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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
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.
9. A one-eyed man that can see nothing but on his own side.
10. A galled person that smarteth if the wind blow on him: And a melancholy man that thinketh that all that you think and say is against him, and would kill him.
10. A galled person that smarteth if the wind blow on him: And a melancholly man that thinketh that all that you think and say is against him, and would kill him.
11. I cannot dispute against Canons and Organs, that speak so loud that none can be heard but themselves. Nor against ringing Bells, that have loud tongues and no ears: and go on, on, on, and take no heed to what is answered.
12. Nor against such as Isa. 48. 4. Iron is too stiff for me to bow, and I can make no impression upon brass.