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The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…
The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter of their nonconformity against Mr. J. Cheney's answer called The conforming nonconformist, and The nonconforming conformist : to which is added the second part in answer to Mr. Cheney's Five undertakings / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1680
A DEFENCE OF THE NON-CONFORMIST'S Plea for Peace, AGAINST Mr. J. CH… › Chapter 16
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You truly say [It is a sin to make a false construction of the Law.] But if against the express words, and scope, and common judgment and execution, you will presume to put your sense, which is merciful, because Charity thinketh no evil. Any thing, almost, may be so said, consented to, and sworn.
I have spoken with a Papist that hath taken the Oath of Supremacy, and wrote for it; because it is to be supposed that it is only the spiritual power called Pastoral, which the Pope claimeth over England, or such give him; and only the Power of the Sword which the King claimeth, and denieth to him and Foreigners. And he citeth a fairer pretence for his exposition than you do here for yours: And thus all may take up the Oath of Supremacy that hold but the Popes Spiritual Supremacy ⟨p. 34⟩over us and all the world. What words can be so bad, that a man may not feign in Charity a good sense of?
I have spoken with a Papist that hath taken the Oath of Supremacy, and wrote for it; because it is to be supposed that it is only the spiritual power called Pastoral, which the Pope claimeth over England, or such give him; and only the Power of the Sword which the King claimeth, and denyeth to him and Foreigners. And he citeth a fairer pretence for his exposition than you do here for yours: And thus all may take up the Oath of Supremacy that hold but the Popes Spiritual Supremacy ⟨p. 34⟩over us and all the world. What words can be so bad, that a man may not feign in Charity a good sense of?
§ 9. You say the Liturgy alloweth private Baptism without the Cross, and God-fathers. Ans. 1. Thence I must gather, that it doth not so allow public Baptism; no not on pretence of necessity and mercy; else why had they not expressed their allowance of one as well as of the other? 2. And even there, it must be repeated after in the Congregation with God-fathers that believe, and promise in the Name of the Child; (And in the house there is nothing named, or required of the Parent, but some one (whoever) is only to name the child.)