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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. Why the state and condition that you were in at this time, so far as I can perceive, was neither better nor worse then the state and condition of a mere civill honest man.
Min. Why the state and condition that you were in at this time, so farre as I can perceive, was neither better nor worse then the state and condition of a meere civill honest man.
Sim. Why truly Sir, herein you and I do agree, for ever since it pleased the Lord to enlighten me, I have thought just so of my self, and yet whilst I was in that condition, I thought my self to be in the only happy condition, I mean as touching my soul, for I thought that he that came short of me, and did not so much as I, did not so much as he ought to do, and he that went beyond me, and did more then I, did more then he need to do; but at last I heard a godly Minister handle these words, Mat. 5. 20. For I say unto you, ⟨p. 81⟩that except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Whence he took occasion to show what their righteousness was, and how far they went, whereby I did perceive that they had gone further then I, and that in many things I come short of them; whereupon I thought with my self, if I come short of them that come short of Heaven, surely I must either go further, or else I shall never come there.
Sim. Why truly Sir, herein you and I doe agree, for ever since it pleased the Lord to enlighten me, I have thought just so of my selfe, and yet whilst I was in that condition, I thought my selfe to be in the onely happy condition, I meane as touching my soule, for I thought that he that came short of me, and did not so much as I, did not so much as he ought to doe, and he that went beyond me, and did more then I, did more then he need to doe; but at last I heard a godly Minister handle these words,