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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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1. The King and State-Government is here touched. And dare you say that [If any Man think that the Covenant bindeth him to destroy all the King's Civil Government, except the bare essentials of Monarchy, that the Parliament intended not here to contradict him?]
2. And I doubt the Bishops will be angry with you and call you Schismatics, if you say that the Parliament here meant not to contradict them ⟨p. 107⟩that say, they are bound by the Covenant to turn our Diocesan Bishops into Parochial ones, or into one in every Corporation, and to take down their Court Officers, and their Lordships, Parliament, Power and Wealth. That which serveth Men best in Arguing, will not best please the Men that they plead for.
2. And I doubt the Bishops will be angry with you and call you Schismaticks, if you say that the Parliament here meant not to contradict them ⟨p. 107⟩that say, they are bound by the Covenant to turn our Diocesan Bishops into Parochial ones, or into one in every Corporation, and to take down their Court Officers, and their Lordships, Parliament, Power and Wealth. That which serveth Men best in Arguing, will not best please the Men that they plead for.
You say, [We grant that there is no one thing in the Episcopal Government, but what we may well bear with, and submit to.]