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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 8
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SECT. VIII.
2. Their great sufferings in their Name; and (it should seem) there are many terms of Reproach cast upon them: pardon them then if they are very tender of their Reputation. Only they should have gone orderly to work, first to have got a good name, and then to have kept it by walking worthy of it. Here we have a file of scandalous things laid to their charge) they might have done well to have told us where and by whom, that we might have compared them, but (I see) we must do what we can, and consider what is charged, and how justly, and whither they are wipe I away in their defence. These are no fewer then eight: let us examine them.
2. Their great sufferings in their Name; and (it should seem) there are many terms of Reproach cast upon them: pardon them then if they are very tender of their Reputation. Only they should have gone orderly to work, first to have got a good name, and then to have kept it by walking worthy of it. Here we have a file of scandalous things laid to their charge) they might have done well to have told us where and by whom, that we might have compared them, but (I see) we must do what we can, and consider what is charged, and how justly, and whither they are wipe I away in their defense. These are no fewer then eight: let us examine them.
1. They are a Schismatical company who have rent themselves from the Churches of Christ, and received into their society such as have disorderly left the Churches.)