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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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Ans. 1. We well may and must bear with that which we cannot help. In Muscovy we may fear that all Preaching is put down, saving reading Homilies; and a Man may there live Godly: But do not you therefore tell all Men, that if the same were done here, we may enter into a solemn Covenant, never to endeavour to reform it: No, were it but the high places in Judea.
Ans. 1. We well may and must bear with that which we cannot help. In Moscovy we may fear that all Preaching is put down, saving reading Homilies; and a Man may there live Godly: But do not you therefore tell all Men, that if the same were done here, we may enter into a solemn Covenant, never to endeavour to reform it: No, were it but the high places in Iudaea.
2. Submitting is either by Obedience, or mere Patience. Under Papists and Turks Men must submit by Patience: But if you say, We hold that we must obey all that they command, our practice tells you, It is not true. But the question is, Whether there be no one thing, but what we may covenant never to endeavour to alter, and subscribe that no Parliament Man, or any other in England, is bound by that Oath, which they took, to endeavour it? The Law forbids me to say, They are, and therefore I say it not: But if you say, They are not, Dare you undertake to answer for them?
2. Submitting is either by Obedience, or meer Patience. Under Papists and Turks Men must submit by Patience: But if you say, We hold that we must obey all that they command, our practice tells you, It is not true. But the question is, Whether there be no one thing, but what we may covenant never to endeavour to alter, and subscribe that no Parliament Man, or any other in England, is bound by that Oath, which they took, to endeavour it? The Law forbids me to say, They are, and therefore I say it not: But if you say, They are not, Dare you undertake to answer for them?