             not
             because
             of
             any
             Spirituall
             complexion
             or
             feature
             in
             us
             ;
             because
             of
             his
             Image
             upon
             us
             ,
             that
             is
             but
             an
             
               earnest
            
             of
             his
             love
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             is
             only
             given
             us
             ,
             because
             he
             
               loved
               us
               ;
            
             he
             
               loves
               us
            
             from
             his
             
               will
               ,
            
             not
             from
             without
             :
             for
             though
             we
             are
             
               like
               him
               ,
            
             yet
             we
             are
             not
             
               himselfe
               ,
            
             and
             he
             loves
             us
             as
             in
             
               Christ
            
             and
             
               himselfe
               .
            
          
           
             Whereas
             you
             say
             ,
             
               God
               is
               as
               man
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               Father
               ;
            
             I
             hope
             you
             meane
             not
             as
             in
             
               himselfe
               ,
            
             but
             as
             in
             his
             wayes
             of
             
               speaking
            
             and
             
               appearing
            
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             we
             are
             agreed
             :
             But
             your
             taking
             things
             more
             in
             the
             
               Letter
               ,
            
             then
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             makes
             your
             Divinity
             lesse
             
               Divine
               ,
            
             and
             your
             conceptions
             more
             like
             things
             of
             men
             then
             of
             
               God
               :
            
             This
             makes
             the
             Gospell
             so
             legall
             and
             carnall
             ,
             when
             we
             rise
             little
             higher
             then
             the
             bare
             
               Letter
            
             or
             
               Scripture
               ,
            
             not
             the
             inspiration
             by
             which
             it
             came
             all
             Scripture
             being
             given
             by
             inspiration
             .
          
           
             
               To
               your
               sixth
               ,
            
             That
             Faith
             is
             not
             a
             pers●sion
             more
             or
             lesse
             of
             Gods
             love
             ,
             
               and
            
             that
             all
             may
             have
             that
             .
          
           
           
             I
             pray
             mistake
             not
             ,
             Can
             all
             beleeve
             from
             the
             
               Spirit
               ?
            
             Can
             all
             be
             more
             or
             lesse
             spiritually
             perswaded
             ?
             Do
             I
             speake
             of
             any
             
               perswasion
            
             of
             
               Christs
               love
            
             which
             is
             not
             Spirituall
             ?
             Deceive
             not
             your selfe
             ,
             nor
             your
             Reader
             ,
             nor
             wrong
             not
             your
             Author
             ;
             or
             do
             I
             speak
             of
             
               Faith
            
             abstracted
             from
             all
             
               Repentance
               ,
               Obedience
               ,
            
             &c
             ,
             why
             deale
             ye
             thus
             ?
             When
             you
             
               say
               men
               may
               beleeve
               too
               suddenly
               ,
            
             because
             I
             presse
             men
             to
             
               beleeve
               ,
            
             and
             you
             instance
             in
             
               Simon
               Magus
               ;
            
             Was
             he
             blamed
             for
             
               beleeving
            
             too
             
               suddenly
               ,
            
             or
             for
             
               mis-beleeving
               ?
            
             because
             he
             beleeved
             the
             gifts
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             were
             to
             be
             bought
             with
             money
             ?
             Can
             any
             
               beleeve
            
             too
             soon
             ?
             
             if
             some
             mis-beleeve
             ,
             or
             
               beleeve
            
             falsly
             ,
             what
             is
             that
             to
             them
             that
             truly
             
               beleeve
               ?
            
             Shall
             
               the
               unbeliefe
               of
               some
               make
               the
               Faith
               of
               God
               without
               effect
               ?
               God
               forbid
               :
            
             Can
             
               Christ
            
             be
             too
             soon
             a
             
               Saviour
            
             to
             us
             ?
             Can
             the
             
               Fountaine
            
             be
             too
             soon
             opened
             for
             sin
             ?
             Can
             the
             
               riches
               of
               Christ
            
             be
             too
             soon
             brought
             home
             ?
             
             
               Paul
            
             counts
             it
             an
             honour
             to
             be
             first
             in
             
               Christ
               :
               Salute
               Andronicus
               and
               ●unia
               ,
               who
               were
               in
               Christ
               before
               me
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Church
               in
               Priscilla's
               house
               ,
               and
               Epenetus
               ,
               who
               were
               the
               first
               fruits
               of
               Achaia
               unto
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               your
               seventh
               ,
            
             That
             Christ
             bids
             us
             repent
             as
             well
             as
             beleeve
             ;
             yea
             ,
             first
             repent
             .
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             but
             will
             you
             take
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospell
             from
             a
             
               part
               ,
            
             or
             
               summary
            
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             and
             not
             from
             the
             Gospell
             in
             its
             
               fulnesse
               ,
            
             and
             
               glory
               ,
            
             and
             
               Revelation
               :
            
             Will
             ye
             gather
             Doctrines
             of
             Truth
             ,
             as
             
               Ruth
            
             for
             a
             while
             did
             
               gleanings
               ,
            
             here
             one
             
               eare
               of
               Corne
               ,
            
             and
             there
             another
             ;
             and
             not
             rather
             go
             to
             the
             full
             sheafe
             ,
             to
             Truth
             in
             the
             Harvest
             and
             Vintage
             ?
             Will
             you
             pluck
             up
             
               Truth
            
             by
             pieces
             and
             parcels
             ,
             in
             
               Repentance
               ,
            
             and
             
               Obedience
               ,
            
             and
             
               Selfe
               deniall
               ?
            
             and
             not
             
               reveale
            
             these
             as
             
               Christ
            
             may
             be
             most
             
               glorified
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Saint●
            
             most
             
               Sanctified
               ,
            
             and
             these
             gifts
             most
             
               Spiritualized
            
             and
             improved
             ?
             Will
             ye
             Preach
             Doctrines
             as
             they
             lie
             in
             the
             
               Letter
               ,
            
             or
             in
             their
             
               Analogie
            
             and
             inference
             of
             Truth
             ?
             The
             Papists
             Preach
             Christs
             very
             flesh
             and
             bloud
             to
             be
             in
             the
             
               Wine
               :
            
             And
             why
             ?
             but
             because
             they
             looke
             but
             halfe
             way
             to
             the
             
               demonstration
            
             of
             
               Truth
            
             in
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             they
             shut
             up
             
               Christ
            
             in
             one
             
               Not●●●
            
             and
             not
             in
             
               another
               ,
            
             and
             so
             loses
             the
             
               Truth
            
             by
             revealing
             it
             in
             that
             
               Forme
               of
               words
            
             which
             is
             too
             narrow
             for
             it
             ,
             
             and
             too
             short
             of
             the
             
               height
               ,
            
             and
             
               depth
               ,
            
             and
             
               length
            
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             You
             say
             ,
             
               We
               are
               to
               try
               our
               Faith
               :
            
             So
             say
             I
             too
             ,
             if
             you
             would
             not
             pick
             and
             choose
             in
             my
             Book
             ,
             to
             make
             
               me
            
             some
             
               other
            
             thing
             then
             you
             find
             
               me
               :
            
             But
             you
             mean
             ,
             we
             must
             try
             our
             
               Faith
            
             for
             assurance
             ,
             as
             your
             other
             words
             imply
             ;
             and
             so
             far
             I
             say
             too
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             not
             heare
             me
             speak
             :
             But
             you
             would
             have
             the
             best
             
               assurance
            
             from
             
               tryall
               ;
            
             but
             so
             far
             I
             say
             not
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             is
             that
             the
             best
             Spirituall
             assurance
             that
             is
             from
             our
             own
             Spirits
             in
             part
             ,
             or
             from
             Gods
             alone
             ?
             from
             our
             own
             
               reasoning
               ,
            
             or
             his
             
               speaking
               ?
            
             Can
             a
             Spouse
             argue
             better
             the
             love
             of
             her
             friend
             from
             his
             Tokens
             and
             Bracelets
             ,
             or
             from
             his
             owne
             
               word
               ,
            
             and
             
               Letter
               ,
            
             and
             
               Seale
               ?
            
          
           
             One
             of
             the
             three
             that
             beare
             witnesse
             on
             Earth
             is
             the
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             in
             
             whom
             ,
             after
             ye
             believe
             ,
             ye
             were
             sealed
             with
             that
             
               Spirit
               of
               promise
               .
            
