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The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House…
The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, January 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden.The nature and danger of heresies, opened in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons, Ianuary 27. 1646. at Margarets Westminster, being the day of their solemn monthly fast. / By Obadiah Sedgvvick, B.D. Minister of Gods Word at Covent-Garden.
London: printed by M.F. for Samuel Gellibrand, 1647
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3. By making some standing Laws against such opinions, which can be proved to be heretical and blasphemous; Serviunt reges terrae Christo (saith one) etiam leges ferendo pro Christo.
3. By making some standing Laws against such opinions, which can be proved to be hereticall and blasphemous; Serviunt reges terrae Christo (saith one) etiam leges ferendo pro Christo.
3. By setting up your Church-Discipline with full power, that so it may reach these heresies and blasphemies, which (if any sins) then they do plainly fall within the Verge of it: If the discipline were fully and generally established, you should not have an heresy or blasphemy, or any erroneous opinion creeping out in any part of the Kingdom, but there would be a timely discovery of it, and likewise a spiritual remedy to recovererring persons, and to prevent their further spreading.
3. By setting up your Church-Discipline with full power, that so it may reach these heresies and blasphemies, which (if any sins) then they doe plainly fall within the Verge of it: If the discipline were fully and generally established, you should not have an heresie or blasphemy, or any erroneous opinion creeping out in any part of the Kingdome, but there would be a timely discovery of it, and likewise a spirituall remedy to recovererring persons, and to prevent their further spreading.
5. By encouraging and heartening the godly, orthodox painful Ministers of the Gospel, in their assertings and vindicatings of the truths of Christ: and in their oppugning of wicked, dangerous and damnable opinions: Not suffering (therefore) to be snibbed, abused, reviled, scorned, slandered, disturbed, hazarded, because they do oppose the adversaries of truth, and those Serpents which do cast out floods amongst us: why should the Shepherd be discouraged, because he keeps off Wolves from the sheep? or any man be checked, because he would quench the flying fire?