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London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…
London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, profane, and mere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formal, legal, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble believing soul. In a dialogue between a minister of the Gospel. Alexander an ignorant profane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.
London: printed for John Wright, 1646London: printed for Iohn Wright, 1646
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Min. No, it is not so evident, for though it be true, that whatsoever ⟨p. 65⟩doth not glister is not gold, yet it is not so true that whatsoever doth glister is gold; even so may we say, That although it be evident, that every person that is grossly ignorant, and is a gross sinner, hath not true faith in Christ, yet it is not so evident that every man that hath knowledge, and leads an honest and righteous course of life according to the Law hath true faith in Christ, I tell you truly, a man may have a name that he liveth, and yet be dead; as it is said concerning the Church of Sardis, Rev. 3. 1. yea, and a man may with the ⟨p. 66⟩Church of Laodicea, think himself rich, and increased with goods, and to have need of nothing, and yet be wretched and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked, Rev. 3. 17. and therefore I would entreat you to consider well of it.
Min. No, it is not so evident, for though it be true, that whatsoever ⟨p. 65⟩doth not glister is not gold, yet it is not so true that whatsoever doth glister is gold; even so may we say, That although it be evident, that every person that is grosly ignorant, and is a grosse sinner, hath not true faith in Christ, yet it is not so evident that every man that hath knowledge, and leades an honest and righteous course of life according to the Law hath true faith in Christ, I tell you truly, a man may have a name that he liveth, and yet be dead; as it is said concerning the Church of Sardis, Rev. 3. 1. yea, and a man may with the ⟨p. 66⟩Church of Laodicea, think himselfe rich, and increased with goods, and to have need of nothing, and yet be wretched and miserable, and poore, and blinde, and naked, Rev. 3. 17. and therefore I would intreat you to consider well of it.