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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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Ms. Hutchinson's continuance of her weekly meetings we could not proceed to the suppression thereof, with consent of the Church, before we received the conviction of her personal Errors, which she still closely carried, till after her civill censure. And then she declared her self more plainly, and witnesses arose more fully, and the Church proceeded against her accordingly.
Ms. Hutchinsons continuance of her weekly meetings we could not proceed to the suppression thereof, with consent of the Church, before wee received the conviction of her personall Errors, which shee still closely carryed, till after her civill censure. And then shee declared her self more plainly, and witnesses arose more fully, and the Church proceeded against her accordingly.
The going of her self and others out of the Congregation when our Pastor began to Exercise, though many feared it was a turning their backs upon his Ministry: yet the most of them were women, and they pretended many excuses for their going out, which it was not easy to convince of falsehood in them, or of their contempt of him.
The going of her self and others out of the Congregation when our Pastor began to Exercise, though many feared it was a turning their backs upon his Ministery: yet the most of them were women, and they pretended many excuses for their going out, which it was not easie to convince of falshood in them, or of their contempt of him.
But in fine, when her Antinomian and Familisticall Errors were held forth by her before sufficient witnesses, our Church (as I said before) proceeded without delay, first, to admonish her according to the rule, Tit. 3.10, 11. Afterwards when upon serious pains taken with her, Mr. Davenport, and my self (as we thought) had convinced her of her erroneous ways in judgment and practice, so as that under her hand, she presented a Recantation before the whole Church, (indeed before many Churches then assembled at Boston) yet withal, (after some passages of speech) Professing that she never was of any other judgment,then what she now held forth, so many witnesses forthwith rose up to convince the contrary, that with common consent both of the Elders and Brethren of our Church, she was cast out of our Communion.