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             The judgment of M. Cartwright and M. Baxter concerning separation and the ceremonies
             Cartwright, Thomas, 1634-1689.
             Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
          
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           THE
           JUDGMENT
           OF
           M.
           
             CARTWRIGHT
          
           AND
           M.
           
             BAXTER
          
           Concerning
           SEPARATION
           And
           the
           Ceremonies
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1673.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           UPon
           this
           following
           Letter
           of
           
             T.
             C.
          
           there
           will
           need
           no
           other
           observation
           than
           what
           Archbishop
           
             Bancroft
          
           long
           since
           made
           ,
           
           in
           these
           words
           :
        
         
           But
           it
           most
           of
           all
           pleaseth
           me
           to
           see
           ,
           how
           Master
           
             Cartwright
          
           draweth
           homeward
           .
           For
           as
           the
           Anabaptists
           by
           their
           madness
           kept
           Master
           
             Calvin
          
           within
           some
           good
           compass
           ,
           and
           as
           Master
           
             Beza
          
           hath
           been
           compelled
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           to
           retire
           himself
           from
           his
           former
           eagerness
           :
           so
           assuredly
           the
           phrenetical
           giddiness
           of
           these
           our
           new
           unbrideled
           Schismaticks
           ,
           who
           for
           pretended
           purity
           are
           many
           degrees
           beyond
           all
           the
           
             Savoyan
          
           Disciplinarians
           ,
           hath
           wrought
           a
           miracle
           (
           to
           my
           understanding
           )
           upon
           M.
           
             Cartwright
             .
          
           
           For
           hear
           him
           ,
           how
           for
           fear
           of
           falling
           into
           flat
           
             Donatism
             ,
          
           he
           was
           fain
           to
           plead
           against
           one
           (
           that
           had
           been
           his
           Scholar
           )
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           
           so
           bitterly
           before
           by
           himself
           impugned
           .
           
             The
             ordinary
             assemblies
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             of
             those
             which
             profess
             the
             Gospel
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             are
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           which
           he
           proveth
           in
           this
           sort
           ;
           
             Those
             Assemblies
             which
             have
             Christ
             for
             there
             head
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             also
             for
             their
             foundation
             ,
             are
             Gods
             Churches
             :
             Such
             are
             the
             assemblies
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             Therefore
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Again
           ,
           
             They
             that
             have
             performed
             unto
             them
             the
             special
             Covenant
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             with
             his
             Churches
             ,
             of
             pouring
             his
             spirit
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             putting
             his
             word
             into
             their
             mouths
             ,
             are
             the
             Churches
             of
             God
             :
             But
             such
             are
             the
             assemblies
             in
             England
             ,
             Therefore
             ,
             &c.
             
             Hereunto
             may
             be
             added
          
           (
           saith
           he
           further
           )
           
             the
             judgment
             of
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             in
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             all
             which
             give
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             Society
             in
             the
             house
             of
             God
             ,
             unto
             the
             assemblies
             which
             are
             in
          
           England
           .
           Again
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ,
           notwithstanding
           it
           want
           the
           pretended
           Discipline
           ;
           he
           useth
           this
           distinction
           ;
           that
           
             at
             it
             is
             in
             mans
             body
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             in
             this
             
             matter
             ;
             there
             are
             certain-parts
             essential
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             without
             the
             which
             a
             man
             cannot
             stand
             ,
             and
             some
             serving
             either
             to
             his
             comelyness
             or
             to
             his
             continuance
             .
          
           And
           of
           this
           latter
           sort
           he
           maketh
           the
           Discipline
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           he
           write
           ,
           thus
           ;
           
             To
             say
             that
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           
             is
             not
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             not
             received
             this
             Discipline
             ,
             methinks
             is
             all
             one
             with
             this
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             man
             would
             say
             ,
             It
             is
             no
             City
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             no
             wall
             :
             or
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             no
             Vineyard
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             neither
             hedge
             nor
             ditch
             .
          
           Thus
           far
           Master
           
             Cartwright
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           his
           manner
           of
           speech
           you
           find
           a
           very
           great
           alteration
           ,
           from
           his
           anoient
           stile
           .
           And
           as
           concerning
           the
           necessity
           whereof
           I
           intreat
           ,
           the
           wind
           you
           see
           is
           turned
           .
           There
           is
           no
           more
           necessity
           in
           
             England
          
           of
           the
           
             Geneva
          
           platform
           ,
           than
           that
           every
           City
           in
           this
           Realm
           should
           be
           walled
           about
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           the
           pretended
           Discipline
           is
           become
           not
           to
           be
           any
           longer
           of
           the
           essence
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           but
           as
           appertaining
           to
           the
           comelyness
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           a
           little
           after
           ,
        
         
           And
           this
           I
           will
           add
           unto
           it
           ,
           that
           if
           Master
           
           
             Cartwright
          
           would
           but
           confer
           with
           some
           that
           haves
           kill
           in
           fortification
           ,
           to
           know
           of
           him
           whether
           an
           old
           thick
           wall
           of
           lime
           and
           stone
           ,
           made
           many
           hundred
           years
           since
           ,
           or
           a
           new
           slight
           wall
           slubbered
           over
           ,
           and
           wrought
           with
           untempered
           mortar
           some
           few
           years
           ago
           ,
           whether
           (
           I
           say
           )
           of
           these
           two
           walls
           are
           of
           better
           defense
           for
           any
           City
           :
           I
           should
           be
           in
           good
           hope
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           in
           short
           time
           ,
           leave
           the
           Disciplinary
           walls
           of
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           and
           content
           himself
           with
           the
           ancient
           fortifications
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           he
           seeth
           what
           a
           giddy
           and
           itching
           humour
           his
           novelties
           have
           bred
           ,
           in
           the
           unstayed
           sort
           of
           many
           fantastical
           people
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           what
           
             M.
             Cartwright
          
           hath
           said
           in
           general
           to
           shew
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           necessity
           of
           Separation
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           as
           some
           of
           his
           followers
           now
           pretend
           :
           may
           be
           added
           the
           Judgment
           of
           a
           later
           Writer
           (
           concerning
           those
           particulars
           which
           are
           so
           much
           scrupled
           by
           them
           ,
           who
           under
           pretense
           of
           greater
           purity
           will
           needs
           cast
           out
           all
           decency
           and
           good
           order
           from
           the
           House
           of
           God
           :
           )
           in
           a
           Book
           ,
           intituled
           
             Five
             Disputations
             of
             Church
             Government
             and
             Worship
             .
          
           Printed
           at
           London
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           of
           T.
           C.
           TO
           RICHARD
           HARRISON
           CONCERNING
           SEPARATION
           .
        
         
           
             Grace
             and
             Peace
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           FOR
           so
           much
           as
           I
           left
           you
           the
           choice
           for
           the
           first
           conference
           ,
           whether
           you
           would
           have
           it
           in
           writing
           ,
           or
           by
           speech
           of
           mouth
           ;
           I
           attended
           some
           daies
           for
           Answer
           of
           that
           matter
           :
           which
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           returned
           ,
           I
           esteemed
           that
           you
           held
           you
           still
           to
           the
           request
           of
           your
           Letters
           ;
           which
           was
           ,
           to
           receive
           something
           from
           me
           by
           writing
           .
        
         
           For
           Answer
           therefore
           ;
           So
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           your
           Letters
           affected
           me
           diversly
           :
           for
           where
           your
           first
           page
           had
           
           raised
           me
           up
           unto
           some
           hope
           ,
           of
           re-uniting
           your self
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           your
           company
           unto
           us
           ,
           from
           whom
           you
           have
           thought
           good
           to
           sunder
           your selves
           ;
           the
           second
           page
           ,
           which
           layeth
           forth
           the
           condition
           of
           our
           peace
           ,
           did
           cast
           me
           ,
           and
           as
           were
           ,
           beat
           me
           from
           it
           again
           .
           Howbeit
           ,
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           upholding
           me
           in
           some
           good
           hope
           of
           profiting
           you
           ,
           or
           receiving
           profit
           from
           you
           ,
           I
           thought
           to
           cut
           out
           this
           time
           of
           my
           weightiest
           and
           most
           necessary
           business
           ,
           wherein
           I
           might
           give
           that
           contentment
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           enabled
           mine
           hand
           unto
           .
        
         
           Unto
           you
           ,
           not
           unwilling
           to
           come
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           passage
           (
           as
           it
           seemeth
           )
           is
           stopped
           in
           divers
           respects
           :
           The
           short
           whereof
           is
           ;
           
             The
             receiving
             without
             publick
             repentance
             ,
             of
             those
             which
             come
             from
             the
             Churches
             of
             England
             :
          
           where
           because
           in
           the
           outward
           profession
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land
           do
           justifie
           the
           dumb
           ministry
           ,
           there
           appear
           unto
           you
           no
           lawful
           assemblies
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ;
           your
           fear
           is
           ,
           least
           in
           uniting
           your selves
           with
           such
           ,
           you
           should
           be
           
             unequally
             yoaked
             ,
          
           and
           made
           fellow
           members
           of
           some
           other
           than
           of
           that
           whereof
           
             Christ
             Jesus
          
           is
           the
           Head.
           
        
         
           First
           therefore
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           shewed
           ,
           that
           the
           ordinary
           assemblies
           of
           those
           that
           profess
           the
           Gospel
           in
           
             England
          
           be
           the
           
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           it
           seemerh
           that
           the
           way
           will
           be
           paved
           and
           planed
           for
           mutual
           entercourse
           between
           us
           .
        
         
           Thus
           therefore
           it
           seemeth
           to
           be
           performed
           .
        
         
           Those
           Assemblies
           which
           have
           Christ
           for
           their
           Head
           ,
           
           and
           the
           same
           also
           for
           their
           Foundation
           are
           
             Gods
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           But
           such
           are
           the
           Assemblies
           of
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           Ergo
           ,
           
             They
             are
             Gods
             Church
             .
          
        
         
         
           The
           Assumption
           is
           evident
           ,
           in
           that
           ,
           by
           believing
           that
           
             Christ
          
           is
           our
           
             righteousness
             ,
          
           we
           are
           members
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           thereby
           are
           lively
           stones
           laid
           upon
           him
           as
           upon
           a
           foundation
           ,
           and
           grow
           into
           one
           spiritual
           house
           with
           him
           .
           Now
           that
           they
           have
           like
           precious
           faith
           with
           us
           ,
           is
           convinced
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           their
           own
           profession
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           testimony
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           by
           manifold
           graces
           poured
           upon
           them
           ,
           doth
           bear
           them
           witness
           that
           they
           be
           members
           of
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           as
           the
           Head
           hath
           partaked
           unto
           them
           his
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           even
           to
           an
           apparent
           sanctification
           of
           numbers
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             They
             which
             have
             performed
             unto
             them
             the
             special
             Covenant
             
             which
             the
             Lord
             hath
             made
             with
             his
             Churches
             ,
             by
             pouring
             his
             Spirit
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             his
             word
             in
             their
             mouths
             ,
             are
             the
             
               Churches
            
             of
             
               God.
               
            
          
        
         
           But
           such
           are
           the
           Assemblies
           in
           
             England
             ;
          
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             God.
             
          
        
         
           As
           touching
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           said
           before
           :
           Whereupon
           it
           also
           followeth
           ,
           that
           he
           likewise
           put
           his
           
             Word
          
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           considering
           that
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           is
           not
           given
           but
           by
           his
           Word
           .
           And
           seeing
           that
           the
           Lord
           in
           mercy
           hath
           set
           up
           divers
           burning
           Lamps
           in
           those
           Assemblies
           ,
           whereby
           light
           is
           conveyed
           more
           or
           less
           into
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Land
           ;
           it
           seemeth
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           should
           receive
           injury
           if
           it
           should
           not
           be
           counted
           among
           the
           
             Golden
             Candlesticks
             ,
          
           which
           serve
           to
           keep
           out
           darkness
           and
           night
           from
           the
           Lords
           House
           ,
           until
           such
           time
           as
           the
           day-spring
           ,
           and
           
             Lucifer
          
           arise
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
        
         
         
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           
             All
             do
             not
             believe
             the
             Gospel
             truly
             ,
             which
             profess
             ;
          
           The
           same
           exception
           lyeth
           against
           all
           other
           Churches
           ,
           how
           reformed
           soever
           .
           If
           there
           be
           fewer
           
             faithful
          
           in
           our
           Churches
           ,
           than
           in
           others
           ;
           The
           
             truth
          
           of
           the
           Church
           standeth
           not
           in
           number
           :
           for
           it
           there
           were
           in
           every
           Church
           
             one
          
           truly
           undissemblingly
           faithful
           ,
           all
           the
           rest
           holding
           the
           faith
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           in
           
             words
          
           onely
           ,
           yet
           should
           all
           those
           Churches
           be
           to
           us
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             God.
          
           And
           if
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           
             all
             those
             Assemblies
             ,
          
           as
           it
           were
           all
           the
           branches
           and
           arms
           of
           the
           Candlestick
           ,
           
             have
             not
             light
             set
             upon
             them
          
           (
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           them
           being
           damped
           by
           a
           
             dumb
             ministry
          
           )
           notwithstanding
           by
           the
           way
           you
           confess
           ,
           that
           
             those
             Assemblies
             upon
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             set
             up
             the
             lamp
             of
             a
          
           preaching
           Ministery
           ,
           
             are
             the
             Churches
             of
             God
             :
          
           which
           seemeth
           to
           cast
           down
           that
           hill
           which
           standeth
           in
           the
           way
           against
           our
           rejoyning
           ,
           whereby
           you
           cannot
           afford
           us
           the
           name
           of
           
             Gods
             Churches
             ,
          
           because
           we
           have
           not
           the
           
             Discipline
          
           by
           him
           appointed
           .
           Now
           for
           that
           other
           ,
           whether
           they
           have
           some
           glaunce
           of
           knowledge
           by
           that
           
             dumb
             Ministery
          
           or
           not
           ,
           may
           afterward
           in
           another
           place
           be
           considered
           :
           For
           the
           present
           ,
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           even
           those
           Congregations
           ,
           for
           so
           much
           as
           they
           both
           have
           by
           some
           former
           Ministery
           or
           means
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           used
           towards
           them
           ,
           received
           faith
           ;
           standing
           thereby
           in
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           in
           the
           shaft
           of
           the
           Candlestick
           ,
           and
           being
           members
           of
           the
           same
           body
           ,
           they
           may
           well
           receive
           some
           supply
           of
           their
           wants
           ,
           from
           the
           light
           that
           shineth
           in
           the
           next
           branch
           unto
           them
           ;
           for
           if
           every
           Assembly
           being
           without
           a
           lamp
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           should
           by
           and
           by
           be
           holden
           to
           be
           broken
           from
           the
           shaft
           of
           the
           Church-Candlestick
           ,
           then
           at
           every
           vacation
           of
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           whensoever
           
           by
           
             death
          
           the
           Lord
           should
           put
           out
           one
           of
           his
           lights
           ,
           it
           should
           follow
           ,
           that
           that
           Assembly
           by
           the
           fall
           of
           their
           Minister
           into
           the
           grave
           ,
           should
           from
           the
           highest
           heaven
           fall
           into
           the
           grave
           of
           Hell.
           But
           you
           will
           say
           peradventure
           ,
           that
           
             an
             Assembly
             that
             hath
             a
          
           dumb
           Minister
           ,
           
             is
             in
             worse
             case
             than
             that
             which
             bath
             none
             at
             all
             :
          
           If
           that
           be
           granted
           ,
           it
           followeth
           not
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           Assembly
           which
           yesterday
           ,
           being
           without
           a
           dumb
           Minister
           ,
           was
           the
           
             Church
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           should
           to
           day
           ,
           having
           such
           a
           one
           set
           over
           them
           ,
           be
           the
           
             Synagogue
          
           of
           
             Satan
             .
          
           And
           here
           ,
           methink
           ,
           when
           you
           go
           about
           to
           make
           nothing
           of
           the
           
             dumb
             Ministery
             ,
          
           you
           ascribe
           more
           force
           unto
           it
           than
           it
           hath
           :
           for
           you
           make
           him
           not
           so
           much
           a
           
             guide
             ,
          
           as
           an
           
             Head
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           that
           those
           which
           before
           in
           all
           equal
           judgment
           were
           to
           be
           deemed
           members
           of
           Christ
           ,
           by
           having
           of
           them
           should
           suddenly
           become
           members
           of
           
             Antichrist
             .
          
