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Show It is not truly faid, that the Spirit of God makerh the N/inifiry one of the Foundations ofChrH\ian Religion, Heb. 6. 1. 2. for it is onely a f9undation of Church Order, not of f.l~th, or Re! igion, theApofile puts an exprelfc dilference between fauh, and Church Order, Col.f 2. 5· Nor .is it acrue and.fafe fpe,ech , to call tjle F ellowfhip or bleiling of G:od vouchfafed to corrupt Churches, or Minillers or Minifirations to callit,Ifoy, unpromifed, or to be he· .yond awll1'd,'or.promife 0JGod. For.itisalargea~dyet an e?'pre!fe , prom,ife Qf the Covenant of Grace, _chat God will be merc1full to 1 . our;niqultics. That he will be mewfull to every one that prepal' er. l'· 34' •• etll his heart to feeke God, though he be not clean fed according . to the Purifiaation of the Santluary, 2 Chron. 30. 18, 19, 20. with many more fuch like. And therefore there wanes not Promifes of Grace and bleffing to the People of God , notwith llanding fome • defe&o and i·mpurities found in their Adminil!rations., Jl:leithet will it follow, that if our Minijlery, and Ordination h>re be true, thai -then the former which we had in England was f•lfe, efpeciaO, Jo falft, M that according to vijible R,./e, Fellow(hip with God was/oft. For the Rite of Ordination we doe not looke at it as any Effenti· all Part of our vocation to the Minifiry,no more the!] Coron,ati_at isan Elfentiall Part of the Office of the King. Ana though .we da not jutl:ly fundry thinga found in our Minillry, yet ]<hojhuah tht High Prcill did notloofe his Fellowfhip with God , though b was cloathed with filthy Garments, Zacb. 3 · ~' 4· 2. Concerning Prayer, •though the New Engli(h Min!llers ha~ witndfed againll the Commonfet-~orme thereof, whJthyetou ·felves in our ignorance have fomnmes ufed, and have therefor feen jull coufe to judge our felves fince : yet we did not thercb: loofe fellowfhip with God by fuch fionnes oflgnorance, no mot then the People ofGod did in the dayes of Hez.e4!,~h! . by faorifiet ing to God in the High places , when yet rhey,d•d lt'to1the ,Lo~ their God one~y, ll Chron. 33·'•7· I know no fo:h faithfullAdtnonifhers, as prefented to us'~ F.ngland, .Argumenll agJinft th< Common Prayer, which then jetfiiJ .,.ea~ , br;t now are ack.!Jowledged to be Ja~tnd,though foch a thing P' jibly "''!>'be true, bowfoevtr forgottm. Bm thid "'"' P"fwarkd>t~ ife Iii terlyfalfe, that any of us fatisfied our 'hearts with rhei'•atliJi4_~ -AHthor of the CoiiiJ<ell ofT rene, who ufid to rtadform d[tbe ~hD)J~ 1& • l_fcld pkl1 Pr'!)'ert OHt of the MJ(f-Booke. The Spirit of a childe of God though ~pan ?Ccali?n ~e m•y receive fuch a·Prathfe, yet he ca~ never fausfie _htm~dte_wuh ~he Praltife of any godly man for the warrant ofhts lm1Cat1on wuhout fomefurcher light (or at leal\ apprehenfion oflight) from the word. 3· It isreadilygra~llted, ( t~a~which ~s obfirved in the third place) That Gods people may lzve and d1e zn (uch b.Jnda ofWor:fbip,though lif!.ht from tht Word,whezher publick!J or private~] b.th been prejillted to them able tn conviRce~ N~verthelelfe, that will not Weaken the Condufi.,n (f<>rmerly menuoned, and afterwards furcherdifculfed) Th•t Fundament alit ·are fo cleare, that a man cannotb1et be convinced in Confcience of tlte Truth of them afier_ two or thr~e Admonitions: and that therefore fi<ch a Perfon as jl.ll coretmu~th obflznate, it can~emned afhimfelfe: and if he 'he~ be pumfhed, He u_ not pumfhed for hu Confcience, but for ftnning agamjl hu owne Confczence. Fer both thefe may welllland toge· ther, and are farre of from croffing or contrarying one another. A fet forme of Prayer, thougll it be onlawtull, yet it is not fuch a Fundamemall_ Err?r either in judgem<nt or praltife, as cutcerh off from feilowfhcp With God : That is onely a refoluce A!fertion of the.Difcr,_u;r,butav~uched without ail colour or pretence from the Scnp.ture. There ts fo_me refemblance and proportion betweene Praymg and Prop~efymg ; J14,[es ufed an unwarranted way and Forme ofProphefymg, when God Comrnaunding him to fpeake to the Rock before the Congre~ation ofi[rael , He fpake not to the Rock, but lhoke it with his Rod;( for which he had no Com· maundement) and fpJ~e to the p,ople and ,th.r in a P •ffion( and (and both Wlthouc a Comm1undami:nt) Nu-n;. 20. 8. 1 I. And yet this did no~ cnt~ o~his.~ ellowfhip with God, nor God! gr Jci. ~us Pre fence With htm m gtvmg water to the People,ho not at that tlm_e~ G~ ~~oW~h how to be prefent with his People, in bleffing thm Admmtfirattori!, and forgiving their iniquities, though hi: doe take vengeance of their Inventions,'Ff-1.99· 8. 4· Though I doe matntaine(astheApo~le doth) a Cleuneffe ofFundamentall Points of:Religi?il andWorfhip_(fuch Funda· mentalis I fay , Withollt whtch , F ellowfhip with God cannot be ha~) and though I grallnt, that in fubverting fuch Fundamentall Pomts, and per filling therein afcer once Ort!Til:e Admonition , a C m•n |