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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.
§11. It is objected that as Apostles, so ordained Ministers have their authority before the consent of the people and receive it not from them.
Ans. 1. Who ever questioneth it, that is considerate, as to an indefinite charge in the Church universal? But what's that to the question? Are all the Ministers in the world bound to be the Pastors of this Parish or Diocese? Our question is what constituteth the relations between a Pastor and his Particular flock? Doth not the ordainer here say, Take thou Authority to Preach the Word of God, &c. when thou art thereto lawfully called? Because a man is a Licensed Physician without me, doth it follow that he is my Physician without my consent? 2. Are all those Church-members that Ministers are authorized to preach to? Then all the Heathen-world are Church-members. 3. They receive not authority from the people; but their consent is necessary to make themselves capable receivers of the relation and right of Church-members. God, and not the Wife, giveth the Husband the superiority; but he is no such Husband to any that consenteth not.
Ans. 1. Who ever questioneth it, that is considerate, as to an indefinite charge in the Church universal? But what's that to the question? Are all the Ministers in the world bound to be the Pastors of this Parish or Diocess? Our question is what constituteth the relations between a Pastor and his Particular flock? Doth not the ordainer here say, Take thou Authority to Preach the Word of God, &c. when thou art thereto lawfully called? Because a man is a Licensed Physician without me, doth it follow that he is my Physician without my consent? 2. Are all those Church-members that Ministers are authorized to preach to? Then all the Heathen-world are Church-members. 3. They receive not authority from the people; but their consent is necessary to make themselves capable receivers of the relation and right of Church-members. God, and not the Wife, giveth the Husband the superiority; but he is no such Husband to any that consenteth not.