A86004:74
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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There is no Banishment in Scotland but by the Civill Magistrate, who so far aideth and assisteth Church Discipline, that profane and scandalous persons when they are found unruly and incorrigible, are punished with Banishment or otherwise. A stranger coming at a time into one of our Presbyteries, and hearing of somewhat which was represented to or reported from the Magistrate, ought to have had so much both circumspection and charity, as not to make such a rash and untrue report. He might have at least enquired when he was in Scotland and informed himself better, whether Presbyteries or the Civill Magistrate do banish. If he made no such enquiry, he was rash in judging. If he did, his offence is greater, when after information he will not understand.
There is no Banishment in Scotland but by the Civill Magistrate, who so farre aideth and assisteth Church Discipline, that prophane and scandalous persons when they are found unruly and incorrigible, are punished with Banshment or otherwise. A stranger comming at a time into one of our Presbyteries, and hearing of somewhat which was represented to or reported from the Magistrate, ought to have had so much both circumspection and charity, as not to make such a rash and untrue report. He might have at least enquired when he was in Scotland and informed himselfe better, whether Presbyteries or the Civill Magistrate doe banish. If he made no such enquiry, he was rash injudging. If he did, his offence is greater, when after information he will not understand.
9 He makes this to be a position of mine, pag. 13. That a learned Ministry puts no black mark upon profaneness more then upon others. A calumny. For first he makes me to speak Nonsense. Secondly I did not speak it of a learned Ministry, but of his way page 40. How long ago since a learned Ministry was known by the name of Master Colemans way? His way is a Ministry without power of Government, or Church Censures. Of this his way I said, that it putteth no black mark upon profaneness and scandal in Church Members more than in any others. And the reason is, because the corrective or punitive part of Government he will have to be only Civill or Temporal▪ which striketh against those that are without, as well as