A26865:288
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 › Objection 7
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And at a Chapel we had another conformable Minister that read Common-prayer, and said somewhat like a Sermon often, one Mr. Turner, infamous for ignorance, drunkenness, railing, and living by unlawful marryings, and making his Ministry a scorn. This Curate I connived at many a year, till his death. I provided a Preacher at first once a day, and afterwards twice, to be resident on the place. I allowed Mr. Turner his Stipend, but entreated him not to meddle with the Ministry. For besides his vicious life, I examined him, and could not perceive that he understood scarce ⟨p. 85⟩any Article of the Faith; nor had the fortieth part of the knowledge or ability of many of the Weavers, or some of the Ploughmen of the Parish. Musculus his Common-places Englished was all the Books that I could perceive he had, and that he Preached out of. But he would continue to read Common-prayer, and did, though he might have had his Stipend as much without it. Judg by this whether we were over-forward to silence the Sons of the Church, or cast them out.
And at a Chappel we had another conformable Minister that read Common-prayer, and said somewhat like a Sermon often, one Mr. Turner, infamous for ignorance, drunkenness, railing, and living by unlawful marryings, and making his Ministry a scorn. This Curate I connived at many a year, till his death. I provided a Preacher at first once a day, and afterwards twice, to be resident on the place. I allowed Mr. Turner his Stipend, but intreated him not to meddle with the Ministry. For besides his vicious life, I examined him, and could not perceive that he understood scarce ⟨p. 85⟩any Article of the Faith; nor had the fortieth part of the knowledg or ability of many of the Wevers, or some of the Plowmen of the Parish. Musculus his Common-places Englished was all the Books that I could perceive he had, and that he Preached out of. But he would continue to read Common-prayer, and did, though he might have had his Stipend as much without it. Judg by this whether we were over-forward to silence the Sons of the Church, or cast them out.