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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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Lastly, consider that things lawful in themselves may be inexpedient; because offensive in their use, and so far unlawful; which offence we chiefly looked at in this act, as appears by our answer.
Lastly, consider that things lawfull in themselves may bee inexpedient; because offensive in their use, and so farre unlawfull; which offence wee chiefly looked at in this act, as appeares by our answer.
Let all these things be laid together and weighed in an equal balance (which we hope our brethren are now at some liberty and leisure to do) and let the consciences of all speak, whether it was not high time, for all the godly in England to take unto them that zeal and courage, which was soon after in our Brethren ⟨p. 62⟩of Scotland, to cast off and wholly abandon the book it self and all the forms of it, and use of the same in every part and piece thereof? At least we hope you will cease to marvel at our timorousness of such a season, how ever we confess, we have sometime been more bold in the dark.
Let all these things bee laid together and weighed in an equall ballance (which wee hope our brethren are now at some libertie and leasure to doe) and let the consciences of all speake, whether it was not high time, for all the godly in England to take unto them that zeale and courage, which was soone after in our Brethren ⟨p. 62⟩of Scotland, to cast off and wholly abandon the book it self and all the formes of it, and use of the same in every part and peece thereof? At least wee hope you will cease to marvell at our timerousnesse of such a season, how ever wee confesse, wee have sometime been more bold in the darke.