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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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How zealous yet some have been to bring us over to Conformity, the many Books published for it, and against us, have declared. Some of which have come to my hand, but all were not written with the same Spirit. As they came to hand, so I perused them, to see if I could find any thing to convince me. And whereas there are five things imposed upon us, 1. The Liturgy, with stinted forms of prayer. 2. Mystical Ceremonies. 3. Subjection to such Episcopacy. 4. Re-ordination. 5. Renouncing the Covenant. I applied my self to the three first Questions chiefly. For if it can be proved that these are agreeable with, and conformable to the Laws of God, as the Friendly Debate, and Dr. Templer, would persuade their Readers, then Re-ordination may be admitted, and the Covenant renounced.
How zealous yet some have been to bring us over to Conformity, the many Books published for it, and against us, have declared. Some of which have come to my hand, but all were not written with the same Spirit. As they came to hand, so I perused them, to see if I could find any thing to convince me. And whereas there are five things imposed upon us, 1. The Liturgy, with stinted forms of prayer. 2. Mystical Ceremonies. 3. Subjection to such Episcopacy. 4. Re-ordination. 5. Renouncing the Covenant. I applied my self to the three first Questions chiefly. For if it can be proved that these are agreeable with, and conformable to the Laws of God, as the Friendly Debate, and Dr. Templer, would perswade their Readers, then Re-ordination may be admitted, and the Covenant renounced.
As to the two first Quest. Mr. Car was the first man I met with that argued for them; after him I met with the Friendly Debate; next, with the Serious and compassionate Enquiry, &c. (Dr. Goodman, the Author as I hear, Nemine contradicente), but last of Mr. Falkner, a man of an excellent spirit, whom I shall honour, and one that hath said more than all before. Before he came forth, I had drawn up my answer to all the former, and was loth to throw away all I had done, because I saw there were some things in these Authors which Mr. Falkner had not, else I would wholly have attended him; but where I saw they all agreed, there I considered them conjunct; where one had what the other had not, there severally.