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Ne suitor ultra crepidam, or, Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrativeNe sutor ultra crepidam, or, Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative
Ne suitor ultra crepidam, or, Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative wherein the notorious mistakes and falsehoods [sic] by them published are detected / by Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston in New England.Ne sutor ultra crepidam, or, Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative wherein the notorious mistakes and falshoods [sic] by them published are detected / by Samuel Willard, teacher of a church in Boston in New England.
printed by S. Green upon assignment of S. Sewall, 1681
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. Their great sufferings in their Name; and (it should seem) there are many terms of Reproach cast upon them: pardon them then if they are very tender of their Reputation. Only they should have gone orderly to work, first to have got a good name, and then to have kept it by walking worthy of it. Here we have a file of scandalous things laid to their charge) they might have done well to have told us where, and by whom, that we might have compared them▪ but (I see) we must do what we can and consider what is charged, and how justly, and whither they are wiped away in their defence. These are no sewer then eight: let us examine them.
2. Their great sufferings in their Name; and (it should seem) there are many terms of Reproach cast upon them: pardon them then if they are very tender of their Reputation. Only they should have gone orderly to work, first to have got a good name, and then to have kept it by walking worthy of it. Here we have a file of scandalous things laid to their charge) they might have done well to have told us where, and by whom, that we might have compared them▪ but (I see) we must do what we can and consider what is charged, and how justly, and whither they are wiped away in their desense. These are no sewer then eight: let us examine them.
1. They are a Schismatical company who have rent themselves from the Churches of Christ, and received into their society such as have disorderly left the Churches.)
Ans. This charge (in terms) was never made against them by us, and so part of their vindication is superfluous; for we never said all of them rent from these Churches: some were strangers to us till their turbulency made them too well known; and others were never joined to other Churches, but had l•ved without Communion. But that they are a society of schismatics, (if Schism be an unjust rening from a Church of Christ) we assert. Three things they (in words) grant. 1. That our Churches are Churches of Christ (page 14.) 2. That foam of them were once Members of them (page 4.) 3. That some of theirs did depart from these Churches and join in this new combination (page 5.) now to prove them hence, a company of Schismatics: Observe,