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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.
3. If I should Preach to them all against separation, and for Prelacy, were it unlawful? One of the Doctors at the Savoy, 1661. motioned, that he and I might go up and down England to Preach for Conformity: and if any ask us why we do not, we may tell them, Dr. Stillingfleet taketh it for unlawful: If it be a Sin to preach to them, it is a sin to preach to them against Separation, or for Conformity.
4. It is ordinary for men of other Parishes to hear you, and Dr. Tillotson, and others, such as you esteem: And I suppose ⟨p. 62⟩most weekly Lectures are Preached most to men of other Parishes, and yet you take it not for sin to preach to them.
5. It is ordinary for many Protestants to go hear and Communicate wi•h the French or Dutch Churches which differ from you in the Mode of Worship: And yet I never heard it proved, that it is a sin for the Preachers thus to preach to them.
6. What if your Children as Prodigals over-run you, or the Kings Subjects causelessly fly into another Land: They ought not to be there. Is it herefore unlawful, for any to teach them there, or receive them to pubike Worship?