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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. Doth Lev. 27. prove, that all Nations in the World might devote their Children unto God, with the same assurance of acceptation as the Israelites?
6. The Jewish Mosaical Law is abrogated, and neither bindeth us as such, nor secureth us of acceptance for obeying it.
7. All Heathens and Infidels have some propriety in their Children; and yet if in unbelief they devote them with the Tongue alone to God, that will not make their Salvation undoubted.
8. Few God-Fathers have propriety in them: How then will their devoting prove their Salvation?
9. God hath made no promise of his acceptance, which you can show; therefore you cannot by his Word be certain of it.