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A82301	The English Catholike Christian, or, The saints utopia: by Thomas de Eschallers de la More, an unprofitable servant of Jesus Christ: of Graies-Inne barrister, and minister of the Gospel of eternall salvation. In the yeer of grace and truth, 1640. A treatise consisting of four sections. 1 Josuah's resolution. 2 Of the common law. 3 Of physick. 4 Of divinity.	More, Thomas, d. 1685.	1649 (1649)	Wing D884; Thomason E556_21; ESTC R205814	40,520	48

I have been resolved and setled in my judgement of a long time that the Supereminencies Prerogatives Temporall Dignities Barronies intermedling in Secular Affaires and the Lordly Monopolizing of Titles Jurisdictions and Functions by Archbishops and Bishops above the Pastors and Teachers of Gods Word their fellow-latourers and that the High-Commission with the whole Regiment of it's subordinary Offices likewise Deaneries and Chapters with their dependencies are all contrary to Gods Word unlawfull unwarrantable in themselves pernicious destructive of the peace godly unanimity which ought to be in a true Christian Church and Common-wealth But I confesse the many learned Books and Writings which I have seen and diligently perused since this question hath been moved and throughly debated of late by many sage acute Doctors and other learned men of divers Nations and Kingdomes have not only much confirmed but instructed me also in this point 'T is true that ex gratiá Regis by the favour of the Prince and for Government sake the Order of Bishops hath stood a long time in our Nation supported by the Lawes of the Realme and confirmed by Parliaments And so I see no reason why by the same legislative Power it may not be altered Now whereas by the gracious providence and disposing of Almighty God the Honourable Court of Parliament are zealously affected with a magnanimous and godly care of establishing the True Religion in his Majesties Dominions which consisteth in pure and sound Doctrine in a setled Government in a good and decent Discipline agreeable to the Gospell of Christ and to the rules and ensamples of the Apostles and Elders of the Church in the Primitive times From the first sitting of this great Assembly my hearty desires and prayers have been and are continually that in every Parish Countrey Towne lesser Village and Hamblet within the Kingdomes of England Scotland and Ireland a Religious painfull and learned Preacher may be placed with a Competent Livelyhood and Maintenance for the faithfull and true discharge of their Calling I shall forbear to insist upon this matter or to presse it as large for that Mr. Marshall that worthy and laborious Minister of Gods Word by whose preaching and exhortations thousands of souls have profitted much and as I may probably say many have been converted hath fastned upon this Subject already as I finde in a learned Sermon of his preached before the Honourable House of Commons Novemb. 17th 1640. and published by Order of the said House But I protest in the truth of my heart were I of riper years had I been blessed with a convenable estate and fortune had I been of judgement or had the honour and abilities to have supplied a roome as the meanest Member of that Noble and great Assembly in all humility by a discreet observing of the Countenance and Order of that Court I would have used my best endeavours for the promoting and furtherance of this Motion and I would have laboured and assayed all honest wayes and direct courses in this weighty and only speciall affaire for the security and happinesse both of Church and State had I seen any hopes of effecting it Whence come Heresies Breaches in Religion Schismes Sowings of strife between brethren Backslidings to Popery Superstition Ignorance and blind zeale False worship of God Prophaning of his holy Name Word and Ordinances and polluting of his Sabbaths And whe●● cometh the cursed dishonour of Parents despising of Government the reviling of Magistrates vilifying the Pastors of Gods Word and contemning of Superiours Whence come evill thoughts adulteries fornications murthers thefts covetousnesse wickednesse deceit lasciviousnesse an evill eye blasphemy pride foolishnesse Whence proceed all these impieties I say but out of the impure hearts of prophane and ungodly persons not clensed through the Word of Christ The Apostle St. Paul wrote to the Corinthians not to keep company If any man that is called a brother be a fornicatour or covetous or an Idolater or a rayler or a drunkard or an extortioner with such a one no not to eate I am perswaded that many of Gods deare Saints do mourne in secret to behold the crying sinnes of our Nation which they would but know not how to remedy But the wise King Solomon telleth us for our instruction and comfort If the Spirit of the Ruler rise up against thee leave not thy place for yielding pacifieth great offences There is an evill which I have seen under the Sun as an errour which proceedeth from the Ruler Folly is set in great dignity and the rich sit in low place I have seen servants upon Horses and Princes walking as servants upon the earth Eccles 10. If thou seest the oppression of the poore and violent perverting of judgement and justice in a Province marvell not at the matter For he that is higher then the highest regardeth and there be higher then they Eccles 5.8 Verily as touching my selfe my spirit groaneth and my heart lamenteth and even bleeds within me to heare and see the horrible blasphemies rash oathes cursings and evill speaking lying hypocrisie dissimulation envie malice corrupt communication drunkennesse adultery fornication uncleannesse riot gluttony idlenesse chambering and wantonnesse filthy lucre pride with many more like sinnes which even now do reigne among us Protestants that professe the Name and Gospell of Christ Wherefore me thinkes we should lay our hands upon our hearts and consider with our selves that we are become dead to the Law by the Body of Christ that we should be married to another even to him who is raised from the dead that we should bring forth fruit unto God For when we were in the flesh the motions of sinnes which were by the Law did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death But now are we delivered from the Law that being dead wherein we were held that we should serve in newnesse of spirit and not in the oldnesse of the letter Rom. 7. Shall we continue in sinne that grace may abound God forbid how shall we that are dead to sinne live any longer therein Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death Therefore we are buried with by baptisme into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walke in newnesse of life For if we have been planted together in the likenesse of his death we shall be also in the likenesse of his resurrection knowing this that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sinne might be destroyed that henceforth we should not serve sinne Also let us minde the Exhortation of Saint Paul to the Ephesians Chap. 4. This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walke not as other Gentiles walke in the vanity of their minde Having the understanding darkened being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the

