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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.
§ 21. Accus. VIII. [Or who hath or can do more than Mr. B. to renew all our troubles and confusions?]
Ans. By what? By studying, praying, preaching, writing, and speaking, and exemplary living for Unity and Peace; which God knoweth hath been my chief or second study and labour these Forty four years; valuing the supernal Wisdom, which is first Pure and then Peaceable. But methinks I hear the Legion that are his Army who was a Liar and Murderer from the beginning, say, What have we to do with thee? Art thou come to torment us before the time? But they have had leave to enter into the Swine: And O that their suffocation in the Sea of confusion, occasion not Christ to be driven out of our Coasts, by them that love their Swine better than Christ.
§ 22. Accus. IX. [So that I could not devise to give a better Epitome of the late Rebellion and Schism, than this account of Mr. B's Actions and Writings, which is an Abstract of the rise and progress of both in whom they yet both live, and with whom I wish they may both die.]
Ans. To the same purpose saith Morley of me, Ex uno disce omnes. And though I unfeignedly think my self worse than the most Nonconforming Ministers that I know, yet I entreat all Foreigners and Natives of future Ages to think no worse of the Parliament and Nonconformists, than this Accusation alloweth them to do. They were at least no worse than I; which I say because the Accusers seem to allow you this much: And all the rest have not wrote above Six score Books to make themselves known, as I have done; and so by me you may know the worst of them ex uno omnes.