The compleat Christian, and compleat armour and armoury of a Christian, fitting him with all necessary furniture for that his holy profession, or, The doctrine of salvation delivered in a plain and familiar explication of the common catechisme, for the benefit of the younger sort, and others : wherein summarily comprehended is generally represented the truly orthodox and constant doctrine of the Church of England, especially in all points necessary to salvation / by W.S., D.D.

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The compleat Christian, and compleat armour and armoury of a Christian, fitting him with all necessary furniture for that his holy profession, or, The doctrine of salvation delivered in a plain and familiar explication of the common catechisme, for the benefit of the younger sort, and others : wherein summarily comprehended is generally represented the truly orthodox and constant doctrine of the Church of England, especially in all points necessary to salvation / by W.S., D.D.
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Slatyer, William, 1587-1647.
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[London] :: Printed for the authour,
1643.
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"The compleat Christian, and compleat armour and armoury of a Christian, fitting him with all necessary furniture for that his holy profession, or, The doctrine of salvation delivered in a plain and familiar explication of the common catechisme, for the benefit of the younger sort, and others : wherein summarily comprehended is generally represented the truly orthodox and constant doctrine of the Church of England, especially in all points necessary to salvation / by W.S., D.D." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A60361.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.

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33. How farre then is the Churches order to bee obeyed?

As we heard before, and however by divers minced, and controverted, limited, curtalled and contracted, yet God and Christ binding us to it, and the decree in things so primarily pertaining to the honour of God as this is, without contradicti∣on to be accounted of Apostolicke and sacred au∣thority, and as we heare simply and absolutely, in spiritualibus, so in ordine ad spiritualia, no doubt but deservedly to be reverenced, and obeyed by all good Christians, in all necessary circumstan∣ces, and all reasonable and indifferent things, and

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this day, and manner of sanctifying it in every re∣spect, primarily and directly subject to the Chur∣ches authority; nor need they question this, since the Jewes Church had power in such things, and circumstances of the divine worship, not particu∣larly determined by God himselfe, or his servant Moses in the Law, as seen in sundry very materiall rites and observances, as the appointment of hours for the daily sacrifice, building of their Syna∣gogues throughout the land, to hear Gods word, and pray in, divers feasts, as of Purim, dedication, and the like, which Christs Church no way infe∣riour to theirs, rather superiour in the measure of grace, and presence of his Spirit, should not be a∣bridged of in all reason, or to prescribe and or∣daine lawes for things tending to her better e∣dification, and in things undetermined as this is, in that circumstance, and the rather to be granted for this determination of the time, as well at least, as of the place, manner of prayer, and formes of it, and celebrating the Sacraments, and divers other, as prime and remarkable circumstances of the di∣vine worship; and the place assuredly, as mate∣riall as the time to be determined or assigned, nor should our brethren that are gone from us, (in place, and no lesse in opinion) as farre as the breadth of the Atlantique ocean, or that staying at, home, yet hold a wood perhaps, or barn, or parlour, for places good enough for their divine worship, since Christ, not assigned Churches particularly, they should, I say, not complain of the time not set out by Christ, since neither was the place set out by him, nor of the time assigned by the Church, if Christ not assigned it, since so well ordered, and

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they will arrogate more liberty in many things, and authority to themselves, but rather as the Temple so fitly translate to our Churches (which they cannot well deny, though they hug that poor device of their new meeting places) be as well content with the Sabbath translate to our Sunday, by the same authority.

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