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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 5
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And now we have a Church gathered of such excellent materials, and in so regular a way; what reception is it they find in New-England? one would think that such a Church, and in such a place. should have been highly esteemed, strenuously defended by the civil Magistrate, and imitated by all the Churches, who came into the Wilderness on very purpose to serve God in his own way, but unhappily missed of it, till the Anabaptists found it out, but lo! they meet the quite contrary; they are assailed with troubles and afflictions: ⟨p. 9⟩and from whom? certainly a vile Generation; but it must be born, they […] not the first sufferers for the truth (nor for falsehood neither) it […] always befallen those whom God hath singled out from others to bear […] to the truth] true, the World ever persecuted the Church: […] have not the People of God also had their zeal to maintain the […] of God, and counted it their duty to use means to suppress […] as upon what pretence soever, sought to pervert them? and if […] have proved his People with Anabaptists (as he is wont to do his […] with Seducers) who shall blame them that have shown their […] to God, in endeavouring to stop their progress? and thus the […] sufferings of these men will be a poor Argument to prove them […] servants of Christ, though men may be sufferers, yet they are not presently Martyrs: Causa, non passio, facit Martyrem.
And now we have a Church gathered of such excellent materials, and in so regular a way; what reception is it they finde in New-England? one would think that such a Church, and in such a place. should have been highly esteemed, strenuously defended by the civil Magistrate, and imitated by all the Churches, who came into the Wilderness on very purpose to serve God in his own way, but unhappily missed of it, till the Anabaptists found it out, but lo! they meet the quite contrary; they are assailed with troubles and afflictions: ⟨p. 9⟩and from whom? certainly a vile Generation; but it must be born, they 〈…〉 not the first sufferers for the truth (nor for falshood neither) it alwayes befallen those whom God hath singled out from others to bear to the truth] true, the World ever persecuted the Church: have not the People of God also had their zeal to maintain the of God, and counted it their duty to use means to suppress as upon what pretence soever, sought to pervert them? and if have proved his People with Anabaptists (as he is wont to do his with Seducers) who shall blame them that have shown their to God, in endeavouring to stop their progress? and thus the sufferings of these men will be a poor Argument to prove them servants of Christ, though men may be sufferers, yet they are not presently Martyrs: Causa, non passio, facit Martyrem.