A26865:363
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 11
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6. That the Magistrate hath the power of things circa sacra, that is, of Temples, Tithes, maintenance, &c. so that he divest not the Pastor of his intrinsic power, proper to his office, (as to choose his subject, method, words, &c.) And therefore that no Minister may seize upon the said Temples, Tithes, &c. against the Magistrates will.
6. That the Magistrate hath the power of things circa sacra, that is, of Temples, Tythes, maintenance, &c. so that he divest not the Pastor of his intrinsick power, proper to his office, (as to chuse his subject, method, words, &c.) And therefore that no Minister may seize upon the said Temples, Tythes, &c. against the Magistrates will.
7. That ubi Episcopus, ibi Ecclesia, as Cyprian faith, where the true Pastor is, there is the Church, because the Pastor is an Essential, ⟨p. 99⟩and the Governing part. And as this was true in Cyprian's time, so it is now.
8. That if Usurping Pastors, though by the Magistrates consent, do take possession of the Temples and public maintenance, (and Legal Right as well as possession) this is not enough to make those men true Pastors over that people, without their consent, and to nullify the relation of their former-lawful Pastors.
8. That if Usurping Pastors, though by the Magistrates consent, do take possession of the Temples and publick maintenance, (and Legal Right as well as possession) this is not enough to make those men true Pastors over that people, without their consent, and to nullifie the relation of their former-lawful Pastors.