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The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner,…
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entitled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templars sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entituled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templers sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1681
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To which I answer, 1. I wish these Gentlemen would cast the argument into Form, and see how it will conclude the Question.
The Question speaks of ordinary persons; and here is God himself ⟨p. 10⟩commanding Aaron, and giving him a form of words, to which Aaron must conform or sin. For others, here were extraordinary persons inspired by the Holy Spirit; These are part of the Canon into which our Faith is resolved, part of Scripture; and so given by the inspiration of God, 2 Tim. 3.16. This argument reaches not the question.
The Fr. Deb. par. 2. pag. 354. tell us, that Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, Ezra, Daniel, used the words of Solomon.
What then? I pray conclude the question. Besides, as if we denied Ministers to make use of Scripture-expressions, into which as I said our Faith is resolved. We commend such prayers. I have heard a Nonconformist pray, and that for a convenient space of time, his prayer was composed almost all of Scripture-expressions, but so aptly, that I could but wonder at the gift, and yet I perceived he did not tie himself to a Form.