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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. The word is to be taken individually, not collectively. So famous Reynolds against Hart, p. 314. So Beza, Piscator, Paraeus, and many others. The instances our brethren give to prove collectively, some do not prove it; others, as the Ram, the Goat in Daniel, the Antichristian Beast, &c. in the Revel. I humbly conceive give away the Cause, (for there was ever one superior in power), which I will not yield.
2ly. The word is to be taken individually, not collectively. So famous Reynolds against Hart, p. 314. So Beza, Piscator, Paraeus, and many others. The instances our brethren give to prove collectively, some do not prove it; others, as the Ram, the Goat in Daniel, the Antichristian Beast, &c. in the Revel. I humbly conceive give away the Cause, (for there was ever one superiour in power), which I will not yield.
3ly. That this person was during life, &c. The Argument brought against it is no Scripture, but humane Prudence from experience: so Mr. Hooker. To which I say, keep out but superiority of power, and the danger is avoided: and no doubt while the Churches kept that out, this form of government carried on things very well. You cannot then charge me with being cross to Scripture in my opinion.
2ly. Since you cannot prove me so, then I prove my sense from the practice of the primitive Churches, of which we have the Histories, which to me is of great force in proving the sense of a Text, that seems very fair, and have no other Scripture to contradict that sense: how much the Histories of them speak of a single person, who is ignorant? and that during life. Ambrose (or whoever it was, as ancient as he) in his Comment on the 4 Ephes. speaks home to the point, see Thes. Salmar. p. 3. p. 299.