A34675:109
A defence of Mr. John Cotton from the imputation of self contradiction, charged on…A defence of Mr. John Cotton from the imputation of selfe contradiction, charged on…
A defence of Mr. John Cotton from the imputation of self contradiction, charged on him by Mr. Dan. Cawdrey written by himself not long before his death ; whereunto is prefixed, an answer to a late treatise of the said Mr. Cawdrey about the nature of schism, by John Owen ...A defence of Mr. John Cotton from the imputation of selfe contradiction, charged on him by Mr. Dan. Cavvdrey written by himselfe not long before his death ; whereunto is prefixed, an answer to a late treatise of the said Mr. Cavvdrey about the nature of schisme, by John Owen ...
Oxford: printed by H. Hall for T. Robinson, 1658
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.
The 1rst Contradiction.
1. The Keys were given to Peter at an Apostle as an Elder, as a Believer. So the Sense is most full. The keys, Pag. 4. | 1. The power of the keys is given to Peter, not at an Apostle nor as Elder, but as a Profest Believer The way, P. 27. | 1 Peter Received not the keys, merely as a Believer, but as a Believer publicly professing his Faith, &c. The way cleared Part. 2 p. 39. To like Purpose M. Hooker Surv. Part. 1. p. 203
1. The Keyes were given to Peter at an Apostle as an Elder, as a Believer. So the Sense is most full. The keyes, Pag. 4. | 1. The power of the keyes is given to Peter, not at an Apostle nor as Elder, but as a Profest Believer The way, P. 27. | 1 Peter Received not the keyes, meerely as a Believer, but as a Believer publickly professing his Faith, &c. The way cleared Part. 2 p. 39. To like Purpose M. Hooker Surv. Part. 1. p. 203
The Reconciliation of this Seeming Contradiction were obvious and easy; take the words as they stand in the Scheme; for so it might be said, Brethren, are sometimes put for private members of the Church, and Contradistinguished from such as bear office in the Church. As when it is said in the Synodical Letter (Act. ⟨p. 5⟩15. 23.) The Apostles, Elders, and Brethren. Sometimes Brethren are put more generally, as Comprehending all the members of the Church, both officers and private members as Gal. 6. 1: and frequently else where: In the former Sense, the Passage in the Keys speaketh, when it saith, the sense of the words will be most full, if Peter be conceived as Receiving the Keys in the Name both of the officers, and private members, to wit, in the Name of the Apostles, Elders, and Brethren. In the latter sense, the words of the Scheme might be taken to Run, That the Power of the keys was given to Peter, not as an Apostle (for then it had been Given only to the Apostles:) nor as an Elder (for then it had been only to Elders) but as a Profest Believer. And under the General Name of Profest Believers, not only private Brethren, but Apostles, and Elders may be comprehended. For all the Apostles & all the Elders are profest Believers: