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The necessity of keeping our parish-churches argued from the sin and danger of the schisms in the Church of Corinth and of the present separations : in a sermon before the honourable judges, at the last assizes, held at Exeter / by Francis Fullwood.
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Fullwood, Francis, d. 1693.
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even all that the Enemy hath done wickedly in the Sanctuary they have defiled by casting down the Dwelling place of thy Name to the ground they said in their hearts let us destroy them together they have burnt up all the Synagogues of God in the Land O God how long shall the Adversary reproach Psal 74. 2. to 11. Yea it is not an Enemy that reproacheth us then we could have born it We took sweet counsel Psa 55. 12. 14. together and lately walked to the House of God in Company I know you will say that our brethren intend no such thing but this is plainly the intention of their Actions if not of their minds which ought chiefly to be observed and without which the intention of their minds is insignificant The Contempt of the Assemblies by Separation SEcondly suppose by the Church of God we understand the Coetus or Assembly of Christians how are these despised while you treat them as unworthy of your Company while you reject our Pastors our Members our Worship and Ordinances as well as our Temples What can be the Intention of your Separation but to reflect upon us as too too corrupt and to censure us as Assemblies of Sinners and Publicans though you heed not who are the Pharisees and plainly to expose our Bishops Pastors Government and Worship to Publique Scorn and highest Contempt and the Church of England and our Parochial Congregations to the certainest Method of Reproach and Ruine should others be perswaded to deal so spitefully with us as your selves I say this way of Separation as it immediately plucks up our Antient Land-marks and dissolves our Parochial Constitution so it leads directly to the tearing our Prayer-book again the trampling first upon our Government next upon our Governours and if wiser men than I am have any skill at ghessing a betraying our Church and the Reformation of it to Forraign Invasion and Usurpation the barbarous Captivity of spiritual Egypt and Sodom which God avert If not then this must be for a Lamentation How doth the City sit solitary that was full of people I am 1. How is she become as a Widow All her Friends have dealt treacherously with her they are become her Enemies Judah is gone into Captivity She dwelleth among the Heathen The ways of Sion do mourn because none come to her solemn feasts all her Gates are desolate her Priests sigh her Virgins are afflicted and she is in bitterness her Adversaries are the chief her Enemies prosper and from the Daughter of Sion all her beauty is departed The Application of the whole Discourse for Union and Parochial Worship THus you have heard what Schism is and the danger of it to the Church of God and that breach of Union and Division of the Parts threatens the dissolution of the whole Now what remains but that if you would avoid the Mischief you prevent it in the Cause which you see is Schism Separation and gathering Churches As you would preserve our Church you must preserve its Vnion the Case admits of no other Cure the Case is otherwise desperate Yet this is a sure Remedy carrying in it a continuity of Parts which is our Health Now there is but one way of maintaining this Vnion and that is necessary viz. the preserving our Parochial Constitution and Worship if this be once dissolved we are lost Parish-bounds were at first laid by the light of Nature for persons living together should worship God together and the general practice of Scripture where we still find Cities and Churches are Commensurate perhaps among so many Instances there may be some few just exceptions but generally the bounds of our Parish-Churches are convenient enough our very Adversaries being Judges However where they are inconvenient the people cannot be thought fit Reformers popular Experiments about Antient Foundations will be ever hazardous if not Ruinous What hand trembles not to touch a Constitution that hath been found so convenient and stood so firm for so many Ages Yea a friend of their own of no mean account affirms that the Protestant Interest in England depends very much upon the Piety Honour and Integrity of our Parish-Churches The Conclusion COnclude then there is no other visible remedy against the foresaid Mischiefs but our ordinary attending upon the Worship of God in the Temples If you regard the Common Safety and the Publique Peace or your Private Interest therein involv'd if the Prosperity of Sion your duty to and care of Religion if the great concerns of God and Mens Souls and the Reformation weigh any thing with you Yea as you abhor Schism and Heresie Popery and Anarchy Atheism Confusion and perpetual desolations in the Church of God take head of separating your selves break not our Parish-bounds forsake not sleight not our Publique Worship and Assemblies Take heed of giving Countenance to gathered Churches so far as to gratifie a Wanton itch of hearing their Teachers They are Schismatical in their Constitution and plainly design opposition and destruction to the Church of England and he that sees not this sees Nothing Let Houses retain their proper offices and be content with them but see that you Reverence the Sanctuary O contemn it not by withdrawing your selves and Gods Ark and Altar from it What! Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in Or despise ye the Church of God Do not dare to do it 't is a great Sin and of destructive Consequence and you have had Warning and to say no more you have no Assurance that either God or Man will always indulge it or let it go unpunished FINIS Some single Sermons and other Discourses touching the present differences in the Church Printed for James Collins 1. CAtholick Charity recommended in a Sermon before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London in order to the abating the Animosities among Christians that have been occasioned by differences in Religion by Jos Glanvile Rector of Bath Price 6 d. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or a seasonable Recommendation and defence of Reason in the Assairs of Religion against Infidelity Scepticism and Fanaticisms of all sorts by Jos Glanvile Rector of Bath Price 6 d. 3. The Christians Victory over Death A Sermon preached at the Funeral of the most Honourable George Duke of Albemarle by Seth Lord Bishop of Sarum Price 6 d. 4. A Mirrour of Christianity and a Miracle of Charity or an exact Narrative of the Life and Death of the Lady Alice Dutches Dudley by R. Boreman DD. Price 6 d. 5. The General Assembly or the necessity of receiving the Communion in our publique Congregations evinced from the Nature of the Church the Word of God and Presbyterian Principles A Sermon by Francis Fulwood DD. Price 6 d. 6. Miserere Cleri A Sermon representing the Miseries of the Clergy and Assigning their true Causes in order to Redress by Edw. Westonhall B. D. Price 6 d. 7. Vrim Thummim or the Clergies Dignity and Duty recommended in a Visitation Sermon by Mal. Couvant B. D. Price 6 d. A Discouse of Toleration in answer to a late Book entituled A Discourse of the Religion of England Price 6 d. Indulgence not justified being a Continuation of the Discourse of Toleration in answer to the Arguments of a late Book entituled A Peace Offering or Plea for Indulgence and to another call'd The second Discourse of the Religion of England Price 6 d. Toleration not to be abus'd or a serious Question soberly debated and resolved upon Presbyterian Principles viz. whether it be adviseable especially for the Presbyterians either in Conscience or Prudence to take advantage from His Majesties late Declaration to deny or rebate their Communion with our Parochial Congregations and to gather themselves into distinct and separate Churches Price 6 d. The Judgment of the Learned and Pious St. Augustin concerning Penal Laws against Conventicles and for Unity in Religion delivered in his 48 Epistle to Vincentius Promiscuous Ordinations are destructive to the honour and safety of the Church of England written in a Letter to a Person of Quality