A86004:96
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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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.
3. The zurike Divines themselves looked upon Excommunication1 as that which was wanting through the injury of the times, the thing having been so horribly abused in Popery, and the present licentiousness abounding among people, did hinder the erecting of that part of the Church Discipline at that time. But they still pleaded the thing to be held forth in Scripture, and were but expecting better times for restoring and setting of Excommunication, which they did approve in Geneva and in other reformed Churches, who had received it. I give you their own words for the warrant of what I say.
3. The zurike Divines themselves looked upon Excommunication1 as that which was wanting through the injury of the times, the thing having beene so horribly abused in Popery, and the present licentiousnesse abounding among people, did hinder the erecting of that part of the Church Discipline at that time. But they still pleaded the thing to be held forth in Scripture, and were but expecting better times for restoring and setting of Excommunication, which they did approve in Genevah and in other reformed Churches, who had received it. I give you their owne words for the warrant of what I say.
- 1Bullinger in 1. Cor. 5. Et hac tenus de castigatione sceler•i Ecclesiastica. Hic tamen diligenter admoni•os •olo fraires, vigilent, & omni diligenti• curent, ut salviare hoc Pharmacum, è caetu sanctorùm Pontificis avaritia eliminatum, reducatur, hoc est ut scelera offendentia plectantur. Hic enim unicu• est Excommunicationis fini•, ut mores excolautur & floreant Sancti, prophani ve•ò coerceantur, ne mal• porro impudentia ac impietate grass•tur. Nostram est ista fratres, summa cum diligentia curare. Videmus enim & Paulum cessntes hoc loco incicare. Aretius ubi supra. Magistratu jugum non admittunt, timen honoribus, licentium amant &c. Vulgus quoque & plebs dssolutio: major pars corruptissima est, &c. Int non […] esse […] ateor dabit posterior aetas tructabiliores for animal, minor pectora, quam nostra habent seculas Lavater in Nehem. Homil. 52. Quia pontifices Romani Excommunication endum suam tyrannidem abusi sunt, factum est ut nulla ferè justa disciplna amplius in Ecclesiis jnstitui possit Nisi autem slg isi coerceantur, omnia ruant in pejus necesse est.