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A friendly trial of the grounds tending to separation in a plain and modest…A friendly triall of the grounds tending to separation in a plain and modest…
A friendly trial of the grounds tending to separation in a plain and modest dispute touching the lawfulness of a stinted liturgy and set form of prayer, Communion in mixed assemblies, and the primitive subject and first receptacle of the power of the Keys: tending to satisfy the doubtful, recall the wandering, and to strengthen the weak: by John Ball.A friendly triall of the grounds tending to separation in a plain and modest dispute touching the lawfulnesse of a stinted liturgie and set form of prayer, Communion in mixed assemblies, and the primitive subject and first receptacle of the power of the Keyes: tending to satisfie the doubtfull, recall the wandering, and to strengthen the weak: by John Ball.
Cambridge: printed by Roger Daniel printer to the University of Cambridge for Edward Brewster, 1640Cambridge: printed by Roger Daniel printer to the Universitie of Cambridge for Edward Brewster, 1640
Chapter 11: Of holding communion with that assembly in the worship of God, where we cannot perform…
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If iniquity be committed in the church,1 and complaint and proof accordingly made, and the church will not reform or reject the party offending, but will on the contrary maintain presumptuously and abet such impiety, then by abetting the party and his sin she maketh it her own by imputation, and enwrappeth her self in the same guilt with the sinner; and remaining irreformable, either by such members of the same church as are faithful (if there be any) or by other sister-church, wipeth herself out of the Lords church-roll, and now ceaseth to be any longer the true church of Christ.2 And whatsoever truths or ordinances of Christ this rebellious rout still retaineth, it but usurpeth the same, without right unto them or promise of blessing upon them; both the persons and sacrifices are abominable.
If iniquity be committed in the church,1 and complaint and proof accordingly made, and the church will not reform or reject the party offending, but will on the contrary maintein presumptuously and abett such impiety, then by abetting the party and his sin she maketh it her own by imputation, and enwrappeth her self in the same guilt with the sinner; and remaining irreformable, either by such members of the same church as are faithfull (if there be any) or by other sister-churche, wipeth herself out of the Lords church-rolle, and now ceaseth to be any longer the true church of Christ.2 And whatsoever truths or ordinances of Christ this rebellious rout still reteineth, it but usurpeth the same, without right unto them or promise of blessing upon them; both the persons and sacrifices are abominable.
- 1Object. 2.
- 2Robins. Against Bern. pag. 247, 248.