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Catholic communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state…Catholick communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state…
Catholic communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state of that communion opened, and the questions discussed, whether there be any displeasure at sin, or repentance for it in Heaven : with a parallel of the case of using a faulty translation of Scripture, and a faulty liturgy.Catholick communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state of that communion opened, and the questions discussed, whether there be any displeasure at sin, or repentance for it in Heaven : with a parallel of the case of using a faulty translation of Scripture, and a faulty lyturgy.
London: printed for Thomas Parkhurst, 1684
Section 6: An Expository Advertisement about naming faulty Persons.
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.
3. And another hinderance is, that we think controverted Cases are not matter of Censure: And these are Controversies.
4. But the greatest impediment of all, is the Natural selfishness, Pride and Impatience that is in all, so far as they are unmortified, and unhumbled, and interessing God and his Truth, and Cause, more deeply than is just, in the interest of our selves, our Parties, and our Opinions.
To these four Cases I briefly say, 1. The avoiding of the contrary extreme, hindered not God and good men from mentioning Diotrephes, Demas, the Nicolaitans, and all aforesaid.
To these four Cases I briefly say, 1. The avoiding of the contrary extream, hindered not God and good men from mentioning Diotrephes, Demas, the Nicolaitans, and all aforesaid.
2. If we shall omit all duty that men will abuse, we shall do none, or next to none. Repentance is most honourable▪ except Innocency: And they would reproach men less, if they more confessed their sin themselves: And a true Confession is a true description of the Case, and shameth them that make it worse then it is, or lay the fault of the Guilty on the Innocent.