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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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8. What want of wisdom, care, or grace, yea want of all, this (with your Ceremonies) charges upon the Apostles, all men may see; you pretend much wisdom, and care of Gods worship in these things; were the Apostles so defective in wisdom and care, that they could not foresee the usefulness of these things in the Church, and appoint them as well as you. And that, when there were the same reasons that you urge for them now, in their time? We are built upon the foundations of the Prophets and Apostles; and take them to be as wise as any of their followers.
To conclude, how honourable is this for the Ministry? I will take a boy of eight years old, and teach him to read with a grave tone, a thing easily done, and this boy shall be able to perform all your Ministerial Offices, excepting Preaching, which he may easily procure once a month, and he at other times read but Homilies. As did that Priest who was my Predecessor, (only one Minister for a short time between us) that for fifty years could do no other but read his Book, (except one Sermon, and that a strange one.) Yet he a Minister of the Church of England, takes the maintenance, and lets the people provide a Preacher at their charge, he contributing something, as that I suppose the Law would force him.
Mr. Falkner I see labours much in giving us an account of the practise of the Jewish Church, and the Christian Church.