The Church Told of Bagshaws Scandals, Biblical texts
THE CHURCH TOLD OF Mr. ED. BAGSHAW's SCANDALS, AND Warned of the dangerous snares of Satan, now laid for them, in his LOVE-KILLING PRINCIPLES: WITH A farther proof that it is our common duty to keep up the interest of the Christian Religion, and Protestant Cause, in the Parish Churches; and not to imprison them, by a confinement to tolerated meetings alone. By RICHARD BAXTER, A Militant Servant of Christ, for Faith, Hope, and Love, Unity, Concord, and Peace, against their contraries on both extremes.
LONDON, Printed in the Year MDC LXX II.
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THE CHURCH TOLD OF Mr. BAGSHAW's SCANDALS, And warned of his Dangerous Snares.
THE SVMME.
1 Cor. 5. 6. Your glorying is not good: Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Rom. 3. 8. Let not us do evil that good may come: whose Damnation is just.
Jam. 1. 20. For the wrath of man worketh not the Righteousness of God.
Jam. 3. 6, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16. The tongue is a fire; a world of iniquity: So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body: and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell—The tongue can no man tame: it is an unruly evil: full of deadly poison: Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing— Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him shew out of a good conversation his works, with meckness of wisdome. But if ye have bitter (zeal) envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lye not against the truth. This wisdome descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devillish. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work.
Rom. 16. 17, 18. Now, I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause Divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them (But not the Churches, or the innocent for their sake) For they that are such serve not the Lord Iesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches, deceive the hearts of the simple.
Act. 20. 30. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perv…rse things, to draw away disciples after them.
1 Cor. 11. 19. For there must be also heresies (or sects) among you, that they which are approved, may be made manifest among you.
Matth. 22. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. Then went the Pharisees and took counsel, how they might entangle him in his talk—Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? But Iesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? shew me the Tribute-money—Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods.
Matth. 17. 26, 27. Then are the Children free. Notwithstanding lest we should offend them.
Rev. 22. 15. For without are dogs—and whosoever loveth and maketh a lye.
Psal. 15. 2, 3. Lord, who shall abide in thy Tabernacles, who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart, that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Christs own Doctrine and Practice.
Luke 4. 16. As his custome was, he went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read—
John 18. 20. I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the Synogogue, and in the Temple, whither the Iews alwayes resort, and in secret have I said nothing.
Mark 1. 44. Shew thy self to the Priest, and offer for thy cleansing...
Matth. 23. 2. 3. The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, observe and do: but do not ye after their works; for they say and do not. (what they were, see in the rest of the Chapt.)
Mat. 7. 1, 2, 3, 4. Iudge not, that ye be not judged: For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you again: And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?—Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thy own eye.—