A26965:764
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.
§ 16. And Pauls reproof of their making a Church head of Cephas, Paul, or Apollo, or taking them to be other than helps of their faith, (and not Lords of it) and Ministers by whom they believed, even then when Schisms made it necessary to have known to whom they must appeal and adhere, if that had been the way, doth further confirm what we say.
§ 17. The argument that some worthy persons bring, from the Prophesies that Nations should be converted unto Christ; and that the Kingdom should be taken from the Jews, and given to a Nation that would bring forth the fruits of it Matth. 21. 43. and that the Kingdoms of the world are made the Kingdoms of Christ, and that Egypt and Assyria should be converted and equalled with the Jews, &c. do indeed show that there should be Christian Kings and Kingdoms; ⟨p. 257⟩which the Apostles were sent to endeavour, Mat. 28. 19. to convert Nations: But here is nothing, that we can perceive, to prove that these Christian Nations must have the Jewish Church Policy.
§ 17. The argument that some worthy persons bring, from the Prophesies that Nations should be converted unto Christ; and that the Kingdom should be taken from the Jews, and given to a Nation that would bring forth the fruits of it Matth. 21. 43. and that the Kingdomes of the world are made the Kingdoms of Christ, and that Egypt and Assyria should be converted and equalled with the Jews, &c. do ineeed shew that there should be Christian Kings and Kingdoms; ⟨p. 257⟩which the Apostles were sent to endeavour, Mat. 28. 19. to convert Nations: But here is nothing, that we can perceive, to prove that these Christian Nations must have the Jewish Church Policy.