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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.
17. This Covenant and Vow was taken by the Parliament, and by their Garrisons and Soldiers that would voluntarily take it, as a test whom they would trust; the rest being had in suspension: And after the wars; by such as were ordained Ministers, and by the Kings adherents when they made their compositions; so far was it afterward imposed. But many Ministers and Gentlemen refused it, and so did Cromwell's Soldiers, and in many Counties few did take it.
17. This Covenant and Vow was taken by the Parliament, and by their Garrisons and Souldiers that would volunrarily take it, as a test whom they would trust; the rest being had in suspension: And after the wars; by such as were ordained Ministers, and by the Kings adherents when they made their compositions; so far was it afterward imposed. But many Ministers and Gentlemen refused it, and so did Cromwel's Souldiers, and in many Counties few did take it.
18. How far the Parliament was from being Presbyterians, may partly be seen in the Propositions sent from them by the Earl of Essex to the King at Nottingham, and partly by their defeating all the desires and endeavours of those that would have Presbytery settled through the Land: We know of no places but London and Lancashire where it was commonly taken up, and some little of it at Coventry, and some few such places. And that was only as a tolerated or commended thing, without any imposition that ever we knew of: And accordingly it came to nothing in a short time.
18. How far the Parliament was from being Presbyterians, may partly be seen in the Propositions sent from them by the Earl of Essex to the King at Nottingham, and partly by their defeating all the desires and endeavours of those that would have Presbytery setled through the Land: We know of no places but London and Lancashire where it was commonly taken up, and some little of it at Coventry, and some few such places. And that was only as a tolerated or commended thing, without any imposition that ever we knew of: And accordingly it came to nothing in a short time.