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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.
And all this I have said as to that matter of fact, to show you how far to believe this Reverend Doctor's intimated ironical accusation.
And all this I have said as to that matter of fact, to shew you how farr to believe this Reverend Doctor's intimated ironical accusation.
If he say, that Other Preachers do not so.
I Answer First, How knoweth he the Negative that never heareth them, but like a separatist avoideth it as unlawful?
2. Is it not likely that in season they preach their judgment?
3. But I confess they may find more profitable work than to preach over all the suspected passages in the Liturgy, and other parts of Conformity, and answer all the Peoples objections against them. The Builders and Owners of the houses are the fittest to do such offices to maintain it.