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The Independents declaration delivered in to the Assembly. By Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, William…The Independants declaration delivered in to the Assembly. By Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, William…
The Independents declaration delivered in to the Assembly. By Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, William Bridge, Philip Nigh, Sydrach Simpson, and William Carter. Declaring their grounds and full resolutions concerning church-government.The Independants declaration delivered in to the Assembly. By Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, William Bridge, Philip Nie, Sydrach Simpson, and William Carter. Declaring their grounds and full resolutions concerning church-government.
London: printed for B.T., 1647
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THE INDEPENDENTS Declaration DELIVERED IN TO THE ASSEMBLY. BY Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, William Bridge, Philip Nigh, Sydrach Simpson, and William Carter. Declaring their Grounds and full RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING Church-Government.
THE INDEPENDANTS Declaration DELIVERED IN TO THE ASSEMBLY. BY Thomas Goodwin, William Greenhill, William Bridge, Philip Nie, Sydrach Simpson, and William Carter. Declaring their Grounds and full RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING Church-Government.
LONDON, Printed for B. T. in the Year. 1647.
LONDON, Printed for B. T. in the Yeer. 1647.
A Copy of the Independents Declaration to the Assembly of Divines.
A Copy of the Independants Declaration to the Assembly of Divines.
TO make known what ever we hold, concerning Church-government, as we have had public testimony in this Assembly, so we have manifold instances and evidences of it; Witness that constant, free, and open expressing our selves upon all occasions, and in all questions propounded to the debate, with offers to give an open Account at any time, in what ever should be asked us by any Brother. Our proffering divers times to bring in Propositions, stated to our sense for the dispute, and when we were made a Committee to that purpose, in the point of Ordination, and did bring our Judgements concerning it for a dispute, It was laid aside. And at another time, when we our selves brought in Papers, giving the state of the question, about that extraordinary way of Ordination, which were read, and returned back unto us, it being publicly professed that that was not an allowed way and course of this Assembly, for any of the Brethren to bring in papers, unless they were made a Committee by the Assembly it self. And so we were prevented of doing the like for time to come.