A86004:65
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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Page 3. He desireth me with wisdom and humility to mind what Church-refining, and sin-censuring work this Church-Government with all his activity hath made in Scotland, in the point of promiscuous communicating; I shall desire him with wisdom and humility to mind what charity or conscience there is in such an aspersion; I dare say divers thousands have keen kept off from the Sacrament in Scotland, as unworthy to be admitted, where I my self have exercised my Ministry, there have been some hundreds kept off; partly for ignorance, and partly for scandal. The order of the Church of Scotland, and the Acts of general Assemblies are for keeping off all scandalous Persons, which every godly and faithful Minister doth conscientiously and effectually endeavour; and if here or there it be too much neglected by some Archippus who takes not heed to fulfil the Ministry which he hath received of the Lord, let him and his Eldership ⟨p. 21⟩bear the blame, and answer for it.
PAge 3. He desireth me with wisdome and humility to minde what Church-refining, and sin-censuring worke this Church-Government with all his activity hath made in Scotland, in the point of promiscuous communicating; I shall desire him with wisdome and humility to mind what charity or conscience there is in such an aspersion; I dare say divers thousands have keen kept off from the Sacrament in Scotland, as unworthy to be admitted, where I my selfe have exercised my Ministery, there have been some hundreds kept off; partly for ignorance, and partly for scandall. The order of the Church of Scotland, and the Acts of generall Assemblies are for keeping off all scandalous Persons, which every godly and faithfull Minister doth conscientiously and effectually endeavour; and if here or there it be too much neglected by some Archippus who takes not heed to fulfill the Ministery which he hath received of the Lord, let him and his Eldership ⟨p. 21⟩beare the blame, and answer for it.
Page 4. I having professed my unwillingness to fall upon such a Controversy in a Fast Sermon. He replieth; How can you say, you were unwilling? But how can you in brotherly charity doubt of it, after I had seriously professed it? My doing it at two several Fasts (the only opportunities I then had to give a testimony to that presently controverted truth is no Argument of the contrary. May not a man do a thing twenty times over and yet do it unwillingly?