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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. The King's Proclamation for Indulgence proveth it.
6. The Fines and Imprisonments for Conventicles prove it.
7. The allowing four Persons to meet in private proveth it.
8. The common sense of Bishops, Divines, and People of the Church of England, prove it.
Ans. You may next say, That any thing that you see or hear proveth it. It's liker these prove the contrary, than this. By this Men may see how little satisfaction we may expect from your arguing. You greatly wrong the King, Parliament, and Bishops, if you think they take all for Ministers, Men, Women, or Children, whose meeting they tolerate: You leave out the Argument from the Act of Uniformity, which punisheth all by a hundred Pound a time that Administer ⟨p. 122⟩