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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 31
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5. That some then did, and now do scruple more than others, is impertinent to our Business, and it were a wonder if it were not so, till Men are arrived at scrupling nothing.
6. The 36th Canon was the chief point of the old Non-conformity, and will receive no justification by the worth of any Subscribers. I doubt not but Bernard, Gerson, &c. were holy Men, that subscribed far worse.
7. Sponsors of an ill sort are never the better, ⟨p. 124⟩because there was a better sort of old; nor because these were before the new Liturgy.
8. Page 125. You could wish Ministers would make the Parents to be present chief Undertakers, that is, to be Non-conformists called Conformists. The rest needeth but the repetition of what is said before, which would rather tire than edify the Reader.
8. Page 125. You could wish Ministers would make the Parents to be present chief Undertakers, that is, to be Non-conformists called Conformists. The rest needeth but the repetition of what is said before, which would rather tire than edifie the Reader.