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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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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 ⟨p. 44⟩of it shall be commended to us sub judice lis est, it is yet in the bosom and breast of Authority; we are as yet called to swear to nothing in this kind. So much in reference to the Instances.
So that still, it is not the voyce of the Churches, but of Christ in the Churches that we Covenant to listen to, in this pursuite, 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 ⟨p. 44⟩of it shall be commended to us sub judice lis est, it is yet in the bosome and brest of Authority; we are as yet called to swear to nothing in this kinde. So much in reference to the Instances.
Answ. 3 I answer further to the satisfying of this second doubt, That by this Covenant we are bound no more to conform to Scotland, then Scotland to us: The Astipulation being mutual, and this Astipulation binding us not so much to conform one to another, as both of us to the Word; wherein, if we can meet, who would not look upon it, as upon the precious fruit of Christs prayer (Joh. 17.20, 21. That they might be one, as we are on) and the beauty and safety of both Nations, and of as, many of the Churches, as the Lord our God shall persuade to come into this holy and blessed Association.