A80640:111
The way of Congregational churches cleared in two treatises. In the former, from the…
The way of Congregational churches cleared in two treatises. In the former, from the historical aspersions of Mr. Robert Baylie, in his book, called, A dissuasive from the errors of the time. In the latter, from some contradictions of Vindicæ Clavium : and from, some mis-constructions of learned Mr. Rutherford in his book entitled The due right of presbyteries. / By Mr. John Cotton, sometime preacher at Boston in Lincoln-shire, and now teacher of the Church at Boston, in New-England.The way of Congregational churches cleared in two treatises. In the former, from the historical aspersions of Mr. Robert Baylie, in his book, called, A disswasive from the errors of the time. In the latter, from some contradictions of Vindicæ Clavium : and from, some mis-constructions of learned Mr. Rutherford in his book intituled The due right of presbyteries. / By Mr. John Cotton, sometime preacher at Boston in Lincoln-shire, and now teacher of the Church at Boston, in New-England.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons for John Bellamie, 1648
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.
When the Bishop of Lincoln-Diocese (Dr. Mountaigne) offered me liberty upon once kneeling at Sacrament with him the next Lords-day after: or else to give some reason, why (in conscience I could not) unto Dr. Davenant (then Bishop-elect of Salisbury, who was at that time present with him at Westminster) I durst not accept his offer of liberty upon once kneeling; but I gave them this reason for my excuse and defence, Cultus non institutus, non est acceptus: Genuflexio in perceptione Eucharistiae est cultus non institutus; Ergo, non est acceptus.
When the Bishop of Lincoln-Diocesse (Dr. Mountaigne) offered me liberty upon once kneeling at Sacrament with him the next Lords-day after: or else to give some reason, why (in conscience I could not) unto Dr. Davenant (then Bishop-elect of Salisbury, who was at that time present with him at Westminster) I durst not accept his offer of liberty upon once kneeling; but I gave them this reason for my excuse and defence, Cultus non institutus, non est acceptus: Genuflexio in perceptione Eucharistiae est cultus non institutus; Ergo, non est acceptus.
The second misreport which the Dissuader maketh of me in his former sentence, is, That howsoever when I was in England, I was then distasted with Episcopal Government; yet so long as I abode in England, I minded no more then the Old Non-conformity.
The second misreport which the Disswader maketh of me in his former sentence, is, That howsoever when I was in England, I was then distasted with Episcopall Government; yet so long as I abode in England, I minded no more then the Old Non-conformity.
I pass by his unsavoury metaphor of my distaste of Episcopal Government. Conscientious judgment in matters of Religion is not led by taste or distaste: will he say, that both the Parliaments of England and Scotland have abolished Episcopal Government upon a distaste?