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Cases considered and resolved. Wherein all the tender godly conscientious ministers in England (whether…
Cases considered and resolved. Wherein all the tender godly conscientious ministers in England (whether for a Congregational, or a Presbyterial way) are concerned. Or pills to purge malignants. And all profane, ignorant, and scandalous persons. (But more particularly calculated for the meridian of Margarets Fishstreet-hill) from those gross conceits that they have of their children's right to baptism; and of their own right to the Supper of the Lord, &c. Also good counsel to bad men. Or friendly advise (in several particulars) to unfriendly neighbours. By Thomas Brooks, a willing servant unto God, and the faith of his people, in the glorious Gospel of Christ, at Margarets Fishstreet-hill.Cases considered and resolved. Wherein all the tender godly conscientious ministers in England (whether for a Congregationall, or a Presbyteriall way) are concerned. Or pills to purge malignants. And all prophane, ignorant, and scandalous persons. (But more particularly calculated for the meridian of Margarets Fishstreet-hill) from those grosse conceits that they have of their childrens right to baptisme; and of their owne right to the Supper of the Lord, &c. Also good councell to bad men. Or friendly advise (in severall particulars) to unfriendly neighbours. By Thomas Brooks, a willing servant unto God, and the faith of his people, in the glorious Gospel of Christ, at Margarets Fishstreet-hill.
London: printed by M. Simmons for John Hancock, 1653
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Reader, for a close, thou mayest take notice, That though I was ready to give in the fore-named Arguments, 1in answer to the objections made by the Profane Malignants, in their Petition against me. Yet the Committee in their wisdoms (it seems) did not judge it meet so much as to ask me a reason, why I did not Baptize their Children, give them the Lords Supper, and bury their dead: they well knowing, ⟨p. 16⟩that there is nothing more ordinary, then for those to be bawling and crying out for Ordinances, that have no right to them: And that if upon the non giving of the Ordinances to such profane persons, they should eject Ministers out of their places, they should quickly eject all those in the Nation, that are most tender of the honour of Christ, and that have been some of their best friends in the worst times.
Reader, for a close, thou mayest take notice, That though I was ready to give in the fore-named Arguments, 1in answer to the objections made by the Prophane Malignants, in their Petition against me. Yet the Committee in their wisdomes (it seems) did not judge it meet so much as to ask me a reason, why I did not Baptize their Children, give them the Lords Supper, and bury their dead: they well knowing, ⟨p. 16⟩that there is nothing more ordinary, then for those to be bauling and crying out for Ordinances, that have no right to them: And that if upon the non giving of the Ordinances to such prophane persons, they should eject Ministers out of their places, they should quickly eject all those in the Nation, that are most tender of the honour of Christ, and that have been some of their best friends in the worst times.
- 1Greater respect the Honourable Committee could not cast upon me, nor greater contempt upon the profane malignant Petitioners, then not to put me to answer to the things objected against me. One of these profane malignant Petitioners objected to me, Judas his receiving the Supper of the Lord, which I disproved, & yet this vain; person (as I have been inform'd) boasted of victory.