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A91267	A seasonable vindication of free-admission, and frequent administration of the Holy Communion to all visible church-members, regenerate or unregenerate. From the institution, precept, president of Christ himself; the doctrine, practice of the primitive Church, fathers, councils, Christians: the confessions, articles, records, chief writers of our own and other reformed churches: the dangerous consequents, effects, schisms arising from the disusage, infrequency, monopoly of this sacrament, to visible or real saints alone; and suspension of all others from it, till approved worthy upon trial. And that upon meer Anabaptistical, and papistical false principles, practices, (here discovered) unadvisedly embraced, imitated, asserted, exceeded by sundry over-rigid, reforming ministers; to our Saviours dishonour, our Churches great disturbance, their own, their peoples prejudice; and the common enemies, and seducers grand advantage. / By Will: Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne·	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1656 (1656)	Wing P4070; Thomason E495_3; ESTC R203285	81,072	108

increaseth virtue decreaseth But how many Ministers now amongst us not only neglect but peremptorily refuse to administer the Sacrament to their Parishioners people so oft as once or twice every year at certain times but not so much as once in two three or four yeares space or more together whereby all the forementioned sins and evils are more multiplied amongst us of late years than formerly in times of Poperie Herein therefore they are more inexcusable and blame-worthy than the Papists whom they exceed in this exorbitancy 2ly That the Pope and Popish Priests made the peoples negligence and undevotion in not resorting daily and frequently to the Lords Supper the rule of Christs religion and Ground-Work of their private Masses And instead of controuling rebuking the people for not repairing constantly and daily to this Sacrament they suffered them to persevere and perish in this their negligence yea increased their negligence and discouraged them from the holy Communion whereas were it a matter of Tithes or other payments they should be called upon and not suffered in any wise to be negligent neither should their negligence stand for excuse And do not our Anabaptistical Independent Ministers crept into many Parish Churches and some Presbyterians likewise make the peoples negligence ignorance unpreparednesse undevotion the very Ground-work of their casting off and discontinuing all publike Communions in their Churches there formerly celebrated every Month or quarterly at least and to set up private Communions in their Conventicles and private Meetings to some few selected Proselites like so many private Masses yea instead of exciting their Parishioners to the frequent constant receiving the Lords Supper and reprehending them for their undevotion backwardnesse in resorting to it do they not foster incourage them in their Non-approaches thereunto nay use all possible strained Arguments to disswade deter debar them from the least accesse unto it though strict and diligent in calling on them for their own Tithes dues wherein no negligence or plea must be admitted O then do they not fully imitate equal yea exceed the Popes and Popish Priests herein who force all to communicate once a year at least under pain of Excommunication under pretext of avoiding Popery and prophanenesse The Lord set this home upon their Spirits that they may reform it without delay 3ly That the Popes and Popish Priests debarred the people from reading the Scriptures c. upon this ground that they be Dogs and Swine and therefore should not such precious stones be laid before them And do not many of our Minsters upon this very Ground debar all their people from the Lords Supper and justifie it in a Print and Pulpit from Mat. 7. 6. Give not that which is holy to Dogs nor cast ye your Pearls before Swine lest they trample them under their feet and rent you Which was certainly never intended of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper not then instituted nor of such who earnestly desire frequently to receive this Pearl this holy thing and are ready to rent their Ministers for not delivering it unto them whereas they would highly love honour them did they constantly give it to them as they ought by Christs injunction and the Primitive Fathers practice But rather of heavenly admonitions reprehensions Instructions given to excommunicated obstinate Sinners who would be more exasperated than reformed by them as I have b elsewhere proved at large and c others very lately And are they not then direct Popes Papists herein fighting with their Arguments against their own People and Christs own sacred Communion And here let me inform these Censorious Ministers who term and deem all those baptized Christians whom they judge unregenerate Doggs and Swine that these are no Scripture Gospel or Christian terms or Epethites becomming their Lips or Pens but meer anti-Anti-Scripture ungospel unchristian Reproaches Revilings unbecoming their ministerial Function and Profession of Christianity diametrically contrary to Gods Christs the Holy Ghosts the Prophets and Apostles language in holy Writ Which in the Old Testament