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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: For the Reverend Doctor Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Pauls.
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.
For the Reverend Doctor Stillingfleet, Dean of St. Pauls.
Reverend Sir,
AS you have told the Magistrates and the World what you think of me as guilty of sinful separation, I have reason to hope that you will not deny me your help for my own conviction: For it concerneth no man so nearly to know my sin as my self: and being so near my day of Judgment, I were a most inexcusable wretch if I were unwilling to know it. You knew their capacity it's like, for whom you Preached and wrote; but I, that best know my own, finding it impossible to understand you and your accusation without further help, presume to entreat your speedy Answer to these Questions which are the stop of my Conviction.
AS you have told the Magistrates and the World what you think of me as guilty of sinful separation, I have reason to hope that you will not deny me your help for my own conviction: For it concerneth no man so nearly to know my sin as my self: and being so near my day of Judgment, I were a most inexcusable wretch if I were unwilling to know it. You knew their capacity it's like, for whom you Preacht and wrote; but I, that best know my own, finding it impossible to understand you and your accusation without further help, presume to intreat your speedy Answer to these Questions which are the stop of my Conviction.