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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.
51. The reason why I have not these four years gone to any Parish Church, is because Prisons and utter disability of Body hindered me, being scarce able to creep once a day to our Assembly but the fourth Door from my House.
52. To conclude, Whoever after reading my many great and small Writings for Concord and Peace, and for the Church, especially my Cure of Church Divisions, my Treatise of the way of Unity, my Catholic Theology, my Christian Directory, my Methodus Theologiae, and the numerous Volumes of Controversy, written all to end Controversies, and shall know that it hath been my chief study and labour these forty four years to promote Unity, Peace, and Concord, and what I have suffered for it, and yet will accuse my Heart and Life, as quite contrary to all this, must bring to any sober impartial Man, very clear evidence to prove me so mad and deadly an Enemy to so long and painful Labours.
52. To conclude, Whoever after reading my many great and small Writings for Concord and Peace, and for the Church, especially my Cure of Church Divisions, my Treatise of the way of Unity, my Catholick Theology, my Christian Directory, my Methodus Theologiae, and the numerous Volumes of Controversie, written all to end Controversies, and shall know that it hath been my chief study and labour these forty four years to promote Unity, Peace, and Concord, and what I have suffered for it, and yet will accuse my Heart and Life, as quite contrary to all this, must bring to any sober impartial Man, very clear evidence to prove me so mad and deadly an Enemy to so long and painful Labours.
§ 14. I am next therefore further to enquire what this Evidence is.