A26965:236
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.
Obj. 1. But Cyprian and the African Councils were mistaken in the point of Rebaptizing those baptized by Heretics; and so they might be here.)
Obj. 1. But Cyprian and the African Councils were mistaken in the point of Rebaptizing those baptized by Hereticks; and so they might be here.)
Ans. 1. The Council of Nice decreed the rebaptizing of those that were baptized by some Heretics, though not by all: And if the Africans did not confine the word to such, they erred only in not sufficiently distinguishing of Heretics. 2. If we are excused from receiving the testimony of such Fathers and Councils as had any Error, or as great an Error as that, ⟨p. 68⟩you may see what will follow. 3. We do not cit• Cyprian and the African Council as infallible, nor as having more Governing power over us than the present Rulers, but as being to us (I say to us) of more credit and authority in telling us what is jure devino than those Bishops or others that now condemn us as Schismatics.
Ans. 1. The Council of Nice decreed the rebaptizing of those that were baptized by some Hereticks, though not by all: And if the Africans did not confine the word to such, they erred only in not sufficiently distinguishing of Hereticks. 2. If we are excused from receiving the testimony of such Fathers and Councils as had any Errour, or as great an Errour as that, ⟨p. 68⟩you may see what will follow. 3. We do not cit• Cyprian and the African Council as infallible, nor as having more Governing power over us than the present Rulers, but as being to us (I say to us) of more credit and authority in telling us what is jure devino than those Bishops or others that now condemn us as Schismaticks.