A blow at the serpent; or a gentle answer from Madiston prison to appease wrath advancing it self against truth and peace at Rochester. Together with the work of four daies disputes, in the Cathedral of Rochester, in the Countie of Kent, betweene several ministers, and Richard Coppin, preacher there, to whom very many people frequentlie came to hear, and much rejoyced at the way of truth and peace he preached, at the same whereof the ministers in those parts began to ring in their pulpits, saying, this man blasphemeth, ... Whereupon arose the disputes, at which were some magistrates, some officers, and souldiers, peaceable and well-minded, and very many people from all parts adjacent, before whom the truth was confirm'd and maintained. The whole matter written by the hearers, on both sides. Published for the confirmation and comfort of all such as receive the truth in the love of it. By Richard Coppin, now in Maidston Prison for the witness of Jesus. Twenty five articles since brought against him by the ministers, as blasphemie, and his answers to them, how he was

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A blow at the serpent; or a gentle answer from Madiston prison to appease wrath advancing it self against truth and peace at Rochester. Together with the work of four daies disputes, in the Cathedral of Rochester, in the Countie of Kent, betweene several ministers, and Richard Coppin, preacher there, to whom very many people frequentlie came to hear, and much rejoyced at the way of truth and peace he preached, at the same whereof the ministers in those parts began to ring in their pulpits, saying, this man blasphemeth, ... Whereupon arose the disputes, at which were some magistrates, some officers, and souldiers, peaceable and well-minded, and very many people from all parts adjacent, before whom the truth was confirm'd and maintained. The whole matter written by the hearers, on both sides. Published for the confirmation and comfort of all such as receive the truth in the love of it. By Richard Coppin, now in Maidston Prison for the witness of Jesus. Twenty five articles since brought against him by the ministers, as blasphemie, and his answers to them, how he was

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Coppin, Richard, fl. 1646-1659.

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London :: printed by Philip Wattleworth, and are to be sold by William Larnar at the Black-moor neer Fleet-Bridge,

1656.

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Blasphemy -- Early works to 1800.

Universalism -- Early works to 1800.

