A26924:1066
The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…
The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated and argued by Richard Baxter ; who earnestly beseecheth rulers and clergy not to divide and destroy the land and cast their own souls on the dreadful guilt and punishment of national perjury ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1689
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.
L. But you are for having all the Subjects forced to be Catechised, and to be Auditors: And do you think that this will not force Non-Conformists to hear against their Consciences?
M. I say not that they should be forced to hear in the Parish Church; but either in a Parish Approved, or a Tolerated Church: How have they a Toleration, that may not hear their Tolerated Pastors? And he that is not for hearing at all, is not to be Tolerated: And indeed, if those that are no Members in Communion of any Church, but mere Catechumens or Auditors, should be forced to hear in their own Parishes ordinarily, if there be meet Teaching; I oppose it not.
M. I say not that they should be forced to hear in the Parish Church; but either in a Parish Approved, or a Tolerated Church: How have they a Toleration, that may not hear their Tolerated Pastors? And he that is not for hearing at all, is not to be Tolerated: And indeed, if those that are no Members in Communion of any Church, but meer Catechumens or Auditors, should be forced to hear in their own Parishes ordinarily, if there be meet Teaching; I oppose it not.
L. But is it no• as injurious, to force men against their Consciences to Hear as to Communicate?