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The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon…

Name: The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon…
Author: Richard Baxter

The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon a scandalous pamphlet entitled, A proposition for the safety and happiness of the king and kingdom : in a letter to a gentleman of the House of Commons.The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon a scandalous pamphlet intituled, A proposition for the safety and happiness of the king and kingdom : in a letter to a gentleman of the House of Commons.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed for R. Jenaway sic, 1667

15 p. · 2.5k words · Wing B1290 · ESTC R5453

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THE JUDGMENT OF Mr. BAXTER CONCERNING CEREMONIES AND CONFORMITY. › Of Set-Forms, and the Book of Common-Prayer. › Proposition 1: Prop. 1. A Stinted Liturgy is in it self Lawful.THE JUDGMENT OF Mr. BAXTER CONCERNING CEREMONIES AND CONFORMITY. › Of Set-Forms, and the Book of Common-Prayer. › Proposition 1: Prop. 1. A Stinted Liturgie is in it self Lawful.

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Argument 1. That which is not directly, or consequentially forbidden by God, remaineth lawful: A stinted Liturgy is not directly, or consequentially forbidden by God: therefore it remaineth lawful.

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The Major is undoubted, because nothing but a Prohibition can make a thing unlawful. Sin is a transgression of a Law: where there is no Law, there is no Transgression: And yet I have heard very Reverend men answer this, That it is enough that it is not commanded, though not forbidden▪ Which is plainly to deny both Scripture and Civil Principles.

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Now for the Minor, That a stinted Liturgy is not forbidden, we need no other proof, than that no Prohibition ¹can be produced.

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Argument 6. If it be lawful for the People to use a stinted

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The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity with a short reflection upon…

Of Ceremonies.

Of the Surplice.

Of Kneeling at the Sacrament.

Of the Ring in Marriage.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of Ceremonies.

Of the Surplice.

Of Kneeling at the Sacrament.

Of the Ring in Marriage.

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