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A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible…A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible…
A treatise of liturgies, power of the keys, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shepherd, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-College in Cambridge, and late pastor of Cambridge in New-England.A treatise of liturgies, power of the keyes, and of matter of the visible church. In answer to the reverend servant of Christ, Mr. John Ball. By Thomas Shephard, sometimes fellow of Emanuel-Colledge in Cambridge, and late pastour of Cambridge in New-England.
London: printed by E. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1652
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Fourthly, suppose some of them were not called of God, being not lineally descended of that tribe, yet those things wherein the faithful, Christ and his Apostles, and others did communicate with them, were necessarily commanded of God, viz. sacrifices, offerings, &c. in the Temple, which seal of God we see not stamped upon this Liturgy in question, to make it currant. And thus Peter Martyr answereth in the like case, that though1 there were many pernicious doctrines taught by Scribes, Pharisees and wicked Priests, yet sacrificandi ritus, &c. the rites of sacrificing were not changed; for the same oblations were offered, which the Law commanded, and therefore the Saints might use them, having the word of God conjoined with them.
Fourthly, suppose some of them were not called of God, being not lineally descended of that tribe, yet those things wherein the faithfull, Christ and his Apostles, and others did communicate with them, were necessarily commanded of God, viz. sacrifices, offerings, &c. in the Temple, which seale of God we see not stamped upon this Liturgy in question, to make it currant. And thus Peter Martyr answereth in the like case, that though1 there were many pernicious doctrines taught by Scribes, Pharisees and wicked Priests, yet sacrificandi ritus, &c. the rites of sacrificing were not changed; for the same oblations were offered, which the Law commanded, and therefore the Saints might use them, having the word of God conjoyned with them.
- 1Pe•. Mart. Com. L•c de Idol in praec. l. 1.
Fifthly, what you grant concerning Christ his warning his ⟨p. 49⟩Disciples to take heed of the leaven of the Scribes and Pharisees, no doubt he did the like, concerning the corruptions of the Priests in their administrations of Gods ordinances, and we doubt not, but you will acknowledge that the Prophets and Apostles