A30127:130
A case of conscience resolved viz. whether, where a church of Christ is situate,…
A case of conscience resolved viz. whether, where a church of Christ is situate, it is the duty of the women of that congregation, ordinarily, and by appointment, to separate themselves from their brethren, and so to assemble together to perform some parts of divine worship, as prayer, &c. without their men? : And the arguments made use of for that practice examined / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for Benj. Alsop, 1683
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.
1. Answer, But the question is, whether Miriam did, as she led out the women to dance, […] only as an ordinary Saint. And if you evade this, you choose the tongue of the Crafty, and use the words of deceit; For she managed that work as she was Miriam the Prophetess; and in your next, Pray tell your women so.
1. Answer, But the question is, whether Miriam did, as she led out the women to dance, 〈…〉 only as an ordinary Saint. And if you evade this, you chuse the tongue of the Crafty, and use the words of deceit; For she managed that work as she was Miriam the Prophetess; and in your next, Pray tell your women so.
2. But as Miriam the Prophetess, she did not lead the women from their men, to worship in some place remote by themselves, as we have showed before.
2. But as Miriam the Prophetess, she did not lead the women from their men, to worship in some place remote by themselves, as we have shewed before.
2dly, He saith, that God hath promised to pour out his Spirit in Gospel times to that very end, that women might Pray together apart from men.