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Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part…
Church-history of the government of bishops and their councils abbreviated including the chief part of the government of Christian princes and popes, and a true account of the most troubling controversies and heresies till the Reformation ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by B. Griffin for Thomas Simmons, 1680
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. One that hath made a matter his long and hard study, is (caeteris paribus) more to be believed in that matter, than many ignorant men.
4. One that is impartial, a lover of peace, and not engaged by faction or interest to one side against the other, is caeteris paribus much more credible than a factious interested man.
4. One that is impartial, a lover of peace, and not ingaged by faction or interest to one side against the other, is caeteris paribus much more credible than a factious interested man.
5. A sober, calm, considerate man, that will stay and try before he judgeth, is more credible than a passionate or hasty judger.
6. A man of manifest honesty, conscience, and the fear of God, is much more to be believed than a worldly, wicked, bloody, unconscionable man.