A19884:174
An apologetical reply to a book called an answer to the unjust complaint of…An apologeticall reply to a booke called an ansvver to the unjust complaint of…
An apologetical reply to a book called an answer to the unjust complaint of VV.B. Also an answer to Mr. I.D. touching his report of some passages. His allegation of Scriptures against the baptising of some kind of infants. His protestation about the publishing of his writings. By John Davenport BD.An apologeticall reply to a booke called an ansvver to the unjust complaint of VV.B. Also an answer to Mr. I.D. touching his report of some passages. His allegation of Scriptures against the baptising of some kind of infants. His protestation about the publishing of his wrightings. By Iohn Davenporte BD.
Rotterdam: printed by Isaac van Waesberghe, 1636Rotterdam: printed by Isaack van Waesberghe, 1636
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fourthly. Here is an old fallacy,1 when my writing is pretended to be the cause of their complaints, which was not. For they complained of many of the grievances mentioned in that writing, not only, before my writing was seen, but before I saw Amsterdam. And, though they make some complaints which agree with some passages in my writing, yet they make many more also, which are not in my writing. Who watered those roots? So much shall suffice for the vindicating of my self from the imputation of contentiousness, and of my writing, from the censure of watering evil weeds of unjust complaints.
Fourthly. Here is an old fallacy,1 when my wrighting is pretended to be the cause of their complaints, which was not. For they complained of many of the greivances mentioned in that wrighting, not only, before my wrighting was seene, but before I saw Amsterdam. And, though they make some complaints which agree with some passages in my wrighting, yet they make many more also, which are not in my wrighting. Who watered those rootes? So much shall suffice for the vindicating of my selfe from the imputation of contentiousnes, and of my wrighting, from the censure of watering evill weeds of unjust complaints.
- 1Nō causae, ut causae.Nō causae, ut causae.
Ans. He saith of our Church: had he not exercised much patience and industry, it would certainly have fallen from me &c. But as he doth vainly praise him self, &c.
Ans. He sayth of our Church: had he not exercised much patience and industry, it would certainely have fallen from me &c. But as he doth vainly prayse him selfe, &c.