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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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To which I answer.
Ans. 1. By the same Argument, we ought not to Covenant against Popery and Drunkenness, Sabbath-breaking, nor any other sin whatsoever, there being nothing so gross, but it will find some friends to justify, and plead for it; which if we shall not condemn till all parties be agreed on the verdict, we shall never proceed to judgement, while the world stands.
Ans. 1. By the same Argument, we ought not to Covenant against Popery and Drunkennesse, Sabbath-breaking, nor any other sin whatsoever, there being nothing so grosse, but it will finde some friends to justifie, and plead for it; which if we shall not condemn till all parties be agreed on the verdict, we shall never proceed to judgement, while the world stands.
2. The word must be the Rule and the Judge, say men what they please, pro or con.
3. And if the matter be indeed so disputable, that it lies not in my faculty to pronounce sentence; I have my dispensation to suspend, till the word determine the controversy.