A26897:268
Church concord
Church concord containing I. a dissuasive from unnecessary division and separation, and the real concord of the moderate independents with the Presbyterians, instanced in ten seeming differences, II. by Richard Baxter.Church concord containing I. a disswasive from unnecessary division and separation, and the real concord of the moderate independents with the Presbyterians, instanced in ten seeming differences, II. by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1691
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Next he proveth the 4th Branch, that he that joineth to such a Church, doth not therefore Sin, nor is defiled with other mens Impurities, p. 163▪ 164.
Next he proveth the 4th Branch, that he that joyneth to such a Church, doth not therefore Sin, nor is defiled with other mens Impurities, p. 163▪ 164.
Then p. 164, 165. he pr• the 5th Branch [that a Believer that hath joined himself to such a Church, must not therefore depart, that i•s separate from such a Church, and that under this danger of guilt] but it is too long to recite all. It is not men of such Principle• and Practices as these that we account Separatists! What do Presbyterians say more than this eminent Independent Brother, in a Writing purposely written in Latin by the persuasion of others in New England, to Vindicate their Churches against Apollonius, and commended to us by Mr. T. Goodwin, Mr. P. Nigh, and Mr. S. Simpson. Yet lest any think him too loose, I will add his last leaf of Rules [How in a less pure Church Communion must be continued with a safe Conscience? Answ. 1. We must still aim and endeavour according to: our Places, that the Church may be purifie•• according to Christ's Mind. Not without seasonable and due warning the Church of its Defects. The Defects are to be lamented with holy sighs and sorrows. In no way approving, but prudently and patiently tolerating Defects in that Church, which we c•n neither cure, nor depart from without a greater Evil.—When singular […] ⟨p. 52⟩[…] ⟨p. 53⟩⟨p. 54⟩