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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
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To the Antichristian world, the more dangerous it is; I doubt not, it is the more acceptabl• to God, and I hope, it is not the less safe in Mr. Baylie's eye. Some of the Jesuits at Lisbon, and others in the Western Islands have professed to some of our Merchants and Mariners, they look at our Plantations, (and at some ⟨p. 22⟩of us by name) as dangerous supplanters of the Catholic cause. If that be the greatest danger, I presume Mr. Baylie will not ab hoc dicto secundum quid, pronounce us dangerous (simplicitèr) to the rest of the world.
To the Antichristian world, the more dangerous it is; I doubt not, it is the more acceptabl• to God, and I hope, it is not the lesse safe in Mr. Baylie's eye. Some of the Jesuites at Lisborn, and others in the Western Islands have professed to some of our Merchants and Mariners, they look at our Plantations, (and at some ⟨p. 22⟩of us by name) as dangerous supplanters of the Catholick cause. If that be the greatest danger, I presume Mr. Baylie will not ab hoc dicto secundum quid, pronounce us dangerous (simplicitèr) to the rest of the world.
To the Christian world, what danger hath accrued by our means? many that knew both our Magistrates and Elders, and the chief sort of our people, and knew how little we affected to travel into foreign Countries to see fashions; they upon our departure grew more inquisitive into the cause of our voluntary exile; and thereupon, more jealous of corruptions at home in the Worship of God, and in Church-Discipline; more sensible of the burden and danger of Episcopal tyranny, and consequently more ready to follow the good example of the Churches and Commonwealth of Scotland, in rejecting and shaking off Episcopal usurpations and intrusions of Liturgies. And hath this been so dangerous to the rest of the world?