A26865:711
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
13. If you say, We will not hang or burn, but banish them: I answer, so were some fugitives exiled in Q. Mary's days, who yet soon returned to head the Diocesan Churches of England. And those few of the Clergy that fled from Cromwell, returned to see revenge upon Usurpers. And what stricter Laws would you have both for banishment and death, than is made here against the Romish Priests? and yet they live in peace among us. Banished men are alive, and are exasperated; and your guilt will make you think that you are not safe from them till they are dead. Amesius at Franekera did more service to the Church of God, and more disservice to the English Diocesans, than Ames at Cambridge did. Some have banished themselves for an opportunity by writing to do the more against their adversaries, and said, Difficile est satyram non scribere: Nam quis iniquae Tam patiens urbis? Tam ferreus ut teneat se? Si natura negat, facit indignatio versum— —Quando artibus, inquit, bonestis Nullus in urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum; Res hodie minor est quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid, proponimus illuc Ire satigatus, ubi Daedalus exuit alas Dumb nova Canities; dumb prima & recta senectus, Dumb superest Lachesi quod torqueat, & pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo Cedamus patriâ: Vivant Arturius istic Et Catulus: maneant qui nigrum in Candida vertunt.
13. If you say, We will not hang or burn, but banish them: I answer, so were some fugitives exiled in Q. Maries days, who yet soon returned to head the Diocesan Churches of England. And those few of the Clergy that fled from Cromwell, returned to see revenge upon Usurpers. And what stricter Laws would you have both for banishment and death, than is made here against the Romish Priests? and yet they live in peace among us. Banished men are alive, and are exasperated; and your guilt will make you think that you are not safe from them till they are dead. Amesius at Franekera did more service to the Church of God, and more disservice to the English Diocesans, than Ames at Cambridg did. Some have banished themselves for an opportunity by writing to do the more against their adversaries, and said, Difficile est satyram non scribere: Nam quis iniquae Tam patiens urbis? Tam ferreus ut teneat se? Si natura negat, facit indignatio versum— —Quando artibus, inquit, bonestis Nullus in urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum; Res hodie minor est quam fuit, atque eadem cras Deteret exiguis aliquid, proponimus illuc Ire satigatus, ubi Daedalus exuit alas Dum nova Canities; dum prima & recta senectus, Dum superest Lachesi quod torqueat, & pedibus me Porto meis, nullo dextram subeunte bacillo Cedamus patriâ: Vivant Arturius istic Et Catulus: maneant qui nigrum in Candida vertunt.