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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
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.
SECT. 8. Concerning my sending for out of England.
Ans. TO prove my sending for over to be disorderly, he saith in his printed book, that such as procured my coming out of England, did not, according to good order, communicate the matter with those, whom it specially concerned, who in all such weighty and ⟨p. 101⟩public affairs of the Church, should by their counsel and direction have gone before others therein. The same thing, in his letter sent to Newburgh, he expresseth thus, that, I, being sent for privately by a particular person, without his knowledge, and without advise and consent of their Eldership, came over before I was called.
Ans. TO prove my sending for over to be disorderly, he sayth in his printed booke, that such as procured my comming out of England, did not, according to good order, communicate the matter with those, whom it specially concerned, who in all such weighty and ⟨p. 101⟩publick affayres of the Church, should by theyre counsail and direction have gone before others therein. The same thing, in his letter sent to Nuburgh, he expresseth thus, that, I, being sent for privately by a particular person, without his knowledge, and without advise and consent of theyre Eldership, came over before I was called.
Reply. 1, My end in coming into these parts, was to serve the present opportunity, for a few months, in helping that Church with the fruits of my labours, in their extreme necessity, having preserved my liberty, not for love of ease, but for the works sake, (in hope that after some small time of absence, the displeasure conceived against me would be abated, and my return to mine own country be made more safe,) and not to be Pastor in Amsterdam, unless it should appear, by a very strong & clear call from the joint desire of Pastor and people, upon very safe and satisfying terms, that God, to whose disposal, I wholly committed my self, should design me to that place, as the only station wherein he would serve himself of me, the remainder of my days. In which case, my heart was prepared to obey his call, to any part of the world, and so there, and not otherwise. This being my purpose, as he that brought me over, and others can testify, I was content to come over for 3 or 4 months to help them. And other agreement or promise I made none. Now what need was there of any letters from the Eldership for so much?