             Can
             any
             
               Inference
               or
               Consequence
            
             drawn
             from
             Faith
             ,
             or
             Love
             or
             Repentance
             ,
             or
             Obedience
             in
             us
             so
             assure
             us
             ,
             as
             the
             breathing
             of
             Christ
             himself
             ,
             
               sealing
               ,
               assuring
               ,
               perswading
               ,
               convincing
               ,
               satisfying
               ;
            
             I
             will
             hear
             what
             
               God
               the
               Lord
               will
               say
               ,
            
             
             
               for
               he
               will
               speak
               peace
               to
               his
               Servants
               :
            
             A
             
               Saint
            
             had
             rather
             hear
             that
             voice
             ,
             then
             all
             its
             own
             
               Inferences
            
             and
             
               Arguments
               ,
            
             which
             though
             they
             bring
             something
             to
             
               perswade
               ,
            
             
             yet
             they
             perswade
             not
             so
             answerably
             
               till
               the
               voyce
               speake
               from
               that
               excellent
               glory
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               your
               eighth
               ,
            
             That
             I
             clog
             men
             with
             conditions
             of
             receiving
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             you
             of
             repenting
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             preach
             not
             
               Receiving
            
             as
             a
             condition
             ,
             as
             you
             do
             
               Repenting
               .
            
             I
             Preach
             
               Christ
            
             the
             
               Power
               ,
            
             and
             
               Life
               ,
            
             and
             
               Spirit
               ,
            
             that
             both
             stands
             and
             
               knocks
               ,
            
             and
             yet
             
               opens
            
             the
             doore
             to
             himselfe
             .
             I
             Preach
             not
             
               Receiving
            
             as
             a
             
               gift
               ,
            
             or
             condition
             given
             or
             begun
             for
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             but
             
               Christ
               working
            
             all
             in
             the
             
               Soul
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Soul
            
             working
             up
             to
             
               Christ
            
             by
             a
             
               power
            
             from
             himselfe
             .
             And
             if
             you
             would
             Preach
             
               Repentance
            
             and
             
               Obedience
            
             as
             no
             other
             preceding
             or
             previous
             dispositions
             ,
             we
             should
             agree
             better
             in
             the
             
               Pulpit
            
             then
             we
             do
             in
             the
             
               Presse
               .
            
          
           
             
               To
               your
               ninth
               ,
            
             That
             the
             sum
             of
             my
             Divinity
             is
             ,
             That
             men
             may
             be
             saved
             whither
             they
             Repent
             or
             no
             ,
             or
             beleeve
             or
             no
             .
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             Should
             I
             say
             to
             you
             ,
             The
             sum
             of
             your
             Divinity
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             
               Faith
               ,
            
             and
             
               Repentance
               ,
            
             and
             
               Obedience
               ,
            
             are
             helps
             with
             
               Christ
               ,
            
             and
             
               conditions
            
             with
             
               Christ
            
             to
             mans
             
               Salvation
               ;
            
             and
             that
             Salvation
             in
             not
             
               free
               ,
            
             but
             
               conditionall
               ;
            
             the
             
               Covenant
            
             of
             
               Grace
            
             is
             as
             it
             were
             a
             
               Covenant
            
             of
             
               Workes
               ?
            
             Should
             I
             do
             well
             in
             this
             to
             upbraib
             you
             and
             those
             of
             your
             way
             ?
          
           
             Say
             not
             then
             that
             I
             thinke
             men
             may
             be
             saved
             that
             never
             
               repent
            
             nor
             
               believe
               :
            
             Why
             do
             you
             thus
             set
             up
             and
             counterfeit
             opinions
             ,
             and
             then
             engrave
             our
             Names
             upon
             them
             ?
             Could
             not
             I
             piece
             up
             your
             Book
             so
             (
             if
             I
             would
             be
             unfaithfull
             )
             as
             make
             ye
             appeare
             as
             great
             an
             Hereticke
             as
             any
             whom
             you
             thus
             fancy
             ;
             because
             I
             preach
             not
             
               Repentance
               ,
            
             or
             
               Faith
            
             as
             you
             do
             ;
             because
             I
             make
             all
             these
             as
             gifts
             from
             Gods
             love
             in
             Christ
             ,
             not
             as
             gifts
             to
             procure
             us
             God
             ,
             or
             his
             
               love
               ,
            
             or
             Christ
             ;
             because
             I
             make
             all
             these
             the
             fruits
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             given
             to
             such
             whom
             Christ
             hath
             suffered
             for
             ,
             to
             such
             whom
             God
             hath
             chosen
             in
             him
             ;
             because
             I
             Preach
             
               Faith
               ,
            
             and
             
               Repentance
               ,
            
             and
             
               Obedience
               ▪
            
             in
             that
             full
             Revelation
             in
             which
             they
             are
             left
             as
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             that
             scantling
             of
             Doctrine
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             meerly
             and
             barely
             revealed
             in
             the
             History
             of
             the
             
               Gospel
               ,
            
             or
             
               Acts
            
             of
             the
             
               Apostles
               ,
            
             onely
             where
             the
             
               Doctrine
            
             is
             not
             so
             much
             revealed
             as
             the
             
               Practise
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Story
             in
             Summaries
             ;
             because
             we
             Preach
             thus
             ,
             therefore
             we
             are
             all
             
               Antinomians
               ,
               Hereticks
               ,
            
             men
             not
             
               worthy
            
             to
             live
             .
          
           
             Brethren
             must
             ye
             
               forbid
               us
               to
               Preach
               ,
               because
               we
               follow
               not
               with
               you
               ,
            
             because
             we
             Preach
             not
             the
             
               Law
            
             as
             ye
             do
             ,
             nor
             
               Faith
            
             as
             ye
             do
             ,
             nor
             
               Repentance
            
             
             as
             ye
             do
             ?
             therefore
             do
             we
             not
             Preach
             them
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             We
             Preach
             them
             all
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             perswaded
             the
             
               New
               Testament
            
             and
             
               Spirit
            
             will
             warrant
             us
             ,
             and
             as
             we
             may
             make
             
               Christ
            
             to
             be
             the
             
               power
            
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             
               fulnesse
            
             of
             all
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             
               exalt
            
             him
             whom
             
               God
            
             hath
             
               exalted
            
             at
             his
             own
             right
             hand
             .
             And
             we
             wish
             that
             
               ye
               and
               all
               that
               heare
               us
               ,
               were
               both
               almost
               ,
               and
               altogether
               as
               we
               are
               ,
            
             except
             in
             reproaches
             .
          
           
             
               CONCLVSION
               .
            
             
               FRom
               the
               29
               Page
               to
               the
               last
               ,
               all
               your
               Replyes
               amount
               not
               to
               any
               thing
               of
               ,
               substance
               ,
               but
               of
               quarrelsome
               and
               humorous
               exceptions
               ;
               and
               I
               shall
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               redeem
               my
               time
               better
               then
               in
               making
               a
               businesse
               of
               things
               that
               will
               neither
               edify
               the
               Writer
               nor
               the
               Reader
               :
               There
               are
               some
               things
               you
               might
               (
               had
               you
               pleased
               )
               raised
               up
               into
               some
               Spirituall
               discourse
               ,
               as
               that
               of
               
                 Works
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Signs
              
               for
               assurance
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 
              
               But
               you
               say
               of
               your self
               (
               how
               becoming
               such
               a
               one
               as
               you
               I
               leave
               )
               that
               
                 you
                 were
                 like
                 an
                 Old
                 Steed
                 which
                 neighs
                 and
                 prances
                 ,
              
               
               
                 but
                 is
                 past
                 service
                 ;
              
               so
               as
               I
               must
               take
               this
               of
               your
               age
               and
               infirmity
               ,
               as
               a
               fuller
               Answer
               ,
               or
               Supplement
               to
               what
               you
               faile
               in
               against
               me
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               two
               or
               three
               things
               more
               observable
               then
               the
               rest
               :
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               you
               tax
               me
               for
               saying
               ,
               That
               the
               markes
               in
               
                 Johns
              
               Epistles
               and
               
                 James
                 ,
                 are
                 delivered
                 rather
                 as
                 marks
                 for
                 others
                 ,
                 then
                 our selves
                 to
                 know
                 us
                 by
                 ;
              
               and
               I
               affirme
               it
               againe
               ,
               not
               as
               you
               say
               ,
               excluding
               that
               other
               of
               our
               
                 selves
                 ,
              
               but
               as
               I
               said
               ,
               rather
               
                 markes
              
               for
               others
               ,
               though
               for
               both
               in
               their
               
                 degrees
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 kindes
              
               of
               
                 manifestation
                 .
              