stiled all the circumcised Israelites and seed of Abraham joyned unto him by external federal Covenant and profession though for the most part really void of saving Grace and inward spirituall holines● d Holy men A Kingdom of Priests and an holy Nation a peculiar people an holy people unto the Lord thy God a chosen special people unto himself above all the Nations which are upon the face of the earth the holy seed the holy people the redeemed ones e Gods people the Lords people the Lords portion and inheritance his own people the sheep of his pasture the people of the Lord of Hosts and that not only when they kept themselves pure frō Idolatry false worship other wickednes but even when they were polluted with idolatry false worship all manner of pollutions impieties plagued by God punished and carried away captive for their sins as the marginal Texts with sundry others testify So all their Priests Levites Cities especially Jerusalem are stiled holy most holy to the Lord the holy Court though many of them were polluted prophaned defiled with all kind of wickedness and idolatry Exod. 30. 29. Levit. 11. 44. c. 21. 6 7 8. Isa. 52. 1. c. 64. 10. c. 1. 21. Neh. 11. 1. 18. Dan. 9. 24. Mat. 4. 5. and other Scriptures Thus all the converted Jews and Gentiles under the Gospel externally professing embracing the faith of Christ and baptized into Christ are stiled Gods people my people by God himself in the Old Testament Ps. 110. 3. Hos. 2. 23. Zech. 13. 9. and likewise in the New Rom. 9. 25. Holy Holy Brethren Saints Saints by calling a holy Generation a Royal Priesthood a peculiar people 1 Cor. 7. 14. 1 Thes. 5. 27. Hebr. 3. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 5. 9. Rom. 1. 2. 1 Cor. 1. 2. 2 Cor. 1. 1. c. 13. 13. Eph 1. 1. 15. c. 6. 18. Col. 1. 2. 26. Philem. 5. yea they are said to be in Christ as branches in the vine Iohn 15. 1. to 9. sanctified with the bloud of the Covenant Heb. 10. 29. To be redeemed by Christ 2 Pet. 2. 1. yea reputed Members of the visible Churches of God and of the Saints though the major part of them be not really sanctified defiled with manifold sins 1 Cor. 1. 2. c. 14. 17. to 34. c. 14. 23. 33. Acts 20. 28 29 30. 1 Thess. 1. 1. c. 5. 14. 2 Thess. 1. 1. c. 3. 6. to 16. Rev. 2. 4 5. 14 15. 20. c. 3. 1. c. 4. 14 15 16. compared together to omit many other like Texts And such as these even when they fall into scandalous sinnes are to be restored with the spirit of meeknesse and to be admonished as Christian BRETHREN and not reputed Enemies Dogs or Swine Gal. 6. 1 2. 2 Thess. 3. 6. to 16. being still our Brethren in Christ till either actually apostatized from the Profession of Christ or actually cast out of the Church by

there be no divisions among you but that ye be perfectly joyned together in the same mind and in the same judgement 3ly l Stand constantly upon your watch and m unite all your studies endeavours together against the manifold plots policies of Satan and your Iesuitical Popish Sectarian common Enemies who seek nothing but the speedy ruine of your persons Ministry and of our Protestant Religion Church State being more active subtle and successfull of late years in this design than ever in former ages And let their present joynt attempts combinations against you be a prevailing argument to unite your affections endeavours studies to countermine them 4ly Avoid all carnal Machivilian Policies all sordid Compliances and n base Fears of any Mortals how great or powerful soever And never o act nor consent to any evils error unrighteous impious Projects or hypocritical designes yea hope that any good may come thereby but rather part with your lives liberties and all worldly enjoyments than with a good conscience and the truth or Ordinances of God intrusted to your care 5ly Take Notice of some particular late failings and scandalous sinfull Omissions or Neglects in the discharge of your Ministerial Office in which divers of you have been and still are very peccant Whereas by our former Liturgies confirmed by p sundry Acts of Parliament yet in force the Decalogui or Ten Commandements of God himself q asserted by all or most of you to be Moral and Perpetual as they are a rule of Life and Obedience were to be publikely read in all Churches as heretofore was usual once every Lords day and when ever the Lords Supper was administred to the end the people might the better remember and observe them in their lives and conversations This godly custom hath for sundry years together been universally neglected and cast aside by all or most of you By which means the elder sort of people have quite forgotten these Commandements the younger sort are alltogether ignorant of them and generally know not whether there be any such Decalogue for them to learn know observe their Parents Masters not instructing them in them in their private families as formerly since discontinued publikely in our Chnrches The number of Antinomians is hereby augmented confirmed in their Error the Knowledge Sence Conscience of sinnes against these Precepts almost quite obliturated And these Laws of God with all other good Laws of the Realm quite cast aside slighted scorned violated in the highest degree by many professed Saints of the highest Orb like Old Almanacks quite out of date or force especially the 5 6 8 and last of them Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house c. nor any thing that is his now turned into an affirmative or quite expunged out of the Decalogue of too many English Protestants as well as the r second Commandement heretofore out of the Papists And whether this omission be not a sinne against Deutr. 