A26965:310
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.
LXII. 18. If the People conscious of their great Necessity of Pastoral over-sight and help, and of Christ's command to use it, do live in a Parish or Country where they cannot have it from those that the Magistrate alloweth, either because they cannot perform it for them, or because they will not; it is no Schism for such to seek and use it, from worthy though prohibited men.
LXII. 18. If the People conscious of their great Necessity of Pastoral over-sight and help, and of Christ's command to use it, do live in a Parish or Countrey where they cannot have it from those that the Magistrate alloweth, either because they cannot perform it for them, or because they will not; it is no Schism for such to seek and use it, from worthy though prohibited men.
We before spake of the Schisms of Teachers, and now of Hearers. In this case men may justly ⟨p. 100⟩thus argue: [Our Necessity requireth Pastoral oversight, and Christ commandeth us to use it, when we may have it: But from this public Minister we cannot have it: Therefore we must seek it where we can. That most men have need of Pastoral oversight, is certain; else Christ would not have instituted it for them: And every man should be conscious of his own need.
We before spake of the Schisms of Teachers, and now of Hearers. In this case men may justly ⟨p. 100⟩thus argue: [Our Necessity requireth Pastoral oversight, and Christ commandeth us to use it, when we may have it: But from this publick Minister we cannot have it: Therefore we must seek it where we can. That most men have need of Pastoral oversight, is certain; else Christ would not have instituted it for them: And every man should be conscious of his own need.