A26965:333
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.
Obj. But Sacraments operate not as Lawyers and Physicians do by the skill of the Minister, but by God's grace and blessing.
Ans. 1. But God's grace useth to work according to the aptitude of means morally, as constant experience proveth: And the word which is used in the Sacramental administration, must be regarded, and so must other ways of teaching as well as by Sacraments. 2. And we cannot expect God's blessing▪ in a way of sin, when we own one for our Pastor whom we ought not.
Ans. 1. But God's grace useth to work according to the aptitude of means morally, as constant experience proveth: And the word which is used in the Sacramental administration, must be regarded, and so must other waies of teaching as well as by Sacraments. 2. And we cannot expect God's blessing▪ in a way of sin, when we own one for our Pastor whom we ought not.
Obj. But some take a man to be uncapable if he be but a sinner worse than ordinary, as a drunkard, fornicator, swearer, perjured, a scorner at diligence in Religion, &c. whereas the Ministers sin depriveth not the people of the benefit of God's Ordinances.