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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 then may you truly say with the man in the Gospel, I was blind, but now I see, for as sure as Jesus Christ did open his natural eyes, so sure hath he opened your spiritual eyes.
Min. Why then may you truly say with the man in the Gospell, I was blinde, but now I see, for as sure as Jesus Christ did open his naturall eyes, so sure hath he opened your spirituall eyes.
Mat. But alas, I have such a small measure of knowledge, that I fear my mind is not truly enlightened.
Mat. But alas, I have such a small measure of knowledge, that I feare my minde is not truly enlightened.
Min. For answer to this Objection, I will only tell you what a godly and judicious Divine saith, and that is this, Be not dismayed ⟨p. 205⟩saith he, at the small measure1 of thy knowledge so long as there is soundness of mind in thee, if thy knowledge be sound though weak, let it not discourage thee, and there may be soundness of mind as well in a little knowledge as in much.
Min. For answer to this Objection, I will onely tell you what a godly and judicious Divine saith, and that is this, Be not dismayed ⟨p. 205⟩saith he, at the small measure1 of thy knowledge so long as there is soundnesse of minde in thee, if thy knowledge be sound though weake, let it not discourage thee, and there may be soundnesse of minde as well in a little knowledge as in much.