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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.
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.
XIX. The factious Sectarian part of the Conformists, most fiercely and implacably accuse me, for telling them (after many years patient silence) what are the Reasons that I conform not to their imposed Oaths, Covenants, Subscriptions, Declarations and Practices: taking this for an Accusation of those that do, what I dare not do: And because I give not over Preaching. And some of their Writers expect that I falsely accuse my self of a multitude of heinous Crimes, of which they by palpable lying accuse me: As if Lying against my self were an act of Repentance, and a means of Pardon, and were not a Sin as well as to belly another.
XIX. The factious Sectarian part of the Conformists, most fiercely and implacably accuse me, for telling them (after many years patient silence) what are the Reasons that I conform not to their imposed Oaths, Covenants, Subscriptions, Declanations and Practices: taking this for an Accusation of those that do, what I dare not do: And because I give not over Preaching. And some of their Writers expect that I falsly accuse my self of a multitude of heinous Crimes, of which they by palpable lying accuse me: As if Lying against my self were an act of Repentance, and a means of Pardon, and were not a Sin as well as to bely another.