A BRIEF Seasonable warning with some timous remedies to ptevent the putrefing maladies of pur oresent distemper amongst all ranks of professors in Scotland.  

I. IF ground be given hereby, to dissolve all Church communion, the dreadfullest effects shall be seen that ever was hard in a Church, yea reduce it to that period, not as to have the face of a judicatory which is too patent in neighbouring churches yea alas, increase heart burnings animosities and so mutually prove one another's burriors, so that the adversaries game shall be wrought to his hand and Satan shall gain his design to breaking up and extirpating all Christian fellowship, the sad experience whereof is found in our Land yea be't not well known to the greatest matter of grief and Pressage of future strokes that ever, we were trysted with so that those meetings who continued Instant servant in prayer wrestle with the Lord hath now given it over some of them proven not only backsliders from some denties' most to be performed, but also all kind of Christian sympathy duty void of a excitating conscience to any such thing, some making the rule regulating even there own judgement yea worse it not known of these that they did live more Atheistically then Christianly yea hath not our Dissensions been a woeful mean to break up a conjugaltie raising fearful divisions betwixt man & wise, which in no church entertaining family and society but doth produce strange fruits, separatism but blessed be the Lord those forementioned have gotten such a blessed fruit of this trial so as that Afflictione did run graces errands to them, and now (aster they had desistned most brutal like from any such duty) they have lively recovered but not till the Lord in a great manner humbled them yea temporal strokes.  
II. As to the hearing of many of those Godly men, (we abstract from justifying any Kind's of Professions) If it shall be conceded that they are not to be heard we shall not know well where to land the seal of some of whose Ministry doth rend the conscience of any man to hear the like, and this not in the least (the Lord is the heart searcher, to comply with any defectione alleged or favourities thereto) but to be as a Caveat to people to keep them from splitting upon dangerous rocks, neither can we think the Cons. of any godly tender faithful soul could assent thereto a who designs peace with truth and do we not also know the woeful fruits of this also how many have been rendered sceptic watering unstable in the way of God and so tostied with are nothin ear, that they know not well where they should rest, so that the sensible growth of grace was utterly decayed as to the exercise thereof all the time.  
III. 3. We could hearty wish that the way of God were walked in for reclaiming of any Brethren, so as to make them sensible of lapesss and to remove that which might be a scandal to others of this by mutual submission of all to the justitutions of Discipline in the church which did not a little conduce to the Bohemen in there fiery debats the very representable or appearance of a Governmen so that private Christians also of other might be brought to account who are sinistrously Informitive others yea dropping in truths to ears of worthy men to Authorise there fables to concease credit honout repute to them which hath been known to have been the way of to many and thereupon have prevailed with them to publish it abroad what misrepresentations pretended reflections of this nature have past.  
IV. All this does really argue Little or nothing of a humbled Spirit ripinning for a delivery but rather for judgement.  
V. Nor can no have peace nor ought any to have peace or think it shame in the least to acknowled a our debording, from the Lord, though uncharitably it may so be thought by some) be they Ministers be thy people neither sole acknowledgement burr further degrees of repentance and this to do in Christ's way with the Spirit of meekness with out the Least respect to any thing displeasing to God or brankling the peace of a good conscience.  
6. As we are to pray so likewise to study and Endeavout to promote a Love union Joh. 1●. prayed for by Chest himself and shall, be accomplished the efficatie of Christ's prayer making it so let all oppose as they please and then and never till then shall the day of Jezreel be great but when Judah and Israel hast appointed themselves one head, O sad matter that union should sound so harshily and digest so bitterly with some who, are all professing to keep whole the gurments of Christ.  
VII. We shall not stand to rehearse he Invasions Intrusions corruptions & fearful Infections the Church hath suffered thereby.  
VIII. But how are some brought of the soul of religione and in searching of the vitals and Kernel do hunt rather after the shell so that those who used formerly to have much soul exercise are empty of the same as if they never had been tristed therewith yea poor things pursuing this are ignorant of the very fundamentals of Religion it may be said yet very zealous this we grant & dedesire to bless the Lord therefore yet that aught to be temperate with Knowledge, neither upon the other extreme to magniit as to derogat from the other extishinguish and put out the same.  
IX. Know that some eminently worthy Ministers for piety and more particularly zeal, and yet continuing in the same, inveig●t as much 'gainst this and stood upon this controverted head before it ever was so sifted, and cannot now have so much peace, in prosecuting the same, O but zeal is commendable being pure, the temper of the person, having up physical Influx therein, but its evident the Lord polities gradually even as young colts having mamy excrements and exorbitancies to be cut of, if ye are critic ye may obj. I believe it, but now the edge of zeal is lost; O would to the Lord be thou who thou wilt that thou were endued with the same measure.  
