A26865:854
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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9. We judg it our duty to further the good success of the Conformable Ministers to the utmost of our power.
10. And we take Schism to be a great sin, and that which we are bound to do the best we can not only to avoid our selves, but to cure or hinder in others.
But we cannot in our present case give over the preaching of Christs Gospel for the Reasons before given.
1. We judg it a violation of the grand Law of Charity to ⟨p. 241⟩agree with the Bishops, that the people shall be damned by thousands, and content our selves, that not we, but they shall answer for it.
2. We judge it perfidiousness to violate our Ministerial Covenant with God, in which we gave up our selves to his service.