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A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1.…
A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soul before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwall ...A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ...
London: printed by J. Dawson, 1646
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.
Now, was God so jealous of his glory under the Law, that he that •inned against that worship which God by Moses prescribed, he died without mercy? how much severer punishment are they worthy of, that sin against the Sons authority, seeing he is Lord of the spiritual house, whose house are we, Heb. •. 6. And the heavenly Father commandeth us to hear him, Mat. 17. 5. and that in all things, or our souls must perish, Acts 3. 22, 23? Now, if ⟨p. 52⟩we worship God in prayer or praise▪ or any other way, by any innovation or invention of man, let us hear what our Prophet Jesus saith In vain ye worship me, teaching f•• Doctrines the Commandments of me• Isaiah 29. 13, 14. Mar. 7 6, 7, 8. An• however it may seem glorious […] our eyes, yet God hath set th•• stigma on it, That it is a vai•• worship.
Now, was God so jealous of his glory under the Law, that hee that •inned against that worship which God by Moses prescribed, hee died without mercy? how much severer punishment are they worthy of, that sinne against the Sonnes authority, seeing hee is Lord of the spiri•uall house, whose house are wee, Heb. •. 6. And the heavenly Father commandeth us to heare him, Mat. 17. 5. and that in all things, or our soules must perish, Acts 3. 22, 23? Now, if ⟨p. 52⟩