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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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CHAP. XIII.
Thus far we have answered to the Reply made to the considerations in our answer to the 3. and 4. positions. Now whereas we took notice of three objections against our first consideration, and answered the same: It pleaseth the learned author to take up only two of them, and with much enlargement to urge the same as his reasons against the positions, and to apply our answers thereunto; by which means our answers to the objections briefly set down may seem not so apt and full here as they would appear in their proper places: and therefore it will be needful for us to enlarge our selves somewhat in answering some passages at least in the reasons as they are here propounded, before we come to the Reply.
THus farre wee have answered to the Reply made to the considerations in our answer to the 3. and 4. positions. Now whereas wee tooke notice of three objections against our first consideration, and answered the same: It pleaseth the learned authour to take up onely two of them, and with much inlargement to urge the same as his reasons against the positions, and to apply our answers thereunto; by which meanes our answers to the objections briefly set downe may seeme not so apt and full here as they would appeare in their proper places: and therefore it will bee needfull for us to inlarge our selves somewhat in answering some passages at least in the reasons as they are here propounded, before we come to the Reply.
Reply. Reason. 1. That sacred order God hath set in his visible Church, &c.