A90276:367
Of schism the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the…
Of schism the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the present differences in religion. / By John Owen D.D.Of schisme the true nature of it discovered and considered, with reference to the present differences in religion. / By John Owen D.D.
Oxford: printed by L.L. for T. Robinson, 1657
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4. That as yet,1 at least since possibly we could be personally concerned who are now alive, no such Church in this Nation hath been formed. It is impossible, that a man should be guilty of offending against that, which is not: We have not separated from a National Church in the Presbyterian sense, as never having seen any such thing; unless they will say, we have separated from what should be.
4. That as yet,1 at least since possibly we could be personally concerned who are now alive, no such Church in this Nation hath been formed. It is impossible, that a man should be guilty of offending against that, which is not: We have not separated from a Nationall Church in the Presbyterian sence, as never having seen any such thing; unlesse they will say, we have separated from what should be.
- 1§. 35.
5. As to the state of such a Church as this, 1I shall only add to what hath been spoken before, the judgement of a very Learned and famous man in this case, whom I the rather name, because professedly ⟨p. 253⟩engaged on the Presbyterians side. It is Moses Amyraldus the present professor of Divinity a• Saumur, whose words are these that follow. Scio nonnunquam appellari particularē Ecclesiam communionem, ac veluti confoederationem plurium ejusmodi societatum, quas vel ejufdem linguae usus, vel eadem Rei-pub. forma (the true spring of a National Church) unà cum ejusdem disciplinae regimine consociavit: Sic appellatur Ecclesia Gallicana, Anglicana, Germanica particularis, ut distinguatur ab Universali illa Christianorum societate; quae omnes Christiani nominis nations complectitur: At uti supra diximus, Ecclesiae nomen non proprie convenire societati omnium Christianorum, eo modo quo convenit particularibus Christianorum coetibus; sic consequens est, ut dicamus, Ecclesiae nomen non competere in eam multarum Ecclesiarum particularium consociationē eodem plane modo. Vocetur ergo certe Ecclesiaū quae sunt in Gallia Communio inter ipsas, & Ecclesia si Ecclesia, est multarum Ecclesiarum confoederatio non si nomen Ecclesiae ex usu Scripturae sacrae accipiatur. Paulus enim varias Ecclesias particulares, quae erant in Achaia, Ecclesia Achaiae nuncupat, non Ecclesiam Achajae vel Ecclesiam Achaicam. Amyral. Disput. de Ecclesiae Nom. & Defin. Thes. 28.