A26865:852
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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7. Had we any reasonable conviction that our Ministry is unnecessary, we would obey our Rulers, though they silenced us causelessly; and would seek some other place or way of serving God.
7. Had we any reasonable conviction that our Ministry is unnecessary, we would obey our Rulers, though they silenced us causlesly; and would seek some other place or way of serving God.
8. In those times, places, and circumstances, which persuade us that more hurt than good will come by it if we preach, we will then and there forbear it, though it be not as an act of formal obedience, nor a desertion of our Office, or of the exercise of it at other times.
8. In those times, places, and circumstances, which perswade us that more hurt than good will come by it if we preach, we will then and there forbear it, though it be not as an act of formal obedience, nor a desertion of our Office, or of the exercise of it at other times.
9. We judg it our duty to further the good success of the Conformable Ministers to the utmost of our power.