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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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Reply. When a reason is demanded of your judgement, why you debar approved Christians from the seals, and we dislike it, you should put this note upon them, as if against light they refused orderly to subject themselves to the Gospel of Christ. What warrant you have thus to censure, what use of this manner of dispute, we leave it to your godly wisdom to judge.
Reply. When a reason is demanded of your judgement, why you debarre approved Christians from the seales, and we dislike it, you should put this note upon them, as if against light they refused orderly to subject themselves to the Gospell of Christ. What warrant you have thus to censure, what use of this manner of dispute, we leave it to your godly wisedome to judge.
Answ. We are heartily sorry that this reverend man of God, out of a mere and palpable mistake of the conclusion of the dispute, should ⟨p. 154⟩run out to condemn us for so much censoriousness of others without cause, whether our manner of dispute be here so without use, we leave to the judicious reader to judge. And that we are far from such censures of godly approved Christians amongst us, we can approve our selves to God, and the consciences of many that live amongst us; we do not say that all who do not join with us, do refuse against light, yet we find it true too oft, that forward professors in England here discover evidently an heart refusing against light to submit to Gods ordinances, and therefore we had cause to say, it were unreasonable such should have equal liberty with others.
Answ. Wee are heartily sorry that this reverend man of God, out of a meere and palpable mistake of the conclusion of the dispute, should ⟨p. 154⟩runne out to condemne us for so much censoriousnesse of others without cause, whether our manner of dispute bee here so without use, wee leave to the judicious reader to judge. And that wee are far from such censures of godly approved Christians amongst us, wee can approve our selves to God, and the consciences of many that live amongst us; wee doe not say that all who doe not joyne with us, doe refuse against light, yet wee finde it true too oft, that forward professors in England here discover evidently an heart refusing against light to submit to Gods ordinances, and therefore wee had cause to say, it were unreasonable such should have equall liberty with others.