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More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…
More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second defence of our infant rights and mercies in three parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for N. Simmons and J. Robinson, 1675
Chapter 8: A Catalogue of some Doctrines of Mr. Danvers and the rest that with him accuse my Chris…
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LVI. When the greatests Learned Linguists differ about a Lection, or Translation, (as the Septuagint, &c.) (such as Lud. Capellus, Usher, Buxtorf, Bootius, De Dieu, L' Empereur, Walton, &c.) or when such as Luther, Althamer, &c. differ about a Canonical Book, (as James) it is because they see not that self-evidence, which every Christian may see, that cannot read nor was ever told it, that one part, (if not more) do herein err, while their judgements are contrary.
None of these fifty six are Articles of my Faith, nor Gods Commandments (that I can find.) I say not that these ignorant Revilers hold all these; but I say that He (and They) that will openly exclaim against the contrary assertions as heinous errors, or tell about among the receivers of false reports, that I hold dangerous errors for saying the contrary to these, doth either persuade men that all these are his Opinions, or else that he is an impudent Hypocrite, in reviling known truth as heinous error; or else a rash Calumniator that dare reproach or speak evil of that which he understandeth not, nor will not, so much as by reading my plain words, be at the labour to understand.
None of these fifty six are Articles of my Faith, nor Gods Commandments (that I can find.) I say not that these ignorant Revilers hold all these; but I say that He (and They) that will openly exclaim against the contrary assertions as heynous errors, or tell about among the receivers of false reports, that I hold dangerous errors for saying the contrary to these, doth either perswade men that all these are his Opinions, or else that he is an impudent Hypocrite, in reviling known truth as heynous error; or else a rash Calumniator that dare reproach or speak evil of that which he understandeth not, nor will not, so much as by reading my plain words, be at the labour to understand.