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         Bacon, Nathaniel, 1593-1660.
      
       
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             An ordinance presented to the Honorable House of Commons, by Mr. Bacon, a lawyer in Suffolk, and Mr Taet, both of them members of the same house, and by their means was twice read, and referred to a committee For the preventing of the growing and spreading of heresies.
             Bacon, Nathaniel, 1593-1660.
             Taet, Mr.
          
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             1646]
          
           
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           An
           Ordinance
           presented
           to
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
             Bacon
             ,
          
           a
           Lawyer
           in
           Suffolk
           ,
           and
           Mr
           
             Taet
             ,
          
           both
           of
           them
           Members
           of
           the
           same
           House
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           means
           was
           twice
           read
           ,
           and
           referred
           to
           a
           COMMITTEE
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           preventing
           of
           the
           growing
           and
           spreading
           of
           Heresies
           .
        
         
           BE
           it
           ordained
           ,
           That
           all
           such
           as
           shall
           from
           and
           after
           the
           Date
           hereof
           ,
           willingly
           preach
           ,
           teach
           ,
           print
           ,
           or
           write
           ,
           publish
           and
           maintain
           ,
           any
           such
           opinion
           contrary
           to
           the
           Doctrines
           ensuing
           ;
        
         
           
             Viz.
          
           That
           God
           is
           present
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           That
           God
           Is
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           is
           One
           in
           three
           Persons
           ,
           Or
           doth
           know
           or
           fore-know
           all
           things
           ;
           Or
           that
           he
           is
           Almighty
           ,
           Or
           that
           he
           is
           perfectly
           Holy
           ,
           Or
           that
           he
           is
           Eternall
           .
           Or
           that
           shall
           in
           like
           manner
           publish
           ,
           That
           Christ
           is
           not
           God
           coequall
           with
           the
           Father
           ;
           Or
           shall
           deny
           the
           Manhood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Or
           that
           the
           Godhead
           and
           Manhood
           of
           Christ
           are
           severall
           Natures
           ,
           Or
           that
           the
           Manhood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           pure
           ,
           unspotted
           of
           sin
           ;
           Or
           that
           shall
           publish
           ,
           That
           Christ
           did
           not
           die
           ,
           or
           rose
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           nor
           ia
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           bodily
           ,
           Or
           that
           his
           death
           is
           meritorious
           in
           behalfe
           of
           Beleevers
           .
           Or
           that
           shall
           publish
           or
           maintain
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           not
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           Or
           that
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           is
           not
           God
           ,
           Or
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           not
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           Or
           that
           the
           Bodies
           of
           Men
           shall
           not
           rise
           after
           they
           be
           dead
           ,
           Or
           that
           there
           is
           no
           day
           of
           judgement
           after
           death
           .
        
         
           Such
           publishing
           with
           obstinacie
           ,
           shall
           be
           judged
           Felony
           :
           Such
           persons
           shall
           by
           two
           witnesses
           be
           bound
           over
           by
           two
           Iustices
           unto
           the
           Gayl-delivery
           ,
           and
           the
           Delinquent
           shall
           be
           indited
           for
           Felony
           ;
           and
           upon
           finding
           the
           same
           inditement
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           party
           bee
           found
           guilty
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           abjure
           his
           said
           error
           ,
           he
           shall
           suffer
           the
           pains
           of
           death
           ,
           without
           benefit
           of
           Clergy
           :
           But
           upon
           abjuring
           of
           the
           said
           error
           ,
           he
           shal
           upon
           two
           sufficient
           Sureties
           be
           bailed
           .
        
         
           And
           be
           it
           further
           ordained
           ,
           that
           if
           after
           abjuring
           the
           said
           errours
           ,
           he
           shall
           publiish
           it
           again
           ,
           he
           shall
           be
           indited
           and
           put
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           And
           be
           it
           further
           ordered
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           person
           shall
           wittingly
           and
           presumptuously
           ,
           or
           contrary
           to
           admonition
           ,
           blaspheme
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           the
           holy
           Trinity
           ,
           or
           shall
           impugne
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           such
           offences
           shall
           be
           adjudged
           Fellony
           ,
           &
           the
           Offender
           committed
           without
           Bayl
           or
           Mainprize
           ;
           and
           the
           party
           being
           found
           guilty
           shall
           be
           branded
           in
           the
           left
           Cheek
           ,
           with
           the
           Letter
           
             B.
          
           and
           upon
           the
           like
           offence
           the
           second
           time
           shall
           suffer
           death
           .
        
