The examination of Tilenus before the triers; in order to his intended settlement in the office of a publick preacher in the Common-wealth of Utopia. Whereunto are annexed the tenents of the remonstrants touching those five articles voted, stated and imposed, but not disputed, at the synod of Dort. Together with a short essay (by way of annotations) upon the fundamental theses of Mr. Thomas Parker.

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The examination of Tilenus before the triers; in order to his intended settlement in the office of a publick preacher in the Common-wealth of Utopia. Whereunto are annexed the tenents of the remonstrants touching those five articles voted, stated and imposed, but not disputed, at the synod of Dort. Together with a short essay (by way of annotations) upon the fundamental theses of Mr. Thomas Parker.
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Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.
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1658. [i.e. 1657]
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Parker, Thomas, 1595-1677. -- Theses theologicae de traductione hominis peccatoris ad vitam -- Early works to 1800.
Tilenus, Daniel, 1563-1633.
Salvation -- Early works to 1800.
Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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"The examination of Tilenus before the triers; in order to his intended settlement in the office of a publick preacher in the Common-wealth of Utopia. Whereunto are annexed the tenents of the remonstrants touching those five articles voted, stated and imposed, but not disputed, at the synod of Dort. Together with a short essay (by way of annotations) upon the fundamental theses of Mr. Thomas Parker." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96833.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.

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LECTORI.

SIste te parumper, erudite Le∣ctor, ut noris cujam & qualem pagellam compri∣mis, hoc scilicet solo nomi∣ne redarguendam, quod sit tota gemmea. In histo∣riis, compendia, dispendia; at in The∣ologiâ, polemicâ saltem, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, atque instar montium, qui, quo sublimiori consurgunt cacumine, magis sterilescunt. Optandum ex Theologo∣rum disceptationibus, & colloquiis, ut puta Mompelgartensi, Hagiensi, aliisque suc∣cum & sanguinem exprimi, responsionum lacinias abradi, in personas, nominaque (quas vere rabiem & rixas Theologo∣rum vocavit Melanchthon) lituras expun∣gi: quibus sarmentis, siquis inter 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 (quos vocat Spiritus Sanctus a 1.1) no∣men suum professus, operam daret averrun∣candis, plus certe quam ex alio quovis scrip∣to elenctico proficerent lectores. b 1.2. Dicam

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quod res est: misere ruspamur in controver∣sâ Theologiâ, & si quando veritatis impor∣tunâ fame confecti, margaritam offendimus.

Exclamare libet, populus quod cla∣mat Osyri.

Invento.—

Nervosi siquidem sunt, & acuti Theologi Camero, ubi habet Tilenum adversarium, Twissius, ubi Arminium, Corvinum, eun∣demque Tilenum confodit; at! at! post∣quam pulmones in verborum cortice exagi∣taveris, vix tandem medullam sensus potis eris eruere anhelus lector. Inde est adeo laudabile institutum Reverendi Viri Tho∣mae Parkeri, authoris Thesium de Tradu∣ctione peccatoris ad vitam, qui eadem premit vestigia, nec taedio lectorem enecat. Neminem suppilavit, sugillavit neminem. Non habent scriptores, quem incusent stelli∣onatus, nec alii verbera violentae linguae pa∣tiuntur. Arminii, & Socini nomina re∣liquit intacta; non ita causam, & argu∣menta. Sentiunt se mori tacito vulnere, qui in argumentis aut Conversionis, aut Satisfactionis periculose, & infoeliciter dis∣putarunt.

Hic is est, si nescis, lector, cujus pater

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Robertus Parker, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, tam e∣rudite & copiose scripsit de signo crucis, Descensu Christi ad inferos, & Eccle∣siastica politeia, in causa Religionis pa∣triae exul, qui una cum Amesio, notissi∣mum virum I. Robinsonum, a 1.3 ad sobri∣am in disciplina mentem revocavit. Dig∣nus est adeo hic noster Author tam istoc pa∣tre, quam hac prole. Id unice agit Vir Doctissimus, ut Gratiae Divinae suus con∣stet honos sartus-tectus; ut Gratia praeveni∣ens, excitans, pulsans, efficax & actuo∣sa habeatur, non segnis, & voluntatis no∣strae pedissequa, qualem adversarii com∣miniscuntur, qui Gratiae verbo abusi sunt, (ut b 1.4 Augustinus jam diu notavit) ad frangendam invidiam.

Si cui minus arridet, quod à stili Evan∣gelici simplicitate abhorrere videatur; & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 quaedam terminorum Philoso∣phicorum interpolasse, sciat velim, lectorem desiderari gravem, & in scholis exercita∣tum,

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cui si sit ingenium Theologicum, nihil nocebit stilus metaphysicus; nec omnino desunt, quod dixit in re leniori Antonius, [lib. 9. sect. 3.] etiam in phrasi 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Pro∣diere saepius hae eaedem Theses, cum aliis e∣jusdem commatis Amesii Tractatulis compa∣ctae, à doctis indoctisque pro Amesianis ha∣bitae, & citatae; sed quod dolendum maxi∣mè, mancaesemper, & imperfectae, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 nonnunquam addita, loca Scriptu∣raefoedissimè distorta, & transversà tuen∣tia: quindecim integras theses nescio cujus sacrilegae manus depeculabantur. Pauci haec observarunt, miratique non superesse, qui plagiarium & stellionem insequeretur, & injus vocaret. Tu igitur, ingenue Le∣ctor, aequi bonique consulas, quod ego, qui in sacro sum satellitio ultimae sortis, in ex∣tremis Angliae oris ab omnibus paenè bonis literis exul,

(〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.)

hanc qualemcumque opellam dabam, tribus

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quatuorve exemplaribus MSS. & im∣pressis fideliter collatis, ut authorem tibi, authorique suum nomen & Theses vindica∣rem.

H. S.

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