A26965:161
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.
VII. 5. To separate from one upon a reason that is known to be common to all, or most, or many, is virtually to separate from all, or most, or many.
VIII. 6 To separate from a true Church, accusing it to be no true Church, is a greater injury and sin (caeteris paribu•) than to separate from it only on an unjust accusation or culpability consistent with a true Church: Because the charge is more odious and injurious, and tendeth more to destroy Love.
IX. 7. To accuse a Church (its Doctrine, Ministry Worship or Discipline) falsely, as guilty of such corruption which maketh it unlawful for any Christians to have communion with it, or falsely to pretend such faults for his own and others separation from it, is a great sin, though not so great as to unchurch it.
IX. 7. To accuse a Church (its Doctrine, Ministry Worship or Discipline) falsly, as guilty of such corruption which maketh it unlawful for any Christians to have communion with it, or falsly to pretend such faults for his own and others separation from it, is a great sin, though not so great as to unchurch it.