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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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Dedication: To the Reverend, and my much Honoured Brother, Dr. Edward Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Pa…
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For my own particular, I cannot tell whither I was so admitted, my Parents never told me so; and for my godly Father I am sure he hated humane inventions in the Worship of God. I was born, they told me, in winter time, extreme for cold, the house half a mile from Church, and I being their only Son at that time, it's a question whether they would carry me forth in such an extreme cold season so far. As for the Church-Register, that (nor any other that ever I saw) specifies nothing of my being admitted into your Church by the Cross; but only of my being baptized; but that say you, (and truly) is into the Catholic Church. No Registers then recording, who were so admitted, it will be hard matter for these who are ancient to prove their admission into your Church, and if we were not, I know not how we can now be admitted. For this Rite of Admission is used only at Baptism, unless we will yield to be Rebaptized and so to be admitted by the Cross, this you will not admit no more than we.
For my own particular, I cannot tell whither I was so admitted, my Parents never told me so; and for my godly Father I am sure he hated humane inventions in the Worship of God. I was born, they told me, in winter time, extream for cold, the house half a mile from Church, and I being their only Son at that time, it's a question whether they would carry me forth in such an extream cold season so far. As for the Church-Register, that (nor any other that ever I saw) specifies nothing of my being admitted into your Church by the Cross; but only of my being baptized; but that say you, (and truly) is into the Catholick Church. No Registers then recording, who were so admitted, it will be hard matter for these who are ancient to prove their admission into your Church, and if we were not, I know not how we can now be admitted. For this Rite of Admission is used only at Baptism, unless we will yield to be Rebaptized and so to be admitted by the Cross, this you will not admit no more than we.
We read of the Apostles admitting of many believers, God added to the Church, Act. 2. ult. but never that they used this rite of admission, the sign of the Cross; only this is our happiness, we are more wife, more holy, greater lovers of Christ, than ever the Apostles were, (though we profess we are built upon the foundation of Apostles and Prophets,