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Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending…
Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending them against several sorts of opponents, especially against the second assault of that pious, reverend and dear brother Mr. Thomas Blake / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
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.
Argum. 3. We must not censure our Brother to be a Liar ⟨p. 20⟩without clear evidence that he is so indeed: therefore we must take his Profession to be true, and consequently, to be valid.
Argum. 3. We must not censure our Brother to be a Lier ⟨p. 20⟩without clear evidence that he is so indeed: therefore we must take his Profession to be true, and consequently, to be valid.
The Antecedent is plain in Scripture. No man may Judge (that is, ungroundedly, or without a Call) that would not be Judged. Who art thou that Judgest another mans servant? Rom. 14.4. Therefore we may not Judge them to tell a lye, when we cannot prove it, till they have quite forfeited their credit: no more then we may lawfully Judge a man to be a thief, or murderer, or adulterer, or Heretic, when we cannot prove it. If the slander of the tongue be a sin, so is the slander of the heart.
The Antecedent is plain in Scripture. No man may Judge (that is, ungroundedly, or without a Call) that would not be Judged. Who art thou that Judgest another mans servant? Rom. 14.4. Therefore we may not Judge them to tell a lye, when we cannot prove it, till they have quite forfeited their credit: no more then we may lawfully Judge a man to be a thief, or murderer, or adulterer, or Heretick, when we cannot prove it. If the slander of the tongue be a sin, so is the slander of the heart.