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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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Fourthly. Their love to their rejected and opposed brethren stirreth up compassion in them. For, who can look upon a silly sheep scratched in a hedge of thorns, whither it fled for shelter, without pity? And, if Jobs complaint is able to affect any tender spirit, when he saith. To him ehat is afflicted, pity should be showed from his brethren, 1but my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook (which is then emptyest, when the season is hottest, and the wearied traveller is in greatest thirst,) much more will this stir up Sympathy, in a merciful heart, to see brethren, not only, like waters that fail, but as a violent stream, that threatens to overflow and drown those, that should be refreshed, to reject and oppose those, that should be received & cherished.
Fourthly. Their love to their rejected and opposed brethren stirreth up compassion in them. For, who can looke upon a silly sheepe scratched in a hedge of thornes, whither it fled for shelter, without pitty? And, if Iobs complaint is able to affect any tender spirit, when he sayth. To him ehat is afflicted, pitty should be shewed from his brethren, 1but my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brooke (which is then emptyest, when the season is hottest, and the wearied travayler is in greatest thirst,) much more will this stirr up Sympathy, in a mercifull heart, to see brethren, not only, like waters that fayle, but as a violent streame, that threatens to overflow and drowne those, that should be refreshed, to reject and oppose those, that should be received & cherished.
Fifthly, Their love to them selves, and to those that depend upon them, stirreth up great desire in them, to enjoy those means which they have found blessed to them: to some of them for their effectual calling to the obedience of Faith; to others of them, for their building up and strengthening in their most holy Faith. Hence, their grief is increased. When they see themselves deprived of that, which they have found so good & profitable. As for his girding Epithets, in the next words, against my person, and their expression, I pass it by, pitying his distemper. Whereas he saith, that, in the reproof of these Complainants Mr. D. may, in part, read his own, it concerneth me the more strictly and particularly to examine the following passages, that I may see how justly he reproveth me, being prepared, in some good measure, I hope, to bear patiently, and receive thankfully, a just reproof, and to hold forth the truth & mine own innocency against unjust reproaches, not respecting any mans person, in discharge of my bounden duty. We will therefore exactly observe his method, and examine his pretended