A pretended voice from heaven, proved to bee the voice of man, and not of God. Or, An answer to a treatise, called A voice from heaven, written by Mr. Gualter Postlethwait, an unordained preacher, taking upon him to exercise the pastoral charge, in a congregation at Lewis in Sussex. Wherein, his weakness, in undertaking to prove all protestant churches to bee antichristian, and to bee separated from, as no true churches of Christ, is discovered; and the sinfulness of such a separation evinced. Together with, a brief answer inserted, to the arguments for popular ordination, brought by the answerers of Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici, in their book called The preacher sent. By Ezekiel Charke, M.A. and rector of Waldron in Sussex. Imprimatur, Edmond Calamy.

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Title:	A pretended voice from heaven, proved to bee the voice of man, and not of God. Or, An answer to a treatise, called A voice from heaven, written by Mr. Gualter Postlethwait, an unordained preacher, taking upon him to exercise the pastoral charge, in a congregation at Lewis in Sussex. Wherein, his weakness, in undertaking to prove all protestant churches to bee antichristian, and to bee separated from, as no true churches of Christ, is discovered; and the sinfulness of such a separation evinced. Together with, a brief answer inserted, to the arguments for popular ordination, brought by the answerers of Jus Divinum Ministerii Evangelici, in their book called The preacher sent. By Ezekiel Charke, M.A. and rector of Waldron in Sussex. Imprimatur, Edmond Calamy.
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To the Christian Reader.

1 Concerning the Subject of Church-power and Rule, in general.

2 Concerning the Subject of power, for admission of Members, and Excommunication.

3 Concerning the Covenant, for admission of Church-Members.

4 Concerning qualifications of Church-Members, required for their admission.

5 Concerning the quantity of a Church, that it may consist of divers Assemblies.

6 Concerning the gathering of Members into Congregations.

7 Concerning the return of Church-Members, from gathe∣red Churches, to their proper Pastors in the places of their Habitations.

8 Against Separation from our Churches, as no true Churches.

9 Of Election, and Ordination of Church-Officers.

10 Concerning the Ordination of the Ministers of the Church of England.

11 Concerning the power of Synods.

The Table.

AN Answer to M^r. Postelthwaite's Book, Entituled, A voice from Heaven.

SECT. I. Animadversions, upon some Passages in the Epistle, Concerning the Magistrates Power, in matters of RELIGION.

SECT. II. Of Mr. P's Text, Rev. 18.4. And the interpretation thereof, and inferences from it; particularly, of the coming out of Babylon, and an Antichristian Church-State.

SECT. III. Of National Churches.

SECT. IV. Of Parish Churches, Ministers maintenance, the Churches of Eng∣land, the Witnesses, and Separation.

SECT. V. Of Congregational, Presbyterial, Classical Churches; and of the Church Catholick, and Synods.

SECT. VI. An examination of Mr. P's. Answers, to the Objections hee mentions, as made against his doctrine of Separation; and of his Reasons for Separation.

SECT. VII. Of Mr. P's Injunctions to the Magistrate, and first, concerning Parishes, Parish-Temples, and Patrons.

SECT. 8. Of Tythes.

SECT. IX. Concerning the Commissioners for approbation of publick Preachers.

SECT. 10. Of Mr. P's Counsels, and direction for Re∣formation.

SECT. 11. Of the Call of our Ministers.

SECT. 12. A Question discussed, Whether any unordained persons among us are lawful and compleat Ministers of the Gospel. With, An Answer to the six Arguments for Popular Ordination, brought by the Answerers of Jus Div. Min. Evangelici, in their Book called, The Preacher sent.

SECT. XIII. Containing the Author's humble supplication to those in Authority, for Reformation.

SECT. XIV. Of Mr. P's conclusion, abusing that of the Lord Du Plessis his Book.

A Catalogue of some Books sold and printed for Andrew Kembe, at his Shop at St. Margarets Hill in Southwark.

ERRATA.