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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
Section 7 › Part 1: 1. Matters of Fact to be foreknown, to the true understanding of the Cause.
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.
11. In 1642. the lamentable Civil War brake out: At which time as far as ever we could learn by acquaintance with some of them and report of others, excepting an inconsiderable number, the Houses of Lords and Commons consisted of those that had still lived in conformity to the Church of England and the Episcopal Government and were such Conformists as Dr. Heylin describeth Archbishop Abbot and the Clergy and Parliaments of his times to have been, Crying out of the danger of a new party, that said they would shake our Religion, Liberties and Property. And such were they when the War began, Presbytery being then little known among them.
11. In 1642. the lamentable Civil Warr brake out: At which time as far as ever we could learn by acquaintance with some of them and report of others, excepting an inconsiderable number, the Houses of Lords and Commons consisted of those that had still lived in conformity to the Church of England and the Episcopal Government and were such Conformists as Dr. Heylin describeth Archbishop Abbot and the Clergy and Parliaments of his times to have been, Crying out of the danger of a new partie, that said they would shake our Religion, Liberties and Property. And such were they when the War began, Presbytery being then little known among them.
12. Their fear of being overpowered by the party of whom they seemed to think themselves in sudden danger, caused some of them to countenance such Petitionings and clamours of the Londoners, Apprentices, and others, as we think disorders and provocation of the King.
12. Their fear of being overpowred by the party of whom they seemed to think themselves in sudden danger, caused some of them to countenance such Petitionings and clamours of the Londoners, Apprentices, and others, as we think disorders and provocation of the King.