A86004:55
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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Fifthly, he did deliver in that Sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, divers particulars, which being justly excepted against, and he undertaking a Vindication, yet he hath receded from them, or not being able to defend them, as that concerning two co-ordinate Governments in one Kingdom, and his Argument concerning the fear of an ambitious ensnarement in Ministers; these being by me infringed he hath not so much as offered to make them good.
Fifthly, he did deliver in that Sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, divers particulars, which being justly excepted against, and he undertaking a Vindication, yet he hath receded from them, or not being able to defend them, as that concerning two co-ordinate Governments in one Kingdome, and his Argument concerning the feare of an ambitious ensnarement in Ministers; these being by me enfringed he hath not so much as offered to make them good.
Sixthly, having acknowledged under his own hand that he was sorry he had given offence to the Reverend Assembly, and to the Commissioners from Scotland, he now appealeth to the Parliament, and tells us they are able to judge of a scandalous Sermon, and they thought not so of it, page 3. I know they are able to judge of a scandalous Sermon, that they thought not so of it, its more then I know or believe; however I know they have a tender respect to the offence of others even when themselves are not offended, and so they and all men ought to do according to the rule of Christ: for his part after he had acknowledged he had given offence, it is a dis-service to the Parliament to lay over the thing upon them; for my part, I think I do better service to the Parliament in interpreting otherwise that second Order of the House, not only desiring but enjoining Mr. Coleman to Print that Sermon; as near as he could as he Preached it. This was ⟨p. 18⟩not (as he takes it) one portion of approbation above all its Brethren (for I shall not believe that so wise an Auditory was not at all scandalized at the hearing of that which was contrary both to the Covenant, and to their own Votes concerning Church-Government; nor at that which he told them out of the Jewish Records, that Hezekiah was the first man that ever was sick in the world, and did recover) but as I humbly conceive it was a real censure put upon him: his Sermon being so much excepted against and stumbled at, the Honourable House of Commons did wisely enjoin him to Print his Sermon, that it might abide trial in the light of the world, and lye open to any just exceptions which could be made against it abroad, and that he might stand or fall to himself.