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The wounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthened, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By…The vvounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthned, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By…
The wounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthened, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By way of answer to Doctor Fearne. Where the main point is rightly stated, and objections throughly answered for the good of those who are willing not to be deceived. By William Bridge, preacher of Gods Word. It is ordered this 30. day of January, 1642. by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this answer to Dr. Fearne's book be printed. John White. The second edition, corrected and amended. Whereunto are added three sermons of the same author; 1. Of courage, preached to the volunteers. 2. Of stoppage in Gods mercies to England, with their [sic] remedies. 3. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times.The vvounded conscience cured, the weak one strengthned, [sic] and the doubting satisfied By way of answer to Doctor Fearne. Where the main point is rightly stated, and objections throughly answered for the good of those who are willing not to be deceived. By William Bridge, preacher of Gods Word. It is ordered this 30. day of January, 1642. by the committee of the House of Commons in Parliament, concerning printing, that this answer to Dr. Fearnes book be printed. John White. The second edition, correced and amended. Whereunto are added three sermons of the same author; 1. Of courage, preached to the voluntiers. 2. Of stoppage in Gods mercies to England, with their [sic] remedies. 3. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times.
London: printed for Benjamin Allen, 1643
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.
Answ. These are foul charges upon the Parliament: How can the Doctor say, I enter not this discourse to cast the least blemish upon the Parliament? Well, blessed is the man that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth: The Doctor confesseth, That man to be subject to higher powers and that we are to submit to them, he confesseth also, That the Parliament is the highest Court in the Kingdom, and it ought to judge what is the Law; they having therefore judged this resistance to be lawful, if the Doctor shall resist this their declarative power, saying it is not law, and cast such dirt and reproaches upon them, doth he not condemn himself in the thing which he alloweth?
Answ. These are foule charges upon the Parliament: How can the Doctor say, I enter not this discourse to cast the least blemish upon the Parliament? Well, blessed is the man that condemneth not himselfe in that thing which he alloweth: The Doctor confesseth, That man to bee subject to higher powers and that we are to submit to them, he confesseth also, That the Parliament is the highest Court in the Kingdome, and it ought to judge what is the Law; they having therefore judged this resistance to be lawful, if the Doctor shall resist this their declarative power, saying it is not law, and cast such dirt and reproaches upon them, doth he not condemne himself in the thing which he alloweth?
But in this last clause of his book, he summons conscience to answer upon pain of damnation, and I make no question, but when men shall have seriously considered his book, the verdict that conscience will bring in, will this be:
But in this last clause of his booke, he summons conscience to answer upon paine of damnation, and I make no question, but when men shall have seriously considered his booke, the verdict that conscience will bring in, will this be: