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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.
Secondly, John the Baptist preached the Baptism of repentance▪ saying, that they should believe on him that was to come after him, Acts 19. 3, 4. Whom Christ himself declareth to his Apostles, being come in the flesh that he must go up to Jerusalem, fall into the hands of sinners, be killed, and the third day rise again, but th• Disciples understood it not, though it were declared to them, and they were afraid to ask him, Mark. 9. 31, 32. Much more John understood not, that Christ should dye, and rise again from the dead.
Secondly, Iohn the Baptist preached the Baptisme of repentance▪ saying, that they should beleeve on him that was to come after him, Acts 19. 3, 4. Whom Christ himselfe declareth to his Apostles, being come in the flesh that he must goe up to Ierusalem, fall into the hands of sinners, bee killed, and the third day rise againe, but th• Disciples understood it not, though it were declared to them, and they were afraid to aske him, Mark. 9. 31, 32. Much more John understood not, that Christ should dye, and rise againe from the dead.
First, because it was not revealed to him, though John sent two of his Disciples to demand of him,Whether it were he that should come, or shall we look for another? Christ answereth, Go tell John, the blind see ⟨p. 55⟩he deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor the Gospel is preached, and lessed is he that is not offended in me,