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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.
Master Baylie rightly observeth, That in our departure & flight from Rome, some took up their stand too soon, before they had passed the lines (he meaneth all the lines) of communication with the Whore: and others ran on too long (or too far) beyond the bounds of truth and love. The former of these sorts he maketh the Lutherans, in respect of some defects in their Reformation. The latter, he maketh to be the Anabaptists in Germany. The successors of the former, he maketh ⟨p. 3⟩to be Cranmer, Ridley, and those other Confessors and Martyrs who settled Episcopacy and Ceremonies in England. The successors of the latter sort, (the Anabaptists) he maketh to be those whom he styleth Brownists.
MAster Baylie rightly observeth, That in our departure & flight from Rome, some took up their stand too soon, before they had passed the lines (he meaneth all the lines) of communication with the Whore: and others ran on too long (or too far) beyond the bounds of truth and love. The former of these sorts he maketh the Lutherans, in respect of some defects in their Reformation. The latter, he maketh to be the Anabaptists in Germany. The successors of the former, he maketh ⟨p. 3⟩to be Cranmer, Ridley, and those other Confessors and Martyrs who setled Episcopacy and Ceremonies in England. The successo•s of the latter sort, (the Anabaptists) he maketh to be those whom he styleth Brownists.
But as there is a vast difference between the Episcopacy of England, and the Superintendency of Germany, (the one ruling by Monarchical Power, the other by the consent of the Aristocratical Presbytery:) so neither is there such correspondency between the Germane Anabaptism, and the English Brownism, as to make Brownism a native branch of Anabaptism.
But as there is a vast difference between the Episcopacy of England, and the Superintendency of Germany, (the one ruling by Monarchicall Power, the other by the consent of the Aristocraticall Presbytery:) so neither is there such correspondency between the Germane Anabaptism, and the English Brownism, as to make Brownism a native branch of Anabaptism.