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Richard Baxters answer to Dr. Edward Stillingfleet's charge of separation containing, I. some queries…
Richard Baxters answer to Dr. Edward Stillingfleet's charge of separation containing, I. some queries necessary for the understanding of his accusation, II. a reply to his letter which denieth a solution, III. an answer to his printed sermon : humbly tendered, I. to himself, II. to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the court of aldermen, III. to the readers of his accusation, the forum where we are accused.Richard Baxters answer to Dr. Edward Stillingfleet's charge of separation containing, I. some queries necessary for the understanding of his accusation, II. a reply to his letter which denyeth a solution, III. an answer to his printed sermon : humbly tendred, I. to himself, II. to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the court of aldermen, III. to the readers of his accusation, the forum where we are accused.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1680
Letter: To the Reverend Dr. Edward Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Pauls, &c.
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.
4. None are fitter Judges of Arts, than the most exercised Artificers: If you are skilled and exercised in such Arts your self, you may the easier discern both the, Art and purpose. And yet we are so near our selves that I cannot easily believe that you know my Arts or purposes so well as I do my self.
4. None are fitter Judges of Arts, than the most exercised Artificers: If you are skill'd and exercised in such Arts your self, you may the easiler discerne both the, Art and purpose. And yet we are so neer our selves that I cannot easily believe that you know my Arts or purposes so well as I do my self.
§ 31. Serm. [I dare say the People's not understanding the difference of these two Cases, hath been a great occasion of the present separation.]
Ans. No doubt but there is a great difference between the Ministers Case of Conformity, and the Peoples, which makes some of them think much worse of a Conforming Minister, than of a Conforming Lay-man: which showeth that the difference is not ⟨p. 47⟩wholly unknown to them. But I think I have done more to acquaint them with the difference, than you or any of your tribe have done.
Ans. No doubt but there is a great difference between the Ministers Case of Conformity, and the Peoples, which makes some of them think much worse of a Conforming Minister, than of a Conforming Lay-man: which sheweth that the difference is not ⟨p. 47⟩wholly unknown to them. But I think I have done more to acquaint them with the difference, than you or any of your tribe have done.