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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.
4. It was I confess a Dividing practice that I took the Scots Covenant before I foresaw it would be used to Division. But I quickly repented, and kept my Flock and Thousands from taking it.
5. I had not the last or least hand in suppressing the promoters of Schism where I lived.
6. I purposely hazarded my Life, and spent Time and Labour a year and half in Fairfax's Army, in hope (too late) to have healed and prevented the foreseen Ecclesiastical and Civil Divisions.
7. I got the Ministers of Worcestershire and the Neighbour Counties, Episcopal, Presbyterians and moderate Independents to subscribe an Agreement in practice so far as they agreed in Principles: Which Dr. Warmstree and Dr. Good consented to till Dr. Gunning drew them off again. And Westmorland, Cumberland, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Essex, and Dublin all imitated us, so that we were ready to have had a common Concord.