A86004:13
Nihil respondes
Nihil respondes: or, A discovery of the extreme unsatisfactoriness of Master Colemans piece, published last week under the title of A brotherly examination re-examined. Wherein, his self-contradictions: his yielding of some things, and not answering to other things objected against him: his abusing of Scripture: his errors in divinity: his abusing of the Parliament, and endangering their authority: his abusing of the Assembly: his calumnies, and namely against the Church of Scotland, and against my self: the repugnancy of his doctrine to the solemn League and Covenant, are plainly demonstrated. / By George Gillespie minister at Edinburgh. Published by authority.Nihil respondes: or, A discovery of the extream unsatisfactorinesse of Master Colemans peece, published last weeke under the title of A brotherly examination re-examined. Wherein, his self-contradictions: his yeelding of some things, and not answering to other things objected against him: his abusing of Scripture: his errors in divinity: his abusing of the Parliament, and indangering their authority: his abusing of the Assembly: his calumnies, and namely against the Church of Scotland, and against my selfe: the repugnancy of his doctrin to the solemne League and Covenant, are plainly demonstrated. / By George Gillespie minister at Edenburgh. Published by authority.
London: printed for Robert Bostock, 1645
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That Master Coleman doth not only prevaricate but contradict himself, concerning the state of the Question.
That Master Coleman doth not onely prevaricate but contradict himselfe, concerning the state of the Question.
HE tells us often that he doth not deny to Church-officers all power of Church-Government, but only the corrective part of Government: that the doctrinal and declarative power is in the Ministry, see Pag. 11. & 14 He denieth that he did advise the Parliament to take Church Government wholly into their own hands, I never had it in my thoughts saith he, that the Parliament had power of dispensing the Word and Sacraments. I must confess it is to me new language which I never heard before, that the dispensing of the Word and Sacraments is a part of Church Government; sure the word Government is not, nor was never so understood in the Controversies concerning Church Government: But if it be, why did the Brother in his Sermon oppose Doctrine and Government, Give us Doctrine, said he, take you the Government.
HE tels us often that he doth not deny to Church-officers all power of Church-Government, but onely the corrective part of Government: that the doctrinall and declarative power is in the Ministery, see Pag. 11. & 14 He denyeth that he did advise the Parliament to take Church Government wholly into their owne hands, I never had it in my thoughts saith he, that the Parliament had power of dispensing the Word and Sacraments. I must confesse it is to me new language which I never heard before, that the dispensing of the Word and Sacraments is a part of Church Government; sure the word Government is not, nor was never so understood in the Controversies concerning Church Government: But if it be, why did the Brother in his Sermon oppose Doctrine and Government, Give us Doctrine, said he, take you the Government.