A34675:153
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 second Contradiction which the Replyer chargeth is delineated in the Scheme thus.
2. The keys are Given to the Church of Believers, The way pag. 1. that is a combination, of Faithful. men, as Mr. Hooker. | 2. The key of knowledge belongeth to all the faithful, whether Joined to any particular Church or no. The Keys pag. 11. | 2 The key of knowledge is given not only to the Church, but to some before they enter into the Church, Keys pag. 2.
2. The keyes are Given to the Church of Believers, The way pag. 1. that is a combination, of Faithfull. men, as Mr. Hooker. | 2. The key of knowledg belongeth to all the faithfull, whether Joyned to any particular Church or no. The Keyes pag. 11. | 2 The key of knowledge is given not only to the Church, but to some before they enter into the Church, Keyes pag. 2.
Ans. This term the key of knowledge is taken from our Saviour's words, in Luk. 11. 52. Where he Reproveth the Lawyers, who had taken away the key of knowledge, and neither entered in themselves, nor suffered others to enter. The words argue, that the entering in was not into the visible Church: for into that the Lawyers had entered, and were willing to admit others. He speaketh therefore of entering into the state of Grace, and so into the kingdom of Grace and Glory. The solution then is plain and easy, The key of knowledge (or Faith) belongeth to all the faithful, whether Joined to any particular Church or no. For by it they enter into the Kingdom of Grace and Glory. But if we speak