           I
           do
           not
           therefore
           yield
           unto
           you
           in
           that
           you
           say
           ,
           
             they
             are
             the
             chief
             alway
             in
             the
             Synagogue
             ;
          
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
             ,
          
           in
           whom
           those
           companies
           do
           believe
           ,
           being
           the
           chief
           ;
           with
           whom
           through
           faith
           they
           grow
           to
           be
           one
           body
           ,
           rather
           than
           with
           Satan
           by
           *
           hearing
           the
           dumb
           Minister
           ,
           to
           be
           one
           with
           him
           .
           Say
           therefore
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           fault
           in
           them
           to
           hear
           such
           a
           Minister
           ,
           thrust
           upon
           them
           ;
           yet
           that
           it
           is
           an
           
             Apostacy
          
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           an
           utter
           falling
           away
           from
           the
           
             Gospel
             ,
          
           I
           se
           not
           with
           what
           great
           appearance
           of
           truth
           it
           can
           be
           spoken
           .
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           when
           divers
           of
           the
           people
           clave
           unto
           
             Coreh
             ,
             Dathan
             ,
          
           and
           
             Abiram
             ,
          
           forsaking
           willingly
           the
           lawful
           and
           ordinary
           Ministery
           of
           the
           
             Aaronites
             ,
          
           did
           not
           therefore
           cast
           them
           forth
           from
           the
           Lords
           host
           :
           And
           should
           the
           Churches
           of
           God
           ,
           for
           hearing
           a
           
             dumb
             Minister
             ,
          
           which
           is
           thrust
           upon
           them
           ,
           forthwith
           be
           reputed
           for
           runagates
           from
           the
           Lord
           ?
        
         
         
           Again
           :
        
         
           
             
               The
               Lord
               is
               in
               Covenant
               with
               the
               people
               ,
            
             
             
               to
               whom
               he
               gives
               the
            
             Seals
             
               of
               his
               Covenant
               .
            
          
        
         
           This
           he
           doth
           to
           our
           Assemblies
           in
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           Lords
           Confederates
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           
             the
          
           Seals
           
             set
             to
             by
             the
             dumb
             Ministery
             are
             no
             Seals
             ,
          
           (
           which
           afterward
           cometh
           to
           be
           examined
           )
           yet
           you
           thereby
           confess
           ,
           that
           
             those
             which
             are
             ministered
             by
             sufficient
             Ministers
             ,
             are
          
           true
           
             and
          
           uncounterfeit
           
             Sacraments
             of
             the
             Church
             :
          
           whereby
           it
           falleth
           out
           again
           ,
           that
           you
           seem
           to
           hold
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Churches
             of
          
           England
           
             are
             not
             the
             true
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             not
             his
             commanded
          
           Discipline
           .
           Hereto
           may
           be
           added
           all
           the
           Churches
           in
           
             Europe
             ,
          
           all
           which
           give
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           Society
           in
           the
           house
           of
           God
           unto
           the
           Assemblies
           which
           are
           in
           
             England
             .
          
           Which
           argument
           of
           Churches
           
             Authority
             ,
          
           although
           it
           be
           not
           so
           strong
           as
           it
           will
           enforce
           ,
           yet
           ought
           it
           to
           stay
           all
           sudden
           judgment
           unto
           the
           contrary
           :
           and
           so
           long
           to
           cause
           silence
           ,
           until
           the
           Cause
           being
           ripely
           on
           both
           sides
           debated
           ,
           the
           contrary
           of
           it
           which
           the
           Churches
           should
           do
           ,
           through
           the
           lightsomness
           of
           the
           truth
           thereof
           break
           forth
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           meet
           to
           proceed
           softly
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           with
           a
           leaden
           foot
           ,
           unto
           the
           Excommunication
           of
           one
           onely
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           ;
           there
           ought
           verily
           to
           have
           been
           great
           consultation
           taken
           ,
           or
           ever
           the
           Churches
           of
           two
           whole
           Islands
           should
           have
           been
           cast
           out
           :
           especially
           ,
           when
           they
           be
           holden
           in
           by
           Voices
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           divers
           persons
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           the
           Churches
           to
           whom
           knowledge
           of
           their
           estate
           hath
           come
           .
           And
           if
           there
           were
           but
           one
           man
           worthy
           to
           be
           Excommunicate
           ,
           yet
           if
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           your
           
           Assembly
           would
           not
           yield
           consent
           thereunto
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           
             order
          
           of
           the
           Discipliae
           requireth
           that
           the
           rest
           are
           to
           bear
           the
           person
           whom
           they
           cannot
           remove
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           though
           the
           Assemblies
           of
           
             England
          
           had
           deserved
           ,
           through
           want
           of
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           and
           of
           a
           
             preaching
             Ministery
             ,
          
           to
           be
           cast
           out
           from
           the
           accompt
           of
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             God
             ;
          
           yet
           being
           holden
           in
           by
           the
           
             Voices
          
           of
           the
           Churches
           themselves
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           so
           far
           born
           with
           ,
           as
           the
           
             communicating
          
           should
           not
           make
           them
           guilty
           of
           a
           
             falling
             away
             from
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           I
           come
           to
           those
           two
           Reasons
           whereby
           you
           think
           you
           may
           justly
           hold
           the
           Assemblies
           in
           
             England
          
           for
           no
           Churches
           of
           God
           :
           And
           first
           of
           all
           to
           the
           reason
           of
           the
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           for
           the
           want
           whereof
           you
           gave
           them
           all
           without
           exception
           the
           black
           stone
           of
           
             condemnation
          
           from
           being
           the
           Churches
           of
           God
           :
           Where
           it
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           that
           as
           in
           a
           
             Man
          
           there
           are
           certain
           parts
           essential
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           without
           which
           the
           man
           cannot
           stand
           ;
           and
           other
           some
           serving
           to
           his
           comelyness
           ,
           or
           to
           his
           long
           continuance
           :
           So
           it
           is
           in
           this
           matter
           ;
           there
           is
           the
           foundation
           ,
           
             CHRIST
             ,
          
           whereupon
           it
           is
           necessary
           that
           by
           
             faith
          
           the
           Assemblies
           be
           laid
           ,
           which
           groweth
           unto
           the
           
             Lords
          
           building
           ,
           without
           the
           which
           it
           cannot
           be
           his
           
             Church
             ;
          
           which
           thing
           being
           ,
           whatsoever
           is
           wanting
           of
           that
           which
           is
           
             commanded
             ,
          
           or
           remaining
           of
           that
           which
           is
           
             forbidden
             ,
          
           is
           not
           able
           to
           put
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           which
           by
           
             faith
          
           is
           laid
           upon
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           from
           the
           right
           and
           title
           of
           being
           the
           
             Church
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           for
           
             Faith
          
           can
           admit
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           which
           giveth
           an
           utter
           overthrow
           and
           turning
           upside
           down
           of
           the
           truth
           .
           By
           this
           title
           of
           the
           
             Faithful
             ,
          
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           in
           his
           Epistles
           noteth
           out
           the
           
           Churches
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           being
           all
           one
           with
           him
           to
           say
           ,
           
             To
             the
             Faithful
             ,
          
           or
           
             To
             the
             Saints
             ,
          
           as
           
             To
             the
             Church
          
           of
           such
           a
           place
           .
           Whatsoever
           wanteth
           unto
           this
           ,
           or
           is
           more
           than
           enough
           ,
           that
           wanteth
           or
           aboundeth
           to
           the
           disgrace
           or
           uncomelyness
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           continuance
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           present
           overthrow
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Hereupon
           the
           people
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           which
           neglected
           for
           the
           space
           of
           forty
           years
           the
           holy
           Sacrament
           of
           
             Circumcision
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Passeover
          
           also
           as
           it
           seemeth
           (
           one
           onely
           time
           excepted
           )
           ceased
           not
           therefore
           to
           be
           the
           
             Churches
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           to
           have
           the
           Sanctuary
           among
           them
           .
           And
           in
           this
           respect
           the
           
             Dutch
          
           Assemblies
           ,
           whereof
           the
           greatest
           part
           in
           High
           
             Germany
          
           (
           which
           ,
           beside
           the
           main
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           which
           is
           common
           to
           our
           Churches
           ,
           are
           groslly
           deceived
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           
             Supper
          
           )
           are
           notwithstanding
           holden
           in
           the
           Roul
           of
           the
           
             Churches
             of
             God.
          
