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Ne suitor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrativeNe sutor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative
Ne suitor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative; wherein the notorious mistakes and falsehoods by them published, are detected. / By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]Ne sutor ultra crepidam. Or Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative; wherein the notorious mistakes and falshoods by them published, are detected. / By Samuel Willard teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Eight lines of Scripture texts]
printed by S. Green, 1681
Brief Animadversions Upon the New England Anabaptists late Narrativ… › Section 3
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1. Our practises are contrary to the Principles and practises of our […] of the Congregational way in England, which do equally plead for the liberties of the Anabaptists as their own] But let them not be angry if we are hard to believe that those of the Congregational way in England, do judge such Anabaptists as these in New-Engl. to be as Orthodox as themselves, and deserve like countenance and favour; or that Magistrates and Churches are no ways bound to labour (according to the power given them) to suppress Errors scandalously persisted in, or to manifest a practical dislike of them: is not this to scandalize the congregational Churches there, that they may better accuse them here?
1. Our practises are contrary to the Principles and practises of our 〈…〉 of the Congregational way in England, which do equally plead for the liberties of the Anabaptists as their own] But let them not be angry if we are hard to believe that those of the Congregational way in England, do judge such Anabaptists as these in New-Engl. to be as Orthodox as themselves, and deserve like countenance and favour; or that Magistrates and Churches are no wayes bound to labour (according to the power given them) to suppress Errors scandalously persisted in, or to manifest a practical dislike of them: is not this to scandalize the congregational Churches there, that they may better accuse them here?
2. Our practises are contrary to the design of our first Planters, who left all for liberty of Conscience, and we are the Children of those that felt the lash of Imposition, and yet will show to others the like severity.] I perceive they are mistaken in the design of our first Planters, whose business was not Toleration; but were professed Enemies of it, and could leave the World professing they died no • Libertines. Their business was to settle, and (as much as in them lay) secure Religion to Posterity, according to that way which they believed was of God. If (therefore) this People parted with so much and were at such charges for their liberties why then do the Anabaptists trouble them, who had neither scot nor lot in that charge? let them go and do the like, and we shall not so molest their Churches, as they have shamefully done by ours.