The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things…

Answ. This is after further answered. I now only say 1. The people may not touch his Person, by violence, nor deprive him of his benefice or temple, nor yet degrade him: As they that change their Physician or Lawyer do no such thing, but simply choose one that they can trust. No man will win more by my salvation than I shall, nor would suffer more than I by it if I were damned: Who is more than I concerned what becometh of my soul? Am I not to have more care of it than of my estate or health of body? Who can easily believe those men that send us to goals and ruin us for trusting our souls with such Guides as to the best of our understandings we think meetest, or at least for avoiding such as we cannot so far trust, and then tell us that they do it because they love our souls better than we love our selves, and therefore will not trust them to our choice. 2. what confusion doth it cause that every man now chooseth his own Tutor in philosophy, his own master, his own Lawyer and physician, and every woman at age her own husband.

Answ. This is after further answered. I now only say 1. The people may not touch his Person, by violence, nor deprive him of his benefice or temple, nor yet degrade him: As they that change their Physician or Lawyer do no such thing, but simply choose one that they can trust. No man will win more by my salvation than I shall, nor would suffer more than I by it if I were damned: Who is more than I concerned what becometh of my soul? Am I not to have more care of it than of my estate or health of body? Who can easily believe those men that send us to goales and ruin us for trusting our soules with such Guides as to the best of our understandings we think meetest, or at least for avoiding such as we cannot so farr trust, and then tell us that they do it because they love our souls better than we love our selves, and therefore will not trust them to our choice. 2. what confusion doth it cause that every man now chooseth his owne Tutor in philosophy, his own master, his own Lawyer and physician, and every woman at age her own husband.

3. Doth not the Church of England (as is said) allow every man his choice, when no man is forbidden to forsake any Bishop or Pastor and choose another by removing his habitation when he pleases? So that all this is but about Parish bounds, which is confessed to be of humane alterable constitution. And how ordinarily do many Gentlemen of the Church of England go from their own Parishes in London? 4. You may see by Philip Nyes printed papers, and Mr. Tombs his, that even those called Independents