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A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and…
A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and concord of Christians and are delivered in a book called The cure of church-divisions ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1671
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.
3. You ask [Ought not such things to be 1concealed.] And you abuse Scripture to confirm it. But, 1. Are you not here partial? Is it your judgement that we should conceal the faults or ignorance, or errors of the Bishops, ⟨p. 30⟩Conformists, and Parish members?2 Or be they not commonly multiplied and aggravated? And yet, must the Separatists ignorance and error be concealed.
- 1Of concealing the faults of Dividers.
- 2Of concealing the faults of Dividers.
2. Do you desire their Repentance and humiliation whose faults you would have concealed? And do you imitate Nehemiah and others of Gods Servants, that use to Confess the sins of all ranks and sorts of men?
3. Do you use in public humiliations to confess this ignorance of Professors or not? If not, what a kind of humiliation do you make? If you do, do not you publicly reveal this secret.
3. Do you use in publick humiliations to confess this ignorance of Professors or not? If not, what a kind of humiliation do you make? If you do, do not you publickly reveal this secret.