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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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There was indeed a Satyr, Printed against these written Proposals, and against the Servants of GOD that made them. Nevertheless, those Followers of the Lamb, remembering the Maxim of, Not Answering, used the Conduct which the University of Helmstadt lately prescribed under ⟨p. 185⟩some Abuses put upon them; Visum est non alio Remedio quam generoso Silentio et pio Contemptu, utendum nobis esse.
There was indeed a Satyr, Printed against these written Proposals, and against the Servants of GOD that made them. Nevertheless, those Followers of the Lamb, remembring the Maxim of, Not Answering, used the Conduct which the University of Helmstadt lately prescribed under ⟨p. 185⟩some Abuses put upon them; Visum est non alio Remedio quam generoso Silentio et pio Contemptu, utendum nobis esse.
§. 7. An Account of the more General Customs used in the Churches of New-England, has been thus Exhibited. But it must be said, they have also such Varieties of lesser Circumstances, that one may with Pleasure say, what Socrates reports about the Various Rites in the Primitive Churches; To reckon them all up, would be Difficult, yea, Impossible.
It is possible, that in some Churches, the Transactions may be managed less Beautifully than we have described; and in others when the Beauty of the Proceeding may be more equal, yet they may a little vary from our Description. However we have kept very near the Matter, and with all possible Veracity.
It is possible, that in some Churches, the Tranfactions may be managed less Beautifully than we have described; and in others when the Beauty of the Proceeding may be more equal, yet they may a little vary from our Description. However we have kept very near the Matter, and with all possible Veracity.