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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93056	Holy things for holy men: or, The lawyers plea non-suited, his evidence proved insufficient, his foul mouth civilly wiped, and his arrogant railings admonished, and bridled; in some Christian reproofe and pitie expressed towards Mr Prynn's book; intituled, The Lord's supper briefly vindicated, (or rather indeed by him therein exposed, vilified, and profaned: and the conscientious ministry therein abused, injured, and affronted. By S.S. minister of the gospel.	Shaw, Samuel, 1635-1696.	1658 (1658)	Wing S3037; Thomason E946_2; ESTC R207597	33,401	60

digged out with his own claws And his heart I fear is almost as cruel as his hard speeches he would eject and suspend and play the Haman with us He cannot heat the furnace of his indignation hot enough to shew his rage against poor shelterlesse Ministers that will not bow down to the Idol of his imagination But blessed be the Lord that hath not delivered us as a prey to his and the teeth of all his furious ones I will passe by therefore his monstrous railing large and long false and vehement as David the curse of Shimei and shake it off as Paul the Viper into the fire And if he can recover his mind and sweeten it a little with the love of Truth and peace I will shew him the reason and necessity of our pre-examination and trial of the grace and fitness of those with whom we communicate and to whom we dispense the Lord's Supper 2. First for pre-examination therefore though charity hopeth all things 1 Cor. 13. 5. and believeth all things yet take Chrysostoms and Aquinas and Lyra's exposition as very good Charity hopeth onely all that can be hoped omnia bona Sit malus licet adest corrigens prospiciens studium impendens Chrysost in loc Charity corrects and takes pains with the bad as well as care and studie for the good But the other two carry the Text quite away from our Adversaries and apply it otherwise charitas omnia sperat quae promittuntur c. Charity believs all the promises suffers all that God inflicteth and expects with patience Aquin Lyr. in loc The Apostle bids us shun 2 Tim. 2. 16. nice acuteness profane and vain babblings wrangling controverting for they increase to more ungodlinesse 'T is a general mischief that falls upon all the vain Disputers of this world that they yoak not themselvs to the Truth but seek all over to have onely some appearance of truth on their parts willing rather to hide their shame then to forsake it But he that is of the truth cometh to the light and is sound in the Word and in the Faith and shifteth not to corners and snatches not at quiddities for defence He holds the antient decisions of the Church those old Land-marks and fears not the plea nor objection of any for they resist to no more purpose then Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses Arons rod eat up all the rods of the Inchanters so the clear Word of Scripture and the forme of wholesome words in the tenents of the Church of God and the standing doctrine of the everlasting Gospel will devour all upstart falshoods and conceits whatsoever 2. It was the praise of the Angel of the Church of Ephesus Rev. 2. 2. That he was careful to examine and he did examine and found some liers was it a glory to him and is it as Mr. Prynne calls it a soul-murthering cruelty in us Shall Mr. Prynne and his Legion tell us You take too much upon you you sons of Levi. 'T is but a smal matter for us to be judged by them that have tongues longer then their arms that can judge falsly but through divine restraint cannot execute 3. Might nay must the Priest in the Law separate between the clean and the unclean and may not the Ministers of the Gospel do the like in their stations no not where we see the Leprosie in their foreheads Mr. Prynne saith no Who shall controul his bare word He tells us the Sacrament is a reforming Ordinance to the vicious c. as you have heard before and he would have us jurare in verba for he doth adjure us to his conceit And for the duty of Examination he referrs that to the profane and vicious themselvs and therefore he often drops that Scripture 1 Cor. 11. 28. into the margent and presseth it as none of our duty to examine But how if it be and we neglect it wil Mr. Prynne be retained on our part to plead for us will he answer to God for our neglect I doubt his face will not be hard enough nor his case good enough to stand in the judgment You may see how those that have a mind to cavil at the Truth will snatch at any thing to support them The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is but once in all the Scripture translated to examine 1 Cor. 11. 28 Let a man examine himself c. and yet here they all lay hold conclusum est contra dogmatistas O they have enough against them for whom they have no names bad enough But suppose the word had here been translated as often 't is to like to allow to approve Rom. 4. 22. 1. 28. 2. 18. 1 Thes 2. 4. 1 Cor. 16. 3. Phil. 1. 10. c. how would these crackers have done for an argument would they have inferred that they that can allow and like and approve themselves the Ministry and Church of God must do so too Will not the most obdurate and profane person like and allow and approve better of him and take Mr. Prynnes counsel to be confident enough then the most tender-hearted repentant and fit Communicant But if personal examination were sufficient can a Drunkard or Unregenerate person of the like sort examine himself where the very imagination is bruitish and the mind axd conscience corrupted and defiled Is not a young and sanctified child better and fitter for the Communion then an old and foolish beast These words therefore Let a man examine himself are not to be understood exclusively but of the superabundant care that is to be had and examination and proof of every mans conscience to himself in the sight of God For it often may happen that a loving willing flexible Minister may be too gentle facile and indulgent loath to discourage and forward to admit but set a man be severe and examine himself yet more thorowly and not rest wholly upon a forreign favourable approbation 4. If all Ordinances be granted to be converting as M. Prynne asserts amongst heaps of other the like notions where then doth the Scripture deny it unto the examining care of a conscientious Pastor who is commanded to know the state of his flock and Christians to submit unto his over-sight Heb. 13. 17. Obey them that have the rule or guide over you and submit your selves for they watch for your souls as they that must give an account that they may do it with joy and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you Yet let the Saints of God know in all the Church and Churches of England that this rule and guidance is not as Mr. Prynne suggesteth to arrogate power to our selves for we professe with the Apostle 2 Cor. 1. 24. We have not dominion over your faith but are helpers of your joy Examining Communicants is service and help and not a dominion We help the joy and settle the spirit of a believer and we help on the sorrow and repentance and conversion of unbelievers by it 5.