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A79988	The cry of a stone, or, a treatise; shewing what is the right matter, forme, and government of the visible church of Christ. How, and wherein the present Church of England is wanting and defective, both in the body of the land, and in the parochiall branches thereof, with divers reasons and grounds taken from the Scriptures, to perswade all that feare God, rather to suffer any afflictions at the hands of men, than to submit to mans carnall policy and humane devices in the worship of God, or be deprived of the sweet fellowship of the saints in the right order of the Gospel. Together with a just reproofe of the over-strained and excessive separation, contentions and divisions of such as commonly are called Brownists. By Robert Coachman.	Coachman, Robert.	1642 (1642)	Wing C4746; Thomason E137_32; ESTC R208315	72,606	82

liers drunkards oppressors slanderers c. but would have them know that as they live and delight in sinne and hate to be reformed so no comfort no priviledge nor favour belongs Psal 50. 16. unto them in that estate but till they repent and breake off their ungodly courses no peace can be to them nor no fellowship in the seales and badges of Saints can be had with them but as they are of the world so we must account them and under the kingdome of darknesse Ephes 2. 2. Ezra 4. 3. and it belongeth not to them but unto us to build an house to the Lord our God unto them belongs no promise of any favour till they repent but onely the Law thereatnings judgements comminations and sharpe rebukes which they are alwayes to heare both publikely and privately upon all occasions but nothing must ever be said or done to them by which they have any cause to thinke they are in Gods favour before they turne from their sinnes for if the 1 Pet. 4. 18. most righteous scarcely and with much adoe be saved where shall such wicked and sinners appeare and what hope is there for them And seeing in the things of this life they have their ease pleasure and priviledges above the godly what are then the priviledges of the Saints Psal 73. 2. 3. Iob 21. 9. 10. if also in spirituall ordinances and heavenly prerogatives they are equallized with them alas the men of this world feast and laugh and dominere in their purple scarlet and fleshly wantonnesse when many 2 Sam. 15. 23. 30. 1 Cor. 4. 11. 12. Rom. 5. 2. Ephes 3. 12. of Gods deare children weepe and mourne in secret before the Lord and are faine to pinch hard goe thin lie in prison and sometimes goe to the shambles that they may be tryed as gold in the fire and all the privileges of the Saints is their free accesse to God their fellowship in their Sabbaths Sacrifices Prayers blessings seales and new songs of praise in all which they meet with Christ their Saviour Psal 99. 1. Phil. 1. 21. and so gather new comfort and refreshing daily amidst the many crosses and troubles of this transitory world It is best for wicked men to be kept from the comforts of salvation untill they repent IF wicked men be offered no meanes whereby to apply comfort or SECT 6. the favour of God to themselves then they are driven presently into consideration with themselves what the reason should be that they may not enter into the Sanctuary and touch the holy things and why they may not feast with Christ at his Table as well as others Luke 22. 30. and why their fellowship is shunned in such exercises wherein wee draw neerest unto God and converse familiarly with him Why their seed may not bee baptised nor themselves accepted as the Lords guests but are excluded from all such things as may encourage and comfort them being as it were bound hand and foot and may Mat. 22. 12. 13. 1 Tim. 1. 7. 10. heare of nothing but of the Law judgement and threatening against them and in this every mans heart shall answer him and hee shall say it is because I walke in fleshly libertie and give my selfe to vaine and evill courses I am a common swearer a lyer a dissembler a wanton a drunkard a griper after the world or some such evill for which as God hath said I shall not enter into his Kingdome 1 C●● 6 9. so his people shun mee and get them from mee and had rather have my room than my company I must know nothing of the Lords secrets Psal 25. 14. because I feare him not they will tel me nothing of their sweet comforts but I languish about temporarie toyes and fleet up and downe as the world favours and frownes and the height of all my comfort is but to have my cattell my corne my trade and my wealth increase or if these faile to cheere up my heart with a cup of strong Psal 4. 