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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.
XLV. 13. The consent of a few of the Church, is not the consent of the Church; Nor is it Schism for the Major part to differ from their choice or determinations (as. such.) In Government, the will of the Sovereign is the public will; But in contracts, and consent of a Community, where Unity is the thing intended, and voting the means, the Major part is denominatively the society, (unless they have made others their trustees or delegates in Electing, Consenting themselves to what they do,) such societies are not denominated from the Minor, or a small part, as contradistinct from the rest. If a Diocese have a thousand, or 600, or 300 Parish Pastors, and a hundred thousand or a million of people (or 50000 or 20000 as you ⟨p. 82⟩will suppose) and if only a dozen or twenty Presbyters, and a thousand people (or none) choose the Bishop, this is not the Election or consent of the Diocesan Church; Nor is it Schism for 20000 to go against the votes of 2000.
XLV. 13. The consent of a few of the Church, is not the consent of the Church; Nor is it Schism for the Major part to differ from their choice or determinations (as. such.) In Government, the will of the Sovereign is the publick will; But in contracts, and consent of a Community, where Unity is the thing intended, and voting the means, the Major part is denominatively the society, (unless they have made others their trustees or delegates in Electing, Consenting themselves to what they do,) such societies are not denominated from the Minor, or a small part, as contradistinct from the rest. If a Diocess have a thousand, or 600, or 300 Parish Pastors, and a hundred thousand or a million of people (or 50000 or 20000 as you ⟨p. 82⟩will suppose) and if only a dozen or twenty Presbyters, and a thousand people (or none) chuse the Bishop, this is not the Election or consent of the Diocesan Church; Nor is it Schism for 20000 to go against the votes of 2000.