           In
           this
           respect
           also
           ,
           certain
           Assemblies
           of
           our
           Profession
           ,
           which
           having
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Discipline
          
           permitted
           unto
           them
           ,
           are
           not
           suffered
           to
           have
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           are
           not
           therefore
           (
           when
           the
           
             Lords
             Churches
          
           are
           mustered
           ,
           and
           their
           names
           written
           and
           enrouled
           up
           )
           cast
           out
           as
           
             unfit
          
           to
           be
           in
           any
           accompt
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             hosts
             .
          
           Without
           any
           part
           of
           that
           
             Order
          
           or
           
             Discipline
          
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           I
           grant
           there
           can
           be
           no
           
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           or
           ,
           that
           without
           some
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           
             faith
          
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           :
           It
           is
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Discipline
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           certain
           which
           should
           be
           chosen
           out
           of
           the
           rest
           to
           
             preach
             the
             Gospel
             ,
          
           by
           preaching
           whereof
           the
           
             Churches
          
           are
           gathered
           together
           :
           Where
           therefore
           there
           is
           no
           
             Ministery
          
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           there
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           no
           
             visible
          
           and
           
             apparent
             Churches
             .
          
           It
           is
           another
           piece
           of
           
           the
           
             Discipline
          
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           should
           
             obey
          
           those
           that
           are
           set
           over
           them
           in
           the
           Lord
           :
           wheresoever
           therefore
           there
           is
           no
           
             obedience
          
           of
           the
           people
           to
           the
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           
             Lords
          
           name
           preach
           unto
           them
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           
             true
             Church
          
           of
           Christ
           .
           But
           where
           these
           two
           be
           ,
           although
           other
           points
           want
           ,
           yea
           although
           there
           be
           some
           defect
           in
           these
           ,
           that
           neither
           the
           
             Ministers
          
           do
           in
           all
           points
           preach
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           nor
           the
           
             Assemblies
          
           in
           all
           points
           obey
           unto
           the
           wholesome
           doctrine
           of
           their
           Teachers
           ;
           yet
           do
           they
           (
           for
           the
           reason
           above-said
           )
           retein
           the
           
             right
          
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           God.
           This
           is
           made
           plain
           by
           a
           similitude
           from
           the
           
             body
          
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           whereinto
           we
           are
           already
           entred
           :
           For
           if
           a
           man
           should
           have
           both
           his
           hands
           and
           his
           arms
           cut
           off
           ,
           his
           eyes
           put
           out
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           yet
           as
           long
           as
           the
           head
           standeth
           ,
           and
           other
           vital
           parts
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           be
           accompted
           a
           Man
           ,
           although
           a
           maimed
           man
           :
           Even
           so
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Assembly
           ;
           as
           long
           as
           it
           holdeth
           the
           
             head
             ,
          
           how
           defective
           soever
           it
           is
           otherwise
           ,
           it
           hath
           the
           due
           and
           right
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             God.
          
           And
           although
           a
           man
           should
           have
           six
           fingers
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           but
           three
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           albeit
           they
           should
           stand
           where
           the
           mouth
           doth
           ;
           yet
           all
           this
           deformity
           should
           not
           hinder
           him
           from
           being
           truely
           holden
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           ,
           although
           it
           should
           be
           a
           great
           deformity
           in
           him
           .
           On
           the
           other
           part
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           no
           Head
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           that
           there
           were
           no
           natural
           conjunction
           of
           the
           parts
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           but
           a
           whole
           and
           through
           displacing
           of
           every
           part
           from
           his
           proper
           seat
           ;
           then
           verily
           would
           he
           be
           denyed
           to
           have
           either
           the
           proportion
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           or
           his
           life
           .
           So
           likewise
           if
           an
           Assembly
           should
           not
           hold
           the
           Head
           ,
           which
           is
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           or
           be
           nothing
           elss
           but
           a
           confused
           multitude
           ,
           without
           part
           of
           the
           
           
             order
          
           which
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           the
           same
           is
           justly
           crossed
           out
           of
           the
           accompt
           of
           
             Gods
             Church
             .
          
           Was
           not
           
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           after
           the
           return
           from
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           the
           City
           of
           the
           great
           King
           ,
           until
           such
           time
           as
           
             Nehemiah
          
           came
           and
           builded
           the
           Walls
           of
           the
           City
           ?
           To
           say
           therefore
           ,
           
             it
             is
             none
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             not
             received
             the
             Discipline
             ,
          
           metthinks
           it
           is
           all
           one
           with
           this
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           man
           should
           say
           ,
           
             It
             is
             no
             City
             because
             it
             hath
             no
             Wall
             ,
          
           or
           
             that
             it
             is
             no
             Vineyard
             because
             it
             hath
             neither
             ditch
             nor
             hedge
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           ,
           I
           grant
           ,
           so
           sightly
           a
           City
           ,
           or
           Vineyard
           ,
           nor
           yet
           so
           safe
           against
           the
           invasion
           of
           their
           several
           enemies
           which
           lye
           in
           wait
           for
           them
           ;
           yet
           are
           they
           truely
           both
           
             Cities
          
           and
           
             Vineyards
             .
          
        
         
           There
           remaineth
           that
           other
           point
           ,
           which
           is
           against
           those
           Assemblies
           onely
           which
           have
           a
           
             dumb
             Minister
             :
          
           
           wherein
           the
           part
           of
           your
           conclusion
           ,
           
             That
             that
             Assembly
             where
             they
             be
             ,
             is
             none
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ,
          
           is
           before
           answered
           .
           Therein
           resteth
           that
           part
           of
           your
           conclusion
           ,
           whereby
           you
           infer
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Sacraments
             ministred
             by
             them
             are
             none
             of
             Gods
             Sacraments
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           
             that
             a
             man
             may
             not
             receive
             any
             part
             of
             them
             at
             their
             hands
             .
          
           Here
           first
           I
           agree
           with
           you
           ,
           that
           their
           Ministery
           is
           
             unlawful
             ,
          
           and
           to
           themselves
           ,
           without
           repentance
           ,
           a
           certain
           matter
           of
           destruction
           ;
           especially
           in
           those
           to
           whom
           knowledge
           of
           corruption
           is
           come
           :
           to
           the
           Churches
           where
           they
           be
           ,
           presently
           hurtful
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           without
           remedy
           ,
           deadly
           :
           But
           that
           they
           are
           no
           
             Ministers
             of
             God
             ,
          
           so
           far
           as
           to
           receive
           the
           
             good
          
           they
           offer
           unto
           us
           ,
           that
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           I
           may
           not
           yield
           unto
           :
           The
           ground
           whereof
           I
           take
           from
           the
           former
           part
           of
           my
           Answer
           ;
           
             That
             for
             so
             much
             as
             they
             are
             allowed
             by
             the
             
             Churches
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             ought
             ,
             until
             remedy
             may
             be
             found
             of
             so
             great
             disorder
             ,
             to
             be
             heard
             and
             retained
             so
             far
             as
             they
             can
             give
             us
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           And
           for
           this
           cause
           our
           Saviour
           commanded
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Scribes
          
           should
           be
           heard
           ,
           
           for
           that
           they
           taught
           
             truely
             ;
          
           which
           honour
           our
           Saviour
           would
           never
           have
           given
           unto
           them
           ,
           unless
           the
           Church-calling
           had
           moved
           him
           thereunto
           :
           Neither
           had
           it
           been
           lawful
           for
           the
           people
           otherwise
           to
           have
           heard
           them
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           their
           unfitness
           and
           unlawfulness
           in
           the
           Ministery
           (
           although
           another
           way
           )
           was
           as
           great
           as
           it
           is
           in
           our
           
             reading
             Ministers
             .
          
