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B04886	No power but of God, and yet a power in every creature, or, A word in season, to all men not void of grace, or deprived of reason wherein is held forth that the Almighty God is not wanting to us in impowering of us, but we are wanting to him, in not improving our talent for him ... / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1651 (1651)	Wing P4238A; ESTC R187132	119,586	280

designes have you not ●●de use of the power and strength of Em●●ours and Kings to war one with ano●●●r and by this means have not you been 〈◊〉 cause of the losse of thousands of Chri●●ns lives their blood spilt and all this ●●th been under the pious pretences of Reformation Church-order punishing 〈◊〉 Hereticks and Schismaticks and so p●●tending to reform the Church of its Here●● and Schisme on the contrary you ha●● deformed it into Formality Superstitio●● and Idolatry I say when I did a little co●…sider this then I did not wonder that 〈◊〉 same generation of men in our dayes ha●●trod in their predecessours steps The●●fore now O all ye Ministers of Engla●… that have sought your selves more then 〈◊〉 glory of God! for to you I do speak 〈◊〉 eare a little unto me and I will speake 〈◊〉 you the words of truth and sobernesse for 〈◊〉 that I have written already is but the co●● text or coherence Now next will follo●… in order the division and the doctrine wi●● some reasons to prove the truth there●● and so I shall have done with the expli●●tion and I will leave you to make the a●●plication for you are wise c. Let me th●● begin at the beginning As soon as ever 〈◊〉 Church of God came to be a corporat●● people and had a Temple with Ordinan●● and Offices then immediately it was peste●● with false Prophets wicked and Idolatro●● Priests so all the Prophets all along gi●● large testimony to this I should want bo●● time and strength to lay downe the clo●● ●…f witnesses to this truth and I have gotten ●…our patience but for a little time where●●ore I will be briefe and in as few words 〈◊〉 I can I shall trace this Tribe from the ●…rophet Isaiahs dayes untill this day Isa 〈◊〉 8. 7. The Priests and the Prophets have erred Hos 6. 9. As troops of robbers wait for a man so ●…he company of Priests murther in the way Ezek. 22. 26. The Priests have violated the Law ●…o in Hos 6. 9. Jer. 26. 7. And thus we ●…inde the foure hundred false Prophets a●…ainst one poore Micaiah Thus also was the condition of the Church of God in Eliahs time 1 King 18. 19. ●…o the 23. when there were foure hundred ●…nd fifty Prophets in Israel and yet saith Elijah to the people v. 22. I even I onely remain a Prophet to the Lord. So in the Prophet Jeremiahs dayes Jer. 50. that whole Chapter speaks of their sinnes and punishment So in Ezekiel his dayes what unheard of wickednesse did the Lord complaine of to be in them as in Ezek. 34. from the first verse to the end of the tenth verse as you may read at large And then the Prophet Daniel and Hosea do not they hint at the wickednesse of these men c. And then after all this see what the Prophet Micah saith of them Mic. 3. from th 〈…〉 5. verse to the end of that Chapter and 〈◊〉 from the time that the Church of Go 〈…〉 had a Temple with Ordinances and officer●● untill the very time that Christ came in th 〈…〉 flesh You shall finde that there was har●…ly ever any wicked plot discovered again●● Church or State but these men have had hand in it if not the chiefe contriver 〈…〉 of it And so if you please to observe the Ol 〈…〉 Testament when ever you finde the Church before Christ came in the flesh in Apostasie or declining from the true worship of God to Idolatry and Superstition the origina●● or instrumental cause of it arose from th●… lying spirits in the mouths of the Prophets But to say no more of that and to come 〈◊〉 little nearer home and search the New Testament and we shall finde that when the Lord Jesus Christ came in the flesh who were then the greatest opposers of him were they not the learned Clergy-men yea surely if the Scriptures be true these were the people that were the most cruel pesecuters that Christ met with in the flesh it is needlesse to give you a relation of their carriage towards Christ the foure Evangelists being but a briefe history of it there you may 〈…〉 ad of their mockings and scourgings 〈…〉 aling him before Magistrates as an evill 〈…〉 oer as a sower of sedition as a destroyer 〈…〉 f their Temple and Law and as a blasphe 〈…〉 er and who were the chiefest instruments 〈◊〉 this but the Priests yea the high Priests 〈…〉 he most knowing men in the Law these 〈…〉 en called the word of Reconciliation ●●dition and the pure doctrine of Christ 〈…〉 eresie and Blaspemy these leaders of the ●●ople followed Christ from place to place 〈◊〉 their owne persons or in their Spies to 〈…〉 snare him in his words and to stirre up 〈…〉 e people against him Luk. 5. 