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A57627 Truth vindicated being an answer to the high flown fancies of John Perrot (known by the name of a Quaker) in a paper with this inscription to all Baptists every where ... / by Randall Roper. Roper, Randall. 1661 (1661) Wing R1929; ESTC R25526 21,849 25

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through and left to be cast to the Moles and to the Batts Oh the Contradiction that is in that Paper and whereas they say they eat the true Body and Blood of the Lord this will be nothing less then a Lye Take this argument founded upon the Scriptures of Truth if Christ hath instituted visible forms to wit bread and wine when persons do by faith pertake of the body and blood of Christ then those persons that do not pertake of the visible forms can not partake of the Body and blood of Christ but Christ hath instituted bread and wine to be pertaken of when persons do pertake of the Body and blood of the Lord therefore those persons that do not pertake of the visible forms cannot pertake that is to say eat and drink the Body and Blood of the Lord that which will be questioned is whether persons must pertake of Bread and Wine when they do pertake by Faith of the Body and Blood of Christ which is plain Mat. 26.26.27 28. Mark 14.22.23 Luke 22.19.20 agree all in one I shall repeat onely that which Mathew writteth and as they were eating Jesus took Bread and blessed it and breake it and gave it to his Disciples and said take and eate this is my Body and he tooke the Cup and gave thanks saying drink you all of it for this is my Blood of the New Testament shed for the remission of sins you see what way Jesus Christ taketh in order to their eating the Body Blood of Christ he gives them Bread and Wine and this must be granted Christ did nothing in vain that needed not be done now if it had been the mind of Christ that they should have eaten his Body and drink of his Blood without eating the bread and wine he would not have given them to his Disciples therefore let none be wise above what is written this I say that I do not find in all the Scriptures of the New Testament that any person did eat the Body and blood of Christ but those that did pertake of the visible forms but I would not be mistaken for I do beleive that it is not the want of Ordinances but the contempt of Ordinances that condemneth for in daies where his Ordinances cannot be injoyed the Lord hath been and will be to his people that in the want of Ordinances and without Ordinances as he is to them in the use of them but that cannot be pleaded now in this day of light the Lord commands obedience to all his Ordinances and will not hold men excused that lives without them see Iohn 3.19 Oh let not the meanest of the Commands of God to carnall reason be a means to hinder thee from the practise of them for it is matter of commendation to keep the Ordinances as they were delivered 1 Cor. 11.2 and whereas he saith we know it because it gives us blessed gronth in the life iunocencie of the Lamb if that which they say they know by that they are in the water and blood and that they eat the body and blood of the Lamb. If that be not true then we may conclude that the things are not true now I say though you do that which is right and just between man and man although that is not found in all your Principle yet this is fare short of the innocency of the Lamb the innocency of Christ appeared in his in that he stooped to the meanest of Gods Commands to carnal reason as Mat. 3.15 Suffer it to be so for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness if any person might have been exempted from the obedience of that commandement Christ might yet he takes a painfull journey to that end to be Baptised of Iohn that he might not only be a commander but a leader to his People Secondly his innocency appeared in that he doth not prove himself to be the Son of God only by the signs and miracles which he did though he had the spirit without measure but by the Scriptures and saith had you beleived Moses you would have beleived me for he wrote of me Iohn 5 46. and though Persons are to honour the Son as the honour the Father yet such was the innocency of Christ that he exhorteth them to search the Scriptures and gives these two reasons First they was such that in them they did beleeve was taught the way to eternal life Secondly not only because it was that they owned beleeved that there was such vertue in them but it was so in Christs account for saith he they testifie of me they declare of me Iohn 5.35 As if he should say if you question whether I am sent of God whether I am the Christ of God search the Scriptures you shall find I am so they testifie of me and further adds an imposibility of beleiving on him if they did not beleive Moses writings 47. verse he did not say turn to the light within and that will satisfie and that will Testifie no he doth not say as the Author of that Paper that the light within is the alone salvation of God and therefore for persons to say they are nourished in the life and innocency of the Lamb and to lay low the Scriptures of Truth not to be the rule to walk by and that which will not deceive that which doth witness whether Doctrines be Truth or Error they that say this is not true are not in the innocency of the Lamb. For how shal any thing or Doctrine be tryed if we have not assure word of prophecie one man saith by his present light within such a thing is an error another saith by his present light within that thing is truth therefore of necessity there must be some thing to inlighten which is sure therefore saith David thy word is lamp to my feet and a light to my path Psal 119.105 Oh therefore search and mediate in the word of God that is to say the mind of God contained in Scripture and be calling to the Lord for his Spirit that thou maist have a right understanding be not puffed up and think you are in the innocency of the Lamb when it is not so but this is the will of God concerning you what you search the Scriptures for they testifie what Christ would have his Disciples do and if you would be Disciples then walk according to his Commandement contained in Scripture I would hope that there is some of you that love the Lord let your love be manifested in this that you have respect to all the Commandements of the Lord be not partial prefering one thing before another 1 Tim. 5.21 But resist Satan in all his deeps and wills which he hath halled you into though some of you be ignorant of it surely you may have an holy conversation to wards men and yet walk in the worship of God blameless and let the form and the power be kept together bear with me and be not rash and give