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Show raring. or; A CHRISTIAN C'lmpuiz. obedient, then he alloweth to himi‘elt‘ , that which hee denyeth to anorher, contrary to the words of our Saviour, What/been you ivaut'dt/Mt new flaw/d doe rmta you,t1mt doeyer unto t/mnmnd Corrtrary to the Law of Nature,(which is the indubitable everlafiing Law of God) Do not to amt/70,1114: mount/70:1 ivottldeft not I}: lam/dd" unto the. Gifting-r5. But whatthen {hall we fay of all thofe Martyrs we read of inthc Hiiiotv of the Church, that they have needleflely caft away their nefle, and confequently a Martyr, either rimary of Chrifl , or fecundary of his Apofiles, Difciples, or tieir SuceeKors; yet is he not obliged to fuffer death for that caufe; becaufe being not cal- led thereto, tis not required at his hands; nor ought hee to cornplain, if he lofeth the reward he expec‘teth from thofe that never let him on work. None therefore can beaMartyr, neither ofthe firft, not fecond degree, that haVe not a warrant to preach Chrifi: lives 6 Tot anfwer hereunto, we are to diflinguiih the perfons that come in the flelh; thatisto fay, none, but fuch as are fem: to the have been for that caufe put to death-7 whereof fome have received converlion of Infide‘ls.F0r no man is a Witneire to him that alread :1 Calling to preach, and profefl‘ethe Kingdome of Chril't open- beleeveth, and therefore needs no Witnefl‘egbut to them that den or doubt, or have not heard it. Chrift fent his Apofiles, and his Seventy Diiciples, with authority to preach-,he {ent not all that be- leeved : And he fent them to unbeleeversflfendyo/o (faith he) 44' flmp among/Z wolves; not aslheep to other iheep. ly", others have had no fuch Calling, _nor more has been required ofthemthan their owne faith. The former fort, it they have been put to death , for beating witneffe to this point, that jefus Chtii'c is rifen from the dead, were true Martyrs; For a Marry-r i5,(to give the true definition ofthe word ) a Witnefle of the Refurree‘tion ofjeiiis the Meifiah; which none can be but thofe that convetfed/with him on earth, and law him atterhe was rifen : For a Witnefle muft have {em what he teltifieth , or elfe his tcflimony {ctdown in the Gofpcl, contain none of them any authority over frem the point; the Congregation. offbeir Com- is not good. Andthar none but fuch, can properlybe called Martyrs of Chrift, is manifefl 0m ofthe words or bt. Peter, A6}. 1. 21, 22. t/zeia/i/bttp oft/ac bait/e of [frat], and commanded to Preach, that if Re/itrreflion: m-‘W‘m, VF/Jercfore of tbefe men wkwb lave campiziiyea' will; :15 all 1/15 time that the Lord lejus went 1'72 and satay/1mg]? mirgmmmgfi'umrhe Baptlfme of Iokn man; that fame day [we warm/zeta npfrom "gym/‘1' one one be ordainedta be .4 Martyr (that is a \Nitnefle ) wit/7 w of 11:5 Witnefle of the truth of the Reiiirrection of (:lll'lil', that is to lay, a. ," Q.-- "V n 1""- rm. 3. c 0 MM 0 N-WE A L TH. Cl).1jt.4i. taketh it upon him of his private authority , though he be aWit. Where we may oblerx'e, thathc which is to bee a of the truth of this fundamentall article or Chriftian Religion, that jefus was the Chrifi, mufi be {ome I)iiciple that converted with him,and {aw him before,and afierhis Reiurrec‘tion, and tome- thitly, the points of their Commiflion , as they are expreflely \‘.'e have fitflthit. to.) that the twelve Apoflles were (em to to Criml . ind any man. And (Lu/cc to. 2.) the feventy Difciprles are lent out, as Labourerr, not a: Lord; rift/1e Hart/cf}, and are bidtlcnivcrie 9.)to lay, 7'11: Ix'mgzlame of God 75501718 "jg/1 mm 7011; and by Kingdom here is meant, not the Kingdome of Grace,but the Kingdom: or (iloi'ygt‘or they are hidden to denounce it ( ver. 1 1,)t0 Illi‘ilc Cities witch thall not receive them,as atlire:1tning,tliat it {hall be more tolerable in that day for Sodamc,than for {rich a City. And and are therefore bu: WitneiTes of other mens IC‘lllanflyzdnd are but came, not to be miniiiredunm, but to minifier. Preachers there- the Hiflory our Saviours oflii‘e, and ot‘the Actsarr lipillles or the Apoflleagor which he beleeveth upt') the authority of a private 1}];lil,\\'ll oppole the Laws and Anthority of the Civill State,is very tar from being a Mam'i‘ot Chrift, or aMaityr of his Martyrs. "115 one Article onelv, which to die for, meriteth lo honorable a name 2 and that Article is this, that Iefiu 1'; {be Clan/i1, that is to lav, He that hath redeemed us, :1in ihall come again to give us lalvation, and cternall lifein his glorious Kingdome. l‘o dietoi‘ every tentt that tervetii the ambition , or profit ofthe Clergy, is nut I‘quili‘Ccl; nor is it the Death of the \Vitnefle, but the Tclilmony it hit that makes {11: Martyr : for the word fignifieth nothing the , but the man Ill-.1: bearethWitnefle,whetherhe be put to death tor his tcitunony, or not. Alfo he that is not fentto preach this fundamentall aizitle , bil} \ I.» u Preach; is thatac't, which a Crier, Herald, or other Officer lifeth to doe pizblzquelyin Prod-aimingot‘aliing. But a Crier hath not rinht man. :0. 28.)our Savtourtelleth his Diieiples, that {ought Prio- He,that to maintain every doctrine which he himieli‘ draweth out of m/jfinfl 3 1/1: It‘mgdome of Gad nutmtbxmd. Now Preaching in the originall, quently muf'tbe one of his originall Diiciples: whereas they which were not fo,can Witneffe no more, but that their :intecciiors raid it, fecond Martyrs,or Martyrs ofChriits \Nitneilts. . Argument rity of place, tlieirUtlice was to minii‘ter, even asthe Son ofman fore have notMagiileriall,but Minii‘teriall power : Be: not called Ma/lera, iiaith our bariour,)lar. 23. to.) far 1m: z'syomr Mflfler, t'Z/L'Il (f/xrx/f. Another point oi‘their C omniiilion, is, to Tear/2 4/! 2741107 25, as it 15 in JIJI. 25. 19. oras in St. Mark I6. 15. (lee MM 4/1 the world .1135} [Silt/J [/Jt (/ofpt/ to every (rear/426. Teaching theref ore,and Prea.' 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