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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.
§. 70. Serm. [Those that now plead for Toleration, did once think it the Mother of Confusion, the nurse of Atheism, &c.]
Ans. 1. Sure though you often cite Dr. Owen, you mean not the Independents.
2. If they spake either for or against Toleration as you do without distinction, and were for all or against all, and distinguished not the tolerable from the intolerable, it's no great heed to be taken what they say. If there were but one false word imposed on you, which you could not assent to, and on 2000 such as you, should you be no more tolerated than a Mahometan?
§. 71. As to your advice to us p. 47. 48. 1. Did you think that because we must bear with much that is amiss in the Church, that therefore we must either consent to it, or practise it, and Covenant against all endeavours of amending it, or prefer it before better. ⟨p. 92⟩The man you talk of out of Mr. Ball was near Birmingham, and was Melancholy to a kind of madness.