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Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…Aarons rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present…
Aaron's rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present Erastian controversy concerning the distinction of civill and ecclesiastical government, excommunication, and suspension, is fully debated and discussed, from the holy scripture, from the Jewish and Christian antiquities, from the consent of latter writers, from the true nature and rights of magistracy, and from the groundlessness of the chief objections made against the Presbyterial government in point of a domineering arbitrary unlimited power / by George Gillespie ...Aarons rod blossoming, or, The divine ordinance of church-government vindicated so as the present Erastian controversie concerning the distinction of civill and ecclesiasticall government, excommunication, and suspension, is fully debated and discussed, from the holy scripture, from the Jewish and Christian antiquities, from the consent of latter writers, from the true nature and rights of magistracy, and from the groundlesnesse of the chief objections made against the Presbyteriall government in point of a domineering arbitrary unlimited power / by George Gillespie ...
London: printed by E.G. for Richard Whitaker, 1646
Book 3 › Chapter 8: Whether Judas received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper.
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.
But Mr Prynne gives us a fourth answer, which is the last (but a very weak) refuge. The word immediately, saith he, many times in our common speech signifieth soon after, or not long after, as we usually say we will do this or that immediately, instantly, presently, whenas we mean only speedily, within a short time. Answ. 1. This is no good report which Mr Prynne brings upon the English tongue, that men promise to do a thing immediately, when they do not mean to do it immediately. I hope every conscientious man will be loath to say immediately, except when he means immediately, (for I know not how to explain immediately, but by immediately) and for an usual form of speaking, which is not according to the rule of the word, its a very bad commentary to the language of the holy Ghost. 2. And if that form of speech be usual in making of promises, yet I have never known it usual in writing of Histories, to say that such a thing was done immediately after such a thing, and yet divers other things intervened between them. If between Judas his getting of the sop and his going out did intervene the instituting of the Sacrament, the taking, blessing, breaking, distributing, and eating of the bread, also the taking and giving of the cup, and their dividing it among themselves, and drinking all of it; how can it then be a true narration that Judas went out immediately after his receiving of the sop. 3. Neither is it likely that Satan would suffer Judas to stay any space after he was once discovered, lest the company▪ and conference of Christ and his Apostles should take him off from his wicked purpose. 4. Gerard having in his common places given that answer, that the word immediately may suffer this sense, that shortly thereafter Judas went forth; he doth professedly recall that answer in his Continuation of the Harmony cap. 171. p. 453. and that upon this ground, because ⟨p. 446⟩Judas being mightily irritated and exasperated▪ both by the sop, and by Christs answer, (for when Judas asked Is it I? Christ answered Thou hast said) would certainly break away abruptly and very immediately. So much of the first argument.
But Mr Prynne gives us a fourth answer, which is the last (but a very weake) refuge. The word immediately, saith he, many times in our common speech signifieth soon after, or not long after, as we usually say we will doe this or that immediately, instantly, presently, whenas we mean onely speedily, within a short time. Answ. 1. This is no good report which Mr Prynne brings upon the English tongue, that men promise to doe a thing immediately, when they do not mean to doe it immediately. I hope every conscientious man will be loath to say immediately, except when he meanes immediately, (for I know not how to explaine immediately, but by immediately) and for an usuall forme of speaking, which is not according to the rule of the word, its a very bad commentary to the language of the holy Ghost. 2. And if that forme of speech be usuall in making of promises, yet I have never known it usuall in writing of Histories, to say that such a thing was done immediately after such a thing, and yet divers other things intervened between them. If between Iudas his getting of the sop and his going out did interveene the instituting of the Sacrament, the taking, blessing, breaking, distributing, and eating of the bread, also the taking and giving of the cup, and their dividing it among themselves, and drinking all of it; how can it then be a true narration that Iudas went out immediately after his receiving of the sop. 3. Neither is it likely that Satan would suffer Iudas to stay any space after he was once discovered, lest the company and conference of Christ and his Apostles should take him off from his wicked purpose. 4. Gerard having in his common places given that answer, that the word immediately may suffer this sence, that shortly thereafter Iudas went forth; he doth professedly recall that answer in his Cotinuation of the Harmony cap. 171. p. 453. and that upon this ground, because