A19884:707
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.
The answer to the seventeenth Section examined, concerning my withdrawing of my consent first made known unto him, as is pretended.
The answer to the seaventeenth Section examined, concerning my withdrawing of my consent first made knowne unto him, as is pretended.
The title of this Section supposeth. 1. that I had consented, 2. that afterwards J with drew my consent: the untruth of both which assertions hath been shown in the foregoing Sections. Here, he speaketh of matters that passed between us the next Consistory, after this meeting of the Classis. The story whereof was thus. A writing, wherein the agreement of the Answerer with the officers of the Church about my calling, was delivered to me by the Answerer, & Mr. A, which when I had read, I first gave them thanks for this expression of their good esteem of me, and then, to omit other passages, desired to be certified, whether the order was made in the Consistory which was promised. Whereby it appeareth that I still expected that an order should be made, more to my content then yet it had been. For answer hereunto, the Answerer told me, that they could do no more in that business, then had been done formerly When I heard this, & perceived, by a clause in that writing, that, in accepting this call, I should bind my self to conform to ⟨p. 188⟩the orders and customs of the Dutch Church in this particular, as well as in others, I made some demur indeed, and desired time for deliberation, and being urged by the Answerer to a speedy resolution, I gave my answer to them in the Consistory, in the end of the same week. But desiring, & obtaining secret conference with the Answerer, I acquainted him, in as inoffensive manner as I could, with my still continuing unsatisfiedness, about the lawfulness of that conformity which was expected, praying him to help me with his advise, that my desistance might be so ordered as might best conduce to the preventing of all disturbance, and offence. He refused to give advice, saying he might do nothing, of himself, in that matter. To omit other passages, seeing the Elders, and Deacons were now come together, we agreed to speak with them in the Consistory. As for his proceeding to hasten my calling, without delay, upon my supposed consent; the examining of the former Sections, hath sufficiently given light to the intelligent Reader, for the discovery of the vanity of this overture.