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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.
2 The countenancing and establishing of an unlearned Idol Ministry, of not-Preaching curates, Non-residents, Pluralities, &c. in whose skirts is to be found the ⟨p. 4⟩blood of so many mens souls living and dying in their sins, while they ignorantly content themselves with, and harden themselves in some empty forms of Religion and blind devotion, which are begotten and cherished chiefly by such prayers and ministers. Neither is there less scandal hereby (we mean not only taken but given) then by the eating of an Idolathite, in the Idols Temple condemned by the Apostle 1 Cor. 8. 7 10. For if the eating of an Idolathite by him that had knowledge, and knew that an Idol was nothing, and that all meats were lawful, did embolden others to honour the Idol, and therefore was a scandal given, so also it is in this case.
2 The conntenancing and establishing of an unlearned Idol Ministery, of not-Preaching curates, Non-residents, Pluralities, &c. in whose skirts is to be found the ⟨p. 4⟩blood of so many mens souls living and dying in their sins, while they ignorantly content themselves with, and harden themselves in some empty forms of Religion and blinde devotion, which are begotten and cherished chiefely by such prayers and ministers. Neither is there lesse scandall hereby (we meane not onely taken but given) then by the eating of an Idolathite, in the Idols Temple condemned by the Apostle 1 Cor. 8. 7 10. For if the eating of an Idolathite by him that had knowledge, and knew that an Idol was nothing, and that all meats were lawfull, did imbolden others to honour the Idol, and therefore was a scandall given, so also it is in this case.
4 Seeing that book is so imposed as that the minister in reading of it, is limited to the very words set down without any diminution, addition, or alteration; therefore we dare not use it.