            
             
               So
               in
               
                 James
              
               2.
               24.
               where
               he
               saith
               ,
               
                 By
                 Workes
                 a
                 man
                 is
                 Justified
                 ,
                 not
                 by
                 Faith
                 ;
              
               So
               in
               
                 Vers
                 .
              
               18.
               21.
               
               All
               which
               set
               forth
               Works
               a
               signe
               to
               others
               rather
               then
               our selves
               .
               So
               in
               1
               
                 John
                 3.
                 14.
                 
                 Hereby
                 know
                 we
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 passed
                 from
                 death
                 to
                 life
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 love
                 the
                 Brethren
                 ;
              
               compared
               with
               
                 Ver.
              
               17.
               18.
               shewes
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               a
               love
               working
               abroad
               in
               
                 manifestation
              
               to
               the
               
                 Brethren
                 ;
              
               and
               yet
               I
               exclude
               not
               any
               
                 evidence
              
               which
               the
               fruits
               of
               the
               
                 Spirit
              
               carry
               in
               them
               ,
               
               as
               in
               my
               Book
               ,
               which
               yet
               you
               alleadge
               to
               that
               purpose
               ,
               after
               you
               have
               been
               quarrelling
               so
               long
               with
               it
               ,
               pulling
               my
               Treatise
               in
               pieces
               to
               make
               your selfe
               worke
               ,
               and
               then
               binde
               it
               up
               againe
               after
               your
               owne
               fashion
               .
            
             
               For
               your
               Story
               of
               your
               Lady
               ,
               and
               your
               fallacy
               ,
               That
               
                 she
                 might
                 as
                 well
                 conclude
                 her selfe
                 damned
                 because
                 she
                 was
                 a
                 sinner
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 that
                 Christ
                 would
                 save
                 because
                 she
                 was
                 a
                 sinner
                 ,
              
               And
               durst
               you
               thus
               sport
               with
               a
               poor
               
                 wounded
                 spirit
                 ,
              
               that
               perhaps
               could
               see
               little
               but
               
                 sin
              
               in
               her selfe
               to
               conclude
               
               upon
               ?
               Know
               you
               not
               that
               
                 Christ
              
               came
               
                 to
                 call
                 sinners
                 ,
              
               to
               
                 save
                 sinners
                 ?
              
               And
               durst
               you
               make
               use
               of
               your
               Logick
               to
               cast
               such
               a
               mist
               upon
               the
               
                 promises
              
               to
               
                 sinners
                 ?
              
               Suppose
               one
               should
               aske
               you
               how
               you
               gather
               up
               your
               assurance
               ,
               now
               you
               are
               an
               old
               man
               ?
               how
               would
               you
               account
               to
               us
               ?
               Would
               you
               say
               ,
               such
               a
               m●asure
               of
               Faith
               ,
               so
               much
               obedience
               ,
               so
               much
               love
               to
               the
               Brethren
               ,
               so
               much
               Zeale
               ,
               Prayer
               ,
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               all
               of
               unquestionable
               evidence
               ?
               But
               if
               we
               should
               go
               further
               ,
               and
               question
               you
               concerning
               your
               failings
               when
               you
               writ
               in
               the
               behalfe
               of
               
                 Cards
              
               and
               
                 Dice
                 ,
              
               of
               the
               
                 Common-Prayer-Book
                 ;
              
               if
               we
               should
               aske
               ye
               of
               your
               luxuria●cy
               in
               
                 quotations
              
               in
               your
               
                 Books
              
               and
               
                 Sermons
                 ;
              
               whether
               all
               be
               out
               of
               pure
               
                 zeale
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 selfishnesse
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 vain-glory
                 ?
              
               Whether
               all
               your
               
                 Love
              
               was
               without
               
                 bitternesse
              
               to
               your
               
                 Brethren
              
               of
               a
               diverse
               judgement
               ,
               whom
               you
               call
               
                 Antinomian
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Whether
               you
               
                 preached
              
               and
               
                 obeyed
              
               all
               out
               of
               love
               to
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               not
               
                 seeking
              
               your
               own
               things
               ,
               not
               making
               a
               
                 gaine
              
               of
               
                 godlinesse
                 ?
              
               Whether
               all
               your
               
                 Fastings
              
               and
               
                 Repentance
              
               were
               from
               true
               
                 meltings
              
               of
               heart
               ,
               
                 sound
                 humiliation
                 ;
              
               or
               because
               the
               
                 State
              
               called
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               constrained
               it
               ?
               Whether
               your
               
                 praying
              
               and
               
                 preaching
              
               was
               not
               much
               of
               it
               
                 Self
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Invention
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Parts
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Art
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Learning
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 seeking
                 praise
              
               from
               men
               ?
               Oh
               ,
               should
               the
               light
               of
               the
               
                 Spirit
              
               come
               in
               
                 clearnesse
              
               and
               
                 glory
              
               upon
               your
               
                 spirit
                 ;
              
               Oh!
               how
               much
               of
               
                 Self
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Hypocrisie
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Vanity
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Flesh
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 Corruption
                 ,
              
               would
               appeare
               ?
               how
               would
               all
               be
               unprofitable
               ?
               For
               my
               part
               ,
               I
               cannot
               be
               so
               uncharitable
               but
               to
               wish
               you
               a
               better
               assurance
               then
               what
               you
               and
               your
               Brethren
               can
               find
               in
               your
               own
               works
               or
               righteousnesse
               :
               For
               ,
               
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 what
                 we
                 approve
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 God
                 approves
                 is
                 accepted
                 .
              
               And
               I
               am
               perswaded
               ,
               however
               you
               are
               now
               loth
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               to
               lose
               reputation
               by
               going
               out
               of
               an
               old
               
                 track
              
               of
               
                 Divinity
                 ,
              
               as
               
                 Luther
              
               once
               ,
               yet
               when
               once
               your
               
                 spirit
              
               begins
               to
               be
               unclothed
               of
               
                 forms
              
               of
               
                 darknesse
              
               and
               
                 art
                 ,
              
               of
               
                 self-righteousnesse
                 ,
              
               and
               that
               
                 you
                 with
                 open
                 face
                 behold
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
              
               you
               will
               cry
               out
               ,
               
                 Wo
                 is
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 undone
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 the
                 Lord
                 ;
              
               and
               
                 Lord
                 depart
                 from
                 me
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 a
                 sinfull
                 creature
                 ;
              
               and
               ,
               
                 What
                 went
                 I
                 out
                 to
                 see
                 ?
              
               My
               owne
               unrighteousnesse
               ;
               or
               rather
               ,
               
                 A
                 Reed
                 shaken
                 with
                 the
                 winde
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               An
               Answer
               to
               a
               Book
               intituled
            
             
               A
               Plea
               for
               Congregationall
               Government
               :
               or
               ,
               A
               Defence
               of
               the
               Assemblies
               Petition
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               YOu
               write
               thus
               :
            
             
               (
               1
               )
               That
               the
               independents
               confesse
               you
               a
               true
               Church
               and
               Minstery
               .
               (
               2
               )
               Those
               that
               are
               ordained
               by
               Bishops
               ,
               may
               be
               true
               Ministers
               ;
               else
               how
               am
               I
               a
               Preacher
               ,
               or
               they
               true
               Ministers
               ?
               (
               3
               )
               Succession
               is
               not
               necessary
               to
               the
               essence
               of
               a
               true
               Ministery
               .
               (
               4
               )
               If
               no
               true
               Ministery
               ,
               no
               
               true
               Baptisme
               .
               (
               5
               )
               Must
               not
               there
               be
               persons
               ordaining
               ,
               and
               persons
               ordained
               ?
               And
               so
               the
               dissenting
               Brethren
               held
               .
               (
               6
               )
               That
               you
               abuse
               the
               Assembly
               in
               ●●ing
               their
               
                 Humble
                 Advice
              
               touching
               the
               Divine
               Right
               of
               a
               Congregationall
               Presbyteriall
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               the
               other
               .
               The
               Independents
               assert
               a
               Divine
               Right
               there
               ,
               and
               in
               Synods
               too
               ,
               as
               they
               do
               :
               They
               hold
               a
               Divine
               Right
               in
               one
               as
               well
               as
               the
               other
               .
               (
               7
               )
               Their
               ordination
               by
               Bishops
               though
               it
               should
               be
               null
               ,
               yet
               they
               have
               all
               you
               can
               alleadge
               necessary
               to
               a
               Preacher
               .
               (
               8
               )
               Parishes
               here
               are
               but
               as
               in
               
                 New-England
                 ,
              
               as
               in
               
                 Jerusalem
                 ,
                 Antioch
                 .
              
