militant redeemed body and mystical well neer of an equal breadth and latitude Not but that there may be and are many beleevers members of the mystical body who have little or no visible profession But it is enough to assert as truth that one and the same body is both invisible mystical and the saved body and also visible and clothed with a real sincere profession and that both these agree to the Catholick integral militant Church Though I deny not but that there be many hypocrites in this great body whose ministerial acts are valid But the Catholick visible Church in that latitude is not then both subject object and intended end of all Ordinances And I speak now of it Mr. H. I cannot think that Mr. R. takes the Catholick Church for the whole integral body Ans. It is mistaking charity of me Mr. H. that Church is meant 1 Cor. 12. in which God sets teachers helps ordinary officers firstly v. 28. But God sets not such in the integral body for they are set by the election of the people in particular congregations Acts 14. 23. 6. 5. Tit. 1. 5. Ans. This is my own argument but not rightly formed that Church is here meant in which the Lord hath respectively placed first Apostles and Teachers both Extraordinary and Ordinary Officers But God hath not set Apostles fixedly and firstly over congregations they being organs of the Catholick integral body and are sent to preach to Heathen who after were Churches As it is said Iacob served for a Wife to be married not married as yet who could not choose the Apostles as their pastors 2. Workers of miracles were not chosen by a single congregation noâ— such as had the gift of Tongues 1 Cor. 14. 22. Tongues are for a sign to them that believe not to them that believe not See the Divines on the place Miracles and Tongues were to perswade unbelievers and were not firstly set to congregations nor could have any imaginable election and call from them 3. The places as elsewhere is said prove not any thing to the point Mr. H. Arg. 2. In what Church Pastors are firstly set over them they have firstly and primarily pastoral power in dispencing acts of ruling and preaching But ordinary Teachers have not this over the Catholick visible Church Congregations may justly refuse to hear other Teachers then their own but their own may preach to them though they refuse to hear Ans. Every word is censurable 1. Apostles were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 firstly both in regard of dignity of Office and of Apostolick Universality sent to all Nations to preach not to a single congregation to exercise pastoral acts firstly over it as fixed Pastors 2. By a catholick Church Mr H. means sed suis musis solus canit a congregation Now if the Apostles be firstly set in the congregation in general they must be secondarily set in this individual congregation then must the ordinary Teacher be set before the Apostle who was often his sender in the individual congregation 3. The Proposition is false A pastor may tender the Lords Supper to hundreds of a sister-congregation but Mr. H. I hope will not say that a pastor is set over and firstly over hundreds of another congregation The Antecedent and consequence are both Mr. Hookers 4. It s false that ordinary Teachers have not power to exercise pastoral acts to those of other congregations Nor is it proved they cannot exercise pastoral acts over them because they cannot censure them It s an illogical consequence ordinary to Mr. H. The Apostles both as Apostles by miracles and the gift of Tongues plant Churches among the Heathen and as pastors they exercise ordinary pastoral acts to the Heathen in planting and preaching the Gospel to them but they could not draw out Church-censures against the Heathen yet remaining Heathen because of the incapacity of the object they could not cast them out who were not yet within 1 Cor. 5. 12 13. but this they could not do not through want of pastoral power over them 5. It s false that other Churches may justly refuse to hear other Teachers than their own For if their own be sick and dead or if other Teachers have an earnest suit and desire from their own officers and some one of the congregation they most unjustly refuse to hear and come under the guilt of despising Christ in despising his Messengers as Mat. 10. 40. Luke 10. 