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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.
10. And when he maketh all in a Parish to be the Pastors Flock, or Charge, that are Christians, he condemneth those Canons that ordained, that if Any Bishop convert not the Heretics in his City, they shall be his Flock who doth convert them; and all that have had two Churches in one Parish. Or else he maketh Parish Priests to be Pluralists, and if there be many Chapels and Churches in his Parish, ⟨p. 172⟩he is the Pastor to them all: And yet he never tells us whether the Chapel Priest be also Pastor of the rest of the Parish: And if so, whether each be to Govern distinctly, or one subordinately as Governed by the other; Or whether both must agree, each being but part of the Governing power.
10. And when he maketh all in a Parish to be the Pastors Flock, or Charge, that are Christians, he condemneth those Canons that ordained, that if Any Bishop convert not the Hereticks in his City, they shall be his Flock who doth convert them; and all that have had two Churches in one Parish. Or else he maketh Parish Priests to be Pluralists, and if there be many Chappels and Churches in his Parish, ⟨p. 172⟩he is the Pastor to them all: And yet he never tells us whether the Chappel Priest be also Pastor of the rest of the Parish: And if so, whether each be to Govern distinctly, or one subordinately as Governed by the other; Or whether both must agree, each being but part of the Governing power.
11. The same Man saith, That multitudes of Parishioners are Rebels, Traitors, and no Christians, &c. and yet that we must give them all the Sacrament if demanded. For multitudes demand the Sacrament to satisfy Law and Custom, who declare that they take not the Priest for their Pastor, nor as Authorized by Christ; and multitudes that know not what Christianity or a Sacrament is, and will not speak with the Minister about it.
11. The same Man saith, That multitudes of Parishioners are Rebels, Traytors, and no Christians, &c. and yet that we must give them all the Sacrament if demanded. For multitudes demand the Sacrament to satisfie Law and Custom, who declare that they take not the Priest for their Pastor, nor as Authorized by Christ; and multitudes that know not what Christianity or a Sacrament is, and will not speak with the Minister about it.