A26865:366
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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9. That it is not impossible or rare for the Usurper to have the foresaid advantages, and the true Pastors to be put to meet in privater places; and so thought Dr. VVild, Dr. Gunning, Dr. Hide, &c. in the time of our Civil Usurpations. And even under lawful Governors it was so judged by the Churches in the case of Athanasius, Basil, and multitudes of Bishops then cast out.
9. That it is not impossible or rare for the Usurper to have the foresaid advantages, and the true Pastors to be put to meet in privater places; and so thought Dr. VVild, Dr. Guning, Dr. Hide, &c. in the time of our Civil Usurpations. And even under lawful Governours it was so judged by the Churches in the case of Athanasius, Basil, and multitudes of Bishops then cast out.
10. That abundance of the Ministers now cast out, were once the lawful Pastors of the flocks.
11. That when the true Pastor is thrust out of the Temples, and Usurpers have that place, he is rather the Separatist that followeth the Usurper in that more public place, than he that adhereth in private to the lawful Pastor; as Dr. VVild and the rest aforementioned then thought.
11. That when the true Pastor is thrust out of the Temples, and Usurpers have that place, he is rather the Separatist that followeth the Usurper in that more publick place, than he that adhereth in private to the lawful Pastor; as Dr. VVild and the rest aforementioned then thought.