A iustification of separation from the Church of England Against Mr Richard Bernard his invective, intituled; The separatists schisme. By Iohn Robinson.
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A iustification of separation from the Church of England Against Mr Richard Bernard his invective, intituled; The separatists schisme. By Iohn Robinson.
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Robinson, John, 1575?-1625.
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[Amsterdam :: G. Thorp],
Anno D. 1610.
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Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. -- Christian advertisements and counsels of peace -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Church of England -- Controversial literature.
Brownists -- Early works to 1800.
Congregationalism -- Early works to 1800.
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"A iustification of separation from the Church of England Against Mr Richard Bernard his invective, intituled; The separatists schisme. By Iohn Robinson." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A10835.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
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Lastly you ask whither Christs kingdome be not spirituall, and invisiblealso? Iob: 18. 33. and 10. 16.
No man will deny it (though the places you alledge do not so necessary prove it). But as Christs kingdome is spirituall and invi∣sible also, so is it spirituall and visible also. The † man which hath receaved the spirit, is spirituall, and not the soule onely. So externall things may be spirituall & are in their relatō & vse and you erre, if you think otherwise. The word, sacraments, & other ordināces of the Church are spiritual, yea all the “ sacrifices, of the faithfull are spirituall, & more specially, as the Lord Iesus is the Preist both of the soul & body & † hath payed a price for both, so is he also the King both of soule & body and swayes the scepter of his kingdome not onely internally by his spirit in the soule, but
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externally, and visibly also by this word in the outward man, guy∣ding the same by his lawfull officers depu••ed there vnto.
But what is the cause why Mr B. should move this question?
Is it not for that himselfe and his Church not having Christ to rule over them by his lawes but other kings and Lords by theyr canōs, he would insinuate that Christ exerciseth none external re∣giment over his Church, nor is the King over the bodyes of his subiects at all, thus rather labouring to abolish that part of Christs Kingdō then to submit to it. But as our principall care at all times must be to have the throne of our L. Iesus erected in our harts, that he may reigne there, so, that we may give him his owne entyre, & that which he hath so dearly bought, we must rank our bodyes al∣so vnder the regiment he hath established for the well ordering & preservation of his kingdom forever both in soule & body, & not like Nichodemites, or Familists presume to submit the outward man we care not to whome, or what.