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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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Thus have some by reason of that unkindness and severity in imposing these Laws upon us, been put upon Subscriptions with a doubtful Conscience in their temptations, and afterwards have met with that which hath stung them. This is the charity of your Church towards your brethren.
Nor doth that you say, p. 435. help it, viz. That these different practises had a peculiar respect to those times only, of the first dawning of Christianity; for the Church afterwards in their Canons condemned all those who observed those Mosaical Laws.
For we are under the same condition with those Christians who dare not eat the meat then, because they had been forbidden in the Law; so, nor dare we submit to your Humane Inventions in the Worship of God, because they are forbidden in the general Law, Thou shalt not add, Deut. 12.32. They are not according to Christ, Col. 2.8. Christ put no such things into the Apostles Commission to Preach, Mat. 28. ult. So that with a doubtful conscience at least we must practise them, and what is next, we know.