               (
               9
               )
               Some
               of
               the
               dissenting
               Brethren
               hold
               Synods
               an
               holy
               Ordinance
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               this
               Assembly
               so
               to
               be
               .
               (
               10
               )
               If
               no
               Presbyteries
               must
               be
               of
               Divine
               Right
               ,
               because
               not
               infallibly
               gifted
               ,
               this
               concludes
               against
               Presbyteries
               and
               Ordinances
               .
               (
               11
               )
               If
               you
               would
               have
               them
               content
               with
               a
               mixed
               power
               partly
               prudentiall
               ,
               because
               of
               their
               mixt
               ●●ointing
               ,
               you
               contradict
               that
               pure
               one
               you
               plead
               for
               .
               (
               12
               )
               The
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               Elders
               ,
               and
               Angels
               of
               the
               Churches
               of
               
                 Asia
              
               were
               not
               infallible
               as
               in
               divers
               practices
               .
               (
               13
               )
               To
               say
               the
               Apostles
               did
               advise
               in
               place
               of
               the
               written
               Word
               ,
               is
               little
               lesse
               then
               Blasphemy
               .
               (
               14
               )
               The
               Presbyterians
               in
               
                 France
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Scotland
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               
                 Netherlands
                 ,
              
               do
               〈◊〉
               so
               imbroyle
               Kingdoms
               .
               The
               feare
               of
               excommunicating
               Parliaments
               and
               Kingdoms
               ,
               is
               but
               a
               Bugbeare
               .
               (
               15
               )
               They
               aske
               not
               of
               the
               State
               an
               Ecclesiasticall
               power
               ,
               but
               a
               liberty
               to
               exercise
               that
               power
               .
               (
               16
               )
               Hath
               Christ
               said
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               sound
               Church
               ,
               Church-Officers
               shall
               excommunicate
               ,
               and
               in
               an
               unsound
               ,
               
               the
               Magistrate
               shall
               do
               it
               ?
               (
               17
               )
               He
               may
               in
               time
               say
               as
               much
               against
               Equity
               and
               justice
               living
               upon
               voyces
               in
               Assemblies
               ,
               
               as
               against
               Truth
               .
            
             
               
                 Answer
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               the
               first
               ,
               That
               
                 the
                 Independents
                 confesse
                 you
                 a
                 true
                 Church
                 and
                 Ministery
                 .
              
               You
               are
               not
               to
               prove
               what
               others
               confesse
               or
               hold
               you
               to
               be
               ,
               but
               what
               you
               are
               indeed
               ,
               according
               to
               
                 Truth
                 .
              
               Nor
               do
               I
               contend
               with
               those
               that
               hold
               you
               so
               ,
               but
               with
               
                 you
              
               that
               hold
               
                 your selves
              
               so
               ;
               as
               the
               Spirit
               to
               the
               
                 Laodiceans
                 ;
                 Thou
                 sayest
                 thou
                 art
                 full
              
               &c.
               and
               ,
               
                 behold
                 ,
                 thou
                 art
                 poore
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               To
               the
               second
               ,
               That
               
                 they
                 ordained
                 by
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 are
                 true
                 Ministers
                 as
                 the
                 Independents
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 a
                 Preacher
                 ,
                 for
                 all
                 that
                 Ordination
                 .
              
               If
               you
               meane
               that
               the
               Bishops
               Ordination
               makes
               not
               one
               for
               ever
               a
               false
               or
               Antichristian
               Minister
               ,
               I
               grant
               it
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               no
               marke
               to
               them
               that
               renounce
               it
               :
               
                 Babylon
              
               is
               no
               more
               
                 Babylon
              
               to
               them
               that
               are
               gone
               out
               of
               it
               .
               But
               what
               is
               this
               to
               your
               Ministery
               or
               Ordination
               ,
               who
               are
               yet
               under
               the
               Marke
               and
               Babylonish
               Ordination
               ?
               Renounce
               it
               ,
               come
               out
               as
               the
               Spirit
               cals
               ye
               ,
               and
               then
               your
               being
               
                 Antichristian
              
               is
               no
               more
               to
               ye
               ,
               then
               to
               the
               
                 Ephesians
              
               that
               they
               should
               be
               lesse
               
                 light
              
               because
               they
               were
               once
               
                 darknesse
                 ,
              
               or
               lesse
               alive
               because
               they
               were
               once
               dead
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               third
               ,
               That
               
                 Succession
                 is
                 not
                 necessary
                 to
                 a
                 true
                 Ministery
                 ,
              
               It
               is
               both
               true
               ,
               and
               false
               ,
               in
               severall
               acceptions
               .
               When
               there
               was
               a
               true
               power
               ,
               they
               ordained
               others
               ,
               and
               others
               them
               .
               There
               was
               succession
               .
               But
               that
               
               being
               lost
               under
               Antichrist
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               visibly
               to
               derive
               it
               to
               us
               ,
               there
               can
               be
               no
               such
               true
               visible
               Succession
               appearing
               .
               And
               yet
               you
               that
               pretend
               to
               stand
               by
               the
               first
               power
               ,
               must
               prove
               your
               Succession
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               prove
               your
               power
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Fourth
               :
               
                 If
                 no
                 true
                 Ministery
                 ,
                 no
                 true
                 Baptism
                 .
              
               For
               that
               as
               you
               please
               :
               I
               dare
               not
               exalt
               the
               
                 truth
              
               of
               your
               
                 Baptism
              
               above
               that
               of
               your
               
                 Ministery
                 ,
              
               no
               more
               then
               
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               the
               Fifth
               :
               
                 The
                 dissenting
                 Brethren
                 hold
                 there
                 must
                 be
                 persons
                 ordaining
                 and
                 ordained
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 we
                 .
              
               Ye●
               ,
               but
               do
               they
               hold
               
                 Bishops
              
               ordaining
               ,
               and
               
                 Presbyters
              
               ordained
               by
               
                 Bishops
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Presbyters
              
               of
               their
               ordaining
               ,
               ordaining
               others
               as
               you
               do
               ?
            
             
               To
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               of
               my
               
                 unjust
                 citing
                 the
                 Assemblies
              
               Modell
               
                 or
              
               Humble
               Advice
               :
               and
               
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 more
                 Divine
                 Right
                 asserted
                 in
                 the
                 Congregationall
                 Presbytery
                 then
                 in
                 the
                 Classicall
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
                 which
                 is
                 done
                 so
                 by
                 the
                 dissenting
                 Brethren
                 .
              
               I
               answer
               :
               Let
               the
               Modell
               be
               printed
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               to
               end
               the
               difference
               betwixt
               
                 you
              
               and
               
                 me
                 .
              
               And
               for
               the
               Divine
               Right
               of
               the
               one
               and
               the
               other
               ,
               I
               am
               of
               your
               mind
               ;
               they
               are
               able
               to
               prove
               both
               alike
               of
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               that
               is
               in
               their
               
                 Presbytery
                 :
              
               The
               
                 one
              
               is
               no
               more
               of
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               then
               the
               
                 other
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 neither
                 of
                 them
              
               of
               
                 any
                 .
              
