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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
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VII. Truly Ordained and Called Ministers, must Preach to their Flocks, though they have no other Licence; and are by Office Authorized to choose their Subject, due Method, and Word: And if a Form of Liturgy in Prayers, Praise, Psalms, be imposed by Agreement or Authority, (that all the Church be not left at utter uncertainty what worship they meet to offer to God, till it be passed out of the Minister's mouth) let it be agreeable to Scripture-direction in Matter, Method, and Words; blameless, orderly, and without just cause of suspicion or offence; and let it not be made a snare for Contention and Division, by the rigorous urging of needless things; nor worthy men be silenced and cast out, that cannot Declare, Assent, and Consent to all things contained in it, and prescribed by it, by fallible men; nor for every omission or abbreviation, through scruple or necessitated hast; or for not officiating in a Surplice: And let the Canons 6. 7. 8. 9. and others that ⟨p. 237⟩unjustly fetter the Ministers and Flock, be Altered or Repealed.
VII. Truly Ordained and Called Ministers, must Preach to their Flocks, though they have no other Licence; and are by Office Authorized to choose their Subject, due Method, and Word: And if a Form of Liturgy in Prayers, Praise, Psalms, be imposed by Agreement or Authority, (that all the Church be not left at utter uncertainty what worship they meet to offer to God, till it be pass'd out of the Minister's mouth) let it be agreeable to Scripture-direction in Matter, Method, and Words; blameless, orderly, and without just cause of suspicion or offence; and let it not be made a snare for Contention and Division, by the rigorous urging of needless things; nor worthy men be silenced and cast out, that cannot Declare, Assent, and Consent to all things contained in it, and prescribed by it, by fallible men; nor for every omission or abbreviation, through scruple or necessitated hast; or for not officiating in a Surplice: And let the Canons 6. 7. 8. 9. and others that ⟨p. 237⟩unjustly fetter the Ministers and Flock, be Altered or Repealed.