6. 1. to 10. c. 18. 18. to 22. c. 4. 9 10. Acts 13. 15. Psal. 1. 2. Iosh. 1. 8. and other Scriptures fit henceforth to be reformed let your own Consciences with all Protestant Commentators on these Texts and the Decalogue resolve you 2ly Whereas the Summary Heads of the Christian Faith comprised in antient Creeds made Å¿ used in the Primitive Church and continued in all Christian Churches as most useful necessary ever since were usually repeated by the Ministers and people in all our Churches heretofore when ever they assembled to worship God on Lords-dayes and other Festivals or times of Devotion This Godly profitable Christian practice hath been generally disused and set aside by most of you for sundry years together whereby the old Principles of our Christian Faith and Creeds are quite forgotten or neglected by the ancienter sort and unknown to the younger people not instructed to learn or repeat them by heart as formerly by their Parents and Masters since disused in our Churches by Ministers and a world of New Faiths Heresies Blasphemies Errors have been set up and vented in opposition thereunto destructive to the very Foundations of our Religion Now whether this Omission be not a great Misdemeanour or Oversight in you repugnant to the 1 Cor. 15. 1. to 8. Hebr. 5. 12 13. c. 6. 1 2 3. 2 Pet. 1. 12 13 15. c. 3. 2. and other Texts let all Old and New Expositors on the Creed determine and your own Consciences judge 3ly Whereas by the Laws of our Land confirming the Book of Ordination and the Liturgies of our Church all our Deacons Ministers formerly on Lords dayes and other times of publike Divine Service were specially obliged to read certain Psalms with one Chapter of the Old Testament and another out of the New in the Church for the peoples better edification and instruction in the Scriptures and incouragement to read them diligently in their Families and private Closets yet now of late years contrary to their Solemn Promise at their t Ordinations diligently to read the Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to the people assembled in the Church and contrary to Exod. 24. 7. Deut. 6. 1. to 10. c. 11. 18. to 22. c. 31. 11 12 13. Josh. 8. 34 35. 2 Kings 23. 1 2 3. 2 Chron. 34. 29 30 31. Neh. 8. 1. to 19. c. 9. 1. 3. c. 13. 1. Isay 34. 16 Ier. 36. 6 10 c. c. 51. 61 62. Luk. 4. 16 17. Acts 13. 15. c. 15. 21. 31. 2 Cor. 1. 13. Eph. 3. 4. Col. 4. 16. 1 Thess. 5. 27. Rev. 1. 3. c. 5. 4 5. 2 Cor. 3. 14. 1 Tim. 4. 3. contrary to the practice of Gods own people the Iews of Christ himself and his Apostles of the Primitive Fathers Councils Church Christians as u Bishop Iewel proves at large of all x Protestant Churches in foreign parts the Practice Canons Rubricks and Liturgies of our English Church and command of God himself in the forecited Texts most of our Independent Ministers have wholly cast off the reading of all Psalms Chapters of the Old and New Testament in their Churches and Meetings more particularly in Pendennis Castle in Cornwall where there was not one Chapter Psalm either sung or read during my near two years close imprisonment in their Meeting-house there yea many Presbyterians and other Ministers have overmuch failed herein reading only either one Chapter out of the Old Testament or New and somtimes only one Psalm without a Chapter now and then on Lords dayes and other Publick Dayes of worship By which ill president the generality of their people especially such who cannot read are become wholly ignorant of the Scriptures and made a prey to every seducer the constant reading of the Scriptures in privat is much neglected the Scriptures themselves much slighted yea many turned professed Anti-Scripturists rejecting the Old and New Testament both together and others who retain the New Testament have quite rejected the old as nothing

fearful Mysterie● for we are all of one worthinesse to receive the same u Ign●tius saith One bread was broken for all and one Cup was divided to all In the x Canons of the Apostles it is decreed That if any man resort unto the Church and hear the Scriptures and abstain from the Communion he stands excommunicate as one that troubleth the Congregation The y like Decrees are found under the names of Cal●xtus Anacl●tus Martinus Hilarius and others by which it is certain that the whole Church received together This Latin word Missa in the time of Tertullian and St. Cyprian signified a dismission or a license to depart and was specially applied unto the Communion upon this occasion that I must here declare They that were then named Catechumeni that is to say Novices in the faith and not yet christened were suffered to be present at the Communion untill the Gospel was ended Then the Deacon commanded then forth pronouncing these words aloud z Catechumeni exeunto or thus Ite Missa est Goe ye forth Ye have license to depart Of this dismissing or departing forth of the Catechumeni and others the Service it self was then called Missa The rest remained still in the Church and received the Communion together with the Priest