A26965:100
The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things…
The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacify such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacifie such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benj. Alsop, 1679
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.
SECT. IV
What Princes and Pastors may do in such matters.
I. These foresaid General Laws of God, do both give the Rulers their Power for determining things committed to them, and also limit their power therein.
I. THese foresaid General Laws of God, do both give the Rulers their Power for determining things committed to them, and also limit their power therein.
II. These General Laws are, that All things be done to Edification, (the circumstances fitted to the End, the Glory of God, and the Public Good, the promoting of Truth and Godliness;) that all be done in Love, to the promoting of Love and Unity; and that all be done in Order and Decently, and as may avoid offence or scandal to all, both those without, and those within. Gal. 6. 15, 16. Phil. 3. 15, 16.