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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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Answ. It cannot but grieve us to see how the Replyer still not content to take all things in the harshest sense, but will also wind in other matters into his discourse, which may make our practise seem far more rigid then it is. First, he urges us as if we brought all cases of remove and the occasions thereof, as marriages, ⟨p. 181⟩&c. to the counsel of the whole Church. Secondly, he would by consequence infer the like of occasional absence, and now he weaves in that also, as if it were practised by us to require men to acquaint the Church with the place whither they go, and the occasions of their occasional absence, which is far from us.
Answ. It cannot but grieve us to see how the Replyer still not content to take all things in the harshest sense, but will also winde in other matters into his discourse, which may make our practise seeme farre more rigid then it is. First, hee urges us as if wee brought all cases of remove and the occasions thereof, as marriages, ⟨p. 181⟩&c. to the counsell of the whole Church. Secondly, hee would by consequence inferre the like of occasionall absence, and now hee weaves in that also, as if it were practised by us to require men to acquaint the Church with the place whither they goe, and the occasions of their occasionall absence, which is farre from us.
Reply. And if such business must be determined on the Lords Day, &c.
Reply. And if such businesse must bee determined on the Lords Day, &c.
Answ. We deny not but the best Churches through weakness and temptation may spend too much time in the most necessary administrations of censures or other affairs: but to possess the world with such fears upon so little ground may argue the authors charity concerning our wisdom and christian care of the Sabbath was not very great.