A26865:124
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II.…
An apology for the nonconformists ministry containing I. the reasons of their preaching, II. an answer to the accusations urged as reasons for the silencing of about 2000 by Bishop Morley ..., III. reasons proving it the duty and interest of the bishops and conformists to endeavour earnestly their restoration : with a postscript upon oral debates with Mr. H. Dodwell, against his reasons for their silence ... : written in 1668 and 1669, for the most of it, and now published as an addition to the defence against Dr. Stillingfleet, and as an account to the silencers of the reasons of our practice / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst and D. Newman, 1681
AN APOLOGY FOR THE SILENCED MINISTERS, Especially for their not cea… › Part 3
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Qu. But is this also the case of those that succeeded them?
Ans. Yes, they ordained others into the same office, under the same Law of constancy and fidelity, 2 Tim. 2. 2. The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Though still the Rulers were against it. And 2 Tim. 2. 24, 25. The servant of the Lord must be apt to teach. And what an example of Preaching publicly and from house to house, night and day, doth Paul give to all the Ephesian Elders, Act. 20. even when Rulers were against it?
Ans. Yes, they ordained others into the same office, under the same Law of constancy and fidelity, 2 Tim. 2. 2. The things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Though still the Rulers were against it. And 2 Tim. 2. 24, 25. The servant of the Lord must be apt to teach. And what an example of Preaching publickly and from house to house, night and day, doth Paul give to all the Ephesian Elders, Act. 20. even when Rulers were against it?
And again, I say, the practise and martyrdom of many, and the writings of others do assure us that this was the judgment of Clemens Romanus, Ignatius, Polycarp, Cyprian, Irenaeus, Clemens Alexandrinus, Origen, and generally of all the ancient Church, who were called as we are by men, and yet Preached to the death against the will of the Magistrate.