A26965:684
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.
XIII. It is agreed by us all, that God will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain; especially by perjury or false Vows or Covenants; And that for Oaths (broken) the Land may mourn: And that he is the grand enemy of Church or Kingdoms, who would by such sin bring them under the judgments of God: And, as Achan, bring in an accursed thing.
XIII. It is agreed by us all, that God will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain; especially by perjury or false Vows or Covenants; And that for Oaths (broken) the Land may mourn: And that he is the grand enemy of Church or Kingdomes, who would by such sin bring them under the judgments of God: And, as Achan, bring in an accursed thing.
XIV. None can deny that it is better to cherish honesty and conscience, especially about Oaths and Covenants which secure Converse and the lives of Princes, than to teach men to stretch Conscience in such matters; and to make every seared Conscience capable of the holy Ministry, preferment and honour; and a fear of such sin, to be the way to silence and ruin.
XIV. None can deny that it is better to cherish honesty and conscience, especially about Oaths and Covenants which secure Converse and the lives of Princes, than to teach men to stretch Conscience in such matters; and to make every seared Conscience capable of the holy Ministry, preferment and honour; and a fear of such sin, to be the way to silence and ruine.
XV. we agree that when Jesuits and other Papists have contracted the shame of equivocation and perfidiousness, Protestants should not partake with them, and take the shame on their religion,