A26965:404
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.
Also some were (as heretofore Dr. John Reynolds, Dr. Humphrey, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Paul Bayn, &c. for some part of Conformity (Kneeling and Liturgy, and some for the Surplice) & against other parts: Many would have come in to all the old Conformity, had it not been for that one sentence in the Canon-subscription [Nothing Contrary to the word of God] (which kept out Mr. Chil•ingworth himself, as is reported, till some dispensation let him in. But the New Conformity was such as satisfied them all against it. Many purposed to have yielded to Prelacy, Liturgy and Ceremonies, and gone to the utmost that Conscience would tolerate, rather than lay by their Ministry. But when they saw the new Act for Uniformity, their deliberations were at an end.
Also some were (as heretofore Dr. John Reynolds, Dr. Humpbrey, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Paul Bayn, &c. for some part of Conformity (Kneeling and Lit•rgie, and some for the Surplice) & against other parts: Many would have come in to all the old Conformity, had it not been for that one sentence in the Canon-subscription [Nothing Contrary to the word of God] (which kept out Mr. Chil•ingworth himself, as is reported, till some dispensation let him in. But the New Conformity was such as satisfied them all against it. Many purposed to have yielded to Prelacy, Liturgie and Ceremonies, and gone to the utmost that Conscience would tolerate, rather than lay by their Ministry. But when they saw the new Act for Uniformity, their deliberations were at an end.
33. Their interest, honour or somewhat else ⟨p. 137⟩led many persons of those times, when they had made the name of Presbyterians odious, to call all the Nonconformists that were Episcopal or neutral, by the name of Presbyterians, even those that had declared themselves against the Presbyterian frame, so they were not Independents. And they continue that practice to serve their ends to this day.