A26965:672
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.
I. Both sides agree, that it is a great aggravation of sin to be done by a Minister of Christ, a person consecrated to holy work, to preach truth and holiness, and serve at the Altar: For our Doctrine will be the less regarded, and men will be tempted to follow our bad example, who are bound to be to them patterns of purity and obedience to God: And Christian and Protestant Religion is most injured by Ministers sins.
II. It is agreed that our Ministerial sins, which we do as if they were part of our Office in the public Assemblies, have a special aggravation differing from mens secret personal crimes.
II. It is agreed that our Ministorial sins, which we do as if they were part of our Office in the publick Assemblies, have a special aggravation differing from mens secret personal crimes.
III. It is agreed that Lying and Perjury are sins of so heinous a nature, as that they tend to overthrow humane trust and converse, and all Societies, and deprive Princes of part of the security due to them for their lives and Crowns: And that in a Preacher of the Gospel they are intolerable, tending to tempt the hearers to believe nothing that we say.
III. It is agreed that Lying and Perjury are sins of so heinous a nature, as that they tend to overthrow humane trust and converse, and all Societies, and deprive Princes of part of the security due to them for their lives and Crowns: And that in a Preacher of the Gospel they are intollerable, tending to tempt the hearers to believe nothing that we say.