A Collection of cases and other discourses lately written to recover dissenters to the communion of the Church of England by some divines of the city of London ; in two volumes ; to each volume is prefix'd a catalogue of all the cases and discourses contained in this collection.

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A Collection of cases and other discourses lately written to recover dissenters to the communion of the Church of England by some divines of the city of London ; in two volumes ; to each volume is prefix'd a catalogue of all the cases and discourses contained in this collection.
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London :: Printed for T. Basset ..., and B. Tooke ...,
1685.
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Church of England -- Early works to 1800.
Church of England -- Apologetic works.
Dissenters, Religious -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"A Collection of cases and other discourses lately written to recover dissenters to the communion of the Church of England by some divines of the city of London ; in two volumes ; to each volume is prefix'd a catalogue of all the cases and discourses contained in this collection." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33791.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.

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THE CONTENTS.
  • THE difference betwixt Ministerial and Lay-Communion Pag. 1
  • The Dissenters grant the Church of England to be a True Church, p. 4
  • That they are not totally to separate from it, p. 12
  • That they are to comply with it as far as lawfully they can, p. 16
  • That Defects in Worship, if not Essential, are no just reason for Separation, p. 23
  • That the expectation of better Edification, is no sufficient reason to with-hold Communion, p. 39
  • The badness of Ministers, will not justify Separati∣on, p. 48
  • The neglect or want of Discipline, no sufficient reason to separate, p. 59
  • The Opinion which the Non-conformists have of the seve∣ral Practices of the Church of England, which its Lay-Members are concerned in, p. 64
  • That Forms of Prayer are lawful, and do not stint the Spirit, ibid.
  • That publick prescribed Forms may lawfully be joined with, p. 66

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  • That the Liturgy, or Common-Prayer, is for its Mat∣ter sound and good, and for its Form tolerable, if not useful, p. 69
  • That Kneeling at the Sacrament is not idolatrous, nor un∣lawful, and no sufficient reason to separate from that Ordinance, p. 71, 72
  • That standing up at the Creed and Gospel, is law∣ful, p. 73
  • The Conclusion, ibid.
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