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Richard Baxter's penitent confession and his necessary vindication in answer to a book called…
Richard Baxter's penitent confession and his necessary vindication in answer to a book called The second part of the mischiefs of separation, written by an unnamed author with a preface to Mr. Cantianus D. Minimis, in answer to his letter which extorted this publication.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1691
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.
XVI. When I saw Mr. Burton's Protestation Protested, and the forwardness of many Religious unlearned Persons, to run toward Extremes against Liturgies and Forms, and their kindness to the Principles of Separation▪ I greatly disliked it and contradicted them, and concurred in judgment with Excellent John Ball▪ who foresaw the danger and betimes wrote against it. But I opposed it with far less Zeal than I had done, if I had then foreseen what followed.
XVI. VVhen I saw Mr. Burton's Protestation Protested, and the forwardness of many Religious unlearned Persons, to run toward Extreams against Liturgies and Forms, and their kindness to the Principles of Separation▪ I greatly disliked it and contradicted them, and concurred in judgment with Excellent John Ball▪ who foresaw the danger and betimes wrote against it. But I opposed it with far less Zeal than I had done, if I had then foreseen what followed.
XVII. When the News came of the Irish Insurrection and Murdering 200000 it possest us with such a panic fear of them and other Papists as scarce left our Judgments free to calm deliberate determination: But we could scarce sleep for fear of sudden assaults, when calm reason might have told us, that the danger could not be so sudden and near.
XVII. VVhen the News came of the Irish Insurrection and Murdering 200000 it possest us with such a pannick fear of them and other Papists as scarce left our Judgments free to calm deliberate determination: But we could scarce sleep for fear of sudden assaults, when calm reason might have told us, that the danger could not be so sudden and near.