Graphautarkeia, or, The Scriptures sufficiency practically demonstrated wherein whatsoever is contain'd in Scripture, respecting doctrine, worship or manners is reduced to its proper head, weighty cases resolved, truths confirmed, difficult texts illustrated and explained by others more plain.

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Graphautarkeia, or, The Scriptures sufficiency practically demonstrated wherein whatsoever is contain'd in Scripture, respecting doctrine, worship or manners is reduced to its proper head, weighty cases resolved, truths confirmed, difficult texts illustrated and explained by others more plain.
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London :: Printed for Sampson Evans ...,
1676.
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Of the ending of controversies arising between the members of the Churches, to avoid going to law before others.

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the Saints? do ye not know, that the Saints shall judg the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye un∣worthy to judg the smallest matters? know ye not, that we shall judg Angels? how much more, things which pertain to this life, &c? Set them to judg who are least esteemed in the Church. I speak to your shame, Is

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it so that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one who shall be able to judg between his brethren; but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers? Now therefore, there is ut∣terly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another: why do ye not rather take wrong? &c. 1 Cor. 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

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