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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 1
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CHAP. I.
§ 1. Dear Brother, I have diligently read and considered your Book, and think it my duty to give a short Account of the Effect.
§ 1. DEar Brother, I have diligently read and considered your Book, and think it my duty to give a short Account of the Effect.
I have reproved many that blame you for not telling me first of it, and knowing what I could say to it, before you ventured to publish it; 1. Because ⟨p. 2⟩of our true Love and Acquaintance: 2. Because a man should be willing to try and hear the utmost, before he engage too deep: 3. Because if you mistake, it is many and heinous sins that you may be guilty of, by hardening multitudes in impenitency. To which I answer then, 1. I consulted not you before I wrote, and why then must you needs consult me. 2. A wise man can conjecture what may be said against him, without asking. 3. You might suspect some hinderance to that which you judged a necessary duty. 4. You have heard and read what the Non-Conformists say, as I did what the Conformists say, without any further consultation.