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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.
5. That Thom is Gold did not leave the Church at Charlestown on the account of the Anabaptists new Church (as is pretended) but had many years before renounced his submission to that Church.
5. That Thom is Gold did not leave the Church at Charlstown on the account of the Anabaptists new Church (as is pretended) but had many years before renounced his submission to that Church.
6. That he did (while under Admonition) neglect public worship, and gather a private meeting on the Sabbath to his house.
6. That he did (while under Admonition) neglect publick worship, and gather a private meeting on the Sabbath to his house.
7. That he did (contrary to the judgement of Anabaptists themselves) wickedly slight the Admonition of the Church, declaring that they had by it discharged him of all relation to them.
2. For Thomas Osborne; the Churches proceedings with him were with the like patience as to Thomas Gold: only it is to be observed, that his first offence (which this dissembling Pamphlet, finding it disadvantageous, wilfully passeth over) was this: whereas it is one thing which Church-members engage to upon Admission, to walk with the Church in constant attendance upon public worship, he (without notifying any offence) did withdraw and separate, frequenting those Schismatic Meetings at Golds on the Sabbath: this was the offence (where was the Narrators Conscience mean while?) nor did he (when first dealt with) pretend any dislike of Infant Baptism, but that the Church gave no liberty to private Brethren to Prophesy that they limited the Ministry to learned men, and that he did not find his own spirit free to come: though afterwards he spake both of that, and of their severity to the Quakers, though that Church meddled not with them, but only to preach against their Errors. In this practice he contumaciously persisted many years, denying himself to be subject to that Church or bound to assemble with them (though he had solemnly given himself up to them in Covenant) slighting many Admonitions; and afterwards (with Thomas Gold) went off to, and became a worthy Pillar of an Anabaptist Church. And whereas he insists so upon a bitter spirit in the Church against dissenters let seven years patience, with serious endeavours (in all tenderness) to reclaim them, speak whither it be not an audacious Slander. And now (Reader) judge, are these a Church of Schismatics or no?