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A34675 A defence of Mr. John Cotton from the imputation of selfe contradiction, charged on him by Mr. Dan. Cavvdrey written by himselfe not long before his death ; whereunto is prefixed, an answer to a late treatise of the said Mr. Cavvdrey about the nature of schisme, by John Owen ... Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Owen, John, 1616-1683. Of schisme. 1658 (1658) Wing C6427; ESTC R2830 62,631 184

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own_o and_o allow_v p._n 44._o sure_a not_o without_o equivocation_n i_o have_v before_o own_v this_o caution_n as_o consistent_a with_o my_o present_a judgement_n as_o express_v in_o my_o book_n of_o schism_n and_o as_o it_o be_v indeed_o wherein_o lie_v the_o appearance_n of_o contradiction_n i_o be_o not_o able_a to_o discern_v do_v not_o i_o in_o my_o book_n of_o schism_n declare_v and_o prove_v that_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o cut_v themselves_o from_o the_o communion_n of_o the_o church_n that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o rent_v the_o body_n of_o christ_n that_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o break_v the_o sacred_a bond_n of_o charity_n be_v there_o any_o word_n or_o tittle_n in_o the_o whole_a discourse_n deviate_a from_o these_o principle_n how_o and_o in_o what_o sense_n separation_n be_v not_o schism_n that_o the_o nature_n of_o schism_n do_v not_o consist_v in_o a_o breach_n of_o charity_n the_o treatise_n instance_v will_v so_o far_o declare_v as_o withal_o to_o convince_v those_o that_o shall_v consider_v what_o be_v speak_v that_o our_o author_n scarce_o keep_v close_a either_o to_o truth_n or_o charity_n in_o his_o frame_n of_o this_o contradiction_n the_o close_a of_o the_o scheme_n lie_v thus_o i_o conceive_v they_o ought_v not_o at_o all_o to_o be_v allow_v the_o benefit_n of_o private_a meeting_n who_o wilful_o abstaike_fw-mi from_o the_o public_a congregation_n as_o for_o liberty_n to_o be_v allow_v to_o those_o that_o meet_v in_o private_a i_o confess_v myself_n to_o be_v otherwise_o mind_v i_o remember_v that_o about_o 15_o year_n ago_o meet_v occasional_o with_o a_o learned_a friend_n we_o fall_v into_o some_o debate_n about_o the_o liberty_n that_o begin_v then_o to_o be_v claim_v by_o man_n differ_v from_o what_o have_v be_v and_o what_o be_v then_o likely_a to_o be_v establish_v have_v at_o that_o time_n make_v no_o far_a enquiry_n into_o the_o ground_n and_o reason_n of_o such_o liberty_n than_o what_o have_v occur_v to_o i_o in_o the_o writing_n of_o the_o remonstrant_n all_o who_o plea_n be_v still_o point_v towards_o the_o advantage_n of_o their_o own_o interest_n i_o deliver_v my_o judgement_n in_o opposition_n to_o the_o liberty_n plead_v for_o which_o be_v then_o defend_v by_o my_o learned_a friend_n not_o many_o year_n after_o discourse_v the_o same_o difference_n with_o the_o same_o person_n we_o find_v immediate_o that_o we_o have_v change_v station_n i_o plead_v for_o a_o indulgence_n of_o liberty_n he_o for_o restraint_n whether_o that_o learned_a and_o worthy_a person_n be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n still_o that_o then_o he_o be_v or_o no_o direct_o i_o know_v not_o but_o this_o i_o know_v that_o if_o he_o be_v not_o consider_v the_o compass_n of_o circumstance_n that_o must_v be_v take_v in_o to_o settle_v a_o right_a judgement_n in_o this_o case_n of_o liberty_n and_o what_o alteration_n influence_v the_o determination_n of_o this_o case_n we_o have_v have_v of_o late_a in_o this_o nation_n he_o will_v not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o own_o his_o change_n be_v a_o person_n who_o despise_v any_o reputation_n but_o what_o arise_v from_o the_o embrace_v and_o pursuit_n of_o truth_n my_o change_n i_o here_o own_o my_o judgement_n be_v not_o the_o same_o in_o this_o particular_a as_o it_o