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A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near…A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere…
A recovery from apostasy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepney Church near London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friars London Herein is the history of the surprisal and admirable escape of the said penitent.A recovery from apostacy Set out in a sermon preached in Stepny Church neere London at the receiving of a penitent renegado into the Church, Octob. 21. 1638. By William Gouge D.D. and min. in Black-Friers London Herein is the history of the surprizall and admirable escape of the said penitent.
London: printed by George Miller for Joshua Kirton, 1639London: printed by George Miller for Ioshua Kirton, 1639
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From those primitive times of the Christian Church even to these our days, they who after their revolt from the Faith, have been thoroughly touched in conscience for their sin, have not unwillingly made recantations, and confessions, and undergone what the Church thought meet to lay upon them. This time after time hath been done in all reformed Churches: And that not only by such as h•ve returned from Paganism, Turkism, and Judaism, ⟨p. 20⟩but also from Anabaptism and Popery.
From those primitive times of the Christian Church even to these our dayes, they who after their revolt from the Faith, have beene thorowly touched in conscience for their sinne, have not unwillingly made recantations, and confessions, and undergone what the Church thought meet to lay upon them. This time after time hath beene done in all reformed Churches: And that not onely by such as h•ve returned from Paganisme, Turcisme, and Iudaisme, ⟨p. 20⟩but also from Anabaptisme and Popery.
Indeed the ancient Discipline of the Church about receiving such as had Apostatized from her, into her bosom again, was more austere, then now it is: mThe rather because of the Novatians, who would not communicate with them, who had denied the faith in the persecution of Decius, and afterwards repenting turned to the same faith again.
Indeed the ancient Discipline of the Church about receiving such as had Apostatised from her, into her bosome againe, was more austere, then now it is: mThe rather because of the Novatians, who would not communicate with them, who had denied the faith in the persecution of Decius, and afterwards repenting turned to the same faith againe.