         
           And
           be
           it
           further
           ordained
           ,
           that
           all
           persons
           who
           shall
           publish
           any
           of
           the
           severall
           errours
           hereafter
           ensuing
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           That
           all
           men
           shal
           be
           saved
           ;
           that
           a
           man
           by
           nature
           hath
           free
           wil
           to
           turn
           to
           God
           ;
           That
           God
           may
           be
           worshipt
           by
           Pictures
           or
           Images
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           soule
           of
           any
           man
           after
           death
           goes
           neither
           to
           Heaven
           nor
           Hell
           ,
           but
           to
           Purgatory
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           soule
           of
           man
           dies
           or
           sleepes
           when
           the
           body
           is
           dead
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           revelations
           or
           workings
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           are
           a
           rule
           for
           a
           Christians
           life
           ;
           though
           divers
           from
           or
           contrary
           to
           the
           written
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           or
           that
           a
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           believe
           no
           more
           then
           by
           his
           reason
           he
           can
           comprehend
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Morrall
           Law
           contained
           in
           the
           Ten
           Commandements
           is
           no
           rule
           of
           a
           Christian
           life
           ;
           or
           that
           God
           sees
           no
           sinne
           in
           the
           justified
           ;
           or
           that
           a
           Believer
           need
           not
           repent
           nor
           pray
           for
           the
           pardon
           of
           sinne
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           two
           Sacraments
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           and
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           are
           not
           Ordinances
           commanded
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Baptizing
           of
           Infants
           is
           unlawfull
           ;
           or
           that
           such
           Baptizing
           is
           void
           ,
           and
           of
           none
           effect
           ;
           or
           that
           such
           persons
           are
           to
           be
           Baptized
           again
           :
           and
           in
           pursuance
           thereof
           ,
           shall
           baptize
           any
           person
           formerly
           baptized
           :
           or
           that
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           Lords
           Day
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           injoyned
           by
           the
           Ordinances
           and
           Lawes
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           is
           not
           according
           ,
           or
           contrary
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           is
           not
           lawfull
           to
           joyn
           in
           Publique
           ,
           or
           Family
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           to
           teach
           Children
           to
           pray
           ;
           Or
           that
           the
           Churches
           of
           England
           are
           not
           true
           Churches
           ;
           Or
           that
           the
           Ministers
           or
           Ordinances
           ,
           are
           not
           true
           Ministers
           or
           Ordinances
           ;
           Or
           that
           the
           Church
           government
           by
           Presbytery
           ,
           is
           Antichristian
           ,
           or
           unlawfull
           ;
           or
           that
           the
           Magistracy
           ,
           or
           power
           of
           the
           Civill-Magistrate
           by
           Law
           established
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           is
           unlawfull
           ;
           or
           that
           all
           the
           use
           of
           Armes
           for
           Publique
           defence
           (
           be
           the
           Cause
           never
           so
           just
           )
           is
           unlawfull
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           case
           the
           party
           so
           accused
           for
           any
           of
           the
           said
           errours
           ,
           be
           committed
           before
           two
           Justices
           ,
           the
           party
           so
           committed
           shall
           be
           ordered
           to
           renounce
           his
           said
           errour
           in
           the
           publike
           Congregation
           of
           the
           Parish
           Church
           whence
           the
           complaint
           comes
           ;
           and
           in
           case
           he
           refuses
           or
           neglects
           the
           same
           at
           or
           upon
           the
           day
           ,
           time
           ,
           and
           place
           appointed
           by
           the
           said
           Justices
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           be
           committed
           to
           prison
           by
           the
           said
           Justices
           ,
           untill
           he
           shall
           find
           two
           Sureties
           ,
           of
           subsidy
           men
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           not
           publish
           or
           maintain
           the
           said
           errour
           or
           errours
           any
           more
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 London10
              
               Sept
               :
               1646
            
          
        
      
    
    

