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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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1. That all those who did teach in the Synagogues were Officers thus constituted, as Mr. Selden tells us, I suppose Mr. Falkner will not affirm it; the example of our Lord, Luk. 4.16, 17, &c. so of Paul, Act. 13.15, 16. shows the contrary. Grotius we can believe, for he speaks with the Scripture: 1saith he, Notandum in synagogis Judaicis unicuique exercitato in sacris literis (erant autem ferme omnes, exceptis [Greek or Hebrew], 2qui mos hodie apud nos viget) concessum fuisse sacras Literas Interpretari. Afterwards he gives us the difference between the Interpreters of the Law in the Synagogue, and of the Gospel in the Church: In synagoga docebant quotquot [Greek or Hebrew], habebant [Greek or Hebrew], in Ecclesia, probati quique, & honorem testimonio adopti ut Tertullianus loquitur, i.e. [Greek or Hebrew]. So that according to him they were not Ordained. The reason of the difference he also giveth thus: Not only because the Preaching of the Gospel is of more moment than the expounding of the Law, but because in the Christian Church the Preachers of the word are likewise dispensers of the Sacraments, but the Masters of the Synagogues administered no Sacraments, no not Circumcision. This is cross to Selden. I shall yield to Grotius, having Scripture on his side, the other not. All that teach in the Christian Church are Ordained; not so in the Synagogue.
1. That all those who did teach in the Synagogues were Officers thus constituted, as Mr. Selden tells us, I suppose Mr. Falkner will not affirmit; the example of our Lord, Luk. 4.16, 17, &c. so of Paul, Act. 13.15, 16. shews the contrary. Grotius we can believe, for he speaks with the Scripture: 1saith he, Notandum in synagogis Judaicis unicuique exercitato in sacris literis (erant autem ferme omnes, exceptis 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,