A26906:591
The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…
The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being dividers or troublers of the church with some directions to the pastors how to deal with such Christians / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Symmons, 1670
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.
Obj. But If I join with them that worship God amiss, do I not approve of their sin or signify my consent to it?
Obj. But If I joyn with them that worship God amiss, do I not approve of their sin or signifie my consent to it?
Answ. Approving and consenting are acts of your own mind: and whether you do so or not, is best known to your self: But it is a Profession of consent that we have now to speak of. And I say that our presence at the prayers of the Church, is n• profession of consent to all that is faulty in those prayers. Why do you not offer to prove it to be so, but barely affirm it without any proof? I never heard a word of proof for this bare assertion to this day. But its easily disproved.
First, no man can in reason and justice take that for my Profession, which I never made by word nor deed, according to the common sense of words and actions: But according to this common sense I never did by word or deed profess that I consent to all which is uttered by the Pastor in the public prayers.
First, no man can in reason and justice take that for my Profession, which I never made by word nor deed, according to the common sense of words and actions: But according to this common sense I never did by word or deed profess that I consent to all which is uttered by the Pastor in the publike prayers.