A26865:596
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 › Accusation 31
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To all this, we have committed the answer to one of the persons to whom one of the mentioned Dignities was offered, who answereth as followeth.
1. Is such a charge of mens secret thoughts and intentions well proved, by telling men what one of your selves hath said, with the same spirit and front as Luther, Calvin, Zuinglius, &c. are now proved wicked by the Papists, because some of their adversaries so reported them heretofore?
2. Are 1800 or 2000 men accusable upon the account of four mens secret thoughts? What is this to all the rest?
3. Is it possible for either of these Authors to know a negative, and that by secret heart-action by four other men, viz. that they sought not God to direct their consciences.