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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.
XV. As Moses was God's ministerial Lawgiver to the Israelites, and was faithful in all his trust; so Christ is the great Prophet like unto him, as typified by him, whom God hath raised up to his Church, whom they that hear not, shall be cut off by God, and from that Church as he hath appointed: The Legislation Universal is now the work of Christ by himself, ⟨p. 24⟩and by the Holy Ghost, which he promised and gave for that use to his Apostles, that they might infallibly understand his will, and remember what he had commanded them to teach the world.
XVI. Kings or Pastors may not now alter or suspend any of these Laws of Christ, any more than the Jewish Kings or Priests might alter or suspend the Laws of Moses.
XVII. Christ hath instituted a Ministry to be for ever stablished in the world, to Preach his Gospel, to convert volunteers unto Faith and Holiness, and to gather by Baptism all Consenters into his Covenant and Church, and to teach them all that he hath commanded them. And this none have power to overthrow.