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A19884	An apologeticall reply to a booke called an ansvver to the unjust complaint of VV.B. Also an answer to Mr. I.D. touching his report of some passages. His allegation of Scriptures against the baptising of some kind of infants. His protestation about the publishing of his wrightings. By Iohn Davenporte BD.	Davenport, John, 1597-1670.	1636 (1636)	STC 6310; ESTC S119389	275,486	356

AN APOLOGETICALL REPLY To a booke Called AN ANSVVER to the unjust complaint of VV. B. Also an ANSWER to Mr. I. D. TOUCHING His report of some passages His allegation of Scriptures against the baptising of some kind of infants His protestation about the publishing of his wrightings BY IOHN DAVENPORTE BD. Prov. 18.17 He that is first in his owne cause seemeth just but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him Hieron ad Nepot Cave ne aut lingnam aut aures prurientes habeas ne aut ipse alijs detrahas aut alios detrabentes audias Nemo invito auditori libenter refert Discat detractor dum te videt non libenter audire non facile detrahere Horat Epist 16. ad Quint. Mordear opprobrijs falfis mutemque colores Falsus honor juvat et mendax infamia terret Quem nisi mendosum et mendacem AT ROTTERDAM Printed by Isaack van Waesberghe upon the Steygher at the Fame Anno 1636. The Preface to the Reader CHristian Reader 2. Cor. 1.12 Though the testimony of a good conscience is of it selfe a sufficient cause of rejoycing in all the tribulations of this pilgrimage Act. 23.1 1. Pet. 3.16 Act. 24.16 and of confidence in our Apologies against false accusers in which respect Blessed Paul according to the wisdom given unto him did herein excercise himselfe to have alwayes a conscience voyd of offence toward God and toward men yet next to a good conscience every man is bound to provide for his good name it being Eccles 7.1 in Salomons judgment better then precious oyntment which serveth to cheare a mans owne spirits and to make him amiable to others and as any man is of more publick use so it is both more diffused and more apt to be tainted by the shew of any infirmity according to that holy proverbe Eccles 10.1 Dead flies cause the oyntment of the Apothecary to send forth a stincking savour so doeth a litly folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour But the regard of our good name must be excercised upon higher then selfe-respects else it is but vaine glory which flowing from pride falleth into unwarranted contention Gods name must be more deare unto us then our owne and our care must be not so much to shun our owne as his dishonour our esteeme whereof ought in some proportion to answer to his dignity and eminency We see that among men the same reproach which is but a slander of private persons is scandalum magnatum when it reflecteth dishonour upon peeres of a realme and it is crimen lasae Majestatis when it ascendeth to the soveraigne majesty For which cause it is not to be wondred that God hath shewen himselfe so jealous of the honour of his owne name not onely upon the sonnes of Aaron and Eli and those wicked Preists in Israel Mal. 2.5.8.9 but also upon Aaron and Eli themselves and upon Moses and David in whom though he pardoned their sinne yet he passed not by this consequent of it the dishonour of his name without a temporall judgment Iosu 7.9 Psa 8.1 Psal 111.9 Mich 5.4 For his name is a great excelent holy and reverent name it is a name which hath Majesty in it and is as farr above all names as his Majesty is above all creatures Gods honour being principally intended the good of men is not to be neglected that they within the Church be not ashamed or offended nor they without hindred or hardned Luther on Gen. 9. Gen. 9.22 For such is the malignant genius of the Serpents seed that they delight in observing the slipps and falls of Gods servants as swine doe to nuzzle in filth and excrements vvhich evill inclination was so strong in Cham Canaan that it brake the bonds of nature and therefore it is the lesse to be wondred at if Sanballat and Tobiah Nehem. 