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 May 8, 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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