A26965:612
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.
2. If all that by gross ignorance, Atheism, Infidelity, Sadducism, Heresy, Schism, Drunkenness, Whoredom, Stealing, Malice, &c. are uncapable of the Communion be presented to the Ordinary within 14 days, no charity that is guided by knowledge of the common state of the people, can think, that in London Diocese there would be fewer than many score thousands presented at once. And in other Dioceses many score hundreds at least,
2. If all that by gross ignorance, Atheism, Infidelity, Sadducism, Heresie, Schism, Drunkenness, Whoredom, Stealing, Malice, &c. are uncapable of the Communion be presented to the Ordinary within 14 daies, no charity that is guided by knowledge of the common state of the people, can think, that in London Diocess there would be fewer than many score thousands presented at once. And in other Diocesses many score hundreds at least,
3. Some Ministers dwell a hundred Miles or near from the Bishops. And the Bishops are divers of them so much at London or abroad, as that it cannot be expected that all these must be presented to the Bishop himself, but to the Chancellors court, as is usual.
3. Some Ministers dwell a hundred Miles or neer from the Bishops. And the Bishops are divers of them so much at London or abroad, as that it cannot be expected that all these must be presented to the Bishop himself, but to the Chancellours court, as is usual.
4. The Chancellors Court is so far from most ⟨p. 202⟩Ministers in the Land, and the prosecuting so many when proof is demanded, will be so chargeable and take up so much time, as that it will undo many poor Ministers, that have scarce enough to maintain their families; and it will take up the time which they should use in the necessary labours for their flocks.