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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
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.
How then will Mr. Baylie make good (that which he truly calleth) his broad assertion? yes, he undertaketh to make it good by three testimonies.
How then will Mr. Baylie make good (that which he truely calleth) his broad assertion? yes, he undertaketh to make it good by three testimonies.
1. Saith he, we have heard sundry to esteem the number of the English in that Plantation to exceed 40000. men and women. But when Mr. Cotton is put to it, he dareth hardly avow the one half of these to be Members of any Church.
1. Saith hee, wee have heard sundry to esteeme the number of the English in that Plantation to exceed 40000. men and women. But when Mr. Cotton is put to it, he dareth hardly avow the one half of these to be Members of any Church.
And to prove this, he quoteth (in P.) the answer to the 23. questions, page. 7.
Whereto the Reply is ready, 1. Mr. Baylie is mistaken, if he think the answer to the 32. questions was penned by me. Those questions were sent by some Ministers in Lancashire or Cheshire to one of their Country-men, (a reverend Brother, and fellow-Elder amongst us) Mr. Madder: who to satisfy their desires returned them that answer, which (it seemeth) hath since been printed. Which I speak not, because I wave the answer, for when he wrote it, he wrote advisedly, and as his whole answer is solid, and judicious; so is his answer, to the question put to him, pertinent and full: but to Mr. Bailies Assertion, it cometh nothing near it. But Mr. Baylie should have done well, to have taken his full answer to that question.