A26686:61
A call to Archippus
A call to Archippus, or, An humble and earnest motion to some ejected ministers (by way of letter) to take heed to their ministry that they fulfil it.
London : s.n., 1664
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A Call to ARCHIPPUS: or, an humble and earnest Motion to some Eject… › Objections
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Sol. 1. The Separation be upon others, who when we were quietly settled in the administration of Church-Ordinances, in a more pure and reformed sort, are come in upon us, and have possessed our Places and Pulpits, and thrust us by the places of public Convention. We continue still but in the same station, and the same work, †watching over our Flocks, and administering according to our Office, with no other difference, but only that the place is altered; which being at the Magistrates dispose, we quietly left it, according to our duty upon his command.
Sol. 1. The Separation be upon others, who when we were quietly setled in the administration of Church-Ordinances, in a more pure and reformed sort, are come in upon us, and have possessed our Places and Pulpits, and thrust us by the places of publick Convention. We continue still but in the same station, and the same work, †watching over our Flocks, and administring according to our Office, with no other difference, but only that the place is altered; which being at the Magistrates dispose, we quietly left it, according to our duty upon his command.
2. Yea, your not preaching will occasion Separation indeed: for whither will the People run headlong, if not stayed and guided by the interposition of your wisdom and ⟨p. 24⟩prudence? Your moderation will be the likeliest means to keep them from extremes: for you are they that have their hearts; by others they will not be guided. For this, experience affords abundant instances, and too sad proof; People every where joining themselves to the greatest of Separatists, rather then they will rest satisfied with lifeless Jejune, sapless Administrations, offered withal by hands so unclean, and in vessels so impure, as somewhere they are.