7. liquor or to heare or see some Tragedie or merry conceit and if these things helpe not mee I am left remedilesse but I see there are others that can comfort themselves in God when the world failes them and can rejoyce in tribulation and mocke the world as scorning to 1 Sam. 30. 6. Rom. 5. 3. Iob 1. 21. have their hearts moved much with any such transitory things Now surely these men have found some extraordinary matter to rest and stay themselves in and if I were reformed restrained from my evill life and did become a new man I should know what it is and they would be right glad of my fellows●●● 〈…〉 embrace me and honour me as the Disciples 〈…〉 I must even Gal. 1. 22 23. goe onely with a few 〈…〉 idle dreames and walke up and downe as a thiefe with a halter condemned of God and his people and if death seize on me in this estate before I amend as I am excluded from all fellowship of Christians here so shall I for ever be shut from them in the kingdome of glory and if there be a hell surely I shall fall into it And this will worke repentance in many and in others a restraint and as for Atheists and Hypocrites which are in league with hell and Iob 21. 14. have sought against the light of reason and conscience till they are past feeling they will hereat the more discover themselves and foame out Ephes 4. 19. Iude. 1. 13. their owne shame that the faith patience and sincerity of the godly may the better appeare and be approved and the condemnation of the other the more just Whereas contrariwise when all manner of gracelesse men are fed with the seales and pledges of Gods fauour and invested into the full It hinders wicked mens conversion to give the Sacraments privilege and highest prerogative with the most godly in the Church and that it is daily told him there is the body and blood of Christ given for him how presumptuous doe they grow and how confident of their owne excellency how audacious in evill and how scornefull against Psal 14. 6. Psal 123. 4. men of a strict and sober life no reproofes nor counsell nor exhortation can take effect with them nor scarce have an eare lent it Tell them of wicked men and damnation they 'll send you to Rome or Turkie or India amongst the Heathens or Papists for why they are Protestants and have a sound Religion and are borne baptized and brought up in a Christian common-wealth and Church and eate the Iohn 6. 53. flesh and drinke the blood of Christ in whom they say they trust to be saved though they never imitate his examples but notwithstanding all 1 Iohn 1. 6. Hebr. 12. 2. Acts 8. 23. their presumption they have not stroke one true stroke at sinne nor begun the worke of mortification nor crauled one

or say Amen to such an holy action when it is joyntly done by such as for the most part are Gods enemies for the spirituall supper of the Lord is not like other civill banquets wherein civill fellowship and 1 Cor. 12. 13. naturall refreshing is properly aimed at but the fellowship therein is spirituall and they that feast at it must be united to Christ by one spirit but now carnall men have not the spirit and so can be no guests at that banquet This banquet is even the neerest fellowship that the Saints can have in this world and most resembleth heaven and it is not onely a sure pledge of their fellowship with Christ but also a demonstration of their unity together as the Apostle teacheth But what a many 1 Cor. 10. 17. lying signes and deceiveable demonstrations doe such Christians make that communicate they care not where nor with whom but thinke if they examine themselves it is enough forgetting that it is an act of communion and so called by the Apostle and though the Verse 16 terme of a holy thing be given to it yet if wee sever the word Sacrament from communion wee put out Gods termes and place in our owne Many dislike that the godly should be civilly familiar with vaine and irreligious persons but to be strict in that and allow them to banquet with all manner of persons at the heavenly supper of the Lord is even as current counsell as theirs who said it was nothing to sweare Mat. 23. 16 17. by the Temple but to sweare by the gold of the Temple was a trespasse for if there be any act in this world that declares Christian ami●y peace and sweet friendship in the grace of the Gospell this doth it when wee sit and feast together with Christ at his Table and eate his flesh and drinke his blood As Christ therefore preached the Gospel to all sorts of men good and bad but when he administred the supper hee drew out such as were apparantly faithfull and godly So now the Word may be preached Luke 22. 