A80640:135
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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Neither can I imagine what should move him to say, that I fell into a passionate affection with the Religion here. A passionate affection, is a strong, yea a violent, and inordinate affection. Did the Dissuader ever read, or hear me, to express any such violent or inordinate affection to the Religion here professed?
Neither can I imagine what should move him to say, that I fell into a passionate affection with the Religion here. A passionate affection, is a strong, yea a violent, and inordinate affection. Did the Disswader ever reade, or hear me, to expresse any such violent or inordinate affection to the Religion here professed?
How Mr. Goodwin cometh to be accounted, and called of the Dissuader, my Convert, I do not know. It is not good to take liberty to use Scripture Idioms, but in Scripture sense. The Scripture speaketh not of conversion, but in the sense of Regeneration begun, or renewed: neither doth it style one man, another mans Convert, but reserveth that solely and solidly to the Lord.
How Mr. Goodwin cometh to be accounted, and called of the Disswader, my Convert, I doe not know. It is not good to take liberty to use Scripture Idioms, but in Scripture sense. The Scripture speaketh not of conversion, but in the sense of Regeneration begun, or renewed: neither doth it style one man, another mans Convert, but reserveth that solely and solidly to the Lord.
But I marvel why the Dissuader should say, That M. Goodwin with little ado was brought by my Letters from New-England to follow in this step of my progress.
But I marvail why the Disswader should say, That M. Goodwin with little adoe was brought by my Letters from New-England to follow in this step of my progresse.