The pulpit guarded with XVII arguments proving the unlawfulness, sinfulness and danger of suffering private persons to take upon them publike preaching, and expounding the Scriptures without a call ... : occasioned by a dispute at Henly in Arden in Warwick-shire, Aug. 20, 1650 ... : in the close are added six arguments, to prove our ministers free from antichristianism / composed and compiled by a friend to truth and peace.

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The pulpit guarded with XVII arguments proving the unlawfulness, sinfulness and danger of suffering private persons to take upon them publike preaching, and expounding the Scriptures without a call ... : occasioned by a dispute at Henly in Arden in Warwick-shire, Aug. 20, 1650 ... : in the close are added six arguments, to prove our ministers free from antichristianism / composed and compiled by a friend to truth and peace.

Author

Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.

Publication

London :: Printed by J. Cottrel, for E. Blackmore ...,

1651.

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Subject terms

Lay preaching -- Early works to 1800.

Clergy -- Appointment, call, and election.

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"The pulpit guarded with XVII arguments proving the unlawfulness, sinfulness and danger of suffering private persons to take upon them publike preaching, and expounding the Scriptures without a call ... : occasioned by a dispute at Henly in Arden in Warwick-shire, Aug. 20, 1650 ... : in the close are added six arguments, to prove our ministers free from antichristianism / composed and compiled by a friend to truth and peace." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A45336.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• Ornatissimo viro, Amico amicissimo, necnon Patri celeberrimo, Dno IOHANNI PRAPP, Pastori de BELLO-VADO, .
• To my beloved Parishioners, and ap∣proved friends, the inhabitants of Kings-Norton, Grace and Peace be multiplyed.
• To the Lay-Preachers at Henly, War∣wick, Alcester, &c. and to all their Factors, Favourers, Followers, and Abettors, &c. Truth and Peace.
• A Looking-Glass for Anabaptists.
• A List of those Authors whose Works are cited and made use of in this Treatise.
• imprimatur
• The Thesis discussed was this▪
  • This block must be removed before I can proceed.
• The Arguments against the Preaching of Gifted Brethren.
  • The first Argument.
  • The second Argument.
  • The third Argument.
  • The fourth Argument.
  • The fifth Argument.
  • The sixth Argument.
  • The Seventh Argument.
  • The Eighth Argument.
  • The Ninth Argument.
  • The tenth Argument.
  • The eleventh Argument.
  • The the twelfth Argument.
  • The Thirteenth Argument.
  • The fourteenth Argument.
  • The fifteenth Argument.
  • The sixteenth Argument.
  • The seventeenth Argument.
    • The Inditement.
• Diluuntur Sophismata: OR, An Answer to all the Cavils, Scruples, Scriptures, Objections and Arguments, which are brought in defence of Lay-Preachers.
  • The first Objection.
  • The second Objection.
  • The third Objection.
  • The fourth Objection.
  • The fift Objection.
  • A sixth Objection.
• Allegations out of the New-Testament for Lay-Preaching, Answered.
  • The first Allegation.
  • The second Allegation.
  • The third Allegation.
  • The fourth Allegation.
  • The fifth Allegation.
  • The sixth, a Fort.
  • The seventh, a Tower.
  • The eighth is a Bulwark.
    • Three things T. P. objected against this Answer.
  • The ninth Objection.
  • The tenth Objection.
  • The eleventh Objection.
  • The twelfth Objection.
  • The thirteenth Objection.
  • The fourteenth Objection.
  • The fifteenth Objection.
  • The last Objection is a Skeleton.