               And
               for
               the
               dissenting
               Brethren
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               
                 them
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 you
              
               I
               deale
               with
               .
               Why
               come
               you
               under
               
                 their
                 shadow
              
               in
               a
               storme
               ,
               and
               yet
               will
               let
               them
               have
               no
               
                 liberty
              
               under
               
                 yours
                 ,
              
               but
               would
               turne
               us
               all
               abroad
               as
               
                 Hereticks
              
               and
               
                 Schismaticks
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               the
               Seventh
               :
               
                 Though
                 the
                 Ordination
                 by
                 Bishops
                 be
                 null
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 have
                 the
                 other
                 necessaries
                 to
                 a
                 Preacher
                 .
              
               Will
               ye
               undertake
               for
               the
               Assembly
               they
               shall
               stand
               to
               this
               ,
               that
               all
               their
               former
               ▪
               Ordination
               by
               Bishops
               is
               null
               ?
               If
               so
               ,
               we
               are
               agreed
               :
               if
               not
               ,
               all
               their
               other
               necessaries
               are
               no
               more
               then
               
                 Ahabs
                 peace
                 :
                 What
                 peace
                 ,
              
               saith
               Jehu
               ,
               
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 the
                 whoredoms
                 of
                 thy
                 mother
                 Iezebell
                 are
                 alive
                 ?
              
               So
               ,
               what
               
                 Ministery
                 ,
              
               so
               long
               as
               the
               whoredoms
               of
               
                 Babylon
              
               yet
               remaine
               ?
            
             
               To
               the
               Eighth
               ,
               That
               
                 the
                 Parishes
                 are
                 but
                 as
                 in
              
               New-England
               ,
               
                 as
                 in
                 Ierusalem
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               I
               pray
               forbeare
               this
               ;
               it
               is
               too
               manifest
               an
               errour
               .
               Are
               the
               
                 Parishes
              
               of
               
                 England
              
               and
               
                 Churches
              
               of
               
                 Ierusalm
                 one
              
               and
               the
               
                 same
                 ,
              
               so
               
                 discipled
                 ,
              
               so
               
                 constituted
                 ?
              
               Were
               all
               of
               
                 Ierusalem
              
               and
               
                 Antioch
              
               reckoned
               for
               
                 Christs
                 Congregations
                 ,
              
               as
               all
               
                 Parishes
              
               are
               ?
            
             
               To
               the
               Ninth
               ,
               That
               
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 dissenting
                 Brethren
                 hold
                 Synods
                 Ordinances
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 this
                 Assembly
                 so
                 .
              
               I
               know
               some
               of
               our
               Brethren
               for
               the
               
                 Presbytery
              
               hold
               Infant-Baptism
               unlawfull
               ,
               and
               Antichristian
               ,
               and
               hath
               better
               defended
               it
               then
               any
               yet
               whom
               I
               have
               read
               ,
               hath
               answered
               it
               .
               And
               for
               this
               
                 Assembly
              
               to
               be
               an
               
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               I
               thought
               that
               had
               been
               but
               an
               
                 Ordinance
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
              
               and
               stood
               by
               that
               power
               by
               which
               they
               were
               called
               by
               at
               first
               :
               Yet
               deny
               not
               but
               that
               consultations
               for
               holy
               ends
               ,
               about
               the
               things
               of
               God
               ,
               are
               lawfull
               by
               the
               Word
               .
            
             
             
               To
               the
               Tenth
               ,
               That
               
                 Presbyteries
                 ,
                 because
                 not
                 infallibly
                 gifted
                 ,
                 are
                 of
                 no
                 Divine
                 Right
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 concludes
                 aga●nst
                 all
                 Presbyteries
                 and
                 Ordinances
                 .
              
               Yea
               ,
               against
               all
               your
               
                 Presbyteries
              
               to
               be
               of
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               as
               the
               first
               .
               But
               our
               question
               is
               rather
               whether
               the
               
                 first
              
               was
               any
               such
               
                 Presbytery
              
               as
               you
               now
               affirme
               :
               and
               for
               ought
               I
               see
               ,
               you
               can
               no
               more
               prove
               the
               
                 truth
              
               of
               the
               
                 Presbytery
              
               then
               in
               the
               sense
               you
               take
               it
               ,
               then
               your
               
                 Presbytery
              
               to
               be
               
                 one
              
               with
               it
               ,
               
                 one
              
               only
               in
               
                 Divine
                 Right
                 ,
              
               not
               in
               
                 Divine
                 power
              
               or
               
                 gifts
                 .
              
               And
               how
               are
               these
               things
               sutable
               ?
            
             
               To
               the
               Eleventh
               ,
               That
               
                 I
                 contradict
                 the
                 pure
                 Government
                 I
                 plead
                 for
                 ,
                 by
                 pleading
                 for
                 yours
                 as
                 prudentiall
                 .
              
               It
               were
               true
               indeed
               ,
               if
               I
               pleaded
               it
               in
               mine
               own
               behalfe
               .
               I
               plead
               it
               occasionally
               for
               them
               ,
               who
               will
               needs
               have
               what
               the
               
                 State
              
               cannot
               in
               
                 conscience
              
               allow
               them
               ,
               and
               yet
               will
               not
               practice
               any
               other
               but
               what
               the
               State
               shall
               give
               them
               ;
               and
               so
               trouble
               both
               the
               
                 State
              
               and
               their
               own
               
                 consciences
                 ,
              
               and
               would
               cast
               a
               
                 snare
              
               upon
               both
               .
               Brethren
               ,
               if
               ye
               will
               needs
               have
               the
               
                 State
              
               to
               allow
               ye
               your
               
                 Presbytery
                 ,
              
               Why
               are
               ye
               not
               content
               with
               what
               they
               can
               allow
               ye
               ?
               If
               ye
               will
               have
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               which
               they
               cannot
               allow
               ye
               ,
               why
               do
               ye
               trouble
               them
               ,
               and
               sit
               down
               under
               a
               
                 bondage
              
               of
               your
               own
               making
               ?
               But
               how
               justly
               is
               this
               
                 yoke
              
               come
               upon
               you
               ,
               who
               would
               have
               brought
               a
               worse
               upon
               your
               
                 Brethren
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               the
               Twelfth
               ,
               That
               
                 the
                 first
                 Presbyters
                 ,
                 and
                 Apostles
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
                 were
                 not
                 infallible
                 as
                 in
                 divers
                 practices
                 .
              
               What
               is
               this
               to
               the
               
                 truth
              
               and
               
                 gifts
              
               they
               taught
               and
               taught
               by
               ?
               They
               failed
               as
               
                 men
                 ,
              
               but
               not
               as
               
                 Apostles
                 :
              
               They
               erred
               as
               they
               were
               
                 Peter
              
               and
               
                 Paul
                 ,
              
               but
               not
               as
               moved
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
               Take
               heed
               by
               opening
               the
               Apostles
               failings
               to
               justifie
               your
               own
               ,
               you
               speake
               not
               worse
               Blasphemy
               then
               you
               name
               in
               me
               ,
               and
               make
               that
               glorious
               Word
               of
               Scripture
               questionable
               which
               they
               preached
               ,
               like
               the
               
                 words
              
               that
               your selves
               
                 preach
              
               from
               that
               
                 Scripture
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               the
               Thirteenth
               ,
               That
               
                 to
                 say
                 the
                 Apostles
                 did
                 advise
                 in
                 place
                 of
                 the
                 written
                 Word
                 ,
                 is
                 Blasphemy
                 .
              
               What
               Blasphemy
               is
               it
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               
                 Word
              
               which
               they
               writ
               and
               
                 preached
                 ;
              
               the
               same
               
                 Spirit
              
               spake
               in
               them
               ,
               and
               
                 spake
                 ▪
              
               the
               same
               
                 truth
              
               in
               
                 them
              
               which
               writ
               in
               
                 them
                 ?
              
               And
               is
               it
               so
               with
               any
               of
               your
               ▪
               
                 Presbyters
                 ?
              
               Therefore
               till
               the
               same
               
                 Spirit
              
               speak
               
                 truth
              
               in
               them
               so
               as
               in
               the
               first
               
                 Presbyters
                 ,
              
               will
               they
               challenge
               the
               same
               
                 right
                 ,
              
               the
               same
               
                 power
                 ?
              
               Will
               they
               have
               a
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               acted
               by
               a
               
                 spirit
              
               lesse
               
                 Divine
              
               then
               the
               
                 Right
                 ?
              
