A80640:467
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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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.
But (saith the Avenger) in the Way (page 27.) He saith The Power of the Keys is given to the Church, to Peter, not as an Apostle, nor as an Elder, but as a profest Believer, in the name of Believers. Is not this a flat contradiction? No verily, the Solution is very easy and obvious, even to the Avenger himself, if he would but have cast his eye upon the very next words in the Keys, whence this [Greek or Hebrew] is fetched. The words run thus, The sense of the words will be most full, if all the several considerations be taken jointly together. Take Peter considered not only as an Apostle, but withal an Elder also, and a Believer too, professing his Faith, all may well stand together. For there is a different power given to all these, to an Apostle, to an Elder, to a Believer: and Peter was all these, and received all the Power which was given by Christ to any of these, or to all of these together.— So that Augustine did not mistake, when he said, Peter Received the Keys in the Name of the Church.
But (saith the Avenger) in the Way (page 27.) He saith The Power of the Keys is given to the Church, to Peter, not as an Apostle, nor as an Elder, but as a profest Believer, in the name of Believers. Is not this a flat contradiction? No verily, the Solution is very easie and obvious, even to the Avenger himself, if he would but have cast his eye upon the very next words in the Keys, whence this 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is fetched. The words run thus, The sense of the words will be most full, if all the several considerations be taken joyntly together. Take Peter considered not onely as an Apostle, but withal an Elder also, and a Believer too, professing his Faith, all may well stand together. For there is a different power given to all these, to an Apostle, to an Elder, to a Believer: and Peter was all these, and received all the Power which was given by Christ to any of these, or to all of these together.— So that Augustine did not mistake, when he said, Peter Received the Keyes in the Name of the Church.
I cannot conceive what should move the Avenger so confidently to charge a flat contradiction in these two passages, and that as flatly as ever man did contradict himself: unless it were partly through tmis-report of my words in the one place: whereof before) partly, hrough mis-apprehension what the force in Logic is, of a quatenus