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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.
It is not then for private Christians to withdraw themselves from the ordinance of worship,1 and communion of the Church, because such are permitted to deal in the holy things of God, whom they judge or know unfit: when men join in the worship of God with unworthy Ministers, they do not countenance them in their place and office, but obey the commandment of God, who requires their attendance upon his highness in that way and means.
It is not then for private Christians to withdraw themselves from the ordinance of worship,1 and communion of the Church, because such are permitted to deale in the holy things of God, whom they judge or know unfit: when men joyne in the worship of God with unworthy Ministers, they doe not countenance them in their place and office, but obey the commandement of God, who requires their attendance upon his highnesse in that way and meanes.
- 1See Whitak de pontif. q. 4. f 10. pag. 557. Phil. 1. 15.
To go no further then the text you quote,1 Because thou hast despised knowledge, I will also reject thee, &c. Properly the text is spoken of the ten tribes called Israel, and the Priests among them who worshipped the Calves which Jeroboam had set up, whom the Lord threateneth to reject, because they had ⟨p. 11⟩rejected knowledge being either wilfully ignorant, or withholding the truth in unrighteousness. Whether they were for the present absolutely rejected, or the Lord threatens only to reject them we will not dispute.