A19884:522
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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Thirdly, that he would not hearken to my advice without consent of the Classis. 1. That this is true, he must confess, unless he will deny his own words: for himself said so to me, & he knoweth it, 2. The event showeth it. For though he would have me to rest in this writing (without consent of the Classis) yet he well knew this to be no way of accommodation, hut a mere snare to me.
Thirdly, that he would not hearken to my advice without consent of the Classis. 1. That this is true, he must confesse, unles he will deny his owne words: for himselfe sayd so to me, & he knoweth it, 2. The event sheweth it. For though he would have me to rest in this wrighting (without consent of the Classis) yet he well knew this to be no way of accommodation, hut a mere snare to me.
And now, because the Answerer, not only seemeth to charge me with obstinacy for not resting in that determination of the five ministers, but also to insult as if J wanted warrant from the Scripture for mine opinion, because I did not set it down in writing, that the question might be in writing discussed between us, 1which he offered (as he saith) to some of the Complainants sundry times, (though the vanity of this pretence is in the former Section, declared, yet,) being thus again challenged in print, I may not, without injury to the truth, any longer forbear to give a public account of my judgement in this matter. But first my humble and hearty request to the Reverend ministers of these countries (especially to those in that part) is, that they will not impute it to any contentious disposition, or to love of disputes, much less to a malicious desire of discovering their imperfections to the world, least of all to an arrogant polupragmony in me, as if I, being a stranger, assumed to my self to be a reformer of these Churches, that I freely declare the grounds, whereupon I refused to bind my self to observe that custom. Thus casting my self upon their favourable construction, and praying them equally and judiciously to consider what J say, I will, with Gods ⟨p. 132⟩