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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.
1. One that Consenteth not, and knoweth that he consenteth not.
2. Or that Consenteth not and thinks he doth, because he consenteth to some part.
3. Or one that consenteth not, and knoweth not whether he do or not.
(4. For, as for all true Consenters that know not that they do it sincerely, they are Converted Persons, and not those in Question: And a true Consenter that doubteth of his truth, but upon his best self-trial, thinks that he truly consenteth to have God for his God, and Christ for his Saviour, and the Holy Ghost for his Sanctifier, must go without certainty upon the best judgment that he make of himself.)
I. Now for the Person that consenteth not, and knoweth it, to come and demand the Sacrament for his Conversion, is all one as to say, that [It is God's Ordinance, that he is not willing after all persuasions, to give up himself to God, as his Father, Saviour, and Sanctifier, and therefore hath no right to Pardon and Life, shall solemnly profess that he doth consent to the Covenant when he doth not, and that he doth presently by Vow give up himself to