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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 28
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You say, [If one may judge of those Times by these now present, a great many swore Pell-mell they knew not what, because they knew not what Presbytery, Independency, and Episcopacy was.]
You say, [If one may judge of those Times by these now present, a great many swore Pell-mell they knew not what, because they knew not what Presbytery, Independancy, and Episcopacy was.]
1. No doubt many did so.
2. But they partly knew what the English Prelacy was, by long Experience; and they swore not for Presbytery or Independency, nor against all Episcopacy.
2. But they partly knew what the English Prelacy was, by long Experience; and they swore not for Presbytery or Independancy, nor against all Episcopacy.
3. But if you think that they do so in these Times, you and I should lament it: For God will not hold them Guiltless, whether they be Pastors and Churches, or Cities and Corporations, that take his Name by Perjury in vain: It's better call them to Repentance, than justify them in it. To contract the guilt of the Perjury of many thousands is an expeditious way to Misery, and doth a great deal in a little time.