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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 18
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§ 8. You say, [If it be a Sacrament, it would be universally unlawful. If Baptism had not been ⟨p. 46⟩ordained by Christ, it would have been traitorous and sinful to use it as a Sacrament.] Ans. You grant us enough; I durst not have used the word traitorous so boldly, lest I should anger the Conformists. But when did you prove that every professing sign is used to the same use in specie, as the covenanting dedicating Symbol of the Cross is? This was a supposition not so easily to have been begged.
§ 8. You say, [If it be a Sacrament, it would be universally unlawful. If Baptism had not been ⟨p. 46⟩ordained by Christ, it would have been traiterous and sinful to use it as a Sacrament.] Ans. You grant us enough; I durst not have used the word traiterous so boldly, lest I should anger the Conformists. But when did you prove that every professing sign is used to the same use in specie, as the covenanting dedicating Symbol of the Cross is? This was a supposition not so easily to have been begged.
§ 9. As to my Simile, That Baptism is Christ's Badge or Colours; it illustrates in the point of similitude: And so it doth, that the King would take it ill to have a public badge of the Order of the Garter to be added to his Star by a private Subject, much more for any to make a Law for all his Subjects, to be known by a badge of private invention.
§ 9. As to my Simile, That Baptism is Christ's Badge or Colours; it illustrates in the point of similitude: And so it doth, that the King would take it ill to have a publick badge of the Order of the Garter to be added to his Star by a private Subject, much more for any to make a Law for all his Subjects, to be known by a badge of private invention.