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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
Chapter 2 › Section 1: The Author's Profession of his own Repentance.
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.
XVI. The Independents blame me for being for a National Church; and some of them for being against their unnecessary Covenanting terms of Communion, and their giving too much Power to popular Votes.
XVII. The Scots Presbyterians blame me for blaming the Imposition of their Covenant; and for being so much for a superior sort of Bishops or Archbishops.
XVIII. The English Diocesan Enemies to Episcopacy, who are for setting up but one sole Bishop and Church, instead of a Thousand, or many Hundred or many Score, do fiercely accuse me, as if it were not they but I that am an Enemy to Episcopacy and the Church; for desiring that Thousands may not be ejected or kept out, and one only undertake in each Diocese an impossible task.
XVIII. The English Diocesan Enemies to Episcopacy, who are for setting up but one sole Bishop and Church, instead of a Thousand, or many Hundred or many Score, do fiercely accuse me, as if it were not they but I that am an Enemy to Episcopacy and the Church; for desiring that Thousands may not be ejected or kept out, and one only undertake in each Diocess an impossible task.