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Additions to the poetical fragments of Rich. Baxter written for himself and communicated to…
Additions to the poetical fragments of Rich. Baxter written for himself and communicated to such as are more for serious verse than smooth.
London: printed for B. Simmons, 1683
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Religion they corrupt by forged Traditions, They think Gods Laws too big, & yet make more, Alls not enough without their vain Additions, Religion was an Infant-thing before.
Religion they corrupt by forg'd Traditions, They think Gods Laws too big, & yet make more, Alls not enough without their vain Additions, Religion was an Infant-thing before.
And under Christ, the Churches only Head, Th' have found one King, or one Church-Parliament. Whose Sovereign Rule the Christian World must dread, And all that will be Saved, must Consent.
And under Christ, the Churches only Head, Th' have found one King, or one Church-Parliament. Whose Soveraign Rule the Christian World must dread, And all that will be Saved, must Consent.
This Sovereigns Kingdom is the whole round Earth, The Lands where they can never have Access; From it their Canon-Law received its Birth, To which they all obedience profess.
This Soveraigns Kingdom is the whole round Earth, The Lands where they can never have Access; From it their Canon-Law receiv'd its Birth, To which they all obedience profess.