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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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But, Sir, this reaches not our Question; we are inquiring for a warrant for such Ceremonies as your Preface, and our Question from thence, treat of; else I yielded before, that the Jews were not determined in every particular circumstance. But M. Falkner refers us to a former Section, where he had instanced in such things. At p. 311. I find there he begins,
First, With the discumbing gesture at the Passover, which they changed from standing. To this I spake before.
2ly. He instanceth in the white garments that the Levites did wear, 1 Chron. 15.27. For which there was no direction given in the word; yet the Scripture speaks of the allowableness of these Levitical garments.
Answ. 1. But the Question is, Whether these Levitical garments were ordained by men to signify a spiritual duty they owed to God, and were to stir up their dull minds to their duty, and to edify them? If not, they reach not the Question; but of this not a word in Scripture.