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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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7. Diversities of Gifts and Operations, are the Spirits work and glory, 1 Cor. 12.4.6. Diversities of Kinds, and of Degrees in those kinds; this diversity is seen in the gift of Prayer, as well as in other gifts. As to have in one Lords-day many thousands of Ministers confessing of sins, petitioning for mercies, pardon, purging, healing; praying also for Kings, &c. they all aim at the same thing in their Prayers; but the words, sentences, whereby they express the conceptions of their minds, and desires of their hearts, how various are they? the same Spirit that gave this diversity of gifts, assists them ⟨p. 25⟩in the exercise of them. And it is his glory which is taken away, while these thousands of Ministers are tied up to the same syllables in their Book.
7. Diversities of Gifts and Operations, are the Spirits work and glory, 1 Cor. 12.4.6. Diversities of Kinds, and of Degrees in those kinds; this diversity is seen in the gift of Prayer, as well as in other gifts. As to have in one Lords-day many thousands of Ministers confessing of sins, petitioning for mercies, pardon, purging, healing; praying also for Kings, &c. they all aim at the same thing in their Prayers; but the words, sentences, whereby they express the conceptions of their minds, and desires of their hearts, how various are they? the same Spirit that gave this diversity of gifts, assists them ⟨p. 25⟩in the exercise of them. And it is his glory which is taken away, while these thousands of Ministers are tyed up to the same syllables in their Book.
This multi-form unity (if I may so call it, for here are various expressions, different sentences, yet all tend to one and the same thing) hath better ground for it in Scripture than Uniformity in syllables.