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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.
CHAP. XVII. Point XIV. Of Consenting to Read the Apocrypha.
L. What harm is there in reading the Apocrypha?
L. WHat harm is there in reading the Apocrypha?
M. I told you that we scruple not reading most of it in the place of Homilies or other Books; especially the books called Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus. But, 1. Many Bishops and Doctors of the Church of England have accused the books of Tobit of down right lies, and the books of Judith, Bell and Dragon, &c. as being mere fictions. 2. And when we read these, it is to be done in the same order as we read the Scripture, by the name of Lessons, which is the Title given to the Chapters read out of the Old and New Testament. 3. And, if we could yet read all these, that will not serve unless we declare our Assent, Consent, and Approbation of the Appointment of them in the book, which we cannot do.
M. I told you that we scruple not reading most of it in the place of Homilies or other Books; especially the books called Wisedom and Ecclesiasticus. But, 1. Many Bishops and Doctours of the Church of England have accused the books of Tobit of down right lies, and the books of Iudith, Bell and Dragon, &c. as being meer fictions. 2. And when we read these, it is to be done in the same order as we read the Scripture, by the name of Lessons, which is the Title given to the Chapters read out of the Old and New Testament. 3. And, if we could yet read all these, that will not serve unless we declare our Assent, Consent, and Approbation of the Appointment of them in the book, which we cannot do.