X. Tender loving Symphatizing Christians would try before they crust, and the clashings of some particular private Christians also would be quassat whose private Judgement of discretion, we gram it to be honoured, yet also we know vain idle childish pamphlets by way of letters have gone so from some Christians, whose faculties we most say without breach of charity the Devil miserably employed.  
XI. Does it quadrat to the directions of the General Assembly in all former times that Ministers are not to spend there time in Pulpit insisting upon controversies Irritaring he bating stupesing the work of grace, O how palpably hast it worn out our frame from the most part, it may be replied when need calls its most convenient, yea when the great necessity was all our Divines determine that they were, but a little of speak to that seeing as many excellent men says out of one war springs another, and so we shall fall into an endless labyrinth.  
XII. If those eminently Godly Ministers be reflected upon who have continued suffering in the hazard of there live these many years by past me knows not who are enduring hardship for, the name of Jesus, we speak not now concerning any Indulged men though we charitably Judge Sympathy in the spirit not to be wanting, ●ea in some we are sure for to our own hearing we can testify a worthy man, who upon serious consideration of this diasmul day cried out, O for a pass from Jesus.  
XIII. The Judgement of Luther to the Bohem. Churches is worthy of Imitatione herein, since there be so many contentions it's no new thing in the Church of God notice that some shakebag not from the fundamentals.  
XIV. Remember if thou art suffering for Presbytery, that it may be countenanced by thee, and so all debates shall be soon decided.  
XV. If any hath broken up fellowship because of this, the Lord shall double his stripes we mean Christian society, and those who give occasion thereto directly or indirectly for many? do not now narrowly mark there, passions venting by indignatione upon some which cannot but hurt and irritat stranger's yea in prayer.  
XVI. Woe be to them who takes offence at Christ's Person hereby hsi word worship Government or shameful cross and Professors have as much to reckon for who do not, notice there carriage therein for fear of giving offence.  
XVII. Dear Friends love the image of Jesus, we are sure there are upon either hands many, whose heart if opened would be found, the impression of each other, mutually.  
XVIII. Parishes Societies again we alarm who do not join harmoniously to work, in entertaining the Gospel amongst them the Lord shall remove it beyond the seas from you, and ye shall be stigmatized of God a caster up thy heel against the holy one.  
XIX. Young Christians would be sober and walk with a low sail, and all ranks as they respect the mystical body of of Christ would shun irritating speeches.  
XX. O be Cautions of railing against any man's person Michael could not bring a railing accusation against the Devil for one being tainted with the least tinctue thereof we shall be brought at length to be empty of a republs. spirit in any Kind of commerce.  
XXI. Let us as Melanchton honour the Judgement of the pious worthy & learned, yet no further than its own sphereand station, for were we never so dexterous in our Judgement we have ground to suspect.  
XXII. But we come closely home O soul wha 'tis the mind of God to the in this Affair Ans. I find God against it, grant it be so, that course to regain, some is not the mind of God but obtest the to distinguish the harbouring of temptations in the heart, which are not nothing but suggestions persuasions allurements of Satan from those we'll grounded impulses of the Spirit of God, but surethese manifestations that thou art tristed with of God doth nevifer thovexamine right induce thee to any such violent carriage which indeed breeds a great reluctancy in the heart of many godly to keep correspondency.  
XXIII. If men be other ways minded God shall reveal it his is his promise stay upon the Lord do not haste thy own nay rather roll all the burden on Christ's shoulders.  
XXIV. If this had been debated among our Reformers as to the matter of hearing, we are persuaded we should have been esteemed in the categ one of lesuits, its true indeed, it may be Ans the case is altered, and otherwise stated here Ans as to this point of hearing it's not nor can any sutuable pertinent or equivalent Scripture to this effect for the contrary be adduced.  
XXV. It may be objected this is a strengthening of the common adversary, this I deny since on either hand many are wrestling against such oppositions.  
XXVI. Does not this clearly introduce a explicit Church Covenant and render all Scripturally called Ministers yea Ministry, and all odious contemptible yea useless to make Presbyteries to be included in & depend upon the people and so we shall have a well ordered Church.  
XXVII. If that condition of the Covenant shalicease defence of authority for as to discrepancy of persons we do not now discurse all the terms thereof mutually shall fall to the ground, its true it being mutual did infer a like obligations but yet the thing intrinsickly so considered doth still oblige the choicest acts of the soul.  
XXVIII. It may be objected where is the life of religion to this ne● answer as fear it measured according to our temper for as much of the vigour of godliness hast been seen amongst some of them as many others.  
XXIX. Lastly if this shall be the fruit of our Christian commerce at meeting me thinks it, it shall declare an unsavoury spirit unedifying, take us of the way of our Ancess●rs and withal, do freely invite yea as having the mind of God to invite all Kind's to Repentance, and those who have decayed in any measure to cry for restoration this with Sympathy, Calvin used though say to Luther should he call me a Devil, yet he is a Godly man..    
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