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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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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.
§ 2. But you are persuaded you shall not meet with one person that will not desire it rather than be put from the Sacrament.
§ 2. But you are perswaded you shall not meet with one person that will not desire it rather than be put from the Sacrament.
Ans. 1. But it is not your own practice only that you must profess consent to, but to the Use of the Rubric, as it is a Law to all others: Do you think no other shall meet with such, because you may not?