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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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2ly. Produce the general Law, where God hath given men that power to invent, institute, and adjoin Religious mystical Ceremonies to his worship. Upon which general Law, Rome makes her particular Laws, and impose hers; the Church of England makes her particular Laws, and imposes hers; the Lutherans make their particular Laws, ⟨p. 40⟩and impose theirs. (I hear but of few of other Protestant Churches that have such Ceremonies, if any at all), and without these God shall have no worship.
3. For the third, I know not whether this Author be of that mind, that God hath left us only a general Law for the Government of the Church, but appointed no particular Form of Government, as the learned Dr. Stillingfleet hath asserted.
But for the two former we expect this Author to tell us where we shall find those two general Laws.
That common Evasion, Though these things be not according to the word, yet they are not contrary to the word, will not serve the turn. Yea this Author quite overthrows that distinction.