be_v 14_o year_n ago_o j_o and_o in_o my_o change_n i_o have_v good_a company_n who_o i_o need_v not_o to_o name_v i_o shall_v only_o say_v my_o change_n be_v at_o least_o 12_o year_n before_o the_o petition_n and_o advice_n wherein_o the_o parliament_n of_o the_o three_o nation_n be_v come_v up_o to_o my_o judgement_n and_o if_o mr_n cawdrey_n have_v any_o thing_n to_o object_n to_o my_o present_a judgement_n let_v he_o at_o his_o next_o leisure_n consider_v the_o treatise_n that_o i_o write_v in_o the_o year_n 1648_o about_o toleration_n where_o he_o will_v find_v the_o whole_a of_o it_o express_v i_o suppose_v he_o will_v be_v do_v and_o that_o i_o may_v almost_o say_v of_o he_o as_o polycteutus_n do_v of_o speusipus_n {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o and_o now_o christian_a reader_n i_o leave_v it_o to_o thy_o judgement_n whether_o our_o author_n have_v any_o just_a cause_n of_o all_o his_o outcry_n of_o my_o inconstancy_n and_o self-contradiction_n and_o whether_o it_o have_v not_o be_v advisable_a for_o he_o to_o have_v pass_v by_o this_o seem_a advantage_n of_o the_o design_n he_o profess_v to_o manage_v rather_o than_o to_o have_v injure_v his_o own_o conscience_n and_o reputation_n to_o so_o little_a purpose_n be_v sufficient_o tire_v with_o the_o consideration_n of_o thing_n of_o no_o relation_n to_o the_o cause_n at_o first_o propose_v but_o this_o say_v he_o this_o the_o independent_n this_o the_o brownist_n and_o anabaptist_n etc._n etc._n i_o shall_v now_o only_o inquire_v after_o that_o which_o be_v set_v up_o in_o opposition_n to_o any_o of_o the_o principle_n of_o my_o treatise_n of_o schism_n before_o mention_v or_o any_o of_o the_o proposition_n of_o the_o syllogism_n wherein_o they_o be_v comprise_v at_o the_o beginning_n of_o this_o discourse_n remark_n in_o our_o way_n some_o such_o particular_a passage_n as_o it_o will_v not_o be_v to_o the_o disadvantage_n of_o our_o reverend_a author_n to_o be_v remind_a of_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o thing_n inquire_v after_o in_o the_o three_o chapter_n i_o find_v no_o mention_n at_o all_o only_o he_o tell_v i_o by_o the_o way_n that_o the_o doctor_n assertion_n that_o my_o book_n about_o schism_n be_v one_o great_a schism_n be_v not_o non_fw-la sense_n but_o usual_a rhetoric_n wherein_o profligate_a sinner_n may_v be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o sin_n and_o therefore_o a_o book_n about_o schism_n may_v be_v call_v a_o schism_n i_o wish_v our_o author_n have_v find_v some_o other_o way_n of_o excuse_v his_o doctor_n then_o by_o make_v it_o worse_a himself_o in_o the_o four_o chapter_n he_o come_v to_o the_o business_n itself_o and_o if_o in_o pass_v through_o that_o with_o the_o rest_n that_o follow_v i_o can_v fix_v on_o any_o thing_n rise_v up_o with_o any_o pretence_n of_o opposition_n to_o what_o i_o have_v lay_v down_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v omit_v for_o thing_n by_o myself_o assert_v or_o acknowledge_v on_o all_o hand_n or_o former_o ventilate_v to_o the_o utmost_a i_o shall_v not_o again_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o they_o such_o be_v the_o position_n about_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o schism_n in_o thing_n natural_a and_o political_a antecedent_o consider_v to_o the_o limitation_n and_o restriction_n of_o it_o to_o its_o ecclesiastical_a use_n the_o departure_n from_o church_n voluntary_a or_o compel_v etc._o etc._o all_o which_o be_v state_v in_o my_o first_o treatise_n and_o be_v not_o direct_o oppose_v by_o our_o author_n such_o also_o be_v that_o doughty_a controversy_n he_o be_v please_v to_o raise_v and_o pursue_v about_o the_o seat_n and_o subject_n of_o schism_n with_o its_o restriction_n to_o the_o institute_a worship_n of_o god_n pag._n 18._o 19_o so_o place_v by_o i_o to_o distinguish_v the_o schism_n whereof_o we_o speak_v