           They
           were
           altogether
           deceived
           in
           the
           
             Messias
             ;
          
           for
           neither
           knew
           they
           that
           
             Jesus
             was
             Christ
             ;
          
           
           nor
           yet
           that
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           whom
           they
           looked
           for
           ,
           
           should
           be
           
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
          
           but
           held
           him
           for
           a
           bare
           and
           naked
           man.
           It
           appeareth
           also
           that
           they
           taught
           the
           Justification
           by
           the
           
             Law
             of
             Works
             ,
          
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           18.
           of
           
             Luke
             ,
          
           but
           even
           in
           the
           same
           very
           place
           ,
           where
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           commandeth
           this
           audience
           :
           for
           speaking
           of
           the
           works
           of
           the
           
             moral
             Law
             ,
          
           which
           they
           would
           not
           touch
           with
           
             one
             of
          
           their
           
             fingers
             ,
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           they
           
             laid
             them
             upon
             the
             peoples
             backs
             as
             burthens
             which
             cannot
             be
             born
             :
          
           whereby
           our
           Saviour
           (
           beside
           their
           Pharisaical
           pride
           and
           lordlyness
           in
           teaching
           )
           signifieth
           that
           they
           taught
           them
           to
           
             Justification
             ;
          
           seeing
           that
           if
           they
           had
           onely
           taught
           them
           as
           testimonies
           and
           fruits
           or
           
             faith
             ,
          
           they
           had
           not
           been
           intolerable
           ,
           bur
           ,
           
           as
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           an
           
             easie
             yoke
             ,
          
           
           and
           as
           S.
           
             John
          
           saith
           ,
           not
           
             grievous
          
           nor
           
             heavy
             .
          
           Now
           the
           
             dumb
             Ministery
          
           is
           not
           farther
           off
           from
           the
           justification
           of
           a
           
             lawful
             Ministery
             ,
          
           than
           to
           teach
           
             untruely
          
           in
           the
           chief
           grounds
           ,
           of
           Religion
           ;
           neither
           is
           the
           edifying
           of
           the
           Church
           respected
           in
           making
           Laws
           for
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           less
           hindred
           
           by
           an
           
             unpreaching
             Ministery
             .
          
           And
           according
           to
           this
           saying
           of
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           we
           may
           see
           what
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           had
           been
           before
           ;
           who
           although
           they
           had
           oftentimes
           to
           do
           with
           
             false
             teachers
          
           and
           
             Priests
          
           that
           were
           
             dumb
             dogs
          
           and
           
             not
             able
             to
             bark
             ,
          
           
           yet
           (
           giving
           the
           people
           warning
           of
           their
           corruptions
           and
           insufficiencies
           ,
           threatning
           also
           the
           casting
           of
           them
           from
           their
           Ministery
           ,
           in
           that
           good
           time
           when
           the
           Lord
           shall
           take
           
             pity
             on
             his
             Church
          
           )
           they
           are
           never
           found
           to
           have
           forbidden
           the
           people
           to
           have
           come
           unto
           their
           sacrifices
           commanded
           by
           the
           Law
           unto
           them
           .
           Yea
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           that
           lived
           in
           the
           corruptest
           times
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           when
           things
           were
           most
           confused
           ,
           and
           fewest
           steps
           of
           any
           lawful
           Calling
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           yet
           commanded
           he
           the
           man
           whom
           he
           purged
           from
           
             Leprosie
             ,
          
           
           to
           
             shew
          
           himself
           
             to
             the
             Priests
          
           generally
           ,
           without
           willing
           him
           to
           make
           choice
           of
           a
           Priest
           better
           instructed
           or
           affected
           to
           the
           truth
           than
           the
           rest
           .
           The
           
             high
             Priest
             ,
          
           although
           he
           entred
           by
           Simony
           and
           reward
           to
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           yet
           notwihstanding
           we
           see
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           bore
           him
           reverence
           for
           his
           office
           sake
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           before
           his
           Judge
           in
           
             Spiritual
             Causes
          
           )
           gave
           an
           accompt
           of
           his
           doctrine
           .
           We
           have
           another
           example
           of
           reverence
           given
           to
           such
           Rulers
           ,
           even
           in
           things
           that
           were
           done
           by
           them
           wrongfully
           .
           For
           
             Jeremy
          
           being
           for
           a
           time
           suspended
           from
           coming
           into
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           
           being
           at
           liberty
           would
           not
           (
           least
           ,
           as
           it
           seemeth
           ,
           he
           should
           make
           a
           tumult
           )
           enter
           the
           Temple
           ;
           and
           therefore
           (
           having
           written
           that
           which
           he
           had
           to
           say
           )
           sent
           
             Baruch
             to
             read
          
           his
           Sermon
           
             in
             the
             Temple
             .
          
           Moreover
           ,
           when
           a
           Magistrate
           is
           not
           able
           to
           do
           some
           part
           of
           his
           office
           ,
           as
           for
           example
           ,
           being
           able
           to
           do
           the
           duties
           which
           are
           to
           be
           performed
           in
           peace
           ,
           is
           insufficient
           for
           Martial
           affaire
           ,
           yet
           no
           man
           
           refuseth
           that
           which
           he
           is
           able
           to
           give
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           not
           able
           to
           do
           all
           that
           is
           required
           :
           Even
           so
           ,
           endeavouring
           to
           our
           uttermost
           a
           
             sufficient
             Ministery
             ,
          
           I
           would
           think
           in
           the
           mean
           season
           ,
           that
           the
           
             good
             things
          
           they
           are
           able
           to
           give
           us
           ,
           may
           be
           taken
           at
           their
           hands
           .
           And
           if
           any
           man
           say
           ,
           
             that
             it
             is
             of
             the
             substance
             of
             a
             ,
          
           Church-Minister
           ,
           
             to
             be
             able
             to
             teach
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           
             that
             he
             is
             no
             Minister
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             that
             ability
             :
          
           It
           may
           be
           answered
           ,
           
             that
             it
             is
             of
             the
             substance
             of
             a
             good
             and
             lawful
             Minister
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             not
             simply
             of
             a
             Minister
             ;
             whereunto
             it
             is
             sufficient
             to
             have
             the
             Churches
             calling
             :
          
           As
           it
           is
           of
           the
           substance
           ,
           rather
           of
           a
           lawful
           Magistrate
           ,
           to
           be
           able
           to
           judge
           between
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           than
           simply
           of
           a
           Magistrate
           ,
           whom
           the
           election
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           or
           of
           other
           to
           whom
           his
           choice
           belongeth
           ,
           maketh
           a
           Magistrate
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           although
           he
           be
           no
           lawful
           nor
           sufficient
           Magistrate
           .
           As
           therefore
           we
           call
           him
           a
           
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           who
           for
           the
           ignorance
           of
           his
           charge
           may
           be
           called
           an
           
             Idol
             Magistrate
             ;
          
           even
           so
           it
           seemeth
           that
           he
           may
           be
           holden
           for
           a
           Minister
           ,
           which
           hath
           his
           Churches
           Calling
           ,
           although
           he
           be
           not
           able
           to
           do
           the
           principal
           charge
           of
           the
           
             Ministery
             .
          
           Neither
           doth
           the
           place
           of
           the
           Prophet
           
             Hosee
             ,
          
           
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             because
          
           they
           have
           
             refused
             knowledge
             ,
          
           they
           shall
           
             be
             no
             Priests
             unto
          
           the
           Lord
           ,
           stand
           against
           this
           :
           the
           Prophet
           rather
           giving
           a
           
             rule
          
           to
           follow
           in
           the
           election
           or
           disposition
           of
           them
           ,
           shewing
           how
           far
           they
           may
           be
           used
           .
        
