A34675:241
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.
But the Inferences which Mr Cawdry gathereth, as from my Doctrine out of that Text, either will not hold, or not hurt our cause. For this Inference will not hold, That then the Officers of one Chuch may be ordained in another.
For they were as much Officers of the Church of Antioch, as of any other Churches, It will only infer, That they who are officers in many Churches, may be Ordained in any one of them.
For they were as much Officers of the Church of Antioch, as of any other Churches, It will only inferre, That they who are officers in many Churches, may be Ordained in any one of them.
The other inference will in part follow That some of the Apostles (who were Officers in all Churches) may be Ordained in a Particular Church, when the Holy Ghost calleth for it. For they Act now not in their own Name, or Power, but in the great Name, and Sovereign Power of the Lord Jesus, who is the Head of all Churches.
The other inference will in part follow That some of the Apostles (who were Officers in all Churches) may be Ordained in a Particular Church, when the Holy Ghost calleth for it. For they Act now not in their own Name, or Power, but in the great Name, and Soveraigne Power of the Lord Jesus, who is the Head of all Churhes.