A78005:54
A vindication of Mr Burroughs, against Mr Edwards his foul aspersions, in his spreading…A vindication of Mr Burroughes, against Mr Edwards his foule aspersions, in his spreading…
A vindication of Mr Burroughs, against Mr Edwards his foul aspersions, in his spreading Gangræna, and his angry Antiapologia. Concluding with a brief declaration what the Independents would have. / By Jer: Burroughs.A vindication of Mr Burroughes, against Mr Edwards his foule aspersions, in his spreading Gangræna, and his angry Antiapologia. Concluding with a briefe declaration what the Independents would have. / By Jer: Burroughes.
London: printed for H. Overton, 1646
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Many of the converted Jews were a great while in Church-Communion before they saw their liberty to converse with the Gentiles, though converted also: it was their fault that they would not join with the Gentiles being Christians, the partition wall being broken down, yet they were never accounted Schismatics for this fault of theirs; whereas now if a man lives in a parish, and does not join in Church fellowship in that parish, he is branded for a Schismatic. What hurt the abuse of words, and among others this of Schism hath done in the Church, we all know. When men who give good testimony of their godliness and peaceableness, after all means used in faithfulness to know the mind of Christ, they cannot without sin to them (though it be through weakness) enjoy all the ordinances of Christ, and partake in all the duties of Worship as members of that Congregation where their dwelling is, they therefore in all humility and meekness desire they may not live without the ordinances of Christ all their days, but for the enjoyment of them may join in another Congregation, yet so as not condemning those Churches they join not with, as false, but still preserve all Christian communion with the Saints, as members of the same body of Christ, of the Church Catholic, and join also with them in all duties of worship that belong to particular Churches, so far as they are able. If this be called Schism, it is more then yet I have learned, or then (I believe) M. Edwards can teach me.
Many of the converted Jewes were a great while in Church-Communion before they saw their liberty to converse with the Gentiles, though converted also: it was their fault that they would not joyne with the Gentiles being Christians, the partition wall being broken downe, yet they were never accounted Schismatiques for this fault of theirs; whereas now if a man lives in a parish, and does not joyn in Church fellowship in that parish, he is branded for a Schismatique. What hurt the abuse of words, and among others this of Schisme hath done in the Church, we all know. When men who give good testimony of their godlinesse and peaceablenesse, after all meanes used in faithfulnesse to know the mind of Christ, they cannot without sin to them (though it be through weaknesse) enjoy all the ordinances of Christ, and partake in all the duties of Worship as members of that Congregation where their dwelling is, they therefore in all humility and meeknesse desire they may not live without the ordinances of Christ all their dayes, but for the enjoyment of them may joyne in another Congregation, yet so as not condemning those Churches they joyne not with, as false, but still preserve all Christian communion with the Saints, as members of the same body of Christ, of the Church Catholique, and joyn also with them in all duties of worship that belong to particular Churches, so far as they are able. If this be called Schisme, it is more then yet I have learned, or then (I beleeve) M. Edwards can teach me.