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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
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.
Sect. II. And 1. Some say that no humane Form of Church Government, and of Churches, as governed, is of God's Institution (or as they say, Jure Divino,) but that it is left to humane prudence.
Sect. III. 2. Some hold only an Universal Church (governed by a Pope, say some of them, ⟨p. 5⟩or by a General Council while sitting, and a Pope in the Intervals, say others, or by a Pope and Council agreeing while it sits, and a Pope in the Intervals, say others) to be Jure Divino, and all particular. Church-Forms as subordinate, left to the prudence of this Universal Governor as Supreme; as Inferior Officers in Kingdoms are made by the King.
Sect. III. 2. Some hold only an Universal Church (governed by a Pope, say some of them, ⟨p. 5⟩or by a General Council while sitting, and a Pope in the Intervals, say others, or by a Pope and Council agreeing while it sits, and a Pope in the Intervals, say others) to be Jure Divino, and all particular. Church-Forms as subordinate, left to the prudence of this Universal Governour as Supreme; as Inferiour Officers in Kingdoms are made by the King.
Sect. IV. 3. Some hold that this Universal Church-Form, and also Diocesan, and no other, are instituted of God.