A26965:99
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. XVII. It much confirmeth us in our judgment, that no mere Bishop then had more Churches than one (as afore described) when we find that Ignatius (whose authority Dr. Hamond Dissert. cont▪ Blondel: Layeth so much of the cause upon, and whom Bishop Pierson hath lately so industriously vindicated) doth expressly make ONE ALTAR, and ONE BISHOP with the Presbyters and Deacons, to be the note of a Church Unity and Individuation. And that by one Altar is meant one Table of Communion, or place where that Table stood, is past doubt with the judicious and impartial. Whence learned Mr. Joseph Mede doth argue as certain that then a Bishops Church was no other than such as usually communicated in one place. Yea, saith Ignatius, the Bishop must take notice and account of each person, even of Man-servants and Maids (that they come to the Church). And this was the Bishop of a Seat, that after was ⟨p. 18⟩Patriarchal: Such Bishops we do not oppose.
Sect. XVII. It much confirmeth us in our judgment, that no mere Bishop then had more Churches than one (as afore described) when we find that Ignatius (whose authority Dr. Hamond Dissert. cont▪ Blondel: Laieth so much of the cause upon, and whom Bishop Pierson hath lately so industriously vindicated) doth expresly make ONE ALTAR, and ONE BISHOP with the Presbyters and Deacons, to be the note of a Church Unity and Individuation. And that by one Altar is meant one Table of Communion, or place where that Table stood, is past doubt with the judicious and impartial. Whence learned Mr. Joseph Mede doth argue as certain that then a Bishops Church was no other than such as usually communicated in one place. Yea, saith Ignatius, the Bishop must take notice and account of each person, even of Man-servants and Maids (that they come to the Church). And this was the Bishop of a Seat, that after was ⟨p. 18⟩Patriarchal: Such Bishops we do not oppose.