A41330:770
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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POSTSCRIPT.
AFTER I had finished, I met with a Pamphlet, Entitled, The reason of Episcopal Inspection asserted, in a Sermon at a Visitation in Cambridge, by John Templer, D. D.
AFTER I had finished, I met with a Pamphlet, Entituled, The reason of Episcopal Inspection asserted, in a Sermon at a Vesitation in Cambridg, by John Templer, D. D.
The scope of the Sermon is to prove the Divine Right of Prelacy over Elders and Congregations. And that the Author might show himself to be a true Son of the Church, he hath given sufficient proof in every particular. For the Liturgy, that is so perfect, that he saith, the most acuminated Intellect is not able with justice to charge it with any error, p. 18. All then the old Nonconformists, Parker, Ames, Bradshaw, Cartwright, Richardson, Didoclavius, &c. together with the latter Nonconformists, who were appointed with others by the Kings command, to review the Liturgy, and have given an account what things in it were to be corrected; Calvin also, for saying he found in it some Tolerabiles Ineptiae, are all by this acuminated Doctor, dubbed for so many Dunces. They must be men of higher Acumens than these, that can find any just cause against it; these have said nothing considerable. But whatever be the opinion of this Author, yet Mr. Jeans, a man of an acute Intellect, one of their own, and as great a Zealot once as he can be, confesseth when he intended to write in defence of the Discipline and Ceremonies, when he read these mens Books, he found such arguments in them as were never answered, and thereupon laid by his Pen, his judgment being quickly altered; but if you be a person of a more acuminated Intellect, why did you not answer those dull fellows, and therein do us a kindness, that we might have conformed as well as you?