16. Ioh. 13 20. except the sense be He that receiveth not his own congregational pastor receiveth not me otherwise not A strange and new sense 6. If the flock refuse all their own pastors to hear them as being ravening Wolves they unpastor them and recall the official being which our Brethren say they gave them in election and so unjustly refuse to hear them and they cannot justly preach to them who so refuse to hear for they justly refuse aâ— Mr. H. teacheth Mr. H. God must either saith Mr. H have plâ—â—ed in all the Church Catholick Apostles Teachers which we say or then in some part of it onely And what is that part which is excepted Surely he intends not salvation to that part of the Church in the which he sets no Teachers Ans. At the common nature of a Corporation exists in all corporations so the congregation-nature exists in this or this congregation So if the nature of a Corporation be common to all and the King hath set Major and Common-councel in all and every Town Therefore the Major of one Town may rule in another So all States set Generals Colonels Captains in the Army The King sets Constables in all towns Sheriffs in all counties Because Constables are common to all towns therefore a Constable may exercise his office in another town Ans. 1. The Argument must run thus As the King hath set in England the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal the Lord Chief Justice the Sheriff the Constable in every County and Town so hath God set in his Church that is in the congregation first Apostles secondarily Prophets thirdly Teachers after that miracles then gifts of healings c. But the King hath set in England the Lord Keeper the Lord Chief Justice the Constable in every County in every Town how many Great Seals how many Lords of Chief Justice should then be in England And do not our â—ound Divines condemn in Papists the Argument from civil Government and honour due to persons in the point of the government of Gods House and of adoring of God in Images He is a stranger to Bellarmine Valentia Suarez Vasquez Tanerus c. and to our Divines Reynold Chamier Calvin Bucanus Tilenus Daneus Chemnitius Luther c. who knows not this 2. Neither major Proposition nor Assumption have any truth for hath God set the Apostles the planters and framers of Churches out of heathen societies in no Chair but fixed them to a congregational Pulpit onely The Apostles have care of all things
2 Cor. 11. 28. command Schismatick Churches 2 Cor. 10. 8. plant and lay the foundation of Churches as wise Master-builders Acts 16. 12. 13 14 15 16. 18. 7 8 9 10 1 Cor. 3. 6. 11. appoint new offices in the Church Acts 6. 6. Now if God have seated the Apostles in such a way in every congregation as ordinary Teachers are then the Apostles proper place must be onely to water and confirm visible converts and members of a fixed and framed congregation where then are the Apostles Letters Patents to build to plant to lay the foundation 3. When it s said as it must be or it comes not home the King hath placed in England the whole integral body of the Kingdom of England the Lord Keeper the Lord chief Justice the Constable as he hath placed in the Church Apostles and Teachers in the whole integral Church These extraordinary and ordinary officers it cannot be meant the King hath placed a Lord Keeper and a Lord chief Justice in every Town and City of England so neither hath the Lord placed an Apostle in every congregation upon the same account and he who is an Apostle in one congregation can no more be an Apostle in another than a Major of one City can be a Major in another and it must run so The State hath placed a General Colonels Captains in their Armies i. e. in every particular society of the Armies and so every company must have a General therefore hath the State set Generals Colonels Captains in their Armies in the plural number Now the State hath set but one General over all the Army as the Church is but one 4. If the Argument run thus As the Major of Norwich may not rule as Major of York so neither may a pastor in one congregation teach rule as a pastor in another congregation This is utterly false and it s an Argument like this As God hath confined Rulers to one society onely in the civil State so hath he confined the officers of his Sons House one word of Scripture to prove this should silence Mr. R. It s not lawful to devise parallels between the Civil State and Christs Kingdome Suppose all the Majors Rulers Citizens of all the Cities and Towns in England had the same divine right to command in all the Cities and Towns in England and that these Majors were Rulers equally and in common to all those Towns and that it were a matter of providential Order not of Divine Jurisdiction that A. B. should be fixed Major of Norwich and C. D. fixed Major of York and so forth then if C. D. by providence should be at Norwich he might rule as a Major at Norwich or any Town or City of England as well as at York and so is here the matter a called pastor is a pastor and may act pastorally and dispense the Seal of the Lords Supper to those of another congregation say our Brethren and so to another whole congregation for there is the same reason in both So all visible professors have the same divine Church-right to the same Christ the Head 2. To the same Gospel and Covenant of grace for dâ—stinct Church-covenants are mens lawless inventions as used by our Brethren 3. To the same Lords Supper 1 Cor. 10. 17. 