A26948:119
Mr. Richard Baxter's last legacy in select admonitions and directions to all sober dissenters
Mr. Richard Baxter's last legacy in select admonitions and directions to all sober dissenters.
London : Printed and are to be sold by E. Whitlock, 1697
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Princes and Rulers may for Orders sake, distribute their Christian Kingdoms into Parishes, which shall be the Ordinary Bounds of particular Churches. And such distribution is very Congruous to the ends of the Ministry and Churches, and conduceth to Order and Peace. Non-confor. Plea, Pag. 31.
When Pastors by Concord, or Magistrates by Laws, have settled lawful Circumstances, or Accidents of Church Order, or Worship, or Discipline, though they be in particular but Humane Institutions, it is sinful Disobedience to violate them without necessity, as Parochial Order, Associations, Times, Places, Ministers, Scripture Translations, &c. Page 49.
When Pastors by Concord, or Magistrates by Laws, have setled lawful Circumstances, or Accidents of Church Order, or Worship, or Discipline, though they be in particular but Humane Institutions, it is sinful Disobedience to violate them without necessity, as Parochial Order, Associations, Times, Places, Ministers, Scripture Translations, &c. Page 49.
God's Laws bind us to keep Love and Concord, and the Agreement of Councils may determine of the matter in alterable Points, and so absent and present. Bishops may for Concord sake be obliged by God's Law to keep such Canons▪ and they are matter of Duty, Page. 266.