A26911:618
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.
§ 2. Yet Page 30. the Case is this, [If the People being Christened do make a credible profession of true Christianity, or a profession of true Christianity which we cannot prove to be false, at least by a violent Presumption, we must accept their Profession and admit them.]
Ans. This is mine as cited, and the plain truth. But,
1. Did you think that a credible profession of true Christianity, is not a credible profession of Conversion? Are not true Christians saved? What else are Men to be Converted to?
2. Do all such as are afore described, make such a credible profession of true Christianity?
§ 3. You tell us that the Standard that Christ hath set is that, [If now thou be sincerely Penitent, thy Sin is pardoned, and thou hast right to Salvation, and mayst come to the Lord's Table.]