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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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§ 13. Your main Argument you say, is, that [Ye obey that Command, Mat. 28. 19. And Christ doth not forbid you to use the Cross.] Ans. As if you should say, When I Celebrate Christ's two Sacraments, I obey his Commands; and he hath not forbidden me to use two (or ten) more. As when you are commanded to believe in Christ as ⟨p. 54⟩your Saviour, it is implied that you must take no other for your Saviour; so when you are commanded to Hear and Obey him as the great Prophet and King of the Church, it is implied that you Hear and Obey no other as such: And therefore give to no other any of the Prerogatives of Christ, and ascribe nothing to Man's Law which is proper to his, which you confess to make a Sacrament is: Lest your hear, In vain do they Worship me, teaching for Doctrine the Traditions of Men: If it be Sin, it is worse than Suffering. Do you think Worshipping in the high Places, was worse than this?
§ 13. Your main Argument you say, is, that [Ye obey that Command, Mat. 28. 19. And Christ doth not forbid you to use the Cross.] Ans. As if you should say, When I Celebrate Christ's two Sacraments, I obey his Commands; and he hath not forbidden me to use two (or ten) more. As when you are commanded to believe in Christ as ⟨p. 54⟩your Saviour, it is implied that you must take no other for your Saviour; so when you are commanded to Hear and Obey him as the great Prophet and King of the Church, it is implied that you Hear and Obey no other as such: And therefore give to no other any of the Prerogatives of Christ, and ascribe nothing to Man's Law which is proper to his, which you confess to make a Sacrament is: Lest your hear, In vain do they Worship me, teaching for Doctrine the Traditions of Men: If it be Sin, it is worse than Suffering. Do you think Worshiping in the high Places, was worse than this?