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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.
XL. When my Books against Conformity had irritated Dr. Stillingfleet to make me an instance of mischievous Separation (who had constantly heard and communicated with my Parish Churches, and for my private or occasional Preaching had the Bishops Licence approved under the hands of two the greatest Lawyers of England (the Lord Chief Justice Sanders, and the now Lord Chief Justice Polix•en) I doubt that I too provokingly took the advantage of his temerity, and confuted him in too provoking terms, not considering enough that a Man of great Learning, Labour, and Merit, and Name, hath a great interest of Reputation which he would not be insensible of: And if it were true as many without proof report, that his exasperation engaged first Mr. Morris, and after the second Author of the Mischief of Separation (whose writing against me is the transcript of the Character given by Christ, John 8. 44.) yet I honour the Reading, Learning, Labour and great Worth of Dr. Stillingfleet, now Bishop of Worcester, and what ever hand he had in it, I unfeignedly forgive him.
XL. When my Books against Conformity had irritated Dr. Stillingfleet to make me an instance of mischievous Separation (who had constantly heard and communicated with my Parish Churches, and for my private or occasional Preaching had the Bishops Licence approved under the hands of two the greatest Lawyers of England (the Lord Chief Justice Sanders, and the now Lord Chief Justice Polix•en) I doubt that I too provokingly took the advantage of his temerity, and confuted him in too provoking terms, not considering enough that a Man of great Learning, Labour, and Merit, and Name, hath a great interest of Reputation which he would not be insensible of: And if it were true as many without proof report, that his exasperation engaged first Mr. Morrice, and after the second Author of the Mischief of Separation (whose writing against me is the transcript of the Character given by Christ, John 8. 44.) yet I honour the Reading, Learning, Labour and great Worth of Dr. Stillingfleet, now Bishop of Worcester, and what ever hand he had in it, I unfeignedly forgive him.