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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 30
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§ 5. You tell us, pag. 119. [If it were a part of Assent and Consent, that Ordination by good and substantial Presbyters were null, it would be a hard point indeed,—to Unchurch Churches, and Unbaptize the Baptized, and plead the cause of Satan, the Pope, and all Malignants of the Ministry, in the Name of Christ.
Ans. Excuse us then for not Conforming. I before gave you this Proof, that it is the sense of the Law-makers, or Bishops: They that abhor Reordination (or twice ordaining to the Priesthood) and yet require those to be ordained by Bishops, who were before ordained by Presbyters, must be judged to hold the said Ordination by Presbyters to be null.— But, &c. Ergo.
§ 6. 1. You say, No Man that I know of, takes the Silenced Ministers, and those ordained by Presbyters only, for no Ministers at all, unless one Mr. Dodwel, a high-flown Man, whom Conformists themselves do utterly dissent from in this.
Ans. Your ignorance is no good reason for my Conformity: If you know of no more, I do. Read Mr. Th•rndike, of Forbearance of Penalties: Ask Bishop Gunning his judgment, &c. If your acquaintance be so small, you should not write of that which you know not.