         
           Finally
           ,
           to
           that
           which
           is
           objected
           of
           
             communicating
             with
             their
             impiety
             ,
             in
             any
             taking
             any
             thing
             at
             their
             hands
             :
          
           I
           Answer
           ,
           the
           same
           might
           have
           been
           laid
           to
           the
           peoples
           charge
           under
           the
           
             Law
             ;
          
           which
           is
           never
           done
           by
           the
           Prophets
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           by
           communicating
           
           with
           him
           ,
           we
           should
           make
           him
           Minister
           ,
           I
           grant
           that
           a
           piece
           of
           his
           guilt
           would
           stick
           to
           our
           fingers
           :
           but
           when
           that
           is
           not
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           how
           ,
           by
           receiving
           the
           
             Sacrament
          
           of
           him
           ,
           we
           partake
           more
           of
           his
           wickedness
           ,
           than
           the
           Son
           is
           partaker
           of
           his
           Fathers
           murther
           ,
           because
           he
           receiveth
           of
           his
           Fathers
           gift
           some
           part
           of
           his
           lands
           or
           moveables
           :
           And
           so
           much
           the
           less
           there
           than
           here
           ,
           as
           the
           Father
           giveth
           his
           own
           things
           ,
           whereas
           the
           
             dumb
             Minister
          
           doth
           onely
           
             dispense
          
           the
           gifts
           of
           the
           Lord.
           Wherefore
           it
           may
           be
           rather
           feared
           ,
           lest
           in
           
             refusing
          
           the
           Sacraments
           offered
           by
           him
           ,
           we
           put
           the
           Lord
           away
           from
           us
           ,
           whose
           they
           be
           ;
           than
           in
           taking
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           at
           his
           hands
           ,
           be
           partakers
           of
           
             impiety
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           mans
           ,
           and
           can
           take
           no
           hold
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           in
           any
           sort
           .
           For
           even
           as
           I
           ,
           not
           able
           to
           avoid
           him
           ,
           may
           communicate
           with
           a
           Minister
           ,
           that
           is
           an
           
             Adulterer
             ,
          
           without
           being
           partaker
           of
           his
           Adultery
           ;
           so
           also
           may
           I
           communicate
           with
           a
           
             dumb
             Minister
          
           and
           yet
           nevertheless
           be
           free
           from
           his
           
             impiety
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           you
           have
           mine
           Answer
           ,
           written
           not
           without
           the
           fear
           and
           trembling
           your selves
           make
           mention
           of
           ;
           whereby
           it
           will
           not
           be
           hard
           for
           you
           to
           understand
           ,
           how
           both
           our
           desires
           of
           being
           united
           together
           may
           be
           performed
           :
           And
           although
           I
           write
           in
           good
           assurance
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           former
           part
           as
           touching
           
             the
             rightful
             title
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             to
             be
             due
             to
             the
             Assemblies
             of
          
           England
           ;
           yet
           remembring
           (
           beside
           the
           common
           frailties
           of
           our
           whole
           race
           )
           special
           breaches
           and
           decaies
           in
           my self
           ,
           I
           willingly
           hearken
           to
           any
           ,
           much
           more
           to
           you
           (
           whom
           the
           Lord
           hath
           bestowed
           good
           graces
           upon
           )
           shewing
           better
           things
           :
           for
           which
           cause
           if
           further
           conference
           
           be
           needful
           ,
           I
           must
           through
           business
           be
           forced
           to
           refer
           to
           conference
           by
           mouth
           some
           time
           after
           diner
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           with
           most
           humble
           prayers
           to
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           for
           his
           
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             where-through
             we
             may
             be
             able
             to
             discern
             the
             things
             that
             differ
             ,
             to
             our
             inoffensive
             walking
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           bid
           you
           farewel
           .
           
             Yours
             Thomas
             Cartwright
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           JUDGMENT
           OF
           Mr.
           Baxter
           CONCERNING
           CEREMONIES
           AND
           CONFORMITY
           .
        
         
           THose
           Modes
           or
           Circumstances
           of
           Worship
           which
           are
           Necessary
           
             in
             Genere
             ,
          
           
           but
           left
           undetermined
           by
           God
           
             in
             Specie
             ,
          
           are
           left
           by
           God
           to
           humane
           Prudential
           Determination
           :
           (
           else
           an
           Impossibility
           should
           be
           necessary
           .
           )
           But
           many
           such
           there
           are
           ,
           that
           are
           Necessary
           
             in
             Genere
             ,
          
           but
           left
           undetermined
           of
           God
           
             in
             Specie
             ;
          
           therefore
           many
           such
           are
           left
           to
           humane
           Prudential
           Determination
           .
        
         
         
           §
           .
           5.
           
           
           Yet
           it
           is
           in
           the
           power
           of
           a
           man
           to
           determine
           of
           such
           Modes
           and
           Circumstances
           as
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           that
           Worship
           which
           God
           hath
           instituted
           in
           his
           Word
           ;
           and
           therefore
           lawful
           Governors
           may
           in
           such
           cases
           bind
           us
           by
           their
           Commands
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           It
           is
           left
           to
           humane
           Determination
           ,
           
           what
           
             Place
          
           the
           Publick
           Assemblies
           shall
           be
           held
           in
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           left
           to
           man
           to
           determine
           of
           the
           
             Time
          
           of
           Holy
           Duties
           ,
           
           except
           only
           where
           God
           hath
           determined
           of
           it
           already
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           It
           is
           left
           to
           the
           Determination
           of
           humane
           Prudence
           ,
           
           what
           
             Vtensils
          
           to
           employ
           about
           the
           Publick
           Worship
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Here
           therefore
           we
           must
           thus
           conclude
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           every
           misordering
           of
           such
           great
           affairs
           ,
           
           is
           the
           sin
           of
           them
           that
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           yet
           that
           the
           Subject
           is
           not
           exempted
           from
           Obedience
           by
           every
           such
           mistake
           of
           the
           Governor
           :
           but
           by
           some
           he
           is
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           67.
           
           If
           the
           mischoosing
           of
           such
           Circumstances
           ,
           by
           Church
           Governors
           ,
           be
           but
           an
           Inconvenience
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           destroy
           the
           Ordinance
           it self
           ,
           or
           frustrate
           the
           Ends
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           obey
           :
           1.
           
           For
           he
           is
           the
           Judge
           of
           his
           own
           work
           ,
           and
           not
           we
           :
           2.
           
           The
           thing
           is
           not
           sinful
           ,
           though
           inconvenient
           :
           3.
           
           Obedience
           is
           commanded
           to
           our
           lawful
           Governors
           .
        
         
           We
           must
           obey
           in
           all
           things
           lawful
           .
           
        
         
           And
           when
           we
           do
           obey
           in
           a
           Case
           of
           Miscommanding
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           a
           doing
           evil
           ,
           that
           good
           may
           come
           of
           it
           ,
           
           as
           some
           do
           misconceive
           :
           but
           it
           is
           only
           a
           submitting
           to
           that
           which
           is
           ill
           commanded
           ,
           but
           not
           evil
           in
           him
           that
           doth
           submit
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Determiner
           that
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Inconvenience
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Obeyer
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           inconvenient
           for
           me
           to
           Obey
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           worse
           perhaps
           to
           him
           that
           Commandeth
           .
           While
           he
           sinneth
           in
           Commanding
           ,
           he
           may
           make
           it
           my
           Duty
           to
           Obey
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           6.
           
           
             Dist
             .
          
           4.
           
           We
           must
           distinguish
           between
           Ceremonies
           imposed
           by
           a
           
             Lawful
             Magistrate
             ,
          
           
           or
           
             Church-Governors
             ;
          
           and
           such
           as
           are
           imposed
           by
           
             Vsurpers
             ,
          
           or
           Men
           without
           Authority
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           25.
           
           
             Prop.
          
           12.
           
           It
           may
           be
           very
           sinful
           to
           command
           some
           Ceremonies
           ,
           which
           may
           lawfully
           ,
           
           yea
           ,
           must
           in
           Duty
           be
           used
           by
           the
           Subject
           when
           they
           are
           commanded
           .
        
         
           §
           .
           27.
           
           
             Prop.
          
           14.
           
           Yet
           certain
           things
           that
           are
           commonly
           called
           Ceremonies
           ,
           may
           lawfully
           be
           used
           in
           the
           Church
           upon
           Humane
           Imposition
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           is
           not
           against
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           no
           person
           should
           disobey
           the
           Commands
           of
           their
           Lawful
           Governors
           in
           such
           things
           .
        
         
           
             Of
             Set-Forms
             ,
             and
             the
             Book
             of
             Common-Prayer
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Prop.
              
               1.
               
