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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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This is very strange, when as if he will please to read over Mr. Falkner, he shall see how much he useth these Rabbinical writings, and Jewish customs to confirm the Liturgy, and Forms of Prayer, and the Rites and Ceremonies of this Church. Yea, Christ himself is not spared, but he is made a Conformist to the Jewish customs, different from the Law, to prove our conformity. Thus Scaliger, and out of him Mr. Car, and Mr. Falkner. That I was studying how to give answer to this head of argument in these men; and this it seems is charged upon us.
This is very strange, when as if he will please to read over Mr. Falkner, he shall see how much he useth these Rabinical writings, and Jewish customs to confirm the Liturgy, and Forms of Prayer, and the Rites and Ceremonies of this Church. Yea, Christ himself is not spared, but he is made a Conformist to the Jewish customs, different from the Law, to prove our conformity. Thus Scaliger, and out of him Mr. Carre, and Mr. Falkner. That I was studying how to give answer to this head of argument in these men; and this it seems is charged upon us.
To clear our selves then from this, and to give answer to the other men, I grant,
1. That the Jews had many Rites, Traditions, and Customs of their own; some of which the Holy Page od record. But for their Oral Law, Traditions, &c. they were not committed to writing till the reign of the Emperor Antoninus, and not perfected till the year 219 after Christ, saith Buxtorf. Synag. Jud. p. 52. some say more. Now how shall we be infallibly certain, that what Traditions they then wrote were exactly the same, which they were in Christ his time, above 200 years before? in such a space of time how easily may things vary?
1. That the Jews had many Rites, Traditions, and Customs of their own; some of which the Holy Page od record. But for their Oral Law, Traditions, &c. they were not committed to writing till the reign of the Emperour Antoninus, and not perfected till the year 219 after Christ, saith Buxtorf. Synag. Jud. p. 52. some say more. Now how shall we be infallibly certain, that what Traditions they then wrote were exactly the same, which they were in Christ his time, above 200 years before? in such a space of time how easily may things vary?