A26965:740
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.
XXXIV. When we go into the Parish-Churches, we find those that have able godly Ministers usually to be as full as will consist with the peoples hearing the voice (which in many places will not reach to a great part of the Congregation:) we find such Preachers, whether Conformable, or ⟨p. 247⟩Nonconformable, every where almost crowded after; which shows that it is not mere faction that moveth the hearers; and that worthy men have no cause of discouragement: And if none of either side be valued much above their worth (for the bare Office sake) we cannot help it; nor would it be helped if there were no Nonconformists: Some of us well remembering the time (1632. till 1640.) when we were troubled or threatened also for going out of our own Parishes to hear worthy, able men that were very conformable.
XXXIV. When we go into the Parish-Churches, we find those that have able godly Ministers usually to be as full as will consist with the peoples hearing the voice (which in many places will not reach to a great part of the Congregation:) we find such Preachers, whether Conformable, or ⟨p. 247⟩Nonconformable, every where almost crouded after; which shews that it is not meer faction that moveth the hearers; and that worthy men have no cause of discouragement: And if none of either side be valued much above their worth (for the bare Office sake) we cannot help it; nor would it be helped if there were no Nonconformists: Some of us well remembring the time (1632. till 1640.) when we were troubled or threatned also for going out of our own Parishes to hear worthy, able men that were very conformable.
XXXV. It is very ordinary with Gentlemen and others that are zealous for the present Church State in London, to go from their own Parishes, though the Canon be against it: so that it is not, sure, the breach of the Canon that they stick at.