A19884:332
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.
To the sixth;1 That diverse of these Complainants have showed them selves opposite and averse to the calling of sundry worthy servants of God. &c.
To the sixth;1 That diverse of these Complainants haue shewed them selves opposite and averse to the calling of sundry worthy servants of God. &c.
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The Answerer should have showed. Reply. 1. Whether these worthy servants of God were desired by the Church? 2. Whether their showing themselves opposite, and averse to their calling, did deprive the Church of them being generally desired? 3. Whether they disorderly sought to work their wills, by raising unjust surmises, and jealousies to gain a party in the Classis, to hinder the Church from the exercise of its power and liberty in the free choice of those men, and that, without declaring to the Church the equity of their so doing by the Scriptures? and 4. whether, upon this disorderly proceeding of theirs, the Church was actually hindered, by the interposition of the Classis, from freely choosing those men, whom they generally desired? If yea; the case is alike, and they deprived the ⟨p. 68⟩Church of her power as well as he: yet that will not excuse, much less justify him. If nay; (as he knoweth they did not so) then he depriveth the Church of her power, and not they.
The Answerer should haue shewed. Reply. 1. Whether these worthy servants of God were desired by the Church? 2. Whether their shewing themselves opposite, and averse to theyre calling, did deprive the Church of them being generally desired? 3. Whether they disorderly saught to worke theyr wills, by raysing unjust surmises, and jealousies to gaine a party in the Classis, to hinder the Church from the excercise of its power and liberty in the free choyse of those men, and that, without declaring to the Church the aequity of their so doing by the Scriptures? and 4. whether, upon this disorderly proceeding of theirs, the Church was actually hindred, by the interposition of the Classis, from freely chusing those men, whom they generally desired? If yea; the case is alike, and they deprived the