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A91881	John the Baptist, forerunner of Christ Iesvs: or, A necessity for liberty of conscience, as the only meanes under heaven to strengthen children weake in faith; to convince hereticks mis-led in faith; to discover the gospel to all such as yet never heard thereof; and establish peace betweene all states and people throughout the world; according unto which, were both our Saviours commission, and the apostles practice for the propagation of it peaceably: as appeares most evidently by sundry Scriptures digested into chapters, with some observations at the end of every one; most humbly devoted to the use and benefit of all such as are zealously inquisitive after truth; piously disposed to imbrace it, and constantly resolved to practice it in their lives and conversations; to the honour of God, the edifying of their brethren, and their owne salvation unto eternity. The contents of the chapters follow in the next leaf. This is licenced, but not permitted to be entred according to order.	Robinson, Henry, 1605?-1664?	1644 (1644)	Wing R1673; Thomason E9_13; ESTC R15393	119,971	135

Kingdomes almost laid waste that those which still survive might only have a breathing time and then be subject to a harder bondage surely God expects a larger improvement of so many talents a better account of so great a trust Oh! let us not tempt God nor frustrate the fulnesse of his good intentions which he has so largely discovered to us and still proffers to put us in possession if we will but take hold thereof which the same God of his infinite mercie grant unto us that we may doe so effectually who are otherwise unlikely and altogether unable to serve him as wee ought or deliver our selve front our oppressors But whereas we finde it said in the Revelation I have a few things against thee because thou sufferest that woman Jezabel which calleth herselfe a Prophetesse to teach and seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed to Idols Rev 2.20 It must be considered in what manner the Angel of the Church of Thyatira was said to suffer it for a man may well be said to suffer any thing to be done that forbore to forbid it when a word of his mouth would have hindred it this might have beene the Church of Thyatira's fault or else perhaps the Angel did not informe and instruct the people better nor admonish her to forbeare seducing the weake Christians with her specious delusions and in severall other respects the Angel might be said to suffer Jezabel thereby becomming accessory and blameable But it cannot be hence inferred that the Angel or Church of Thyatira had dominion over the peoples faith or any coercive jurisdiction to take Jezabel and banish her clap her up in prison and put her to death for teaching the people contrary to the established doctrine of that Church and place this may not be understood to be the meaning since t is alleadged by those that stand for the coercive power how the Angel could not have the approbation or assistance of it to this purpose and besides such a sense or inference upon this text would render it repugnant to divers others in the Scriptures and appeare quite contrary to the Presidents and Precepts of our Blessed Savious and His Apostles in like manner all other places which are not fully cleered or may though probably admit of divers interpretations as Let every thing be done in order and decently 1 Cor. 14.4 The rest will I set in order when I come 1 Cor. 11.34 Stand fast in the traditions which you have been taught 2 Thes 2.15 and the like what ever they signifie since it is not expressely mentioned it may not upon paine of not adding nor taking from the Word of God be otherwise interpreted then according to what we sinde more cleerly expressed in other places by which we may sully judge and sufficiently understand the minde of God just as Paul saith of eternall things such as were not made that the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are cleerly seen and understood by the things which were made and now art visible Rom. 1.20 When Peter and John were threatned and forbid to speak in the Name of Jesus they went and teported all that had pasled unto their own company who thereupon betooke themselves with one accord to God in prayer acquainting him what great opposition the childe Jesus found and what they had further determined to doe in their owne hearts desiring God to strengthen them with boldnesse against their threatnings that hee being pleased to stretch forth his hand they might heale and doe great signes and wonders by the Name of his holy childe Jesus and immediately they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spake the Word of God with boldnesse Act. 4. from v. 23. to 31. since then we doe not only finde this to be the Scripture course viz. to strengthen our selves in the Spirit of God not by the power of man but do withall see the good succesle upon it what ground or colour can we have now adayes to proceed otherwise I know 't will be answered that miracles are ceased and the Christians in the Apostles times had no force of armes I answer that we finde v. 32. how the Beleevers were a multitude and questionlesse farre more then those that not very many monthes since went to Pauls Crosse in the strength of their numbers and imaginations as is reported of some of them otherwise the more they were the more commendable and how can any make it appeare that the not working miracles at present does not chiefly proceed from the obstinate applying our selves to the arme of flesh and such other inferiour meanes of our ownce inventions or that ceasing of the miraculous power is warrant sufficient for Christians to make use of the Civill Sword But what wonder is it to see Powers and Armies imployed in opposing one an other 't is connaturall to carnall men to do so and just with God in judgement to permit it should be so I say not this for incouragement of any to doe the like for God will burne such rods when he has done with them Act. 7.7 but to disswade all others from giving the first occasion from tempting them unto a second blow I am certaine it has often been said and Printed too That the Bishops endeavouring to bring the Church of Scotland unto a uniformity with England was the spring head and first beginning of all these Warres which have shed such streames of blood Oh may the Presbyters of Scotland take warning by it lest their attempting of the same mutato nomine in the selfe same manner prove cause and instruments to prolong the Wars or may God for his infinite wisdome and mercies sake bring so much more good and comfort out of this second enterprise as he did out of the first unto all such as desire to worship him in Spirit and in truth Joh. 4.24 Our Saviour sayes It must needs be that offences come Mat. 18.7 and Paul tells us There must be heresies 1 Cor 11.19 But why thinke we must there be heresies and offences Paul gives the reason thereof in the same place That they which are approved may be made manifest amongst us Now though murderers and adulteries come to passe by the same providence of God yet not in the same manner nor for the same end for we doe not finde that God ever said there must be murders or adulteries and though they do come by the same permission yet it is no wayes said that murders should come for the manifestation of peaceable men or adulteries for the justifying of chastity and lastly God appointed such punishment for murder and adultery as being put in execution it both might and ought to have put all murderers and adulterers to death for Gods will and pleasure was there should not any of them escape But for Hereticks and other offenders in spirituall matters since God has said they must be had he withall required the

