The works of ..vindicating the church of England, as truly christian, and duly reformed: in eight books of ecclesiastical polityNow compleated, as with the sixth and eighth, so with the seventh, (touching episcopacy, as the primitive, catholick and apostolick government of the church) out of his own manuscripts, never before publishedWith an account of his holy life, and happy death . ndwhat weobjeS one againflanother , the fame they ufe to the utter fcorn and difgrace of us all. This wehave gained by our mutuall home-dijfentions. This we are worthily rewardedwith, which are more forward to fl
The works of ..vindicating the church of England, as truly christian, and duly reformed: in eight books of ecclesiastical polityNow compleated, as with the sixth and eighth, so with the seventh, (touching episcopacy, as the primitive, catholick and apostolick government of the church) out of his own manuscripts, never before publishedWith an account of his holy life, and happy death . ndwhat weobjeS one againflanother , the fame they ufe to the utter fcorn and difgrace of us all. This wehave gained by our mutuall home-dijfentions. This we are worthily rewardedwith, which are more forward to flrive , But our truft in the Almighty is, that with us contentionsare at now at the highefl: flote, and that the day will come (^for whatcaufeof defpaireisthere?^ whenthe paffions of former enmity beingallayed, wc (hall with ten times redoubled tokens of our unfained recon-ciled love, ftiewourfelves each towards other the fame, which Jofepband the brethren of Jojeph were at the time of their enter-view in comfortableexpedation and moft thirfty defire whereof what manfoever amongfl: you (hall any way help to fatif(ie , (as we truely hopethere is no one amongft you but fome way or other wilO the blefnngs ofthe Gcd of Peace both in this World and in the World to come,be uponhim more then the ftarsof the Firmament in What things are handled in the Books Following. j T He firft Boo^ , concerning Lavos in QeneraL The fccond, Of the ufe of Diyine Law contained inScripture, l»hether that be the oriely Law Mphich oughtto ferve for our direBion in all things mthout * J he third , Of LaT»s concerning Ecclefiaflkal Tolity:rphether the forme thereof be in Scripture fo fet dori>n,, that no addition or change is lawful. The fourth , Of general exceptions ta{en againjl theLa^s of our Tolity,as being Topifh andbanijhed out ofcertain Reformed Churches. The fifth, Of Qur Lai»s that cmcern the publique re Itgious dut
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