6.13 to hinder the worke of the Lord in the hands of his servants did seeke matter of an evill report that they might reproach them And as it would not satisfye Hamans malice to lay hands upon Mordecai alone Hest 3.6 but he saught to destroy all the Iewes so these are accustomed for the miscarriage of any one to misjudge the generation of Gods children Which David much feared and earnestly deprecated Psal 69 5.6 saying Let not them that wayte on thee O Lord God of Hoasts be ashamed for my sake Let not those that seeke thee be confounded for my sake O God of Israel And the laying of a stumbling block Rom. 14.13 or an occasion of falling in the way of weake Christians by giving them offence is of no lesse dangerous consequence to him by whom the offence cometh for whom it had bene better that he had bene cast into the sea with a milstone about his neck then it is to him who is scandalized Mat. 18.6 who is wounded and made weake 1. Cor. ● 13 and in danger of being destroyed thereby which caused holy Paul to resolve rather to eate no flesh whilest the world stādeth then thereby to cause his brother to offend And the same thing which maketh the hearts of the righteous sad Ezeck 13.22 usually strengthneth the hands of the wicked that he should not returne from his evill way Thus it falleth out in scandalous reproaches raysed against those that feare God by the worst of men but much more when Israelites thrust their swords into their fellowes sides Exod. 21.22.27 especially when those who are as women with child are spurned hurt and indangered by reproaches to miscarry of some spirituall children of whom they travayle in birth Gal. 4.19 till Christ may be formed in them These considerations may serve to be an Apology to others for this my Reply and for an admonition to my selfe and direction about my wholl carriage in it They who have read the Answer whereunto this Reply is made will testifye on my behalfe that the honour of God and the good of the Church both for maintenance of truths opposed and for vindicating myne owne name and the names of others far more worthy then I from calumny did necessitate the publishing of this Apology It had bene more to the Answerers comfort if he could have as truely pleaded the same necessity as he readily pretended it But 1. how easily might he have prevented it in the cause either by not making an unjust opposition or by yeelding to such aequall meanes of accommodation as were propounded or by propounding other wayes sufficient to salve the sore or by referring the matter to the Church as properly belonging to their cognition or by fairely seeking the advice of the Classis seing he would bring it thither without praepossessing the Dutch preachers with causelesse praejudices and jealousies against men whom they knew not 2. Seing due care was not taken to prevent the kindling of the fire yet how easily might it have bene quenched when the smother of it

Attersol not for promiscuous baptising 161. 27 Balmford Mr. Balmford defended 93. 34 Baptising Examples against promiscuous Baptising 32. 1 Arguments for promiscuous Baptising answered 118. 31 Scriptures for promiscuous Baptising answered 121. 31 The question cōcerning promiscuous Baptising stated 132. 5 Things premised about promiscuous Baptising 132. 22 Fower grounds against promiscuous Baptising 133. 25 The opinion of learned Writers concerning promiscuous Baptising 134. 1 The ends and uses of baptisme against promiscuous Baptising 140. 21. Promiscuous Baptising offensive 143. 19. Promiscuous Baptising amoung the Reformed a building of things destroyed 145. 21 Promiscuous Baptising against Godly custome 153. 9 Promiscuous Baptising not maintayned by them that seeme to favour it 156. 23 Pretences for promiscuous Baptising answered 163. 8 Promiscuous Baptising not an order of the Dutch Churches but a disorder crept in 175. 15 Confessions and Cannons of the Dutch Churches against promiscuous Baptising 175. 22 Custome about baptising such as that it may justly be called promiscuous Baptising 300. 34 Baptisme Baptisme is an ordinance belonging to the Church 312. 1 Basil Basil for peace sake remooves his dwelling 16. 31 Beza Beza not for promiscuous baptising 158. 19 Beza his opiniō of Synods 228. 11 Beza his carriage when Erastus his booke was published after the authors death 323. 27 Brownists Nearnesse to or distāce from the Brownists but a false rule to trie truth or errour by 10. 2 Brownists errours 280. 35 Burthen What a Burthen is 52. 36 The Burthen of the Complaynants being deprived of those whom they desired grievous by the concurrence of many respects 53. 6 Certainty Humaine Certainty stādeth with a contingency of future events 28. 10. Choosing Power of Choosing Ministers in the whole church 36. 24 the termes explicated 36. 30 the position layd downe as the Affrican Synod Professours of Leyden hold it 37. 8 Proofe of the position reduced to 3 heads 37. 23 Argumēt from the Scriptures 37. 25. Argument from consent of times 40 6. Argument from the evidence of reason 43. 10 Power of Choosing the Church cannot give from her 46. 12 Choyce In Choyce of Ministers there is in cases a necessary use of the combination of Churches 230. 33. Church In what sense Church is taken 36. 33. Church is deprived of her power two wayes 47. 