A26965:520
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.
3. Some Conformists say here also, that they assent only to baptize with the Cross, but not to baptize no otherwise: But others of them reprove this exposition from the Rubric, and the aforecited Canonical Subscription, as that which would leave the Priest at liberty to do almost what he list, when the Church thinks that they have obliged him, and his Subscription hath secured his Obedience.
3. Some Conformists say here also, that they assent only to baptize with the Cross, but not to baptize no otherwise: But others of them reprove this exposition from the Rubrick, and the aforecited Canonical Subscription, as that which would leave the Priest at liberty to do almost what he list, when the Church thinks that they have obliged him, and his Subscription hath secured his Obedience.
4. And some of them say, that it is not the Priest that refuseth them, for he would Baptize them (with the Cross) if the parent sent the Child or the Adult person came. But we need not ⟨p. 177⟩strive about the word: The thing we are agreed of, viz. That the Priest consenteth not to Baptize them, who dare not receive it with the use of the Cross: Whether this be to be called a rejecting them, or denying them Baptism, unless they will be so crossed, we need not call for extraordinary accurateness to judge.
4. And some of them say, that it is not the Priest that refuseth them, for he would Baptize them (with the Cross) if the parent sent the Child or the Adult person came. But we need not ⟨p. 177⟩strive about the word: The thing we are agreed of, viz. That the Priest consenteth not to Baptize them, who dare not receive it with the use of the Cross: Whether this be to be called a rejecting them, or denying them Baptism, unless they will be so crossed, we need not call for extraordinaty accurateness to judge.