A26965:108
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.
IV. The great Dispute is (handled excellently against the Papists for Kings by Bishop Bilson of Christian Obedience, Bishop Andrews Tortura Torti, Bishop Buckeridge, Spalatensis, and many more) whether the Kings of Christian Kingdoms have not the same power about Church matters, as the Kings of Israel and Judah had ⟨p. 20⟩(David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Josiah, &c.) which cannot be answered by an only Yea or Nay, without a more particular consideration of the compared Cases.
IV. The great Dispute is (handled excellently against the Papists for Kings by Bishop Bilson of Christian Obedience, Bishop Andrews Tortura Torti, Bishop Buckeridge, Spalatensis, and many more) whether the Kings of Christian Kingdoms have not the same power about Churchmatters, as the Kings of Israel and Judah had ⟨p. 20⟩(David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Josiah, &c.) which cannot be answered by an only Yea or Nay, without a more particular consideration of the compared Cases.
V. We suppose it certain that Christian Kings have no lesser power than the Kings of Israel, except 1. What any such King had as a Prophet, or in peculiar, by an extraordinary grant. 2. And what alteration is made by alteration of Church-offices, Laws, and Worship, which may make a difference; of which hereafter.
VI. And 1. It must be remembered that God then reserved the Legislation to himself, which he exercised by Revelation, and by special Prophets: And so the Prophet Moses delivered them that Law, which no King had power to abrogate, suspend, or alter by adding or diminishing,