A86004:84
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Church-Government is mentioned in the Covenant as a spiritual, not a civill thing. The matters of Religion are put together, ⟨p. 29⟩Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government. The Privileges of Parliament come after in the third article. The Reverend Brother replies, What if it be? therefore the Parliament is not to meddle with it, and why? And here he runs out against me, as if I held that the Parliament is not to meddle with Religion; an assertion which I abominate. Princes and Magistrates their putting off themselves all care of the matters of Religion, was one of the great causes of the Churches mischief, and of Popish and Prelatical tyranny. But is this just and fair, Sir, to give out for my opinion, that for which you are not able to show the least colour or shadow of consequence from any thing that ever I said? That which was to be replied unto, was, whether do not the materials of the first article of the Covenant differ from the materials of the third article of the Covenant? or whether are they the same? Whether doth the Privilege of Parliament belong to the first article of the Covenant? Whether is that Government mentioned in the first article, a civill thing or a spiritual? If civill, why is Discipline and Government ranked with Doctrine and Worship, and all these mentioned as parts of the reformation of Religion? If spiritual, then why doth the Brother make it civill or temporal pag. 11. To all this nothing is answered: but, what if it be? Then is my argument granted.
2. Church-Government is mentioned in the Covenant as a spirituall, not a civill thing. The matters of Religion are put together, ⟨p. 29⟩Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government. The Priviledges of Parliament come after in the third article. The Reverend Brother replies, What if it be? therefore the Parliament is not to meddle with it, and why? And here he runs out against me, as if I held that the Parliament is not to meddle with Religion; an assertion which I abominate. Princes and Magistrates their putting off themselves all care of the matters of Religion, was one of the great causes of the Churches mischiefe, and of Popish and Prelaticall tyranny. But is this just and faire, Sir, to give out for my opinion, that for which you are not able to shew the least colour or shadow of consequence from any thing that ever I said? That which was to be replied unto, was, whether doe not the materials of the first article of the Covenant differ from the materials of the third article of the Covenant? or whether are they the same? Whether doth the Priviledge of Parliament belong to the first article of the Covenant? Whether is that Government mentioned in the first article, a civill thing or a spirituall? If civill, why is Discipline and Government ranked with Doctrine and Worship, and all these mentioned as parts of the reformation of Religion? If spirituall, then why doth the Brother make it civill or temporall pag. 11. To all this nothing is answered: but, what if it bee? Then is my argument granted.