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A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord
A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord, by the restitution of their primitive purity, simplicity, and charity, II. how that restitution is like to be made, (if ever) and what shall befall them thence-forth unto the end, in that golden-age of love / written by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Thomas Simmons, 1680
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.
37. And they will do their best, to procure all Wise and Good Men, that are against their Interest, to be Banished from the Palaces of Princes and Nobles, where they are; lest their presence should confute their Slanderers, and they should be as Burning and Shining Lights, that carry their Witness with them, where they come: And also to bring them under public stigmatizing Censures, and Sufferings; that their Names may be infamous and odious, in the World.
37. And they will do their best, to procure all Wise and Good Men, that are against their Interest, to be Banished from the Palaces of Princes and Nobles, where they are; lest their presence should confute their Slanderers, and they should be as Burning and Shining Lights, that carry their Witness with them, where they come: And also to bring them under publike stigmatizing Censures, and Sufferings; that their Names may be infamous and odious, in the World.
38. And Heretical Pastors will play a Lower Game, & creep into the Houses of silly People, prepared by ignorance, and Soul-disturbers to receive their Heresies.
39. Between these two Sorts of naughty Pastors (the WORLDLY and the HERETICAL) and also the Multitude of Weak erroneous honest Teachers, the Soundest and Worthyest will be so few, that far most of the People (high and low) are like to live under the Influences and Advantages of Erring-Men; and therefore, themselves to be an Erring People.
39. Between these two Sorts of naughty Pastors (the WORDLY and the HERETICAL) and also the Multitude of Weak erroneous honest Teachers, the Soundest and Worthyest will be so few, that far most of the People (high and low) are like to live under the Influences and Advantages of Erring-Men; and therefore, themselves to be an Erring People.