was I stoned thrice I suffered shipwrack a night and a day I have been in the deepe in journeying often in peri●s o● waters in perils of robbers in perils by mine own co●ntrimen in perils by the heathen in perils in the city in perils in the wild●n●es in weari●es and 〈◊〉 in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings aften in cold and nakednes 2 Cor. 11. from v. 23. to v. ●7 and all this for the propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and converting soules to him Paul might have been as worldly politick as another and desirous to save his own skin He had as great a temptation of temporall preferments but he feared no colours still making it his meat and dri●ke in imitation of his Saviour to doe the will of God and finish the worke of him that sent him Joh. 4.34 No carnall respects must cause us ●o deny or so much as be ashamed of our profession but as true Christian souldiers having put on the whole armour of God which is spirituall Ephes 6 11,12 come life come death we must keep our station so exercising our selves as that we may alwayes keep a good conscience both before God and men and 〈…〉 comforted that God is both able and willing very pitifull and of tender 〈◊〉 to deliver reward and save all such as shall endure unto the end Jam 5.11 Psal 34.17 Math. 10.22 So that if such as doe not agree with us about the true sense and meaning of some Scriptures or differ from us in some opinions conc●ive themselves notwithstanding bound in conscience to endeavour the gaining proselites unto their cause here we see they have as full a warrant for it in their own judgements and apprehensions as we our selves can possibly alleadge the very selfe same Scriptures and arguments with us neither can we produce one tittle if they may be the Judges or other indifferent men which hold with neither side why our reasons should more prevaile with them than theirs beare sway with us Wherefore we ought to be so far from prohibiting them in a coercive way from discharging of their conscience as rather to approve and take example thereby to doe the same like those who may now have learnt that it is not in clubs staves or such like carnal projects to vanquish Spirituall wickednesses nothing but the Spirit of truth in a Spirituall way of warfaring can cast out and overcome the spirits of Heresie and Error 4 This precept or command of preaching the Word was imposed upon all the Ministers of Christ in their successive generations upon no lesse necessity or woe to such as disobeyed than unto Paul himselfe and Timothy was required to commit the same things unto others which Paul had said unto him that they might doe the like unto the end of the world every man being obliged and bound to improve his talent to the utmost of his power for building up the mysticall body of Christ untill we come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Sonne of God unto a perfect man unto the measure and stature of the fulnesse of Christ Mat. 25.23.27 Eph. 4.11,12,13 5 Paul as soone as he had his call from God to preach the Gospel waited no attendance upon mans ordinances but suddenly went about his businesse which he could not have done if a Civill Magistrate o● pretending superiour power should have prevented him by a coercive jurisdiction And how can fraile man know but God doth still set apart others from our mothers wombe for his service as well as Paul or how can they tell who they are for the very Disciples of Jesus were afraid of Paul at first and did not know that he was become a Disciple 6 This charging of men to teach the truth only which Timothy was to use appeares to be out verball in that if they obeyed not he himselfe was charged to turne away from them 2 Tim. 3 5. 7 This subjection to the house of Stephanas could be no other than voluntarie nor signifie any thing else than reverence and honour to such as laboured in the vineyard of the Lord giving heed to what they said and he are it willingly receive it respectfully and apply it to our selves making such use of it as God intended but to imagine that this subjection were called for by the Apostle as unto those which have a coercive power and jurisdiction were incongruous because it cannot be equally performed unto an houshold nor possibly to every person thereof according to this Scripture besides the women children and servants which are part of the family and might all assist in some respect of edifying or administring to the Saints were incapable of such authority whether for sex yeares or condition in relation to the master of the family but might give just cause unto the Brethren to reverence and be subject to the whole houshold in the Lord Jesus 8 It is granted that many of Pauls Epistles and other workes may be lost but unlesse we keepe close unto the word of God which is conveyed unto us we must necessarily run into an inextricable laborinth on the other side for every man will pretend to be his owne interpreter and well hee may at least accept of no other than he himselfe approves of since it is his owne businesse which he ought to understand best and concernes his owne soule whereof who himself must give account Rom. 14.12 and so of those other places Let all things b● done decently and in order 1 Cor. 14.40 and the rest will I set in order when I come C. 11 34. Though it be not specified perhaps how Paul ordered afterwards that which was there resting yet certaine it is that being acted by the same s●…rit it could not vary much lesse contradict that po●tion of holy Scripture which is revealed and the most secure way for u● i● not to exceed in ordering any thi●g substantially 〈◊〉 from what we finde expressed already for if wee grant liberty for exceeding it will be lawfull to all alike since each man can best judge and must have the ordering of his owne conscience which he neither may nor can submit unto anothers 't is very fond to thinke that we may take this freedome to our selves of adding as if we wanted cleere evidence sufficient for setling such a government and order as God requires for even the same Paul said that he rejoyced beholding the Colossians order C. 2 5. which must have beene after that passage to the Corinthians if they be well ranked in our printed Bibles but whether it were so or no the matter is not much 't is sufficient for us that the Colossians order was compleat He tells Timothy These things write I unto thee hoping to come unto thee shortly but if I tarry that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thy selfe in the house of God 1 Tim. 3.14,15 To the Romans he sayes the word is nigh thee even