A26965:183
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.
XXVIII. 26. Gathering New Churches by way of Separation from others, or gathering Assemblies without the consent of the lawful Pastors, who had the charge of the People of those Assemblies, is a sin and Schism in all these Cases following.
1. In general, when the Laws, Practices, or Persons of the Church which they separate from, give them no sufficient cause of a departure.
2. In general, when in the judgment of true reason, according to the notable evidence of the case, the said Assemblies are like to do more hurt than good.
3. When such Assemblies are gathered in opposition to some Truth which the Separators would thereby disown (e. g. Infant-Baptism, the lawfulness of Set-forms of Praise or Prayer, or any sound Doctrine;) or for the profession and propagation of some Heresy or Error (as Antinomianism, Popery, &c.)
3. When such Assemblies are gathered in opposition to some Truth which the Separaters would thereby disown (e. g. Infant-Baptism, the lawfulness of Set-forms of Praise or Prayer, or any sound Doctrine;) or for the profession and propagation of some Heresie or Error (as Antinomianism, Popery, &c.)