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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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First, Their love to God stirreth up indignation in them, when they see his servants injured, and, according to the height of their esteem of the men, is the deepness of their sense of their injuries. Their injury they express to be his rejecting and opposing them: their own esteem of the men they declare, in stilling them, the most worthy servants of God. Such superlative and exuperant titles the persons, to whom they are applied, dare not assume to themselves, acknowledging themselves to be unprofitable servants, and not worthy of that high honour to be called the servants of such a God: Yet the persons, who thus describe them, show a great esteem of them. To see such disgracefully used, not by Ammonites, as Davids servants were,1 thorough causeless jealousies, but by Israelites, and to be smitten by their fellow servants, to the hinderance of the Lords work, and the furtherance of Satan's projects, is very grievous.
First, Their love to God stirreth up indignation in them, when they see his servants injuryed, and, according to the height of their esteeme of the men, is the deepenes of their sense of their injuryes. Their injury they expresse to be his rejecting and opposing them: their owne esteeme of the men they declare, in stiling them, the most worthy servants of God. Such superlative and exuperant titles the persons, to whom they are applyed, dare not assume to themselves, acknowledging themselves to be unproffitable servants, and not worthy of that high honour to be called the servants of such a God: Yet the persons, who thus describe them, shew a great esteeme of them. To see such disgracefully used, not by Ammonites, as Davids servants were,1 thorough causeles jealousyes, but by Israelites, and to be smitten by their fellow servants, to the hinderance of the Lords worke, and the furtherance of Sathans projects, is very greivous.