               A
               Stinted
               Liturgy
               is
               in
               it self
               Lawful
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               Stinted
               Liturgy
               in
               some
               parts
               of
               Publick
               Service
               ,
               
               is
               ordinarily
               necessary
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               In
               the
               parts
               where
               it
               is
               not
               of
               Necessity
               ,
               it
               may
               not
               onely
               be
               submitted
               to
               ,
               but
               desired
               ,
               when
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Church
               requireth
               it
               .
            
             
               
               7.
               
               The
               safest
               way
               of
               Composing
               such
               a
               Publick
               Form
               ,
               
               is
               ,
               to
               take
               it
               all
               ,
               for
               Matter
               and
               Words
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Holy
               Scriptures
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               Yet
               is
               not
               this
               of
               such
               Necessity
               ,
               but
               that
               we
               may
               joyn
               in
               it
               ,
               or
               use
               it
               ,
               if
               the
               Form
               of
               Words
               be
               not
               from
               Scripture
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Prop.
             1.
             
             A
             Stinted
             Liturgy
             is
             in
             it self
             Lawful
          
           
             This
             is
             thus
             proved
             :
          
           
             
               Argument
               1.
               
            
             That
             which
             is
             not
             directly
             ,
             or
             consequentially
             forbidden
             by
             God
             ,
             remaineth
             lawful
             :
             A
             stinted
             Liturgy
             is
             not
             directly
             ,
             or
             consequentially
             forbidden
             by
             God
             ;
             therefore
             it
             remaineth
             lawful
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Major
            
             is
             undoubted's
             because
             nothing
             but
             a
             Prohibition
             can
             make
             a
             thing
             unlawful
             .
             
               Sin
               is
               a
               transgression
               of
               a
               Law
               :
               where
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Trangression
               :
            
             And
             yet
             I
             have
             heard
             very
             Reverend
             men
             answer
             this
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               enough
               that
               it
               is
               not
               commanded
               ,
               though
               not
               forbidden
               .
            
             Which
             is
             plainly
             to
             deny
             both
             Scripture
             and
             Civil
             Principles
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             the
             
               Minor
               ,
            
             
             
               That
               a
               stinted
               Liturgy
               is
               not
               forbidden
               ,
            
             we
             need
             no
             other
             proof
             ,
             than
             that
             no
             Prohibition
             can
             be
             produced
             .
          
           
             Argument
             6.
             
             
               If
               it
               be
               lawful
               for
               the
               People
               to
               use
               a
               stinted
               Form
               of
               Words
               in
               Publick
               Prayer
               ,
            
             
             
               then
               is
               it
               in
               it self
               lawful
               for
               the
               Pastors
               :
               but
               it
               is
               lawful
               for
               the
               People
               :
            
             for
             the
             Pastors
             prayer
             (
             which
             they
             must
             pray
             over
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             hear
             it
             )
             is
             a
             stinted
             Form
             to
             them
             ,
             even
             as
             much
             as
             if
             he
             had
             learnt
             it
             out
             
             of
             a
             Book
             .
             They
             are
             to
             follow
             him
             in
             his
             Method
             and
             Words
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             Book-Prayer
             .
          
           
             
               Argument
               7.
               
            
             It
             is
             lawful
             to
             use
             a
             Form
             in
             Preaching
             :
             therefore
             a
             stinted
             Liturgy
             is
             lawful
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Because
               Preaching
               is
               a
               part
               of
               that
               Liturgy
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Because
               the
               reason
               is
               the
               same
               for
               Prayer
               ,
               as
               for
               that
               ,
               in
               the
               main
               .
            
          
           
             Argument
             8.
             
             
               That
               which
               hath
               been
               the
               practice
               of
               the
               Church
               in
               Scripture-times
               ,
               and
               down
               to
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               is
               yet
               the
               practice
               of
               almost
               all
               the
               Churches
               of
               Christ
               on
               earth
               ,
               is
               not
               like
               to
               be
               unlawful
               :
               but
               such
               is
               the
               use
               of
               some
               stinted
               forms
               of
               Publick
               Service
               :
               therefore
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             That
             it
             was
             so
             in
             the
             
               Jews
            
             Church
             ,
             and
             approved
             by
             Christ
             ,
             I
             have
             shewed
             .
             That
             it
             hath
             been
             of
             ancient
             use
             in
             the
             Church
             since
             Christ
             ,
             and
             is
             at
             this
             day
             in
             use
             in
             
               Africk
               ,
               Asia
               ,
               Europe
               ,
            
             even
             among
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             in
             
               France
               ,
               Holland
               ,
               Geneva
               ,
            
             &c.
             is
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             that
             I
             think
             I
             need
             not
             stand
             to
             prove
             it
             :
             yea
             ,
             those
             few
             that
             seem
             to
             disuse
             it
             ,
             do
             yet
             use
             it
             ,
             in
             
               Psalms
               ,
            
             and
             other
             parts
             of
             Worship
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             
               Common-Prayer
            
             it self
             ,
             I
             never
             rejected
             it
             because
             it
             was
             a
             Form
             ,
             
             nor
             thought
             it
             simply
             unlawful
             because
             it
             was
             such
             a
             Form
             ;
             but
             have
             made
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             would
             do
             again
             in
             the
             like
             case
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             Ceremonies
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Ceremonies
               controverted
               among
               us
               ,
            
             
             
               were
               especially
               ,
            
             The
             Surplice
             ,
             the
             Gesture
             of
             Kneeling
             in
             receiving
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             the
             Ring
             in
             Marriage
             ,
             Laying
             the
             hand
             on
             the
             Book
             in
             taking
             an
             Oath
             ,
             the
             
               Organs
               and
               Church-Musick
               ,
               Holy-dayes
               ,
               Altars
               ,
               Rails
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Cross
               in
               Baptisme
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Surplice
               .
            
             
               
                 Some
                 decent
                 Habit
              
               is
               necessary
               ;
               either
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               
               or
               the
               Minister
               himfelf
               ,
               or
               the
               Associatcd
               Pastors
               must
               determine
               what
               .
               I
               think
               neither
               Magistrate
               nor
               Synod
               should
               do
               any
               more
               than
               hinder
               Undecency
               :
               But
               yet
               if
               they
               
                 do
              
               more
               ,
               and
               tye
               all
               to
               
                 One
                 Habit
              
               (
               add
               suppose
               it
               were
               an
               undecent
               Habit
               )
               yet
               this
               is
               but
               an
               
                 imprudent
                 use
                 of
                 Power
                 .
              
               It
               is
               a
               thing
               within
               the
               Magistrates
               reach
               ;
               he
               doth
               not
               an
               
                 aliene
              
               work
               ,
               but
               his
               own
               work
               amiss
               :
               and
               therefore
               the
               thing
               
                 in
                 it self
              
               being
               
                 lawful
                 ;
                 I
                 would
                 obey
                 him
                 ,
              
               and
               use
               that
               garment
               ,
               if
               I
               could
               not
               be
               dispensed
               with
               .
               Yea
               ,
               though
               
                 Secondarily
              
               the
               
                 Whiteness
              
               be
               to
               signifie
               Purity
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               be
               made
               a
               teaching
               sign
               ,
               yet
               would
               I
               obey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               Kneeling
               at
               the
               Sacrament
               .
            
             
               But
               yet
               ,
               
               as
               sinfully
               as
               this
               Gesture
               was
               imposed
               ,
               for
               my
               part
               I
               did
               obey
               the
               Imposers
               ,
               and
               would
               do
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               to
               do
               again
               ,
               rather
               than
               disturb
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               be
               deprived
               of
               its
               Communion
               .
               For
               God
               
               having
               made
               
                 some
                 Gesture
              
               necessary
               ,
               and
               confined
               me
               to
               none
               ,
               but
               left
               it
               to
               Humane
               Determination
               ,
               I
               shall
               submit
               to
               Magistrates
               in
               their
               proper
               work
               ,
               even
               when
               they
               miss
               it
               in
               the
               manner
               .
               I
               am
               not
               sure
               that
               Christ
               intended
               the
               example
               of
               himself
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               as
               obligatory
               to
               us
               that
               shall
               succeed
               .
               I
               am
               sure
               it
               proves
               
                 sitting
                 lawful
                 ;
              
               but
               I
               am
               not
               sure
               that
               it
               proves
               it
               
                 necessary
                 :
              
               (
               though
               
                 very
                 convenient
                 .
              
