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The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three…The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three…
The quarrel of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrel. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.The quarrell of the covenant, with the pacification of the quarrell. Delivered in three sermons on Levit. 26. 25. and Jere. 50. 5. / By Thomas Case, preacher of the Word in Milk-street, London; and one of the Assembly of Divines.
London: printed for Luke Fawne, 1643
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In the faithful and impartial and search and pursuit whereof, if Scotland or any of the Reformed Churches can hold us forth any clearer light then our own, we receive it not as our Rule but as such an help to expound our Rule, as Christ himself hath allowed us, Cant. 1.7, 8. 2 Cor. 11.16. Phil. 4.8. 1 Th•s. 1.7, 8. In which case we are bound to kiss not the Lips only, but the very feet of them that shall be able to show us the way to Zion.1
In the faithfull and impartiall and search and pursuite wherof, if Scotland or any of the Reformed Churches can hold us forth any cleerer light then our own, we receive it not as our Rule but as such an help to expound our Rule, as Christ himself hath allowed us, Cant. 1.7, 8. 2 Cor. 11.16. Phil. 4.8. 1 Th•s. 1.7, 8. In which case we are bound to kisse not the Lips onely, but the very feet of them that shall be able to shew us the way to Sion.1
So that still, it is not the voice of the Churches, but of Christ in the Churches that we Covenant to listen to, in this pursuit, that is to say, That we will follow them, as they follow Christ; And when all is done, and a Reformation (through the Assistance and blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, that great King and Prophet of his Church) resolved on, according to this Rule thus interpreted, under what notion or obligation the observation