A86003:95
Male audis or An answer to Mr. Coleman his Malè dicis. Wherein the repugnancy…
Male audis or An answer to Mr. Coleman his Malè dicis. Wherein the repugnancy of his Erastian doctrine to the word of God, to the solemn League and Covenant, and to the ordinances of Parliament: also his contradictions, tergiversations, heterodoxies, calumnies, and perverting of testimonies, are made more apparent then formerly. Together with some animadversions upon Master Hussey his Plea for Christian magistracy: showing, that in divers of the afore mentioned particulars he hath miscarried as much, and in some particulars more then Mr Coleman. / By George Gillespie, minister at Edinburgh. Published by authority.Male audis or An answer to Mr. Coleman his Malè dicis. Wherein the repugnancy of his Erastian doctrine to the word of God, to the solemne League and Covenant, and to the ordinances of Parliament: also his contradictions, tergiversations, heterodoxies, calumnies, and perverting of testimonies, are made more apparent then formerly. Together with some animadversions upon Master Hussey his Plea for Christian magistracy: shewing, that in divers of the afore mentioned particulars he hath miscarried as much, and in some particulars more then Mr Coleman. / By George Gillespie, minister at Edinbrugh. Published by authority.
London: printed for Robert Bostocke, 1646
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It is a most blessed means for keeping the Ordinances from visible and known pollution, which doth very much honour God, shame sin, and commend piety. It putteth a visible difference between the precious and the vile, the clean and the unclean, the silver and the dross; and may well be therefore called a Church refining Ordinance.
It is a most blessed means for keeping the Ordinances from visible and known pollution, which doth very much honour God, shame sin, and commend piety. It putteth a visible difference between the precious and the vile, the clean and the unclean, the silver and the drosse; and may well be therefore called a Churchrefining Ordinance.
The second Calumny was this, I my self, said he, did hear the Presbytery of Edinburgh censure a woman to be banished one of the gates of the City. I answered him in his own language, It is at the best a most uncharitable slander. And told him, there is no banishment in Scotland, but by the Civil Magistrate; and that he ought to have enquired and informed himself better.
The second Calumny was this, I my self, said he, did hear the Presbytery of Edinbrugh censure a woman to be banished one of the gates of the City. I answered him in his own language, It is at the best a most uncharitable slander. And told him, there is no banishment in Scotland, but by the Civil Magistrate; and that he ought to have enquired and informed himself better.
Now he doth neither adhere to his Calumny, or offer to make it good, nor yet quit it, or confess he was mistaken; but propoundeth three new Queries (Male dicis, pa. 21.) still forgetting his own rule of keeping to the Laws of Disputation and Matter in hand. For the particular in hand, he only saith thus much, I did make enquiry, and from the Presbytery it self, I received information; but not satisfaction. He