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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. Well neighbour Simon, I like all these answers well except it be the last, how ever, such answers as these, though 'tis true they are all fundamentals, ⟨p. 76⟩yet if as they come from you they be rather Catechistical then experimental, if they come only from your head, and not also from your heart, it matters not greatly whether they had been better or worse; for in a Catechistical manner a man may answer better, and yet want faith in Christ; and he may not answer so well, and yet have faith in Christ; and therefore for a more sure Testimony of your faith in Christ, I would pray you to let me hear what heart knowledge you have, let me hear what Evidences you can ⟨p. 77⟩show for your Regeneration or new Birth?
Min. Well neighbour Simon, I like all these answers well except it be the last, how ever, such answers as these, though 'tis true they are all fundamentalls, ⟨p. 76⟩yet if as they come from you they be rather Catechisticall then experimentall, if they come onely from your head, and not also from your heart, it matters not greatly whether they had been better or worse; for in a Catechisticall manner a man may answer better, and yet want faith in Christ; and he may not answer so well, and yet have faith in Christ; and therefore for a more sure Testimony of your faith in Christ, I would pray you to let me heare what heart knowledge you have, let me heare what Evidences you can ⟨p. 77⟩shew for your Regeneration or new Birth?
Sim. Why truly Sir, whilst I was a young man and unmarried I was very wild, and given to much vanity, and many sinful courses; but when I came to be a married man I left them all, and betook my self to a very civill course of life, dealing uprightly and justly with all men, not doing the least wrong to any, being very diligent in my Calling, endeavouring thereby to get where withal to maintain my self and my Family, and to bring up my children in learning and good manners,