·<irace· ~~ounding at Bedf()rd died ; and he was Chofen to _ that Care ~f Soul~, on th~ twelfth of De- · cember t67l· And in this his Charge, he eften had difputes with Scholars, that came to oppofe him, as fuppofing hin1 an Ignorant Perfon., and thought he Arg,ued plainIy, ·and by Scripture without Phrafes and Logical Exp• effions; yet be nen-plufued one who cam.e to ·oppofe him in his Congrega,tion ;. , by demanding whether or .no, we had the true Copies of the Original Scriptures; and another, when he was Preaching-Accufed him of uachari.t3blenefs, for faying it nMs ve.ry hard for moft to be[t~ved, faying, by that he went about to exclude moft of his Coa- . gregation ; but lle confuted him"' . and put· l1im to filenee, with the Parable of the Stpny ground, and other Texts out of the 13 of Mtitt. in our Saviours Sermon "out of a Ship ;_, .all his Method being to keep clofe lO the, · ·- - 7 "Scriptures, andwhat he fou.Ad not warranted·. -· there, himfelf would not warrant or qeter– mine, unlefs in fuch cafes ·as were plain ; _wherein no doubts or fcruples did arife. . ·But _not to make any further n1entioh of this kind ; it is well kn0wn that this Perfon •I managed a'll his affairs with fuch exact'ne.fs., as. if he had tnade jt his ftudy abov·e all other.– thin~s not t9 give occafion of offence, b~t , rather fuffer 1nany inconveniences to av~td being neyer heard , to Reproach, ~>r ~evIle any, what Injury foever he·received, but . rather
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=