estate anent the Churches Cherish no man more then a good Pastor hate no man more then a proud Puritan thinking it one of your fairest Styles to be called a loving nourish father to the Church seeing all the Churches within your Dominions planted with good Pastors the Schooles the Seminaries of the Church maintained the Doctrine and Discipl ne preserved in purity according to Gods Word a sufficient provision for their sustentation a comely Order in their policy pride punished humility advanced and they so to reverence their supetiours and their flocks them as the flourishing of your Church in piety peace and learning may be one of the chiefe points of your earthly glory being ever alike waie with both the extremities as well as ye represse the vaine Puritan so not to suffer proud Papall Bishops but as some for their qualities will deserve to be preferred before others so chaine them with such bonds as may preserve that State from creeping to corruption And againe in his preface to that excellent booke He saith I charge you as ever you think to deserve my fatherly blessing to follow and put in practise as far as lieth in you the precept hereafter following and if you follow the contrary course I take the great God to record that this book shall one day be a witnesse betwixt me and you and shall procure to be ratified in heaven the curse that in that case I give unto you For I protest before that Great God I had rather not be a Father and childlesse than be a Father of wicked children This weighty charge of a most godly Prince and a carefull loving Father so faithfully diligent and very industrious to provide for the safety and welfare of his posterity and Kingdomes will assuredly take deepe impression and firme root in the heart of the King and the Kings Sonne The Lord said of Moses Numb 12.7 He is faithfull in all my house And of Abraham Gen. 18.19 I know him that he will command his chidren and his houshold after him and they shall keep the way of the Lord to do justice and judgement that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him Childrens children are the Crown of old men and the glory of children are their fathers Prov. 17.6 A wise son heareth his fathers instruction but a scorner heareth not rebuke Prov. 13.1 and Prov. 4. Heare ye children the instruction of a father and attend to know understanding For I give you good doctrine forsake you not my law For I was my fathers son tender and only beloved in the fight of my mother He taught me also and said unto me let thine heart reteine my words Keep my Comandements and live Take fast hold of instruction let her not go keep her for she is thy life Read the whole Chapter Prov. 4. My son keep my words and lay vp my commandements with thee Keep my commandements and live and my law as the apple of thine eye Bind them upon thy fingers write them upon the table of thine heart Prov. 7. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoyce and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him Thy father and thy mother shall be glad and she that bare him shall have ioy of him My son give me thine heart and let thine eye observe thy wayes Folly is to him that is destitute of wisdome but a man of understanding walketh uprightly Without counsell purposes are disappointed but in the multitude of Counsellors they are established Apply thine heart unto instruction and thine eares unto the words of knowledge Hear thou my son and be wise and guide thine heart in the way H●arken unto thy father that begate thee and despise not thy mother when she is old Prov. 22.22 and Prov. 15 21 22. Now if we are bound by the Lawes of God and Nature to observe the godly precepts and to hearken unto the good instructions of our earthly fathers How diligently should we keep the Comandements of our Father which is in Heaven How ready should we be to do his Will to attend and obey his voice calling unto us in his Word and to say with Samuel Speak Lord for we thy servants do hear Again We have given the fathers of our flesh reverence shall we not much rather give hon●ur and obedience unto the Father of Spirits and live Heb. 12.9 We read in Deut. 6. After that Moses had repeated the ten Comandements he taught the people that the end of the Law was obedience and he exhorted them thereto saying Heare O Israel the Lord our God is one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might And these words which I comand thee this day shall be in thy heart and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and thou shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way and when thou liest down and when thou risest up And thou shalt binde them for a signe upon thine hands and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes and thou shalt write them upon the p●sts of thy house and on thy gates See Deut. 4.9 and Chap. 10.12 and Chap. 11.18 19. and Chap. 30.15 16. and Chap. 32.46 47. The Lord our God who is a God full of compassion and gracious long-suffering and plenteous in mercy and truth spake of the people of Israel saying O that were such a heart in them that they would feare me and keep my Commandements alwayes that it might be well with them and with their children for ever Deut. 5.29 If the wicked will return from all his sinnes that he hath committed and keep all my Statutes and do that which is lawfull and right he shall surely live and shall not dye All his transgressions that he hath committed they shall not be mentioned unto him but in his righteousnesse that he hath done he shall live Cast away all your transgressions whereby ye have transgressed and make you a new heart and a new spirit for why will ye dye O house of Israel Ezek. 18. vers 21 22 31. Wash ye make you cleane put away the evill of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do evill Learn to do well seek judgement c. Come now and let us reason together saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as Snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wool Isai 1.16 17 18. This is a true saying and by all means worthy to be received that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Mat. 11.28 They that be whole need not a Physician but they that are sick Goe ye and learne what that meaneth I will have mercy and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the