            
             
               To
               the
               Fourteenth
               ,
               That
               
                 the
                 Presbyterians
                 in
              
               France
               ,
               Scotland
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
              
               Netherlands
               ,
               
                 do
                 not
                 embroyle
                 Kingdoms
                 .
              
               There
               is
               good
               reason
               :
               in
               
                 France
              
               they
               cannot
               if
               they
               would
               .
               I
               wish
               you
               would
               walke
               under
               the
               Magistrate
               as
               they
               do
               ,
               and
               as
               your
               dissenting
               Brethren
               here
               ,
               and
               not
               make
               him
               serve
               you
               ,
               And
               in
               the
               
                 Netherlands
                 ,
              
               do
               you
               as
               they
               do
               there
               ,
               and
               leave
               your
               Brethren
               to
               the
               like
               
                 liberty
              
               that
               is
               in
               that
               State
               ,
               and
               they
               will
               not
               grudge
               ye
               your
               
                 Presbytery
              
               amongst
               your selves
               .
               For
               
                 Scotland
              
               they
               are
               Brethren
               I
               wish
               no
               worse
               to
               ,
               then
               
                 Truth
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Peace
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 power
              
               above
               their
               
                 Ministers
                 .
              
            
             
             
               To
               that
               of
               
                 excommunicating
                 kingdoms
                 being
                 a
                 bugbear
                 .
              
               You
               do
               well
               to
               say
               so
               ,
               till
               ye
               be
               established
               :
               but
               you
               that
               dare
               so
               capitulate
               with
               
                 States
                 ,
              
               whom
               ye
               are
               called
               to
               advise
               in
               things
               onely
               propounded
               ,
               what
               more
               may
               be
               expected
               upon
               all
               your
               principles
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               be
               judged
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Fifteenth
               ,
               That
               
                 they
                 aske
                 not
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 a
                 power
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 liberty
                 to
                 exercise
                 that
                 power
                 .
              
               Well
               :
               and
               will
               ye
               trouble
               the
               State
               no
               further
               ?
               Will
               ye
               not
               intreat
               them
               to
               punish
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               one
               ,
               whom
               ye
               judge
               an
               
                 Hereticke
              
               and
               a
               
                 Schismaticke
                 ?
              
               to
               fine
               and
               imprison
               ,
               when
               you
               have
               done
               with
               them
               at
               
                 Excommunication
                 ?
              
               May
               the
               State
               be
               quiet
               if
               they
               say
               to
               ye
               ,
               go
               all
               that
               are
               so
               perswaded
               as
               you
               are
               ,
               and
               
                 worship
              
               and
               
                 practise
              
               as
               your
               dissenting
               brethren
               and
               other
               Saints
               ,
               and
               trouble
               not
               us
               to
               provide
               for
               your
               Tythes
               ,
               and
               Rule
               for
               you
               in
               things
               of
               your
               own
               cognizance
               over
               Consciences
               .
            
             
               But
               you
               would
               onely
               have
               
                 liberty
              
               from
               them
               ;
               your
               
                 power
              
               is
               of
               Christ
               .
               But
               you
               cannot
               so
               cleare
               things
               as
               you
               thinke
               .
               If
               your
               
                 power
              
               and
               
                 liberty
              
               respectively
               to
               your
               
                 selves
              
               and
               the
               
                 Magistrate
              
               be
               so
               distinct
               ,
               why
               have
               ye
               mingled
               them
               and
               confounded
               them
               all
               this
               while
               ?
               Why
               make
               ye
               the
               
                 truth
              
               and
               
                 power
              
               ye
               have
               from
               Christ
               ,
               wait
               so
               at
               
                 Parliament-doores
                 ,
              
               as
               Master
               
                 Case
              
               said
               ?
               if
               the
               powers
               on
               earth
               will
               not
               do
               for
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               as
               you
               would
               make
               the
               people
               beleeve
               ,
               Why
               do
               not
               ye
               your selves
               more
               for
               Christ
               ?
               
                 Is
                 it
                 better
                 to
                 obey
                 God
                 or
                 man
                 ?
              
               Thus
               the
               more
               ye
               would
               single
               your selves
               in
               your
               power
               and
               right
               from
               the
               
                 Magistrate
                 ,
              
               the
               more
               your
               practice
               makes
               an
               argument
               against
               ye
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Sixteenth
               ,
               That
               
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 ,
                 In
                 a
                 sound
                 Church
                 ,
                 Church-officers
                 shall
                 excommunicate
                 and
                 judge
                 of
                 offences
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 an
                 unsound
                 the
                 Magistrate
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               Inference
               there
               :
               I
               answer
               ,
               I
               
                 spake
              
               and
               
                 writ
              
               so
               ,
               according
               to
               
                 your
                 principles
                 ,
              
               not
               to
               
                 my
                 owne
                 .
              
               Nor
               can
               I
               see
               how
               you
               can
               chalenge
               such
               a
               
                 one
                 ,
                 entire
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 simple
                 .
              
               Discipline
               exclusively
               to
               the
               
                 Magistrate
                 ,
              
               upon
               no
               more
               true
               ,
               pure
               ,
               and
               Scripture-principles
               then
               your
               present
               Presbytery
               is
               .
               And
               I
               conceive
               the
               
                 powers
              
               on
               
                 earth
                 ,
              
               or
               in
               the
               
                 world
                 ,
              
               have
               to
               do
               in
               every
               
                 Government
              
               that
               is
               more
               of
               the
               
                 world
              
               then
               of
               
                 Christ
                 :
              
               For
               if
               ye
               exclude
               them
               from
               a
               part
               in
               that
               
                 Government
              
               which
               is
               partly
               
                 prudential
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               
                 man
                 ,
              
               you
               exclude
               them
               from
               off
               part
               of
               their
               owne
               
                 Kingdome
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               theirs
               by
               inheritance
               ,
               and
               of
               more
               
                 Divine
                 Right
              
               then
               I
               conceive
               yours
               to
               be
               .
               And
               whereas
               you
               would
               make
               us
               beleeve
               you
               stand
               onely
               in
               a
               pure
               Gospel
               strength
               and
               
                 power
                 ,
              
               and
               desire
               no
               more
               of
               the
               
                 Magistrate
              
               but
               
                 liberty
                 :
              
               can
               this
               be
               so
               in
               
                 truth
                 ,
              
               when
               all
               is
               esteemed
               invalid
               and
               nothing
               ,
               if
               the
               
                 Magistrates
                 power
              
               doth
               not
               actuate
               the
               
                 Ministers
                 power
                 ?
              
               I
               know
               you
               may
               distinguish
               of
               
                 powers
              
               Scholastically
               ,
               and
               
                 Spheres
              
               of
               
                 working
              
               for
               those
               
                 powers
                 ,
              
               and
               so
               tell
               the
               
                 Magistrate
              
               and
               
                 us
                 ,
              
               he
               doth
               but
               act
               in
               his
               Sphere
               ,
               when
               he
               acts
               in
               yours
               ,
               and
               indeed
               acts
               yours
               ,
               making
               it
               to
               be
               stronger
               then
               it
               is
               in
               it selfe
               .
               But
               is
               not
               his
               Civil
               
               power
               that
               which
               puts
               life
               ,
               as
               you
               think
               ,
               into
               all
               your
               Presbytery
               ?
               Yet
               he
               must
               think
               he
               doth
               but
               as
               a
               
                 Magistrate
              
               still
               ,
               as
               if
               so
               be
               that
               the
               
                 Magistrate
              
               were
               made
               to
               be
               
                 rods
              
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               
                 Church
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Swords
              
               to
               be
               drawn
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               
                 Iron
                 whips
              
               at
               their
               girdles
               .
               We
               are
               not
               now
               as
               
                 Aaron
              
               and
               
                 Moses
                 :
              
               we
               are
               not
               a
               Kingdom
               of
               
                 Israell
                 ,
              
               nor
               a
               Church
               of
               
                 Israel
                 ;
              
               though
               too
               many
               of
               you
               have
               preached
               the
               
                 Old
                 Testament
              
               more
               then
               the
               
                 New
                 ;
              
               for
               what
               advantage
               ,
               let
               the
               
                 Magistrate
              
               judge
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Seventeenth
               ,
               That
               
                 he
                 may
                 in
                 time
                 say
                 as
                 much
                 of
                 justice
                 living
                 upon
                 voyces
                 in
                 Assemblies
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 Truth
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Mystery
                 of
                 Iniquity
                 .
              
