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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.
18. When we were all silenced on Aug. 24. 1662. I forbore both preaching and privater Meetings, till after the great Plague 1665. to see whether our obedience would mollify Mens exasperated Minds: All that while and after constantly I went to my Parish Church Morning ⟨p. 36⟩and Evening, and staid from the beginning of Common Prayer to the end, and after the Plague I only taught such Neighbours as came into my House between the public Exercises, and led all the people into the Church to Common Prayer. In so much that my Excellent Neighbour Judge Hale countenanced me therein by his Carriage, and thought I did great Service to the Church of England. I remember not two of all that heard me that went not with me to the public Church: And that One that would not, refused, because the Dr. (Rieves) would Swear in his common talk: But I told her that he did not Swear in the Pulpit.
18. When we were all silenced on Aug. 24. 1662. I forbore both preaching and privater Meetings, till after the great Plague 1665. to see whether our obedience would mollifie Mens exasperated Minds: All that while and after constantly I went to my Parish Church Morning ⟨p. 36⟩and Evening, and staid from the beginning of Common Prayer to the end, and after the Plague I only taught such Neighbours as came into my House between the publick Exercises, and led all the people into the Church to Common Prayer. In so much that my Excellent Neighbour Judge Hale countenanced me therein by his Carriage, and thought I did great Service to the Church of England. I remember not two of all that heard me that went not with me to the publick Church: And that One that would not, refused, because the Dr. (Rieves) would Swear in his common talk: But I told her that he did not Swear in the Pulpit.
19. When in his Sermon he told them that It was because we could not be Bishops that we Conformed not, the people looked at me, as a confutation: But I forbore not ever the more to hear him.