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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 the Surplice.

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Some decent Habit is necessary; either the Magistrate, ¹or the Minister himself, or the Associated Pastors ⟨p. 12⟩must determine what. I think neither Magistrate nor Synod should do any more than hinder Undecency: But yet if they do more, and tie all to One Habit (and suppose it were an undecent Habit) yet this is but an imprudent use of Power. It is a thing within the Magistrates reach; he doth not an alien work, but his own work amiss: and therefore the thing in it self being lawful; I would obey him, and use that garment, if I could not be dispensed with. Yea, though Secondarily the Whiteness be to signify Purity, and so it be made a teaching sign, yet would I obey.

Some decent Habit is necessary; either the Magistrate, ¹or the Minister himself, or the Associated Pastors ⟨p. 12⟩must determine what. I think neither Magistrate nor Synod should do any more than hinder Undecency: But yet if they do more, and tye all to One Habit (and suppose it were an undecent Habit) yet this is but an imprudent use of Power. It is a thing within the Magistrates reach; he doth not an aliene work, but his own work amiss: and therefore the thing in it self being lawful; I would obey him, and use that garment, if I could not be dispensed with. Yea, though Secondarily the Whiteness be to signifie Purity, and so it be made a teaching sign, yet would I obey.

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Richard Baxter 1615–1691

Place

London

Bookseller

R. Jenaway sic

Year

1667

Size

15 p.

Words

2,502

Catalogue

Wing B1290 · ESTC R5453

Text

EEBO-TCP A26945

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

Of the Surplice.

Of Kneeling at the Sacrament.

Of the Ring in Marriage.

Of Organs and Church Music.

Of Organs and Church Musick.

Of Holy-Days.

Of Holy-Dayes.

Of Altars, and Rails.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of the Surplice.

Of Kneeling at the Sacrament.

Of the Ring in Marriage.

Of Organs and Church Music.

Of Organs and Church Musick.

Of Holy-Days.

Of Holy-Dayes.

Of Altars, and Rails.

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