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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. I, but you must know that this rule holds not touching the measure of knowledge only, except it be also true and sound, so that although our neighbour Simon have never so great a measure of knowledge, yet if it be not true and sound as I fear it is not, then hath he no true faith, and ⟨p. 230⟩therefore is he not fit to be admitted to the Sacrament; and although you have but a very small measure of knowledge, yet it being true & sound, as you know I have proved, then have you a true faith, and therefore are fit to be admitted to the Sacrament.
Min. I, but you must know that this rule holds not touching the measure of knowledge onely, except it be also true and sound, so that although our neighbour Simon have never so great a measure of knowledge, yet if it be not true and sound as I feare it is not, then hath he no true faith, and ⟨p. 230⟩therefore is he not fit to be admitted to the Sacrament; and although you have but a very small measure of knowledge, yet it being true & sound, as you know I have proved, then have you a true faith, and therefore are fit to be admitted to the Sacrament.
Mat. But yet Sir, me thinks so small a measure of faith, as the Lord knows I have, if any at all, should not fit a man to receive the Sacrament aright.
Mat. But yet Sir, me thinkes so small a measure of faith, as the Lord knowes I have, if any at all, should not fit a man to receive the Sacrament aright.
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