21. 6. 7. ●●atth 26. 3. 15. 1. 16. 21. Mar. 8. 11. 31. 〈◊〉 14. 1. And as they dealt with Christ so after they 〈…〉 d put him to death they mete the same ●●easure to his Apostles almost if not alto●●ther And it hath been since them the 〈…〉 d condition of the Church of Christ for most sixteen hundred years last past espe●●ally since the falling away spoken of Thess 2. 3. to suffer by her enemies as an 〈…〉 il doer Truth hath been persecuted for 〈…〉 ror light for darknesse Christ for Belial 〈…〉 d that by these men who pretended most 〈◊〉 God They will be wolves still but ●●ey will be in sheeps cloathing Mat. 7. 15. They will still kill you but they will pr●●tend they do God service by it Joh. 16. 〈◊〉 Obj. But me thinks I heare the Learn●● Clergie of our times saying Why 〈…〉 grant all this and more we do not no●● cannot deny but the Priests yea the Hig●● Priests and the great learned men in tho●● dayes were enemies nay the greatest en●…mies that ever Christ and his Apostles 〈◊〉 upon the earth But what is that to 〈◊〉 we have had a learned pious zealous Cleg●● in England for many years A. But let me under correction in th 〈…〉 you to consider what pious men they ha 〈…〉 been And if you grant me liberty 〈◊〉 hope you will where shall I begin in He 〈…〉 the eighths time or in Queen Maries daye●… for all those dayes they were most as R 〈…〉 mish as some are now We will begin th●● in Henry the eighth's dayes when th●● Kingdom was under the height of Poper the Clergy and Laity were all cruel Papist And when the King denied the Popes S 〈…〉 premacie and went about to demolish t●● Abbies which they knew was not out 〈◊〉 any pious zeale he had for Reformation but out of wrath pride and covetousnes●● yet how did all the Clergy side with hi●… except a few poor Friars and Monks th●● were all undone by it Then againe in the dayes of Edward the ●●xt by reason of the Kings pious disposi●●on though but young the Clergy feared ●●urne and presently a great

is the most acceptable work with God See Joh. 〈◊〉 29. and the first Epistle of John chap. 3. ●…er 23. 2. This is the way to become fruitful our conversation What is the reason the is such barrennesse among men and wom●● professing godlinesse why the reason 〈◊〉 there is little fruit because there is so litt●● saith Joh. 15. 5. Ye are not planted in 〈◊〉 house by faith therefore ye do not flour●● in his courts You want faith hence it 〈◊〉 that you have no works Thou hast a 〈◊〉 body but a lean soul Thy soul witho●● faith is like a Dove without wings 〈◊〉 cannot fly to the storehouse for meat the●●fore must needs be lean 3. By this thou shalt be able to over come all the fiery darts of the World Flesh and Devil First it overcomes the world Joh. ep 〈◊〉 5 4. Secondly it overcomes all the Devil 1 Pe●● 5. 8 9. Jam. 4. 7. Thirdly it overcomes all the fiery dart of the wicked Ephes 6. 16. 4. Again this is the way to be established Isa 7. 9. What is the reason that men are carried about with every wind of doctrine Why they do not believe and so they are no●… established Oh then be ye stedfast unmoveable rooted and grounded upon the rock ●…hrist and so sicklenesse and instability will 〈◊〉 done away 5. Faith will reach forth her arm as far heaven and fetch in to thy soule things ●●at are absent and make them present ●…eh 11. 1. 13. 6. This is the way by believing to ●●tain that joy that unspeakable joy 〈◊〉 Pet. 1. 8. What is the matter that Christians do 〈◊〉 hang down their heads under a spirit of ●…ondage Why they have but little or no ●…ith the more faith the more joy 1 Pet. 〈◊〉 8. 7. This is the way to have our hearts ●●urified from that map of misery or store●…ouse of filthinesse Act. 15. 9. 8. This is the way namely to believe 〈◊〉 overcome that unprofitablenesse that is 〈◊〉 thee and me How many a Chapter hast ●…hou read and learned nothing from it ●…ow many a Sermon hast thou heard and ●…earned nothing What is the reason why ●…hou hast no faith Heb. 4. 