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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.
First. The object of classical combinations of Churches is res communis. i. e. that which concerneth all the Churches, or many of them, in that division, either of it self, or by accident. Beza declareth Synods to be necessary for 3 causes,1 1. to preserve consent. 2. to provide common remedies, against common evils, by common counsel. 3. to help those who think themselves injured by the judgment of particular presbyteries. The Synod of 3 nations in Can. 35 reduceth all to. 1. matters of doctrine. 2. matters of order, and ecclesiastical policy. 3. particular facts. To be brief, these things are matters, either of faith, or of fact, whether brought to them, or observed by them.
First. The object of classicall combinations of Churches is res communis. i. e. that which concerneth all the Churches, or many of them, in that division, either of it selfe, or by accident. Beza declareth Synods to be necessary for 3 causes,1 1. to preserve consent. 2. to provide common remedyes, against common evills, by common counsail. 3. to helpe those who thinck themselves injuryed by the judgment of particular presbyteryes. The Synod of 3 nations in Can. 35 reduceth all to. 1. matters of doctrine. 2. matters of order, and ecclesiasticall policy. 3. particular facts. To be breife, these things are matters, either of fayth, or of fact, whether brought to them, or observed by them.
- 1De triplic. Epist. pag. 91. 9. 3.
1. In matters of faith, their resolution is required, not their jurisdiction, their counsel, not their command, it being the end of the Churches combination, in such matters, only to communicate their gifts in fellowship together, to find out the sense of the Scripture more clearly and certainly, for the satisfaction of all, then it could have been done by any, apart from the r•st.