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"A blow at the serpent; or a gentle answer from Madiston prison to appease wrath advancing it self against truth and peace at Rochester. Together with the work of four daies disputes, in the Cathedral of Rochester, in the Countie of Kent, betweene several ministers, and Richard Coppin, preacher there, to whom very many people frequentlie came to hear, and much rejoyced at the way of truth and peace he preached, at the same whereof the ministers in those parts began to ring in their pulpits, saying, this man blasphemeth, ... Whereupon arose the disputes, at which were some magistrates, some officers, and souldiers, peaceable and well-minded, and very many people from all parts adjacent, before whom the truth was confirm'd and maintained. The whole matter written by the hearers, on both sides. Published for the confirmation and comfort of all such as receive the truth in the love of it. By Richard Coppin, now in Maidston Prison for the witness of Jesus. Twenty five articles since brought against him by the ministers, as blasphemie, and his answers to them, how he was." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34470.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• The Epistle to the Reader.
• To Mr. Richard Coppin on his Suffer∣ings, by some Priests of Kent.
• An Hirogliphical, Astrological causion to all sable learned Priests, and others that persecute the life of Christ, and speak evil of things they know not.
• The Names of such Books published by R. Coppin, and are to be sold at the BLACK-MOOR.
• Truths Triumph, OR The Triumphing of TRƲTH, OVER The Enemies and Aspersers thereof.
  • DISPUTE. I. Between Walter Rosewell, then a Preacher at Chatham, and Richard Coppin, then Preacher in the Cathedral of Ro∣chester, being on Munday, the third day of December, 1655.
    • CHAP. I. That Christ, who knew no sin, took part of mans flesh and blood which was sinful, weak, and punishable, how in it he was made the same, and for what end.
    • CHAP. II. That all men shall be saved, of Redemption out of Hell, and in what sense a mans good works doth him no good, and his bad works no hurt.
    • CHAP. III. Christ at the left hand of God, bearing sin, shun the curse and con∣demnation for all men, what the right and left hand is, also the Sheep and the Goats, that the way to the right hand is by the left, and how.
  • DISPUTE. II. The Heads of a Dispute between Daniel French, Minister of Stroud, and Richard Coppin, on the nineth of December, being the Sabbath Day, after Morning Sermon, in the Cathe∣dral of the City of Rochester.
    • CHAP. IIII. Christ no sinner, mans nature redeemed, what's meant by the grave, death, hell, and hell fire, how man is in it, and how long.
    • CHAP. V. Christ coming in the Clouds, the place and manner of his Throne, how he as a man, body, flesh, and bones, is not in a place above the Skies, that the Christ of God is no where contained.
  • DISPUTE. III. Between Walter Rosewell and Richard Coppin, in the Cathedral of Rochester, on the eleventh of December.
    • CHAP. VI. That the whole nature of man was sinful, how Christ took our sins with our nature, and offer'd it up with himself without sin to the Father, that he still lives in it in us, and how.
    • CHAP. VII. Of Christ, the Resurrection from the first Adam to the second, proved, with the manner how, and the time when, what body it shall arise, and from what death; also how it was signified, by what, and when.
    • CHAP. VIII. The Mystery of the Trinity in relation to man, of the state of Re∣probation, when, how long, and how.
    • CHAP. IX. The sin against the Holy Ghost not forgiven, what it is, who commits it, and when.
    • CHAP. XI. A briefe hint of generall salvation by Christ, of the people called Jews, Gentiles, and Heathens, &c. that it is the onely doctrine to keep men from sin, and to be assured of their owne salvation, how, and when.
    • CHAP. XII. Of the Day of Judgment, and all mens coming to it, with the time when, the place where, the manner how, the matter judged, and for what.
    • CHAP. XIII. The practise of Magistrates and Ministers discovered, how they one uphold another, to serve not the Lord, but them∣selves.
  • DISPUTE. IV. Began by William Sanbroke Minister, and carried on by Walter Rosewell Minister, against Richard Coppin, in the Cathedral of the City of Rochester, in the County of Kent, Decem∣ber 13.
    • CHAP. XIV. What is a Gospel Message, and what is not, that damnation to man∣kind is not eternal, how the Gospel is preached to every creature, by whom, and when.
    • CHAP. XV. The Whore of Babylons rage, with her names of blasphemy against the truth, her seat and work discovered.
    • CHAP. XVI. The return of all men home to God by Christ, the broad and narrow way, and who finds it; that the Doctrine of Gods love in saving all men, is the only means to keep men from sin.
    • CHAP. XVII. The complaint of Ministers to Magistrates, against those that Preach without Orders from the Ʋniversitie, the dutie of Magistrates not to forbid any, but to reprove such complainers.
    • CHAP. XVIII. A childs condition is Christs Kingdome, their coming to him, his hand laid on them, they blessed by him, of his arm to all men, and when.
    • CHAP. XIX. Of Baptism, how man is a fiery Oven, of the fire and fuel that is to be burnt, the Oven cleansed, man living in it, and how.
    • CHAP. XX. The malicious and illegal proceedings of some Ministers and Ma∣gistrates of Kent, against Richard Coppin, in the City of Ro∣chester, with his Commitment to Prison, how, and by whom.
    • CHAP. XXI. The confidence, joy, and freedome of a Prisoner, for, with, and in the truth; Christ and his Generation owned, denied, imprisoned, judg∣ed, and freed, by whom, and why, of the power, life, and light of truth, most advanced, when most opposed, and how.
• The twenty five Articles, called Blasphe∣my, brought against Richard Coppin by the Ministers of Kent, and for which he was sent to Prison, with his Answers to them.
• A POSTSCRIPT by friends to comfort the Author of this work in his present Troubles, by R. W. L.