A26965:410
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.
37. The 2000 silenced were not a quarter of the Ministers of England, who were in possession before the return of the Bishops: so that it is evident, that above three fourth parts of the Ministers that kept in under the Parliament and Protector (notwithstanding Covenant, Directory and all) did prove Conformists.
38. The New-altered Liturgy was not printed and published till August 24. or near it, when the Ministers were to be silenced that subscribed not, and consented not: so that we must needs suppose that they were but few Ministers in England in comparison of the rest, who ever saw and read (much less long considered) that Book before they declared their Assent and Consent to all things in it. Sure we are, that we that lived in London, who had it at the first publishing, found the time past, or so short to examine all things in it with due deliberation, that had it been blameless, we must have been silenced, unless we had consented upon an implicit faith.
39. Since we were silenced, His Majesties Declaration for more Liberty in Religion came out 1673. but soon died: And since then we have ⟨p. 141⟩been called to many attempts for Unity, in which we have twice come to an agreement with those honest, peaceable, pious and learned Divines of the Church of England, who were appointed to treat of it with us. But that signified nothing as to our healing, while Reasons unknown to us, or ineffable prevailed.