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Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who,…Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who,…
Richard Baxter's Catholic theology plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriors who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,Richard Baxter's Catholick theologie plain, pure, peaceable, for pacification of the dogmatical word-warriours who, 1. by contending about things unrevealed or not understood, 2. and by taking verbal differences for real,
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1675
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.
3. Every unrenewed man hath such a worldly fleshly nature, and is voluptuous, proud and covetous: And none of them love to be reproved or crossed in their way.
4. Church Honours, Dignities and great Revenues, and Clergy-ease in an idle life, are a great bait or temptation to a carnal mind: And the worse men are, the more they will desire and seek Church preferments, and make all the ⟨image 10⟩friends they can to get them; And the more self-denying men will not do so, (but perhaps avoid them.)
4. Church Honours, Dignities and great Revenues, and Clergie-ease in an idle life, are a great bait or temptation to a carnal mind: And the worse men are, the more they will desire and seek Church preferments, and make all the ⟨image 10⟩friends they can to get them; And the more self-denying men will not do so, (but perhaps avoid them.)
5. The diligent seekers are liker to obtain and find, than the neglecters and avoiders: And so the Churches to be usually in the power of the worser sort of men, and Religion to be under the Government of its enemies.