A26965:237
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.
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.
4. C•p••an and the African Council were not forbidden for this judgment of theirs to Preach Christs Gospel, nor cast out of the Churches, no• sent to Goals, nor called and used as Rogues and Schismatics, and far worse then drunkards, adulterers, yea or the atheists and infidels among us. (Nor were the people that obeyed their Council so used.) But te names of these holy men are venerable to this day.