A41330:381
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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2ly. Our Governors may make particular Laws.
2ly. Our Governours may make particular Laws.
3ly. But those particular Laws must be according to, and agreeable with (both which words you have used) the general Law of God.
As when men cut little Creeks to bring water to a place, they let in the water in the great River into these lesser Creeks. *Dr. Templer's similitude of gold being beaten out, aims at this. Now let Conformity stand or fall, according to this saying of our adversary.
- *Pag. 61.
1. Then produce you that general Law of God, wherein he giveth liberty in general to ordinary Ministers in his Church, to compose and impose their Forms of prayer upon all his other Ministers whom he hath given gifts sufficient for that office, and tie them up to their Forms and syllables in their Administrations. Upon this general Law your Church in England have made your particular Law, and imposed your Forms. The French Church have made their particular Laws, and imposed their Forms. The Dutch theirs; and so on. I pray, Sir, keep to the state of the question.