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The Quakers catechism, or, The Quakers questioned, their questions answered, and both published for…
The Quakers catechism, or, The Quakers questioned, their questions answered, and both published for the sake of those of them that have not yet sinned unto death and of those ungrounded novices that are most in danger of their seduction / by R[i]chard Baxter.
London: printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton, 1655
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
For what you say of [a carnal Bell] it is like the rest which I before answered, not fit for the mouth of a reasonable creature to have mentioned. But I must tell you that our Bells are not carnal, if they were, they would scarce sound so well or last so long. If your meaning be, that you would have us baptize our Bells to make them spiritual as your ghostly Fathers of Rome do, we will keep our carnal Bells till we know more reason for that practice.
For what you say of [a carnall Bell] it is like the rest which I before answered, not fit for the mouth of a reasonable creature to have mentioned. But I must tell you that our Bels are not carnall, if they were, they would scarce sound so well or last so long. If your meaning be, that you would have us baptize our Bels to make them spirituall as your ghostly Fathers of Rome do, we will keep our carnall Bels till we know more reason for that practice.
The 23. Qu. is this, [Whether are not they that bear rule by their means, and seeks for their gain from their quarter, and seeks for the fleece, and makes a prey upon the people, and are hirelings, be not false Prophets, yea or nay, and whether such be not to be cried out against now as they were then?]
The 23. Qu. is this, [Whether are not they that bear rule by their means, and seeks for their gain from their quarter, and seeks for the sleece, and makes a prey upon the people, and are hirelings, be not false Prophets, yea or nay, and whether such be not to be cried out against now as they were then?]
Answ. To this I have sufficiently answered already to your Brethren in my other book. Only let me tell you, 1. It is a most certain thing that God allowed the Priests the Tithes, and much more, when he thus cried out against them, Dare you deny that? If you dare not, confess then that it was not the mere taking of Tithes that caused God so to rebuke them. Read but