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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.
For 1. Else it were at the will of a man whether souls shall be saved or damned, (for how shall they believe unless they hear? and how shall they hear without a Preacher?) and whether Christ shall have a Church; and God be publicly worshipped, or not.
For 1. Else it were at the will of a man whether souls shall be saved or damned, (for how shall they believe unless they hear? and how shall they hear without a Preacher?) and whether Christ shall have a Church; and God be publickly worshiped, or not.
2. Our Ordination consecrateth us to our Office, during life: And it is Sacrilege and Covenant-breaking with God to cast it off and alienate our selves.
2. Our Ordination consecrateth us to our Office, during life: And it is Sacriledge and Covenant-breaking with God to cast it off and alienate our selves.
3. God hath described the Office and the Work in his Word, and charged his servants to give the children their bread in due season, and adjured them before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing, and his Kingdom, to preach the Word, & be instant, in season, & out of season, &c.