A26965:688
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.
XVII We are agreed that to commit a sin by passion or sudden surprise, is not so wicked as to do it on deliberation: Nor is the doing it only so bad, as undertaking to justify it, and encourage others to do the like.
XVII We are agreed that to commit a sin by passion or sudden surprize, is not so wicked as to do it on deliberation: Nor is the doing it only so bad, as undertaking to justifie it, and encourage others to do the like.
XVIII. We are agreed that God is jealous about holy things, and that wilful corrupting his Church, worship or discipline, to the disgrace of religion and encouragement of wickedness is a heinous sin: Especially to Approve such things.
XIX. We are agreed that to make a deliberate Covenant that I will sin against God, and to subscribe and declare this, is a heinous aggravation of the sin: e. g. When the high places were kept up in Judea if any had Covenanted to keep them up, and purposed to transgress, the wilfulness had been the greatness and dangerous signification of such sinning.