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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. All the Parishes about you, and the Bishop of Ely in your Parish, that judge it Lawful to Hear you, yet are Absent from you; and so are some Nonconformists, that think they must Preach themselves; and cannot be in Two Places at once. Is that Separating?
5. The French and Dutch Churches do all that, which you here describe, as Sinful and Mischievous; only they have more Leave, than we.
6. Is all the Matter, that We are Teachers, which the Law alloweth not? So were the Orthodox under the Nestorian, Eutychian, Monothelite, &c. Princes. And so I have proved, That the Christian Religion hath been much propagated in the World.
6. Is all the Matter, that We are Teachers, which the Law alloweth not? So were the Orthodox under the Nestorian, Eutychian, Monothelite, &c. Princes. And so I have proved, That the Christian Religion hath been much propagated in the VVorld.
7. What are the Rules which we go by, which the Established Religion alloweth not? Doth it not allow the Sacred