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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
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Ob. 1 What can be excepted against this Argument? That the people did not choose them, Ans. but desired God that he would choose one? But 1. so much as, in that case, could be left to the people, the Lord left to them, viz, the nomination of two, which was an inchoate choice, seeing the full choice must be made of God immediately, the nature of that office so requiring. 2. He substituted no other power, under himself, above the Church, no, not the Apostles themselves, in that case. What then? Ob. 2 That this is an extraordinary case, and toucheth not the calling of ordinary Pastors?1 But, though the choice by God immediately signified in the use of lots is extraordinary, yet the suffrage of the people is ordinary. Which seeing God would not suffer to be neglected, in such an extraordinary case, much less will he dispense with the rejecting of it ordinarily.
Ob. 1 What can be excepted against this Argument? That the people did not chuse them, Ans. but desired God that he would chuse one? But 1. so much as, in that case, could be left to the people, the Lord left to them, viz, the nomination of two, which was an inchoat choyse, seing the full choyse must be made of God immediately, the nature of that office so requiring. 2. He substituted no other power, under himselfe, above the Church, no, not the Apostles themselves, in that case. What then? Ob. 2 That this is an extraordinary case, and toucheth not the calling of ordinary Pastors?1 But, though the choyse by God immediately signified in the use of lots is extraordinary, yet the suffrage of the people is ordinary. Which seing God would not suffer to be neglected, in such an extraordinary case, much lesse will he dispense with the rejecting of it ordinarily.
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