               These
               are
               but
               infirmations
               to
               the
               
                 Magistrate
                 ,
              
               and
               ghosts
               of
               Jealousie
               which
               you
               raise
               .
               And
               to
               put
               an
               end
               to
               such
               feares
               ;
               when
               I
               make
               
                 Church
              
               and
               
                 State
                 ,
                 Magistrate
              
               and
               
                 Ministery
                 ,
                 Gospell
              
               laws
               and
               
                 Civill
              
               to
               be
               both
               one
               ,
               then
               challenge
               me
               for
               that
               opinion
               :
               But
               I
               have
               learned
               ,
               that
               
                 Christs
                 Kingdom
              
               and
               the
               
                 worlds
              
               have
               a
               severall
               
                 Policy
                 ;
              
               and
               that
               may
               be
               a
               
                 Law
              
               in
               the
               
                 one
                 ,
              
               which
               is
               not
               to
               the
               other
               .
               And
               now
               is
               it
               your
               
                 Inference
                 ,
              
               or
               my
               
                 Principle
                 ,
              
               wrongs
               the
               
                 Magistrate
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               An
               Answer
               in
               few
               words
               to
               Master
               Edwards
               his
               second
               Part
               of
               the
               GANGRENA
               ,
            
             
               And
               to
               the
               namelesse
               Author
               of
               a
               Book
               ,
               called
               ,
               An
               After-reckoning
               with
               Master
               Saltmarsh
               .
            
             
               MAster
               
                 Edwards
                 ,
              
               the
               difference
               betwixt
               ye
               both
               ,
               is
               this
               :
               
                 You
              
               set
               your
               
                 name
              
               to
               more
               then
               you
               
                 know
                 ,
              
               as
               hath
               been
               well
               witnessed
               ;
               and
               
                 this
                 man
              
               dare
               set
               his
               name
               to
               nothing
               :
               
                 You
              
               sin
               without
               
                 shame
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 your
                 Partner
              
               is
               
                 ashamed
              
               of
               what
               he
               doth
               .
               
                 Sin
              
               is
               too
               
                 powerfull
              
               in
               
                 you
              
               against
               
                 Truth
                 ,
              
               because
               you
               shew
               your selfe
               :
               and
               
                 Truth
              
               is
               too
               
                 powerfull
              
               for
               him
               ,
               because
               he
               hides
               himselfe
               .
            
             
               Master
               
                 Edwards
                 ,
              
               I
               shall
               answer
               you
               in
               these
               few
               words
               :
               but
               first
               ,
               
                 The
              
               Lord
               
                 rebuke
                 thee
                 ,
                 even
                 the
                 Lord
                 .
              
            
             
               1.
               
               If
               the
               
                 Image
                 of
                 Christ
              
               be
               in
               any
               of
               those
               you
               so
               persecute
               ;
               how
               can
               you
               answer
               it
               to
               
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               to
               cash
               any
               dirt
               on
               the
               
                 glory
              
               of
               him
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               If
               
                 God
              
               be
               in
               any
               of
               those
               you
               are
               so
               much
               an
               enemy
               to
               ;
               how
               will
               you
               answer
               it
               to
               fight
               against
               
                 God
                 ,
              
               any
               thing
               of
               
                 God
                 ?
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 If
                 any
                 of
                 those
                 be
                 the
              
               children
               of
               the
               heavenly
               Father
               ,
               
                 or
                 the
              
               little
               ones
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Gospell
               ,
               It
               were
               better
               that
               a
               milstone
               were
               hanged
               about
               your
               neck
               ,
               and
               you
               cast
               into
               the
               Sea
               :
               
                 So
                 Christ
                 tels
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
             
               4.
               
               What
               is
               it
               to
               sin
               against
               the
               
                 holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
              
               but
               to
               
                 hate
              
               the
               
                 Light
              
               once
               known
               ;
               or
               to
               
                 blaspheme
              
               the
               works
               of
               the
               
                 Spirit
                 ?
              
               And
               you
               once
               professed
               to
               me
               you
               had
               almost
               been
               one
               of
               those
               whom
               you
               call
               
                 Hereticks
                 .
              
               Oh
               take
               heed
               of
               that
               sin
               !
               there
               is
               
                 no
                 more
                 Sacrifice
                 for
                 that
                 .
              
               And
               how
               if
               the
               
                 works
              
               of
               those
               you
               so
               judge
               ,
               be
               wrought
               in
               the
               
                 Spirit
                 ?
              
               shall
               you
               ever
               be
               
                 forgiven
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 that
                 to
                 come
                 ?
              
               Read
               the
               words
               ,
               and
               
                 tremble
                 .
              
            
             
               5.
               
               Doth
               not
               the
               Word
               bid
               you
               restore
               those
               that
               are
               fallen
               ,
               in
               
                 meeknesse
                 ,
              
               and
               tell
               your
               
                 brother
              
               his
               
                 fault
                 ,
              
               first
               betwixt
               
                 you
              
               and
               
                 him
                 ?
              
               And
               you
               never
               yet
               came
               to
               any
               of
               them
               that
               I
               could
               heare
               of
               ;
               but
               
                 print
                 ,
                 proclaime
                 ,
                 tell
                 stories
              
               to
               the
               world
               of
               all
               you
               heare
               ,
               see
               ,
               know
               .
               Is
               
                 Christ
              
               in
               this
               
                 Spirit
                 ?
              
               Is
               the
               
                 Gospell
              
               in
               this
               
                 straine
                 ?
              
               Will
               this
               be
               peace
               to
               your
               soule
               hereafter
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               Solomon
               
                 tels
                 us
                 ,
                 that
              
               a
               man
               may
               seem
               faire
               in
               his
               own
               tale
               ,
               till
               his
               neighbour
               search
               out
               the
               matter
               .
               
                 And
                 how
                 dare
                 you
                 then
                 take
                 all
                 things
                 at
              
               one
               hand
               ,
               
                 and
                 not
                 at
              
               anothers
               ?
               
                 How
                 dare
                 you
                 have
                 one
                 eare
                 open
                 for
              
               complaints
               ,
               
                 and
              
               faults
               ,
               
                 and
              
               crimes
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 shut
                 against
                 all
              
               defence
               ?
               
                 Did
                 ever
              
               Justice
               
                 do
                 this
                 ?
                 Did
                 you
                 ever
                 call
                 for
                 their
                 accusers
              
               face
               to
               face
               ?
               
                 Did
                 you
                 ever
                 traverse
              
               Testimonies
               
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ?
                 And
                 dare
                 you
                 judge
                 thus
                 ,
                 and
                 condemne
                 thus
                 ?
                 Shall
                 not
                 the
              
               Judge
               
                 of
              
               Heaven
               
                 and
              
               Earth
               
                 make
                 you
                 tremble
                 for
                 this
              
               Injustice
               ?
               
                 Shall
                 he
                 not
                 make
              
               Inquisition
               
                 upon
                 your
                 soule
                 for
                 this
              
               bloud
               ?
            
             
               7.
               
               It
               is
               any
               other
               
                 ground
              
               or
               
                 bottome
              
               you
               stand
               on
               in
               this
               your
               way
               of
               
                 accusing
                 the
                 Brethren
                 ,
              
               but
               
                 Paul
              
               you
               say
               named
               some
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Fathers
              
               named
               some
               so
               ,
               and
               
                 Calvin
                 ,
              
               as
               you
               told
               me
               the
               other
               day
               when
               I
               met
               you
               ?
               And
               was
               there
               ever
               
                 crime
              
               without
               some
               
                 Scripture
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 shadow
              
               of
               the
               
                 Word
                 ?
              
