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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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3. That they yoked him with Unbelievers: which was, because they extended Church watch to a Child (or children) of the Church: and yet, for this, he judged his separation lawful, and produced for it 2 Cor. 6. 14, 15, 17. therein (implicitly at least) pronouncing the Church a company of Belialists and Infidels.
4. That they had presented him to the Court] The truth is, one of the Brethren of the Church, had made complaint of him to the Grand-jury, which occasioned his presentment, judging his Freemans oath engaged him so to do, when other due means to reclaim him from his turbulent carriages had been used; and this he makes the Churches fault, because they did not lay that Brother under a censure, for not daring to violate his Oath, and betray his Fidelity to the Civil Authority.
5. That they had dealt injuriously by one of his Brethren, in laying him under Admonition] In justification of which act there needs no account be given here; only, let any judge whither it be a just ground to separate from a Church, because I am not fully of their mind in every act of Administration: and also, it seems a thing not warrantable for a private Member of a Church (in pretence of self-vindication) to vilify and asperse a Church of Christ: if this be humility, what is pride? But yet,
5. That they had dealt injuriously by one of his Brethren, in laying him under Admonition] In justification of which act there needs no account be given here; only, let any judge whither it be a just ground to separate from a Church, because I am not fully of their mind in every act of Administration: and also, it seems a thing not warrantable for a private Member of a Church (in pretence of selfvindication) to vilifie and asperse a Church of Christ: if this be humility, what is pride? But yet,