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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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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.)
Ans. This charge (in terms) was never made against them by us, and so, part of their vindication is superfluous; for we never said all of them rent from these Churches: some were strangers to us till their turbulency made them too well known and others were never joined to other Churches, but had lived without Communion. But that they are a society of schismatics, (if Schism be an unjust renting from a Church of Christ) we assert. Three things they (in words) grant. 1. That our Churches are Churches of Christ (page 14.) 2. That some of them were once Members of them (page 4.) 3. That some of theirs did depart from these Churches and join in this new combination (page 5.) now to prove them hence, a company of Schismatics: Observe,
Ans. This charge (in termes) was never made against them by us, and so, part of their vindication is superfluous; for we never said all of them rent from these Churches: some were strangers to us till their trubulency made them too well known and others were never joyned to other Churches, but had lived without Communion. But that they are a society of schismaticks, (if Schisme be an unjust renting from a Church of Christ) we assert. Three things they (in words) grant. 1. That our Churches are Churches of Christ (page 14.) 2. That some of them were once Members of them (page 4.) 3. That some of theirs did depart from these Churches and joyn in this new combination (page 5.) now to prove them hence, a company of Schismaticks: Observe,
1. That whosoever combine with, and encourage Schismatics, have fellowship with them in their sin.