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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 9
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1. That he was not only a Member of the Church of Billerica, but of the Foundation, and at their gathering was full, free, and forward in owning Infant Baptism to be as Ordinance of Christs Institution: and if he judged himself (that notwithstanding) to have been then a true Christian he ought to have extended more charity (then his after expressions) showed to the Church still remaining of the same persuasion.
1. That he was not only a Member of the Church of Billerica, but of the Foundation, and at their gathering was full, free, and forward in owning Infant Baptisme to be as Ordinance of Christs Institution: and if he judged himself (that notwithstanding) to have been then a true Christian he ought to have extended more charity (then his after expressions) shewed to the Church still remaining of the same perswasion.
2. That he first discovered his receding from that (formerly received) judgement by disorderly carriage at the time of Administration of that Ordinance, and being reproved for it, he confessed he had carried unbecoming any person in any Christian Assembly; which gave satisfaction to the Church.
3. Though, (when about three months after this, he began, and thence continued to leave the meeting at the celebration of Baptism,) he was, at a private Church meeting given to understand that it grieved the Brethren, and that he had receded from his Covenant and was advised solemnly and seriously to consider of it, yet he was not (as the Narrator asserts) laid under Admonition, or prohibited Communion: nor did the Church ever do any such thing in private to any (which he knew) nor did they intend for this, to have debarred him of Communion.