The second Contradiction which the Replyer chargeth is delineated in the Scheme thus.
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 ...
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- 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 ...
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- Cotton, John, 1584-1652.
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- 1658.
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- Cawdrey, Daniel, 1588-1664. -- Independency further proved to be a schism.
- Cawdrey, Daniel, 1588-1664. -- Inconsistencie of the independent way.
- Schism -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34675.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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| 2. The keyes are Given to the Church of Belie∣vers, The way pag. 1. that is a combination, of Faithfull. men, as Mr. Hooker. | 2. The key of knowledg belon∣geth to all the faithfull, whether Joyned to any par∣ticular Church or no. The Keyes pag. 11. | 2 The key of know∣ledge is given not on∣ly to the Church, but to some before they enter into the Church, Keyes pag. 2. |
Ans. This terme the key of know∣ledge is taken from our Saviour's words, in Luk. 11. 52. Where he Reproveth the Lawyers, who had taken away the key of knowledge, and neither entred in them∣selves, nor suffered others to enter. The words argue, that the entring in was not into the visible Church: for into that the Lawyers had entred, and were willing to admit others. He speaketh therefore of entring into the state of Grace, and so into the king∣dome of Grace and Glory. The so∣lution then is plaine and easy, The key of knowledge (or Faith) belon∣geth to all the faithfull, whether Joy∣ned to any particular Church or no. For by it they enter into the Kingdome of Grace and Glory. But if we speak
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of the keyes of a Particular visible Church, they are all given to the Church or Congregation of Believers.