Further the breaking of the bread which even now is used in the Masse it self signifieth a distribution of the Sacrament unto the people as a St. Augustine saith unto Paulinus Ad distribuendam comminuitur It is broken to the end it may be divided Surely one b Lorichius a Doctor of Mr. Hardings own side saith thus Ipsius Sacramenti Institutio vult ut omnes una manducemus et bibamus The very instu●tion of the Sacrament willeth that we all eat and drink together After which c Bishop Iewel adds It appears by that place of d St. Cyprian the h●ly Communion was thought so necessary to all the faithfull that children and infants were not excluded And it appeareth by St. Hierom e St. Augustine and other old Writers That they that were baptized as well children as others immediately received the holy Mysteries in both kinds f St. Hierom speaking of one Hilarius saith thus Non potest Baptisma tradere sine Eucharistia He cannot administer Baptism without the Sacrament of Thanksgiving Therefore all that were admitted to and though worthy of one Sacrament were freely admitted to and thought worthy of the other in the Primitive times g Vident haec Sacramenta Pauperes Spiritu et hoc uno contenti ferculo omnes hujus mundi delicias aspernantur possidentes Christum aliquam hujus mundi possidere supellectilem dedignantur He further addes in another place It is h granted of all without contradiction that one end of all Sacraments is to joyn us to God Another end is to joyn us all together And so likewise writeth S. Paul i All we are baptized into one body And therefore saith k St. Augustine In nullum nomen Religionis coagulari c. Men cannot be brought into any name of Religion be it true or false unless they be joyned together with some bend of visible signes or Sacraments And as touching the later of these two ends the same l Dionysius Areopagita writeth thus That holy common and peaceable distribution of one and the same bread and common Cup preacheth or prescribeth unto them a heavenly unity as being men fed together And Pachymeres the Greek Paraphrast expounding the same place hath these words For that common diet and consent bringeth us into the remembrance of the Lords Supper St. Cyprian ad Magnum saith With what love and concord all faithfull Christians are joyned together the Lords Sacrifice doth declare These words do sufficiently declare both the common receiving of the Sacrament and also the knitting and joyning of many together Without all question the effect that Dionysius meant standeth in this that the people prayeth and receiveth the Holy Communion together and thereby doth openly testifie that they be all one in Christ Jesus and all one amongst themselves And therefore m Chrys●stom saith For that cause in the Mysteries we embrace one another that being many we may become one But n St. Cyprian saith The whole Church is but one House in which the Lamb is eaten The Communion or fellowship of the Church standeth in sundry respects For we communicate together either in consent of mind as it is written of the Apostles o They had all one heart and one mind Or in knowledge of God as Christ prayeth for his Apostles unto his Father p That they may be one as thou and I be one And St. Paul to the Philippians q I thank my God alway that ye are come to the Communion of the Gospel Or in one Christ as Paul saith r There is now no bondman there is now no freeman but all are one in Jesus Christ To be short we communicate in Spirit in Prayers in Love we are all washed with one Bloud we are all fed with one body we have all one hope of our vocation and all together with one heart and one voice be we never so far asunder do glorifie God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ And this is that only House where●n the Lamb is eaten grounded upon the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets In this House we dwell here we wa●● together with consent here we eat the Lamb of God being all Brothers and Members of one Body and all One in Christ Jesus God restore you Mr. Harding once again into the same House that you may open the eyes of ●our heart and see from whence you are fallen ſ Cyrillus saith They that receive the mystical benediction are one body with Christ and also between themselves Whereunto agree these words of t St. Hierome spoken in the behalf of Christ Blesse thine inheritance which thouhast gathered together in thy Church by the Mysterie of my Body and Bloud And u Anselmus a man of later years We break and divide the bread into many parts to declare the unitie of the love of them that receive it Here note This description of unitie standeth in receiving the Sacrament and not only in the Communion The whole Church of God is but one house and all the Members of the same doe communicate together in Faith and Spirit Hereof we may form the Major Every particular Church ought to be a resemblance of the whole Church and this particular Communion ought to be a resemblance of that General Communion That General Communion is common to all and every Member receiveth his part Ergo the particular Communion ought to be ministred commonly unto all and every Member to receive his part Or thus The Ministration of the holy Communion representeth the Conjunction and fellowship that we have in Faith And as x St. Cyprian saith That Christian men are