A balm to heal religions wounds: applied in a serious advice to sober-minded Christians that love the truth, and are well-wishers to reformation : in answer to The pulpit guard routed, lately set forth by one Thomas Collier ... / by Richard Saunders ...
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A balm to heal religions wounds: applied in a serious advice to sober-minded Christians that love the truth, and are well-wishers to reformation : in answer to The pulpit guard routed, lately set forth by one Thomas Collier ... / by Richard Saunders ...
Author
Saunders, Richard, d. 1692.
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London :: Printed by M. Simmons for William Adderton, and are to be sold at his shop ...,
1652.
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Collier, Thomas. -- Pulpit guard routed.
Church of England -- Apologetic works.
Pulpit guard routed.
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"A balm to heal religions wounds: applied in a serious advice to sober-minded Christians that love the truth, and are well-wishers to reformation : in answer to The pulpit guard routed, lately set forth by one Thomas Collier ... / by Richard Saunders ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A94219.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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The First Argument.
IF God hath not appointed and ordai∣ned that all gifted brethren should live of the Gospel, then all gifted brethren may not Preach the Gospel.
But God hath not ordained that all gifted brethren should live of the Gospel.
Therefore all gifted brethren may not Preach the Gospel.
The consequence of my first proposi∣tion (which is that that I suppose will be denied) I prove by a plaine Scripture, 1 Cor. 9.14. where 'tis said, Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the Gospel, should live of the Gospel. The words need no Paraphrase. God hath ordained
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that all those that Preach the Gospel, should be maintained that way: if you may be publique Preachers, you may challenge a maintenance too: God ha's ordained you should have it for Preach∣ing, 'tis evident in the Text.
But now as to the second proposition, that God ha's not ordained that all gif∣ted Brethren should live of the Gospel, that is, by a maintenance given them for Preaching of the Gospel; I think it will not be denied. For if so be that a main∣tenance is to be given to all such, then it must be provided by some body or other: now I would faine know by whom. All Christians by his confession are gifted more or lesse to teach, now from whom should their maintenance rise, if but the greatest part of them should turn Preach∣ers? Oh see this Babel and abhor it for shame: God does not ordaine things impossible.