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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.
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.
§. 65. Is it that they fear the reproaches of the People; which some few of the most Eminent persons among them, have found they must undergo if they touch upon thi• subject?
Ans. 1. So far as your accusation is untrue as to the fact, it's but a further ill intimation to ask, why they do not that which they do?