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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
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.
Ans. I am glad that your whole writing favoureth of that spirit of Love and Christian Peace and Forbearance, as your dislike of these things signifieth. And while we agree about the sense of God's Law, we shall not break Charity for our differing of the sense of the Laws of man: But seeing you put these great points (of my Non-conformity) here together, I shall briefly repeat the reasons of my exposition against yours.
Words are to signify the mind and the matter. If the Book speak intelligibly, so as to oblige us to one sense, it's nothing to our case whether the prohibition be express.
Words are to signifie the mind and the matter. If the Book speak intelligibly, so as to oblige us to one sense, it's nothing to our case whether the prohibition be express.
I. The Liturgy-Rubric saith [There shall be ⟨p. 35⟩for every male-child to be baptized, two God-fathers, and one God-mother; and for every female, one God-father, and two God-mothers.]
I. The Liturgy-Rubrick saith [There shall be ⟨p. 35⟩for every male-child to be baptized, two God-fathers, and one God-mother; and for every female, one God-father, and two God-mothers.]