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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.
3. And I do not find myself (at least ordinarily and easily) capable of suspending my judgement of the truth or falsehood of a mans Profession, and being wholly neutral in it.
3. And I do not find myself (at least ordinarily and easily) capable of suspending my judgement of the truth or falshood of a mans Profession, and being wholly neutral in it.
4. Yea, I perceive, that it is the judgement of this Reverend Brother, that we should no• be Neutral, nor suspend our judgement about the Truth of the Profession which we require; but that we should seek after that which he calleth a Moral Sincerity herein, yea, and sometime delay and try them further, who offer a suspicious Profession.
5. And I must confess, that I take it for a great sin, to censure my Brother positively to be a Liar, and to be a child of the Devil, •nd in a state of Damnation, without clear convincing Evidence.
5. And I must confess, that I take it for a great sin, to censure my Brother positively to be a Lyar, and to be a child of the Devil, •nd in a state of Damnation, without clear convincing Evidence.