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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 32
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IX. It is a heinous aggravation of Sin to do it as for God, and that we may serve him in the Ministry.
X. It is a dreadful thing to undertake to justify thousands whom we never knew, as well as the old Parliament Men whom we know, and to prove that they ought not to Repent, nor to endeavour Church Reformation, if it should prove that by a Vow they are bound to such endeavour by lawful means.
X. It is a dreadful thing to undertake to justifie thousands whom we never knew, as well as the old Parliament Men whom we know, and to prove that they ought not to Repent, nor to endeavour Church Reformation, if it should prove that by a Vow they are bound to such endeavour by lawful means.
XI. I dare not provoke God to desert me in my Ministry, (yea, and in my secret Comforts) nor tempt Men to think basely of the Ministers as a Perjured sort of Men, who cry down other Mens Sins, while they have greater of their own.
XII. It is a dreadful aggravation to do all this (not by sudden Surprise, but) upon Deliberation, and to make a Covenant against Duty and for Sin, and to say I ought to do it, and never to Repent; yea, and by justifying it to harden multitudes against Repentance: Especially if it tend to