A26865:835
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… › Postscript › Section
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22. That Bishops are not made Judges whether there shall be preaching and worshipping God or not; but only to order it aright, and judg by whom it shall be done.
23. That Bishops cannot dispense with the Law of God, nor humane power prevail against Divine.
24. That order is for the end and for the thing ordered, and not against it.
25. That natural morals are to be preferred caeteris paribus, before positives, much more before humane orders, and God will have mercy and not sacrifice.
26. That the silencing of the faithful Preachers of the Gospel greatly pleaseth the Devil; and that he is so far of the Silencers mind.