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Public affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in…Publick affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in…
Public affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament: Upon the solemn day of humiliation, Febr. 25. 1645. / By Anthony Burgess, pastor of Sutton-Cold-field: now minister at Laurence Jewry London, and a member of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of that House.Publick affections, pressed in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons assembled in Parliament: Upon the solemn day of humiliation, Febr. 25. 1645. / By Anthony Burgesse, pastour of Sutton-Cold-field: now minister at Laurence Jewry London, and a member of the Assembly of Divines. Published by order of that House.
London: printed by J.Y. for Thomas Underhill, 1646London: printed by J.Y. for Thomas Vnderhill, 1646
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A second thing wherein compassionate bowels may be seen, is, as much as lieth in you, to stop the infection and contagion of heresies. How many men are there, who may be called, as Origen was, Centauri, for the divers monstrous opinions they hold? There is a Book, called, The compassionate Samaritan, who makes it a great act of pity, to give an unbounded and illimited toleration to every man: But, certainly, this is such a pity as St. Francis had, that would take the beggars lice, and put them into his own bosom. The Scripture speaketh much of the cordial affections that ought to be in us against them, Gal. 1.8, 9. Though we, or an Angel should preach any other doctrine, let him be accursed. So again, 2 Joh. 10, 11. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, nor bid him God speed: and mark the reason, He that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds: He calleth evil doctrines evil deeds there. ⟨p. 17⟩Rev. 2.2. Thou canst not bear them which are evil, and thou hast tried them which say, they are Apostles, and are not: so ver. 14, 15. Its made their sin, that they had such as taught the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, and others. Learn of this Moses, Deut. 9.9. How did he mourn before the Lord, fasting forty days and nights, because the people had committed idolatry in his absence? Not but that instruction by way of reason, ought to go before all rejection of them. It is the Apostles rule, To rebuke in all doctrine; so that there are none who would have the suppression of heresies and errors, but they likewise press a rational admonition and information, that so the obstinacy of men gainsaying may appear to all the world. Musculus hath a memorable story in his Common-place de haeresi, that there were some Anabaptists, who had been four years in prison, and there were some who cried to have them put to death; but others, more moderate, dealt with them by way of argument, and in such a spirit of meekness, that they were convinced their salvation, and not confusion was sought for: And by this means they changed their minds, and one, being a pretty scholar, was chosen Deacon in a Church, and by his means many more were drawn from Anabaptism.