4. To the same eternal life So Mr. H. shall gain nothing by this but lose for there is no such right civil common to civil Rulers and civil Citizens One Town hath City priviledges that no other Town in the Kingdom hath Mr. H. Right of Iurisdiction flowing from office-call a Pastor hath not save in his own congregation Ans. There must be one call or other for a Pastor to exercise his office but a new office or new right of jurisdiction other then pastoral which he received in ordination is not requisite for a pastor to act as a pastor Yea he sins against his office-charge and talent if in all congregations he do not preach the word be instant in season and out of season not at Ephesus only for an Evangelist such as Timothy was not an ordinary fixed Teacher if he do not reprove rebuke and exhort with all long-suffering 2 Tim. 4. 1 2. The danger of perishing of souls or the absence or removal of the Pastors by death is a fit call of God though the greater part of Sardis love not to be rebuked Mr. H. God hath set in his Church i. e. in the congregation existing in its particulars Apostles c. and therefore all congregations are here intended Ans. 1. By this God hath set Apostles Miracles in the single congregation whether as Apostles or as Pastors if the former speaking with Tongues working of Miracles which are for unbeleevers and heathen 1 Cor. 14. 22. shall be officers or gifts ordained for visible Saints converted By what Scripture 2. Though the Church exclude not the congregations but in some respects include them yet it is a body called Christ mystical v. 12. to which Christ is head by influence of his spirit and brings no small consolation to us as Beza Calvin Pet. Martyr who make this the Catholick Church 3. Whereas Mr. H. his single congregation of Magus and Iudas can hardly stand under the weight of that denomination Nor 4 can it well be said that great Apostles Prophets workers of Miracles such as speak with Tongues are eyes and ears fixed in single congregations for this is such an organical body v. 12 13 14 15 16 17. Never Interpreter neither Occumenius nor Augustine nor Beza Calvin Martyr Pareus nor judicious Papists Victorinus Carthusian Estius Cajetanus expound it as Mr. H. of a single congregation but of the Catholick Church saith Martyr of men of all nations saith Pareus though they dwell in divers places of the earth saith Pareus this is the mystical body saith Estius membra autem omnes fideles the members are all the faithful He proves saith Cajetanus omnes Christianos esse unum corpus Christi all Christians behold the Catholick Church to be the one body of Christ because they are all begotten into one Spirit by Baptism 4. The Church here is the Church all baptized into one body whether Iews or Gentiles whether Bond or Free which all drink the same drink in the Lords Supper Mr. H. In all these congregations are comprehended both Iewes and Gentiles for the whole nature of the General is comprehended in the Particulars Well and the Spirit that is in all the body must be one Genere and the drink in the Lords Supper must be one Genere and so must the Christ of which we partake be one Genere Hence there being many species and kinds of congregations different in nature there must be many Christs different in nature many Spirits many Bodies many Lords Suppers different in species and nature of which we partake Who ever heard in the Church of Christ many Christs many Baptismes Yet Mr. H. makes many congregations so
dono vocatione 1 Cor. 14 32. See 〈◊〉 Theolog. Christian. 〈◊〉 1. c. 28. Piscat loc 23. the 29. On the contrary are the Rhemist on 1 Tim. 5. sect 13. Bellarm. de Concil lib. 1. c. 19. Cornel. à Lap. Lorinus Act. 15. Mr. Cotton Key Two sorts of Representatives not considered by Mr. H. Commissioners neither carry the peoples conscience to the Synod not does their Commission give them a new office Par. 1. p. 231 232. Due Right of Presb. Keys of the King d. c. 7. p. 47 48. The whole body of al church guides is the first subject of the power of the Keys in its latitude of that power and the first subject of such a special power is a Synod A power synodical is but a part of the keys and was not before a Synod had being Inferior churches confer not properly a superior power to the churches â—…y have a synodical power by the institution of God Act. 15. To define in Councels is an act of officers Mr. Dickson Expos. Mat. 28. v. 19. doct 6. Par. I. p. 232 233. Ames Bellar. Eâ—â—rvat To. 2. c. 2. An soli praelati majores i. e. Episcopi habent jus suffragii ordinariè ex privilegio consuetudine etiam Cardinal Abbates Bellar. Affirmat nos negamus Ames To. 2. c. 〈◊〉 Th. 1. p. 4. Si esset proprium Episcoporum Pastorum nihil prohibet quin possit cum alii Theologis praesertim Ministris 〈◊〉 Deo institutis communicaâ—i Calv. Act. 15 6. Guâ—lth Act. 15. 22. Calv. sic non enim dicit Lucas totam Ecclesiam congregataâ— sed eos qui doctrinae judicio pollebant qui ex â—atione officii hujus causae legitimi eâ—â—nt Judices fieri quidem oâ—est ut coram plebe habita suâ—riâ— disputatio sed ne ad tractandam causam vulgus promiscuè fuisse admissum putemus Lucas disertè Apostol os Presbyteros nominat Gualther ibid. homil 103. Non ita dominium imperium sibi vindicarunt Apostoli Seniores ut populum ab eorum cognitione excluderent â—ive arcerent quae ex aequo ad totam Ecclesiam pertinebant in populo modestia est quod veritati omnes libenter cederent haec Gualther Bullinger Act. 15. 6. convenerunt Apostoli palam hoc loco Admonemur ad Apostolicos viros pertinere rerum ad fidem quaestionem Bezâ— Act. 15. 1â— Multitudin is autem nomine intellige non totam Ecclesiam utpote quaenâ—ndum esset tota Advocatâ— sed totum Apostolorum Sensorum coetum ut v. 6. unde apparet quae sit yera legitimae Apostolicae Synodi ratio c. How the whole body of Apostles Evangelists Pastors Doctors Elders are the first immediate subject of the whole power of the Keyes M. H. Survey par 1. c. 11. p. 186. Way of the Churches c. 1. sect 1. pro. 3. M. Cotton keys c. 7. p. 31. Inferior courts may use the keys without any influence of a command from a general Councel Though a general Councel â—xist not yet â—he use of the keys ceaseth not in inferior courts Hardly can a general Councel excommunicate a National Church Non-communion of Churches as our Brethren use it is not warrantable See the paper of Accommodation at the Synod at Westminster anno 1644. Sept. 13. Par. 1. c. 13. p. 234 235. Excommunication attaineth not its end alway Ergo is not lawful M. H. so Nor doth the Gospel ever attain its saving end Ergo it s not the Gospel Mr. H. sorcâ—â— upon Mr. R. a proposition as a principle in terminis beyond gainsay which was never in M. R. his mind nor book Simpson Cent. 1. c. 1. The want of gen Councels through providential impediments proves not that they aâ—e not Ordinances English Divin on Hos. 3. 4. Diod. Hos. 3. 4. Iun. Hos. 3. 4. Nam ex quo Israelitae in AssyriaÌ„ fuerunt deportati per Shalmanasarem id est ab anno sexto Ezekiae ad ChristuÌ„ incarnatum fuerunt anni quasi sexcenti octoginta Partus com ib. Zanch com ib. Dissenting Brethren in their Reasons against Synods 2 arg p. 120. The same God that suits his providences to his institutions would not have failed in what is the most soveraign remedy of all other that it might have been existent in all ages as we see his promise was to the Jews to keep their land when the males thrice a year went up to the General Assembly at Ierusalem Euseb. Eccles. hist. l. 5. c. 1. Bucolc Index Euseb. l. 2. c. 25. Epiphan cont haer Tertul. de Cor. milit in Apolo Cario l. 3. Monar 4. How loose that is that providences must suit with institutions The Catholick Church excommunicates antecedently when a particular Church excommunicates but the Catholick Church hath not nor putteth forth a deliberate act of citing accusing condemning before the particular Church act any The comparisoÌ„ of cutting off an infectious member from the whole Catholick visible Church is strained by M. H. He who is excommunicate in one Church is antecedently excommunicate in all 1 Cor. 10. 17. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Excommunication by consequence is no excommunication at all A strange exposition of that he that heareth you heareth me which follows from Mr. H. his way Mr. H. allows of private Communions Page 240. Page 241 242. Survey par 1. c. 14. p. 243. Ames Medul l. 1. c. 32. Thes. 5. Ecclesia igitur particularis respectu commanis illius naturae quae in omnibus particularibus Ecclesiis reperitu est species Ecclesiae in genere sed respectu Ecclesiae Catholicae quae habet rationem integri est totum ex aggregatione variorum membroruâ—â—ingularium compositum at que adeo respectu ipsorum est integrum That there is a Catholick integral militant Church Arg. 2. Arg. 3. Arg. 4. Arg. 5. Pag. 244 245. Arg. 6. Way of the Church of N. 〈◊〉 c 1. sect 1. p. 1 2. Mr. H. supposeth by no Logick that the same body of Christ cannot be both invisible and in another respect visible What way M. R. puts visible in an equal latitude with mystical what way not Calvin Bâ—za in loc Pareus Pet. Martyr Nec Corinthii cum â—ideles professione non Ethnici essent dono linguarum indigebant Piscator English Divines Diodati in loc Estius in loc Cajetan Page 186. A congregation onely cannot be meant 1 Cor. 12. 28. but also the Catholick integral militant Church Pastors may exercise pastoral acts toward many whom they cannot censure or excommunicate Par. 1. p. 247 248. Though the rulers of one City cannot fixedly govern in another yet it s not consequent therefore a Pastor cannot act as a Pastor in divers Churches God hath not every way seâ—ted officers in his Church as the King hath placed Underjudges in the State Let M. H. answer whether the Major of Norwich may lawfully do justice upon one of York who is oppressed by his fellow-citizen of York as the pastor of Boston may tender the L. Supper