from_o that_o which_o be_v natural_a as_o also_o from_o such_o difference_n and_o breach_n as_o may_v fall_v out_o among_o man_n few_o or_o more_o upon_o civil_a and_o rational_a account_n all_o which_o i_o exclude_v from_o the_o enjoyment_n of_o any_o room_n or_o place_n in_o our_o consideration_n of_o the_o true_a nature_n of_o schism_n in_o its_o limit_v ecclesiastical_a sense_n the_o like_a also_o may_v be_v affirm_v concerning_o the_o ensue_a strife_n of_o word_n about_o separation_n and_o schism_n as_o though_o they_o be_v in_o my_o apprehension_n of_o they_o inconsistent_a which_o be_v a_o fancy_n no_o better_o ground_v than_o sundry_a other_o which_o our_o reverend_a author_n be_v please_v to_o make_v use_n of_o his_o whole_a passage_n also_o receive_v no_o other_o security_n than_o what_o be_v afford_v to_o it_o by_o turn_v my_o universal_a proposition_n into_o a_o particular_a what_o i_o say_v of_o all_o place_n in_o the_o scripture_n where_o the_o name_n or_o thing_n of_o schism_n be_v use_v in_o a_o ecclesiastical_a sense_n as_o relate_v to_o a_o gospel_n church_n he_o will_v restraint_n to_o that_o one_o place_n of_o the_o corinth_n where_o alone_o the_o word_n be_v use_v in_o that_o sense_n however_o if_o that_o one_o place_n be_v all_o my_o proposition_n be_v universal_a take_v then_o my_o proposition_n in_o its_o extent_n and_o latitude_n and_o let_v he_o try_v once_o more_o if_o he_o please_v what_o he_o have_v to_o object_n to_o it_o for_o as_o yet_o i_o find_v no_o instance_n produce_v to_o alleviate_v its_o truth_n he_o much_o also_o insist_v that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o separation_n in_o a_o church_n where_o there_o be_v no_o separation_n from_o a_o church_n and_o say_v this_o be_v at_o first_o by_o
the_o order_n of_o church_n affair_n which_o may_v be_v call_v {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o or_o potestas_fw-la a_o power_n which_o many_o time_n in_o common_a speech_n go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o rule_n or_o authority_n but_o in_o proper_a speech_n it_o be_v indeed_o a_o privilege_n or_o liberty_n a_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o {non-roman}_o or_o power_n rather_o than_o authority_n it_o be_v a_o common_a speech_n usual_a among_o our_o best_a divine_n that_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v mix_v of_o a_o monarchy_n a_o aristocracy_n and_o a_o democracy_n in_o regard_n of_o christ_n the_o head_n the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n be_v sovereign_a and_o monarchical_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o rule_n by_o the_o presbytery_n it_o be_v stewardly_a and_o aristocratical_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o people_n power_n in_o election_n and_o censure_n it_o be_v democratical_a chap._n 3._o touch_v the_o six_o contradiction_n the_o six_o contradiction_n be_v thus_o present_v 6._o examination_n be_v one_o of_o the_o high_a act_n of_o rule_n and_o therefore_o can_v be_v perform_v but_o by_o some_o ruler_n key_n pag._n 16._o the_o church_n can_v excommunicate_v the_o whole_a presbytery_n because_o they_o have_v not_o receive_v from_o christ_n a_o office_n of_o rule_n without_o their_o officer_n ibid._n no_o act_n of_o the_o people_n power_n do_v proper_o bind_v unless_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o presbytery_n join_v with_o it_o ibid._n pag._n 36._o 6._o if_o all_o their_o officer_n be_v find_v culpable_a either_o in_o heretical_a doctrine_n or_o in_o scandalous_a crime_n the_o church_n have_v lawful_a authority_n to_o proceed_v against_o they_o all_o the_o way_n pag._n 45._o in_o case_n of_o offence_n give_v by_o a_o elder_n or_o the_o whole_a eldership_n together_o the_o church_n have_v authority_n to_o require_v satisfaction_n and_o if_o they_o give_v it_o not_o to_o proceed_v to_o 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