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A just complaint against an unjust doer Wherein is declared the miserable slavery &…A iust complaint against an uniust doer Wherein is declared the miserable slaverie &…
A just complaint against an unjust doer Wherein is declared the miserable slavery & bondage that the English Church of Amsterdam is now in, by reason of the tyrannical government and corrupt doctrine, of Mr. John Pagett their present minister. The which things are plainly manifested in two certain letters, the one written by Mr. John Davenport to the dutch classis, the other given up to the English consistory by some of the brethren. With other brief passages tending to the same effect. Published by one that much pities them and prays daily for their deliverance.A iust complaint against an uniust doer Wherein is declared the miserable slaverie & bondage that the English Church of Amsterdam is now in, by reason of the tirannicall government and corrupt doctrine, of Mr. Iohn Pagett their present minister. The which things are plainly manifested in two certein letters, the one written by Mr. Iohn Davenport to the dutch classis, the other given vp to the English consistorie by some of the brethren. With other briefe passages tending to the same effect. Published by one that much pitties them and prayes dayly for their deliverance.
Amsterdam? : s.n., Printed Anno 1634
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Letter: A COPY OF MY LETTER TO THE CLASSIS.Letter: A COPPIE OF MY LETTER TO THE CLASSIS.
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.
Secondly, nor upon •ny ca••n of any Synod.
Thirdly, nor is required of any one to be chosen to the Pastoral office, as a condition of their admittance, in any reformed Church.
Thirdly, nor is required of any one to be chosen to the Pastorall office, as a condition of their admittance, in any reformed Church.
4lie. This practise is not so absolute, or unlimited in any Churches, as it is required of me.
5lie. It is propounded: as a grievance in many Dutch Churches, from whence they would be delivered and freed if they could.
5lie. It is propounded: as a greivance in many Dutch Churches, from whence they would be delivered and freed if they could.