A19884:794
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.
4. He saith, If he had protested against such an order &c. Such a protest might have served for a direction to the right use of their power but did not tend to the destruction thereof.] If it had been a mere declaration of his judgment, and resolution, though delivered in form of a protest, and had been strengthened with good reasons, and had been left to them to consider of, it might have served for a correction and direction to the right use of their power, without destroying it. But, when a peremptory and inflexible resolution of opposing what they shall do against his mind, in this matter, is held forth, without arguments from the Scripture, or good reason, to convince them of the equity of that stiffness in opposing, and, when it is not left within themselves, but carried from them to the Classis, that, by the interposition of their power and authority, the Consistory may be hindered from executing or making such an order, who seeth not that, as, by the former, they have no direction from him about the right use of their power, so, by the latter, their power is destroyed, in this particular; which may be proved thus.
4. He sayth, If he had protested against such an order &c. Such a protest might have served for a direction to the right use of their power but did not tend to the destruction thereof.] If it had bene a mere declaration of his judgment, and resolution, though delivered in forme of a protest, and had bene strengthned with good reasons, and had bene left to them to consider of, it might have served for a correction and direction to the right use of their power, without destroying it. But, when a peremptory and inflexible resolution of opposing what they shall doe against his mind, in this matter, is held foorth, without arguments from the Scripture, or good reason, to convince them of the aequity of that stiffnes in opposing, and, when it is not left within themselves, but carryed from them to the Classis, that, by the interposition of their power and authority, the Consistory may be hindred from executing or making such an order, who seeth not that, as, by the former, they have no direction from him about the right use of their power, so, by the latter, their power is destroyed, in this particular; which may be proved thus.