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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.
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.
But his words do seem to forbid an answer, for they are capable of none but what will sound harshly, even to name them as they are Most Impudent Lies, mere forgeries, or the most unquestionable Duties made most odious sins; and most of the pretence fetched from some words of my Writings and Confessions depraved and impudently falsified.