A26965:74
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. I. OUR own Judgment we shall plainly express in this following Order: ⟨p. 8⟩1. We shall show what Church we judge to be of God's Institution, and what not. 2. What about Churches the Magistrates or Pastors may institute by God's Authority or allowance: And what they may not institute. 3. In what cases it is lawful to gather Churches where Churches are: In what cases it is lawful to separate from Churches; and in what cases neither of these last is lawful.
Sect. I. OUR own Judgment we shall plainly express in this following Order: ⟨p. 8⟩1. We shall shew what Church we judge to be of God's Institution, and what not. 2. What about Churches the Magistrates or Pastors may institute by God's Authority or allowance: And what they may not institute. 3. In what cases it is lawful to gather Churches where Churches are: In what cases it is lawful to separate from Churches; and in what cases neither of these last is lawful.
Sect. II. 1. All Christians are agreed that Christ is the Author of the Universal Church, (considered both as Baptized, or Externally covenanting and professing, called Visible, and as Regenerate and sincerely Covenanting, called Mystical) as it is Headed by Christ himself, and called his Body, and his special Kingdom.
Sect. II. 1. All Christians are agreed that Christ is the Author of the Universal Church, (considered both as Baptized, or Externally covenanting and professing, called Visible, and as Regenera•e and sincerely Covenanting, called Mystical) as it is Headed by Christ himself, and called his Body, and his special Kingdom.