A42456:32
An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth…
An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth Mr. Wotton, besides his former foul aspersions of heresy and blasphemy, with Arianism, Mr. Gataker with Socinianism, Dr. Gouge and Mr. Downham with a false attestation, Dr. Baylie and Mr. Stock with self-condemnation, all the eight ministers employed in the business between himself and Mr. Wotton with partiality and unjust judgement : upon occasion of a relation concerning that business / written by the said Thomas Gataker and by him now again avowed, wherein the said M. Walkers vindication is in many things showed to be an untrue relation.An answer to Mr. George Walkers vindication, or rather, fresh accusation wherein he chargeth Mr. Wotton, besides his former foul aspersions of heresie and blasphemy, with Arianism, Mr. Gataker with Socinianism, Dr. Gouge and Mr. Downham with a fase attestation, Dr. Baylie and Mr. Stock with self-condemnation, all the eight ministers employed in the busines between himself and Mr. Wotton with partiality and unjust judgement : upon occasion of a relation concerning that busines / written by the said Thomas Gataker and by him now again avowed, wherein the said M. Walkers vindication is in many things shewed to be an untrue relation.
London: printed by E.G. for F. Clifton, 1642
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2. Whereas he telleth us, that there are somethings in M. Wottons Expositions (of which term here more anon) which Beza, Pareus and Lubbertus condemn as heretical and blasphemous; neither yet doth he show what those things are, nor where they so stile them. Yea, if to avoid the former exception, he shall say, that the error he meant and called heresy is this, that lFaith, and not Christs righteousness is imputed for righteousness in the Act of justification; because he saith that his new adversary hath so stated the question; (with whom yet, or his stating the question, I have nothing here to do) he must be minded, that in the proposition so conceived there are two positions included; both which he condemneth as two pestilent and blasphemous heresies, and in mhis Parallel pointeth at either of them apart.
2. Whereas he telleth us, that there are somethings in M. Wottons Expositions (of which tearme here more anon) which Beza, Pareus and Lubbertus condemn as hereticall and blasphemous; neither yet doth he shew what those things are, nor where they so stile them. Yea, if to avoyd the former exception, he shall say, that the errour he meant and called heresie is this, that lFaith, and not Christs righteousnesse is imputed for righteousnesse in the Act of justification; because he saith that his new adversary hath so stated the question; (with whom yet, or his stating the question, I have nothing here to do) he must be minded, that in the proposition so conceived there are two positions included; both which he condemneth as two pestilent and blasphemous heresies, and in mhis Parallel pointeth at either of them apart.
- lSocsnianisme discovered, p. 1. 4.
- mParall. Error. 1. & 3 Relat. p. 11. 14.