A39521:14
Questions preparatory to the better, free, and more Christian administration of the Lords Supper
Questions preparatory to the better, free, and more Christian administration of the Lords Supper by E.F., Esq.
London: printed for Edw. Blackmore, 1655
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.
Whether it doth reasonably follow; Because GOD's §VIIrenewing of Circumcision in the time of Joshuae, which Circumcision had been long before Instituted by GOD himself, fwas no Innovation in the Jewish Church; Therefore the bringing in of the Ministers power of Suspension from the Sacrament, which power Christ never ordained nor did the Churches of Christ ever approve ⟨p. 3⟩or practice, is no Innovation in the Christian Church?
Whether in Matth. 7. v 6. Christ spake not those §VIIIwords to the people as well as to his Disciples; gand therefore Ye in the Text must be understood as spoken to all Christians? And whether those words are not thus to be expounded; Give ye not that which is holy unto dogs, that is, Offer not, teach ye not my Gospel unto froward obstinate men, who render themselves unworthy of so great salvation; Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, that is, Neither declare ye my precious and glorious Doctrines, b