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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. Truly Sir, these your words have moved my heart to your way, and I wish I were worthy to come in amongst you, but I will take my leave ⟨p. 169⟩of you, and go home and consider of what you have this day said unto me concerning the state and condition of my soul, for I still fear I am not right; and I see that the chief thing to be looked after and regarded is the true Knowledge of Christ.
Sim. Truly Sir, these your words have moved my heart to your way, and I wish I were worthy to come in amongst you, but I will take my leave ⟨p. 169⟩of you, and goe home and consider of what you have this day said unto me concerning the state and condition of my soule, for I still feare I am not right; and I see that the chiefe thing to be looked after and regarded is the true Knowledge of Christ.
Min I surely, that is the thing indeed, and O that we could all of us seek more after that then we do, and as one in a1 certain place saith very sweetly; Oh that every one in this Kingdom, that truly desires to fear the name of God, were so wise as to forbear this ⟨p. 170⟩clashing & dashing themselves in pieces one against another for matters external, trivial, and circumstantial in Religion, and would at length content themselves with that which is alone saving and everlasting, and account it honour and happiness enough in matters appertaining to God to be a Christian. I remember I was lately told by a Christian friend of mine, that one coming to old Master Dod not long before his death, to desire him to resolve him about the point of Re-baptizing, or some such like point; he ⟨p. 171⟩