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Weighty questions discussed I. Whether imposition of hands in separating a person to the…
Weighty questions discussed I. Whether imposition of hands in separating a person to the work of the ministry be necessary?, II. Whether it be essential to the right constitution of a particular church, that the teaching elders and the members meet always in one place? : whereunto is added a prediction of Mr. Daniel Rogers, minister in Essex, long before the beheading King Charles I and Arch-Bishop Laud, foretelling that they should not dye a natural death / by Giles Firmin ...Weighty questions discussed I. Whether imposition of hands in separating a person to the work of the ministry be necessry?, II. Whether it be essential to the right constitution of a particular church, that the teaching elders and the members meet alwayes in one place? : whereunto is added a prediction of Mr. Daniel Rogers, minister in Essex, long before the beheading King Charles I and Arch-Bishop Laud, foretelling that they should not dye a natural death / by Giles Firmin ...
London : Printed for the author, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Arch-Bishop sends down a Coryphaeus [this was the Word he used] to the University of Cambridge, to Challenge the Puritans, and gave his Question accordingly: Great Expectation there was in the University; Mr. Rogers being Fellow of Christs-College, came up Opponent; the first Argument he used was so strong, and he followed it so close, that he Cramped the Respondent, down fell the Ceremonial Champion; the Under-graduates observing it, went to Mr. Rogers, took him out of his Place, and carried him out of the Schools upon their Shoulders; when he was in the Schools yard, a Fellow of St. Johns comes behind him, and gives him a Clap on the Back as he was on their Shoulders, with these Words, Rogers, go home and Hang thy self, thou wilt never dye with more Honour.
The Arch-Bishop sends down a Coryphaus [this was the Word he used] to the University of Cambridge, to Challenge the Puritans, and gave his Question accordingly: Great Expectation there was in the University; Mr. Rogers being Fellow of Christs-Colledge, came up Opponent; the first Argument he used was so strong, and he followed it so close, that he Crampt the Respondent, down fell the Ceremonial Champion; the Under-graduates observing it, went to Mr. Rogers, took him out of his Place, and carried him out of the Schools upon their Shoulders; when he was in the Schools yard, a Fellow of St. Johns comes behind him, and gives him a Clap on the Back as he was on their Shoulders, with these Words, Rogers, go home and Hang thy self, thou wilt never dye with more Honour.
This is the Man, with whom after he had Preached on his Lecture-day, I walked to his House: As we were in the way, he asked me, where the King was? I told him: He looks upon me, and said, If that King dyes the ordinary Death of Men, then God never spake by me. I was amazed to hear such words come from so grave and eminent a Divine: O Sir! said I to him, What do you mean to speak such Words concerning the King; I beseech you give me your Reasons why you speak thus: He fixed his Eyes upon me, and gave me only this Answer, Say you no more to me, but do you observe what I say to you.