2. 9. And again this is the way to obtain ●…hat spiritual strength to doe the will of God although it be against our own wils Faith will endeavour to please God al●…hough we displease our selves and others See what a peece of self-denial Faith ha●… wrought in Abraham who followed 〈◊〉 command of God in whatsoever he r●…quired as in his departing out of his o●●● country and there trusted upon Gods ba●● word notwithstanding all improbabiliti●● in nature he was willing to depart wit●● the most dear thing for God as in offerin●… up his only son and gave God his ow●… time for the accomplishment of his ow●… promises To adde no more 1. Consider that whatsoever you 〈◊〉 without it it is sinne Rom. 14. 23. 2. We cannot please God in any thing without it Heb. 11. 6. 3. We cannot pray without it as 〈◊〉 ought Mar. 11. 24. Iam. 1. 6. 4. We cannot be saved without it M●● 16. 16. Ephes 2. 8. When a soul begins to consider the grea●● necessity he hath of it and the willingnes●● of Christ to work it these two wings wi●● carry thee to the treasury of faith Wha●… nccessity thou hast of it is laid before an●… as concerning the willingnesse of Christ 〈◊〉 have thee believe I might instance in all th●● it more almost speaking something 〈◊〉 it more or lesse Let me instance in one fo●● all Joh. 14. 1. 11. 12 13 verses In th●… 〈◊〉 verse Believe in me and in the 11. verse ●●ieve in me for the very works sake Then that ●●s precept might not be slieghted he ●●mes in with both his hands full of pro●…ses verse 12. He that believeth in me the ●●ks that I do shall he do and greater and then ●…he 13. verse Whatsoever you shall aske in name that will I do for you As if he had ●●d O ye sonnes of men I do but require 〈◊〉 thing of you and that is for your ●…n good too That you would believe in me 〈◊〉 is the one thing that I desire of you 〈◊〉 if you will do but this one thing for 〈◊〉 I will doe two things for you 〈◊〉 You shall doe the works that I doe and grea 〈…〉 Joh. 14. 12. 〈◊〉 You shall but aske and have what in ●●on you desire Joh. 14. 13. 〈◊〉 had thought to have written many ●●gs more concerning Faith But for ●●e reasons I forbear A word to the Ministery or a few words to th●● that have taken to themselves the name of the Ministery of England BEloved it may be thought strange you that a man so mean as my 〈◊〉 should so presume as to speake a word you or to thinke that you should vouch●● to spend so much time as to hear or 〈◊〉 what my thoughts are of you But O y●● learned Clergy I will cast my selfe dow●… at your feet and earnestly beseech you give me audience for one quarter of houre for my heart doth burne within 〈◊〉 and though I have been silent this ma●… months yet now the words will burst o●… and let me indeed prevaile with you 〈◊〉 your attention a little for I will ass●● you I have rode on horse-back and run●● foot many miles yea and many times heare a few words from you yea many storme and shower heat and cold hav●… gone through to learne something of 〈◊〉 from you and I doe not repent of it 〈◊〉 should doe it if it were to be done agai●… wherefore let me intreat your patience little if it be but to give you a briefe count of what I have heard and learn●● ●●m you And although mine eyes have 〈◊〉 been enlightned at the two fountains 〈◊〉 trust that they have been anointed ●●th a little clay for I see men like trees ●●king If I do faulter a little in my speech ●…re with me for I doe want the Hebrew 〈◊〉 Greek tongue which is so excellent ●●t a man would part with any thing 〈◊〉 it unlesse grace but I would not give the ●●st graine of grace if I had any to spare ●●not the third part of a graine for all 〈◊〉 tongues arts and parts under the ●●mne The first would that I would whisper in ●●ur eare is this by way of Query con●…ning these times My brethren if I may ●●so bold to call you so let me aske you ●●tly Have you not seene nor heard of ●…ose great and wonderful deliverances ●●th in England Scotland and Ireland or if ●●●u have heard of it doe you not believe 〈◊〉 that you be so silent in your thanks to mighty God the Father of these mercies ●●t it may be you have heard of it and doe ●●leeve it and yet you cannot give the ●●ory to God why because these mercies ●●d deliverances came in as I have heard ●●me of you say by a blasphemous