A26864:595
Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression…
Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression of Mr. G. Kendall whereunto is added animadversions on a late dissertation of Ludiomæus Colvinus, aliaà Ludovicus Molinæs̳, M. Dr. Oxon, and an admonition of Mr. W. Eyre of Salisbury : with Mr. Crandon's Anatomy for satisfaction of Mr. Caryl.
London: printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill, 1654
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.
So that the use of a Seal as such, is but to testify in a special manner that the Thing or Instrument is really ours, or that we own it: and so as Amesius saith, to be Testimonium Secundarium, added to the Primary Testimony of the Covenant or other Instrument. But the special end of the Seal ariseth from the nature and use of the Instrument sealed, and not from the nature of a Seal as such.
So that the use of a Seal as such, is but to testifie in a special manner that the Thing or Instrument is really ours, or that we own it: and so as Amesius saith, to be Testimonium Secundarium, added to the Primary Testimonie of the Covenant or other Instrument. But the special end of the Seal ariseth from the nature and use of the Instrument sealed, and not from the nature of a Seal as such.
My opinion now upon the present Controversy, I give you in these Conclusions.
My opinion now upon the present Controversie, I give you in these Conclusions.
Concl. 1. Taking the word as strictly as we use to do in English, the Sacraments are not properly Seals, but Metaphorically. But taking the word Seal more largely, as it signifieth any instituted sign for testimony of ones owning the Instrument, Revealing, Promising, Exhibiting, &c. so they may be called Seals.