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A29032 An antidote against Mr. Baxters palliated cure of church divisions, or, An account of several weighty and just exceptions against that book Bagshaw, Edward, 1629-1671. 1670 (1670) Wing B403; ESTC R22036 15,110 23

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who is Lord of his House Heb. 5. He doth likewise write very dubiously about justification whether we are to take it to be by faith or by Works and we fear he is not sound in that point since we find him calling it The presumptuous boast of being Righteous by Christt imputed Righteousness The Lord we hope in mercy to his Church and particularly to those who have been deceived into a good opinion of him will bring this Man upon his knees that he may make a publick acknowledgment of his folly in venturing to use such daring expressions and in pretending to be wise especially in so fundamentall a point as justification above what is written For if there is possibility for us to be saved any other way in any sense but by the Righteousness of Christ imputed to us and received by Faith not only the Scripture was written but likewise Christ died in vain Gal. 2. 16. 21. and 5. 3. 5. Let them saith he that think they can never speak bad enough of nature take heed least they run into excess this is strange counsel to them that have learned from Scripture That every imagination of the Heart of Man is evil only evil and that continually That The Natural Man cannot receive the things of the spirit of God That The wisdom of the flesh is enmity against God and the like so that we do not see if we will allow the Spirit of God to be the best counsellour how we can speak bad enough of corrupted Nature as the Nature of every man now is And had not Mr. Baxter told us before that he understood by Flesh only the sensitive appetite when the Apostle means the whole corrupt Nature even the Understanding Col. 2. 18. as well as the affections we should have wondred at this passage but now we see one firm reason to deny the least allowance of Free-will in the things of God since those that hold it in any degree are strongly inclined to deny Original sin and corruption which if Mr. Baxter hath not felt yet we see daily occasion to complain of and to abhor our selves for I find saith he many surly proud professors much proner to Reproof then to exhortation Their Pride and self conceitedness makes them forward But Mr. Baxter would have done well to have spared himself for he is doing the very same thing throughout his whole book and therefore we hope he is content to be accounted a surly proud Professor Christian Magistrates are a blessing for believers which is a Truth we doubt not of but when he adds by way of Reason for if they persecute some yet they usually protect more we think we ought to reply That if they persecute any 〈◊〉 they contract a Guilt upon all The whole Land of Israel suffered for Manass●●s sinful persecution and we think they do a very ill office to Magistrates that insinuate it is possible for them to persecute some and yet be innocent That the spirit of separation is the same with that of persecution is a most ungrounded as well as unchristian assertion For in many cases we may and ought to separate in love 2 Thes 3 14. 15. but Persecution in no case can consist with it which after many virulent unhandsome expressions upon this subject he is forced at last himself to confess He asks many questions about Church Communion but he knows the Proverb and let that answer him He takes it ill that we should think the Church of Christ to consist but of a few but when he says the belief of this is the next way to Infidelity he casts the reproach upon the word of God which affirms this expresly and not upon us who from thence have received it I have saith he much 〈◊〉 to forbear naming some high Professors who died Apostate Infidels deriding Christianity and the immortality of the Soul who once were Separatists And cannot he name many of the Church of England who daily do the same or might not the Heathen have thus reproached the Primitive Christians because many went out from among them 1 John 2. 19. Thus to reproach a whole party for the miscarriages of some few without taking notice how many more and greater Fau●ts are in those whom they wou●d defend is the usual artifice of such that think themselves concerned upon any wretched terms whatever to maintain an ill cause and have prostituted their consciences to defend an Argument In defence of Forms of Prayer which he would seem very tender of he saith Restore the same Spirit unto the former words and they will be as good as they were at the beginning which is very true but impertinent For therefore we say The same words ought not to be used much less imposed because no man can Restore the same spirit to them and we cannot believingly expect that God will do it because we have no promise for it nay it would be a tempting of God to expect any such thing in a worship which he hath not commanded He compares Cromwell unto the Tyrant Maximus which may be true but is most unbecomingly done in Mr. Baxter who dedicated a flattering book to his Son We have many more things to except against but we confess we are tired in gathering so many noisome weeds and therefore shall relieve our selves and the Reader and conclude all with the Comical Description of some whom Mr. Baxter calls an ignorant sort of Ministers that have clumsie wits unlearned Sots that should be conscious of the dulness and ignorance of their f●mbling and unfurnished Brains silly Souls and the like which had Ben. Johnson of old or Hudibras writ now we might have passed it by as a peice of Wit and Drollery and only blamed the Poet but for Learned Mr. Baxter Mortified Mr. Baxter judicious Mr. Baxter one that thinks himself many removes from those that he stiles the younger and emptier sort of Ministers to fall into such levity will I hope warn all to take heed how they overvalue themselves least God in judgement doth leave them to themselves as he hath evidently done this poor man whose recovery we can sincerely pray for and should much rejoyce if taking a review of what he hath writ from these exceptions of ours he might be stirred up to give satisfaction unto the Churches of Christ by a second and more seasonable Retractation FINIS ERRATA Page 2. line 23. for sensures read sensurers p. 3. l. 3. for rash r. rush p. 3. l. 13. for cime r. crime p. 3. l. 21. for there r. their p. 5. l. 28. for sence r. since p. 8. l. 3. r. ●ou p. 8. l. 20. for go r. got p. 11. l. 27. for arrogance r. arroganst p. 12. l. 4. for that r. at p. 12. l. 30. for surely r. since p. 13. l. 19. r. peace p. 13. l. 20. r. but it is Except 1. Except 2. a p. 25. 6. Except 3. Pref. Par. 12 a p. 153. b p. 141. Except 4. a Pref. Pec. 3. 3. b p. 142. c p. 143. d p. 182. e p. 193. f p. 358. g p 383 Excep 5. Pref. s 2●6 a p. 83. Excep 6. p. 31. 32. Excep 7. Dir. 5. p. 33. Excep 8. p. 55. Excep 9. p. 93. p. 84. Excep 10. p. 116. Except 11. p. 132. Except 12. p. 135. Excep p. 140. Excep p. 152. p. 201. Excep p. 158. p. 158. Excep p. 167 Excep p. 176. Excep p. 187. a p. 9. a p. 21. b p. 188. c p. 192. Except p. 193 d p. 84. Excep p. 194. 195. a p. 203. b p. 240. Except p. 196 a p. 200. Excep p. 207. Excep p. 210. Excep p. 212 Except p. 214. p. 215. Excep p. 216. Excep p. 219. Excep p. 221. Excep p. 220. Excep p. 220. Excep p. 232 233. Except p. 138. Excep p. 241. Excep p. 244. Excep p. 254. a p. 262. Excep p. 265. Excep p. 267. Excep p. 268. Excep p. 281. Except p. 374. Excep p. 393.