35 Power to governe granted to the Church by witnesses in all ages 237. 21 The order of the Church of Franckford for the power of the Church 243. 13 What authority the Church hath about lawes 258. 10 Classis What the Classis requireth of Ministers which are to be ordained 68. 36 Two things blame worthie in the Classis 9. 12 The Classis repaired unto about the Replyers settling without his consent approbation 185. 34. The proceeding of the Classis after the Replyer had refused his call 193. 1 The Classis assume in some particulars more power then the the Prelates 223. 25 What power is due to Classis over particular Churches by vertue of combination 227. 19 The object of Classicall combinations of Churches 228. 7 Classis power borrowed derived from particular Churches 229. 3. Classis power not a prerogative of jurisdiction but of estimation 229. 27 Classis power not to deprive particular Churches of their power but to strengthen them in the exercise thereof 230. 10 Wherein the Classis power is undue and usurped 231. 26 The undue power of the Classis in making lawes 252. 26 Concerning resting in the determinations of the Classis 271. 14 Classis require more power then the Apostles when they required the Replyer to baptise those which were not members of the Church 287. 10 The Church of Antioch warranteth not the Classis 290. 32 Collection Concerning a Collection which the Answerer calls a recōpense of the Replyers labours 284. 2 Combination What kind of Combinatiō is lawfull among Churches 226. 11 The reasons of the lawfullnesse of Combinations 227. 3 Combinations of Churches in some cases expedient and necessary 230. 30 The Answerers Comforts are the Replyers also 34. 26 Complaynants Complaynants complaints no evill weedes 17. 31 Complaynants vindicated and the Answerer refuted 18. 6 Complaynants defended about their not advising with the Replyer 29. 1 Complaynants cleared of oppositiō unto the worthie servants of God 67. 24 Complaynants vindicated from slaunder in 8 particulars where in charged by the Answerer 88. 28. Complaynants assertions found true notwithstanding the answeres of the Answerer 209. 9 213. 26. Complaint What a Complaint is 3. 24 Complaints not unjust in themselves 3. 28 Fower things required unto an unjust Complaint 3. 29 Complaints of weake ones not to be sleighted 5. 23 Complaints of the Complaynāts unjustly called unjust 4. 10 Conference Conference betweene the Answerer and the Replyer defectively reported 117. 3 Confession Threefold Confession with the observations upon it in the protestation reviewed 18. 17 Contention Contention twofold good and bad 17. 36 Crispe Ia. Crispe vindicated from preaching wherewith the Ansvverer chargeth him 285. 17 Customes Of Customes the evillnesse of them and unlawfullnesse of building any practise upon them 30. 32 Good Customes should not lightly be broken 151. 25 Good Customes of a divers nature 152. 1 Denomination Denomination may follow the better part not the greater 21. 24 Difference Differences in opinion must in cases be borne with 58. 11 In cases of Difference there is necessary use of combination of Churches 231. 16 Elders Vsefullnesse and honnour of Elders 207. 31 Elders cleared from the charge of the Answerer about depriving the Church of her right 49. 15. Elders cleared from partiality 210. 34. Errour Errour ariseth frō the perversenesse of passions 63. 11 Errour in men one cause of harsh censuring of others 63. 29 Examples Examples in disquisition of truth not to be rested on 32. 8 Excommunication In Excommunication there may be good use of the combination of Churches 231. 8. Father What a Fathers duety is towards his children 20. 7 Fenner Mr. Fenners judgment about the power by which the Church should be governed 238. 25 against the Answerer 239. 29 Fleeing Fleeing justified by examples 104. 2. Fleeing not fearing them that can kill and not fainting may stand together 104. 23 Fleeing is sometimes a confessing to the truth 105. 14 Fleeing or a voluntary banishment is in some cases worse then some imprisonment 105. 13 Forbes Mr. Forbes defended 85. 32 commended 87. 30 Generall Generall good to be preferred 12. 32. Hooker Mr. Hooker defended 68. 25 Mr. Hooker not the cause of disturbance but the Answerer 116. 19. Mr. Hooker cleared frō Scisme 246. 1. Iacob Mr. Iacobs judgment about Classis and Synods for substance the same with Beza and Calvin 236. 4. Intentions It is lawfull to judge of mens Intentions 234. 1 Law Three things required to the making of a Law 256. 14 Lawes and orders differ 257. 30 Learned Learned mens judgements not sufficient to justify any thing or condemne it unlesse their grounds be found sufficiēt