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A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that…A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that…
A trial of the new-church way in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.A tryall of the nevv-church vvay in New-England and in old ... by that learned and godly minister of Christ, John Ball of Whitmore ; penned a little before his death and sent over to the New England ministers, anno 1637, as a reply to an answer of theirs in justification of the said positions ... ; now published ... by William Rathband and Simeon Ash.
London: printed by T. Paine and M. Simmons for Thomas Underhill, 1644
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 Seal doth follow the grant, and as the Seal is profaned, if it be put to a false grant or Charter, so are the faithful wronged if the Seal in a lawful way desired, be denied to them that have received the grant, i. e. have right unto Jesus Christ,1 and communion with him. But the faithful who have received the word with gladness, believe, and profess,2 be members known and approved by other visible Churches, or such as desire to be admitted members of that visible Society for the time by communicating in the ordinance, are already partakers of the grant or charter, have right and interest in Christ, may lawfully desire the Seals, and may be admitted as members for the time being of that particular Society. Therefore to debar such, from the Lords Supper, and their seed from Baptism, is against the Law of nature, and the positive Law of God, an injury to the faithful and their seed, a wrong to the Catholic visible Church, that particular society, and the Pastors themselves that so debar them. They sinned grievously who deferred Baptism to the end of their life, and the negligence of Pastors and Teachers who did not instruct the ignorant and reprove the superstitious, was great.3 And is not the severity in debarring such as crave and desire to be admitted to the Seals an injury to be reprehended?
The Seale doth follow the grant, and as the Seale is prophaned, if it be put to a false grant or Charter, so are the faithfull wronged if the Seale in a lawfull way desired, be denied to them that have received the grant, i. e. have right unto Jesus Christ,1 and communion with him. But the faithfull who have received the word with gladnesse, believe, and professe,2 be members knowne and approved by other visible Churches, or such as desire to be admitted members of that visible Society for the time by communicating in the ordinance, are already partakers of the grant or charter, have right and interest in Christ, may lawfully desire the Seals, and may be admitted as members for the time being of that particular Society. Therefore to debar such, from the Lords Supper, and their seed from Baptisme, is against the Law of nature, and the positive Law of God, an injury to the faithfull and their seed, a wrong to the Catholike visible Church, that particular society, and the Pastors themselves that so debar them. They sinned grievously who deferred Baptisme to the end of their life, and the negligence of Pastors and Teachers who did not instruct the ignorant and reprove the superstitious, was great.