               )
               But
               I
               am
               
                 sure
                 ,
              
               he
               hath
               
                 commanded
                 me
                 Obedience
                 and
                 Peace
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Ring
               in
               Marriage
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               
                 Ring
                 in
                 Marriage
                 ,
              
               
               I
               see
               no
               reason
               to
               scruple
               the
               lawfulness
               of
               it
               :
               For
               though
               the
               Papists
               make
               a
               
                 Sacrament
              
               of
               
                 Marriage
                 ,
              
               yet
               we
               have
               no
               reason
               to
               take
               it
               for
               any
               Ordinance
               of
               Divine
               Worship
               ;
               any
               more
               than
               the
               solemnizing
               of
               a
               Contract
               between
               a
               Prince
               and
               People
               .
               All
               things
               are
               sanctified
               and
               pure
               to
               the
               pure
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               Organs
               and
               Church
               Musick
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               
                 Organs
                 ,
              
               
               or
               other
               
                 Instruments
                 of
                 Musick
              
               in
               Gods
               Worship
               ,
               they
               being
               a
               Help
               partly
               
                 Natural
                 ,
              
               and
               partly
               
                 Artificial
                 ,
              
               to
               the
               exhilerating
               of
               the
               spirits
               ,
               for
               the
               praise
               of
               God
               ,
               I
               know
               no
               argument
               to
               prove
               them
               simply
               unlawful
               ,
               but
               what
               would
               prove
               a
               
                 Cup
                 of
                 Wine
              
               unlawful
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 tune
              
               and
               
                 meeter
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 melody
              
               of
               singing
               unlawful
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Of
               Holy-Dayes
               .
            
             
               Nor
               for
               my
               part
               do
               I
               make
               any
               scruple
               *
               to
               keep
               a
               Day
               in
               Remembrance
               of
               any
               Eminent
               Servant
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
               or
               Martyr
               ,
               to
               praise
               God
               for
               their
               Doctrine
               or
               Example
               ,
               and
               honour
               their
               Memorial
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               hardest
               part
               of
               the
               Question
               is
               ,
               
                 Whether
                 it
                 be
                 lawful
                 to
                 keep
                 Dayes
                 ,
                 in
                 celebrating
                 the
                 Memorial
                 of
                 Christs
                 Nativity
                 ,
                 Circumcision
                 ,
                 Fasting
                 ;
                 Transfiguration
                 ,
                 Ascension
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 ?
              
            
             
               And
               yet
               for
               all
               this
               I
               am
               resolved
               ,
               
               if
               I
               live
               where
               such
               Holy-days
               as
               these
               are
               observed
               ,
               to
               censure
               no
               man
               for
               observing
               them
               ;
               nor
               would
               I
               deny
               them
               Liberty
               to
               follow
               their
               judgments
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               the
               power
               of
               their
               Liberties
               ;
               provided
               they
               use
               not
               reproach
               and
               violence
               to
               others
               ;
               and
               seek
               not
               to
               deprive
               them
               of
               their
               Liberties
               .
            
             
               Yea
               more
               ,
               
               I
               would
               not
               onely
               give
               men
               their
               Liberty
               in
               this
               ,
               but
               if
               I
               lived
               under
               a
               Government
               that
               peremptorily
               commanded
               it
               ,
               I
               would
               observe
               the
               outward
               rest
               of
               such
               a
               Holy-day
               ,
               and
               I
               would
               preach
               on
               it
               ,
               and
               joyn
               with
               the
               Assemblies
               in
               Gods
               Worship
               on
               it
               .
               Yea
               ,
               I
               would
               thus
               observe
               the
               Day
               ,
               rather
               than
               offend
               a
               weak
               Brother
               ,
               or
               hinder
               any
               mans
               salvation
               ,
               much
               more
               rather
               than
               I
               would
               make
               any
               division
               in
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               Altars
               ,
               and
               Rails
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               next
               Ceremony
               ,
               
               the
               
                 Name
                 and
                 form
                 of
                 an
                 Altar
                 ;
              
               no
               doubt
               it
               is
               a
               thing
               indifferent
               ,
               whether
               the
               Table
               stand
               this
               way
               ,
               or
               that
               way
               :
               and
               the
               Primitive
               Churches
               used
               commonly
               the
               names
               of
               
                 Sacrifice
                 ,
              
               
               and
               
                 Altar
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Priest
                 ,
              
               and
               I
               think
               ,
               lawfully
               :
               for
               my
               part
               I
               shall
               not
               be
               he
               that
               shall
               condemn
               them
               .
            
             
               I
               conceive
               that
               the
               dislike
               of
               these
               things
               in
               
                 England
              
               (
               the
               form
               and
               name
               of
               an
               Altar
               ,
               
               and
               the
               Rails
               about
               it
               )
               was
               not
               as
               if
               they
               were
               simply
               evil
               .
            
             
               Whether
               we
               shall
               receive
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               at
               a
               Table
               ,
               
               or
               in
               our
               Seats
               ;
               and
               whether
               the
               Table
               shall
               be
               of
               wood
               or
               stone
               ?
               whether
               it
               shall
               be
               round
               ,
               or
               long
               ,
               or
               square
               ?
               whether
               it
               shall
               stand
               in
               the
               East
               or
               West-end
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               middle
               ?
               whether
               it
               shall
               have
               Rails
               ,
               or
               no
               Rails
               ?
               All
               these
               are
               lest
               to
               Humane
               Prudence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Cross
               in
               Baptism
               .
            
             
               But
               of
               all
               our
               Ceremonies
               ,
               there
               is
               none
               that
               I
               have
               more
               suspected
               to
               be
               
                 simply
                 unlawful
                 ,
              
               
               
                 than
                 the
                 Cross
                 in
                 Baptism
                 .
              
            
             
               Yet
               I
               dare
               not
               
                 peremptorily
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 unlawful
                 :
              
               
               nor
               will
               I
               
                 condemn
                 either
                 Ancients
                 or
                 Moderns
                 that
                 use
                 it
                 :
              
               nor
               will
               I
               
                 make
                 any
                 disturbance
                 in
                 the
                 Church
                 about
                 it
                 ,
              
               more
               than
               my
               own
               forbearance
               will
               make
               .
            
             
               I
               presume
               not
               to
               censure
               them
               that
               judge
               it
               lawful
               ;
               but
               onely
               give
               the
               Reasons
               that
               make
               me
               doubt
               ,
               and
               rather
               think
               it
               to
               be
               unlawful
               ,
               though
               still
               with
               a
               suspicion
               of
               my
               own
               understanding
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A35057-e60
           
             Surv.
             of
             
               pretend
               .
               Discipl
               .
            
             c.
             34.
             p.
             447.
             
          
           
             Th.
             Cartw.
             
               to
            
             Harrisen
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A35057-e490
           
             1.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             *
             having
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Reason
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               Assemblies
               of
            
             dumb
             Ministers
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             23.
             2.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             9.
             22.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             22.
             42.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             11.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             5.
             
          
           
             Isa
             .
             56.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             8.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             36.
             19.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             4.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A35057-e3130
           
             Disp
             .
             4.
             
             P.
             361.
             
          
           
             Disp
             .
             5.
             
             P.
             400.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             P.
             401.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             P.
             423.
             
          
           
             P.
             424.
             
          
           
             P.
             396.
             
          
           
             P.
             398.
             
          
           
             Disp
             .
             4.
             
             P.
             358.
             
          
           
             P.
             359.
             
          
           
             P.
             361.
             
          
           
             P.
             364.
             
          
           
             P.
             421.
             
          
           
             P.
             409.
             
          
           
             P.
             409.
             
          
           
             P.
             411.
             
          
           
             P.
             411.
             
          
           
             P.
             412.
             
          
           
             *
             In
             point
             of
             Lawfulness
             ;
             For
             Conveniency
             is
             according
             to
             several
             accidents
             .
          
           
             P.
             412
             ,
             413.
             
          
           
             P.
             416.
             
          
           
             P.
             417.
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             P.
             417.
             
          
           
             P.
             401
             ,
             402.
             
          
           
             P.
             417.
             
          
           
             P.
             418.