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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.
§ 8. Another of my Errors is to say, [He is an Invader, that without consent intrudeth into their Privileges.] Ans. 1. But it is not he that transiently cometh into the Temple; 2. But he that will make himself one of my special Charge, and oblige me to all the duty which I owe to my Charge and cannot pay to all Men, and he that will claim a Vote in choosing the Bishop, &c. And if of old one of your mind had said, That every Traveller or Stranger, that cometh within the Room, may claim the Sacrament without any Literae Communicatoriae, upon his bare word, the Bishops or Churches would not have believed you; so singular are you in all this.
§ 8. Another of my Errors is to say, [He is an Invader, that without consent intrudeth into their Priviledges.] Ans. 1. But it is not he that transiently cometh into the Temple; 2. But he that will make himself one of my special Charge, and oblige me to all the duty which I owe to my Charge and cannot pay to all Men, and he that will claim a Vote in choosing the Bishop, &c. And if of old one of your mind had said, That every Traveller or Stranger, that cometh within the Room, may claim the Sacrament without any Literae Communicatoriae, upon his bare word, the Bishops or Churches would not have believed you; so singular are you in all this.
You tell us, God hath made no such Corporations, and every Christian is a Freeman, &c. Ans. But how shall I know whether every Stranger that cometh in be a Christian, or was ever Baptized? Or be not a Heretic Excommunicate by other Churches? Or if I am able to do the Office of a Pastor but for 500, and thousands more will come and claim it?
You tell us, God hath made no such Corporations, and every Christian is a Freeman, &c. Ans. But how shall I know whether every Stranger that cometh in be a Christian, or was ever Baptized? Or be not a Heretick Excommunicate by other Churches? Or if I am able to do the Office of a Pastor but for 500, and thousands more will come and claim it?