               Did
               not
               
                 Canterbury
              
               on
               the
               Scaffold
               ▪
               preach
               a
               Sermon
               of
               as
               much
               
                 Scripture
              
               and
               
                 Story
              
               for
               what
               he
               did
               ,
               as
               you
               can
               for
               yours
               ,
               if
               you
               should
               ever
               preach
               there
               ?
               He
               thought
               ye
               ill
               
                 Hereticks
                 ,
              
               as
               you
               do
               us
               ;
               he
               thought
               he
               might
               
                 persecute
              
               you
               ,
               as
               you
               do
               us
               ;
               and
               he
               had
               a
               
                 Word
              
               from
               
                 John
                 Baptist
              
               for
               his
               manner
               of
               death
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 Word
              
               from
               the
               
                 Red
                 sea
              
               and
               
                 Israelites
              
               for
               his
               
                 death
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 enemies
                 ;
              
               and
               a
               
                 Word
              
               from
               
                 Paul
              
               for
               his
               Changing
               
                 Laws
              
               and
               
                 Customes
                 :
              
               and
               for
               his
               crime
               of
               
                 Popery
                 ,
              
               he
               had
               a
               
                 Word
              
               from
               them
               that
               feared
               
                 the
                 Romanes
                 would
                 come
                 and
                 take
                 away
                 their
                 Government
                 .
              
               Thus
               
                 Satan
              
               and
               
                 Selfe
              
               can
               paint
               the
               worst
               kind
               of
               
                 sin
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Poore
                 soule
                 ▪
              
               Is
               your
               
                 conscience
              
               no
               better
               seated
               then
               in
               such
               aiery
               apparitions
               of
               
                 Scripture
                 ,
              
               and
               failings
               of
               
                 Fathers
                 ?
              
               Do
               not
               you
               heare
               the
               
                 Prayers
              
               of
               those
               
                 soules
              
               you
               wound
               ,
               pleading
               with
               God
               against
               your
               
                 sin
                 ?
              
               Are
               you
               not
               in
               the
               
                 gall
                 of
                 bitternesse
              
               and
               
                 bond
                 of
                 iniquity
                 ?
              
               Is
               not
               your
               
                 spirit
              
               yet
               flying
               ;
               when
               none
               pursues
               you
               ?
               Are
               not
               your
               
                 dreames
              
               of
               the
               
                 everlasting
                 burning
                 ,
              
               and
               of
               the
               
                 worme
              
               that
               never
               
                 dies
                 ?
              
               Have
               you
               no
               
                 gnawings
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 flashings
                 ,
              
               no
               
                 lightnings
                 ?
              
               I
               am
               afraid
               of
               you
               .
               Your
               face
               and
               complexion
               shewes
               a
               most
               sadly
               
                 parched
                 ,
                 burnt
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 withered
                 spirit
                 .
              
               Me
               thought
               when
               I
               called
               to
               you
               the
               other
               day
               in
               the
               
                 street
                 ,
              
               and
               challenged
               you
               for
               your
               unanswerable
               Crime
               against
               me
               ,
               in
               the
               third
               
               page
               of
               the
               last
               
                 Gangrena
                 ,
              
               in
               setting
               my
               name
               against
               all
               the
               
                 Heresies
              
               you
               reckon
               ,
               which
               your
               own
               
                 soule
              
               and
               the
               
                 world
              
               can
               witnesse
               to
               be
               none
               of
               
                 mine
                 ,
              
               and
               your
               own
               confession
               to
               me
               when
               I
               challenged
               you
               :
               How
               were
               you
               troubled
               in
               
                 spirit
              
               and
               
                 language
                 ?
              
               Your
               sin
               was
               ,
               as
               I
               thought
               ,
               upon
               you
               ,
               scourging
               you
               ,
               checking
               you
               ,
               as
               I
               spoke
               .
               I
               told
               you
               at
               parting
               ,
               I
               hoped
               we
               should
               overcome
               you
               by
               
                 prayer
                 .
              
               I
               beleeve
               we
               shall
               pray
               you
               either
               into
               
                 Repentance
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Shame
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 Judgement
                 ,
              
               ere
               we
               have
               done
               with
               you
               .
               But
               Oh
               might
               it
               be
               
                 Repentance
              
               rather
               ,
               till
               Master
               
                 Edwards
                 smite
                 upon
                 his
                 thigh
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
                 what
                 have
                 I
                 done
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 your
              
               Anagram
               
                 upon
                 my
                 name
                 ,
                 you
                 do
                 but
                 fulfill
                 the
                 Prophesie
                 ,
              
               They
               shall
               cast
               out
               your
               name
               as
               evill
               ,
               for
               the
               Son
               of
               mans
               sake
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               your
               Book
               of
               
                 Jeeres
              
               and
               
                 Stories
              
               of
               your
               Brethren
               ;
               Poore
               man
               !
               It
               will
               not
               be
               long
               musick
               in
               your
               eares
               ,
               at
               this
               rate
               of
               
                 sinning
                 .
              
            
             
               For
               the
               
                 namelesse
                 Author
              
               and
               his
               
                 After-reckoning
                 ;
              
               let
               all
               such
               men
               be
               doing
               ,
               for
               me
               :
               Let
               them
               
                 raile
                 ,
                 revile
                 ,
                 blaspheme
                 ,
              
               call
               
                 Hereticks
                 :
              
               It
               is
               enough
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               they
               write
               such
               
                 vanity
              
               they
               dare
               not
               own
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               let
               me
               tell
               ye
               both
               ,
               and
               all
               such
               
                 Pensioners
              
               to
               the
               great
               
                 accuser
                 of
                 the
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 Fill
                 up
                 the
                 measure
                 of
                 your
                 iniquity
                 ,
              
               if
               ye
               will
               needs
               perish
               whether
               we
               will
               or
               no
               .
               I
               hope
               I
               rest
               in
               the
               bosome
               of
               Christ
               ,
               with
               others
               of
               my
               Brethren
               :
               raile
               ,
               persecute
               ,
               do
               your
               worst
               ,
               I
               challenge
               all
               the
               
                 powers
                 of
                 hell
              
               that
               set
               ye
               on
               work
               ,
               while
               Christ
               is
               made
               unto
               me
               
                 righteousnesse
                 ,
                 wisedome
                 ,
                 sanctification
              
               and
               
                 redemption
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               I
               must
               tell
               ye
               further
               ,
               that
               since
               any
               of
               the
               
                 light
              
               and
               
                 glory
              
               of
               
                 Christ
              
               dawned
               upon
               me
               :
               since
               first
               I
               saw
               that
               
                 Morning-Star
              
               of
               
                 righteousnesse
                 ,
              
               any
               of
               the
               
                 brightnesse
              
               of
               the
               
                 glory
              
               in
               my
               heart
               ,
               that
               heart
               of
               mine
               which
               once
               lived
               in
               the
               coasts
               of
               
                 Zebulon
              
               and
               
                 Nephtaly
                 ,
              
               in
               the
               
                 region
                 and
                 shadow
                 of
                 death
                 ,
              
               I
               can
               freely
               challenge
               
                 ye
                 ,
              
               and
               thousands
               more
               such
               as
               
                 ye
                 ,
              
               to
               
                 say
                 ,
                 write
                 ,
                 do
                 ,
                 worke
                 ,
                 print
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
              
               and
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               in
               the
               strength
               of
               
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               in
               whom
               I
               am
               able
               to
               do
               all
               things
               ,
               give
               you
               
                 blessings
              
               for
               
                 cursings
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 prayers
              
               for
               
                 persecutions
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Pag
           144.
           line
           37.
           for
           Antichristian
           ,
           read
           great
           corruption
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61119e-360
           
             Rom.
             15.
             1.
             1
             
             Iohn
             2.
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A61119e-1340
           
             1cor
             .
             12.31,31.2
             
          
           
             
               Mr
            
             Seam●n
             ,
             
               Mr.
            
             V●●●●
             ,
             
               Mr.
            
             Hill
             ,
             
               Mr
            
             Segwick
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Acts
             5.
             24.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             18.
             3.
             16.
             2●
             .
             Luk
             14.
             16.
             
             Luk.
             14.
             ●3
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             3.
             2
             ,
             8.
             
             Mat
             4.
             17.
             
             Marke
             1.
             15.
             
             Acts
             20.
             21.
             
             P.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             See
             p.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             ●6
             .
             25
             ,
             26.
             
          
           
             Ephes.
             1.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             17.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             24.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.
             28.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             9.
             28.
             
             &
             10
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             16.
             5
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Ephes.
          
           
             Psal.
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             43.
             
          
           
             Pag
             81.
             32.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             17.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Mr
            
             Tombes
             .