A41330:164
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
For the first, That it was perfect for the end Christ gave it, I doubt not; that is, to give us a summary of Prayer, what we should pray for. I shall quote but two or three that you will say were no Nonconformists. Maldonate the Jesuit, on Mat. 6. Non his necessario verbis, sed hac aut simile sententiâ; quoting Austin and Bede for his judgment; but proves it best from Christ and his Apostles, that did not use those very words in their Prayers. Grotius on Mat. 6. [Greek or Hebrew], i.e. in hunc sensum; non enim praecipit Christus verba recitari, sed materiam precum hinc promere. And on Luk. 11. very fully, Doce nos compendium rerum orandarum, neque enim eo tempore syllabis adstringebantur.
For the first, That it was perfect for the end Christ gave it, I doubt not; that is, to give us a summary of Prayer, what we should pray for. I shall quote but two or three that you will say were no Nonconformists. Maldonate the Jesuit, on Mat. 6. Non his necessario verbis, sed hac aut simili sententiâ; quoting Austin and Beda for his judgment; but proves it best from Christ and his Apostles, that did not use those very words in their Prayers. Grotius on Mat. 6. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, i.e. in hunc sensum; non enim praecipit Christus verba recitari, sed materiam precum hinc promere. And on Luk. 11. very fully, Doce nos compendium rerum orandarum, neque enim eo tempore syllabis adstringebantur.
These men then judg the matter, the Oranda, things to be prayed for, to be the intent of Christ, but not to tie us up to those syllables, as you do to your Forms.