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A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey…
A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemn and public humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edinburgh.A sermon preached before the right honourable the House of Lords in the Abbey Church at Westminster, upon the 27th of August, 1645 being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation : whereunto is added a brotherly examination of some passages of Mr. Colemans late printed sermon upon Job 11.20, in which he hath endeavoured to strike at the root of all church-government / by George Gillespie, minister at Edenburgh.
London: printed by F. Neile for Robert Bostock, 1646
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 first Rule was this. Establish as few things Jure Divino as can well be. Which is by Interpretation, as little fine gold, and as much dross as can well be.1 The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. What you take from the Word of God is fine gold tried in the fire. 2But an holy thing of mans devising is the dross of silver. Can he not be content to have the dross purged from the silver, except the silver it self be cast away? The very contrary rule is more sure and safe, which I prove thus.
The first Rule was this. Est•blish as few things Jure Divino as can well be. Which is by Interpretation, as little fine gold, and as much drosse as can well be.1 The words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. What you take from the Word of God is fine gold tried in the fire. 2But an holy thing of mans devising is the drosse of silver. Can he not be content to have the drosse purged from the silver, except the silver it self be cast away? The very contrary rule is more sure and safe, which I prove thus.
If it be a sin to diminish or take ought from the Word of God, in so much that it is forbidden under pain of taking away a mans part out of the Book of Life and out of the holy City: then as many things as are to be established Jure Divino, as can well be. But it is a sin to diminish or take ought from the Word of God, in so much that it is forbidden under pain of taking away a mans part out of the book of life, and out of the holy City. Therefore as many things are to be established Jure Divino, as can well be.