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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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Sim. Then Sir, it seemeth to me that you do not only desire that all those that are godly, and have a mind to go the Independent way, should ⟨p. 164⟩come to you and join with you in your way, but also that all those who are already joined in the Independent way should return to you.
Sim. Then Sir, it seemeth to me that you doe not onely desire that all those that are godly, and have a minde to goe the Independant way, should ⟨p. 164⟩come to you and joyne with you in your way, but also that all those who are already joyned in the Independant way should returne to you.
Min. That is my desire indeed, and I doubt not but that it would be very well pleasing and acceptable to the Lord, if all that are truly godly amongst them, whether they be Ministers or people, would come in amongst us; for truly I can see no warrant they have from the Word of God to separate from us, and to gather Churches out of Churches as they do, surely, me thinks if ⟨p. 165⟩they would but read that learned and moderate Tract, called, Jus Divinum, with an indifferent judgement, and moderate spirit, without prejudice, they should see that our way touching Church-Government cometh as near the mind and will of Christ as can be found out in his Word. But what said a godly, judicious, and moderate Minister of the Gospel in the Pulpit not long since in my hearing, I am persuaded said he, and it is not only my judgement, but also the judgement of a grave, godly, and learned Divine, who had ⟨p. 166⟩long studied the point, that there is not to be found in all the whole New Testament a perfect Plot-form of Church-Government, which makes me think (said he) that it is not the mind of Christ that Christians under the New Testament should much busy or trouble themselves about such matters. These words as near as I can remember he uttered, and truly I think it were well if we were all of his mind, that so we might busy our minds, and spend less time about such matters, and bend our minds and studies more about matters