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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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I Answer, that having before asserted, this to be the chief and only seat of the Doctrine of Schism, I am inclinable so to do: and this I am resolved of, that unless any man can prove that something else is termed schism by some divine writer, or blamed on ⟨p. 43⟩that head of account by the Holy Ghost elsewhere, and is expressly reproved a• another crime, I will be at Liberty from admitting it so to be.
I Answer, that having before asserted, this to be the chiefe and only seat of the Doctrine of Schisme, I am inclinable so to do: and this I am resolved of, that unlesse any man can prove that something else is termed schisme by some divine writer, or blamed on ⟨p. 43⟩that head of account by the Holy Ghost elsewhere, and is expressly reproved a• another crime, I will be at Liberty from admitting it so to be.
But yet for what may hence by a parity of Reason be deduced, 1I shall close with, and debate at large, as I have professed.
- 1§. 21.
The Schism then here described by the Apostle, 1and blamed by him, consists in causeless differences, and contentions amongst the members of a particular Church, contrary to that of love, prudence, and forbearance, which are required of them to be exercised amongst themselves and towards one another; which is also termed [Greek or Hebrew]