The rules of dispute, practised by Christ and his apostles, for deciding the controversies of that age, and our rule for the determining of our own. Or, The right use of spiritual weapons, against spiritual wickedness, and the darkness of this world in the Christians warfare against hereticks, schismaticks, Eph. 6.12 with false prophets and deceivers. Herin are also briefly explained, I. The terms set down in scripture, or the grounds of Christian dispute. II. That the form thereof may appear more cleer, you have herein several cases in scripture debated under the same form, and the places whence the arguments are drawn. / By an unworthy witness of the name and Gospel of Christ, John Brayne.

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The rules of dispute, practised by Christ and his apostles, for deciding the controversies of that age, and our rule for the determining of our own. Or, The right use of spiritual weapons, against spiritual wickedness, and the darkness of this world in the Christians warfare against hereticks, schismaticks, Eph. 6.12 with false prophets and deceivers. Herin are also briefly explained, I. The terms set down in scripture, or the grounds of Christian dispute. II. That the form thereof may appear more cleer, you have herein several cases in scripture debated under the same form, and the places whence the arguments are drawn. / By an unworthy witness of the name and Gospel of Christ, John Brayne.
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Brayne, John.
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London, :: Printed for Richard Moon, at the seven Stars neer the great north door of Pauls,
1653.
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"The rules of dispute, practised by Christ and his apostles, for deciding the controversies of that age, and our rule for the determining of our own. Or, The right use of spiritual weapons, against spiritual wickedness, and the darkness of this world in the Christians warfare against hereticks, schismaticks, Eph. 6.12 with false prophets and deceivers. Herin are also briefly explained, I. The terms set down in scripture, or the grounds of Christian dispute. II. That the form thereof may appear more cleer, you have herein several cases in scripture debated under the same form, and the places whence the arguments are drawn. / By an unworthy witness of the name and Gospel of Christ, John Brayne." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A74906.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.

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THE Rules of Dispute, practised by CHRIST and his APOSTLES, For deciding the controversies of that Age, and our Rule for the determining of our own.

Or, The right use of spiritual weapons, against spiritual wickedness, and the darkness of this world in the Christians warfare against Hereticks, Schisma∣ticks, Eph. 6.12 with false Prophets and deceivers.

Herein are also briefly contained, and explained,

  • I. The Terms set down in Scripture, or the grounds of Chri∣stian Dispute.
  • II. That the form thereof may appear more cleer, you have herein several cases in Scripture debated under the same form, and the places whence the Arguments are drawn.

By an unworthy witness of the Name and Gospel of Christ, JOHN BRAYNE.

Tertul. advers. Haeres. Quid ergo Athenis & Hierosolymis, quid Academiae & Ecclesiae, quid Haereticis & Christianis est?
Donatus in Hist. Affricae, p. 208. Dialecticas disputationes non convenire Christi∣anae religioni, & Augustinum nil aliud esse quam contentiosum disutatorem, qui ugiendus aut cavendus magis quam refellendus revincendus{que} esset.
Lev. 18.3. Ye shall not walk according to the customs of them I have brought you from.
Lactantius de Justitia, lib. 5. cap. 3. Quis possit indoctus inter se apta, & cohaeren∣tia fingere, quum Philosophorum Plate, & Aristoeles, & Epicurus, & Zenon, ipsi sibi repunantia & contraria dixerint? haec enim est mendaciorum natura, ut Cohaerere non ossint illo um, viz. Apostolorum traditio, quia vera est, qua∣dra undi{que} ac sibi tot consentit,
1 Cor 15.32. Paul speaks of dispute at Ephesus.

London, Printed for Richard Moon, at the seven Stars neer the great north door of Pauls, 1653.

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