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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
A DEFENCE OF THE NON-CONFORMIST'S Plea for Peace, AGAINST Mr. J. CH… › Chapter 15
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CHAP. XV.
§ 1. Your fourteenth Section is of the doubt [Whether we may Declare our Consent that none should be admitted to the Communion, till he be confirmed, or desirous and ready to be confirmed?
§ 1. YOur fourteenth Section is of the doubt [Whether we may Declare our Consent that none should be admitted to the Communion, till he be confirmed, or desirous and ready to be confirmed?
To this 1. You say of your own head, That Confirmation is not intended for them that have been already admitted to the Lord's Table;] without any proof, though clean contrary to your Covenant of Conformity. The words are, That [None are to be admitted till, &c.] And you say, That by [None] is meant [None except all that have been so already admitted, that is, most of the Communicants by far in England, and all that come out of France, Holland, Scotland, &c.] What a great limitation hath this [None?] None except almost all, or most.
Boccaline tells us of a device at Rome to make a man's throat swallow a Pompion; and then no doubt any Physician may procure the swallowing of a Pill.