11. 14. Ioh. 13. 30. and heard amongst the worst miscreants that are but when wee goe to sit with Christ at his Table let us know as farre as wee can by outward appearance what guests goe with us Neither may these wicked men have any censure of excommunication executed upon them much lesse execute it upon one another The power of excommunication belongs not to the parish multitudes for they were never in covenant with Christ and so have b●oke ●o covenant nor can be punished for any breach of covenant but were ever as they are naught from the wombe and downeright unbeliever● still Secondly what have they to doe to censure others when they are as ill themselves May one adulterer or drunkard or swearer cast Ioh. ● 7. a stone at another when hee is as bad himselfe as the worst Thirdly if they should so doe were it any more then a mockery as if the thieves at Gods hill should hold a session to hang the cut-purses which were an onely way to make sinne to be counted a trifle and a jest rather then to be feared and trembled at it is onely the Saints that may binde them that are mighty in evill and none other have this Psal 149. 8 9. honour Fourthly seeing excommunication is for the destruction of the flesh 1 Cor. 5. 5. supposing the person to have the spirit though overwhelmed by the corruption of nature how can it be exercised on them which still were and are altogether flesh For if their flesh be destroyed the whole man is destroyed It is no wrong to Gods people when the carnall multitude is taxed and they perswaded to leave them IF now upon these and the like considerations wee leave the generall SECT 5. and carnall multitudes in the parish assemblies in all such actions as are proper and peculiar to the faithfull and in feare of offending God and strengthening his enemies in evill we joyne into Christian fellowships apart from them what hurt of injury doe we to any what hurt was it to Iehosaphat when Elisha in his presence protested against Ioram as against one betweene whom and God he 2 King 3. 13. 14. Mat. 15. 14. Luke 12. 52. Mat. 23. 27. It is no fault to taxe wicked men and forbeare communion with them would not intercede what hurt was it to Christs Disciples when their naturall friends the Iewes were taxed by Christ and called blind guides and blind leaders of the blind dissemblers hypocrites c. So when we tax here the multitude of carnall people and protest against them that they are not Gods children nor that they have no right to his sacred ordinances nor to come neere his altar nor use his name and word untill they repent But that those holy and consecrated things belong onely to the faithfull Christians of which there are many in the assemblies whom we tell that they are not in their proper place nor right fellowship but ought to withdraw themselves from that society Act. 2. 40. 41. 44. 47. in all such actions as are proper to the Saints and unite themselves in the fellowship of godly men with whom they may freely and comfortably participate in the sweet mysteries of the Lord doe wee in this speake blasphemie and are wee worthy for such words and practises to be taxed and traduced in print and pulpit for wicked and damnable Schismatiques For what Christian man is there that had not rather converse with godly men then ungodly are not It is no fault to associate onely with the godly in the Sacraments the presence of faithfull Christians sweeter to a Christian when hee commeth to powre out his prayers and offer his oblations than the society of carnall men Well then what is the matter that wee for holding and practising these things must be thus tossed about and abused Why must we be put in prison confiscate goods goe into exile and death for holding and practising no otherwise than every Psal 16. 3. Christian soule in heart desireth we would begin our heavenly harmony here our delight should be only in the Saints and it is custome Tailor on Titus pag. 691. wit and art that fighteth against grace conscience and Scripture and it is they out of their idle visions that perswade to give holy things to Dogs and mingle light and darknesse Christ and Belial together and 2 Cor. 6. 14. 15. and 5. 10. though times favour these abuses and punish us for our right grounded assertions yet anon we shall come before a most just Judge and then wee shall see whose righteousnesse and just judgement shall be Psal 37. 6. brightest and who hath gone the rightest course Wee labour to justifie the righteous and condemne the ungodly and would not have the honourable name of Christians or godly 1 Cor. 6. 9. 10. 11. men given to swearers