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Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his…
Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his life and times faithfully published from his own original manuscript by Matthew Sylvester.Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his life and times faithfully publish'd from his own original manuscript by Matthew Sylvester.
London: printed for T. Parkhurst, 1696
Part 2 › Whether it be our Duty to seek Peace with the Anabaptists?
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.
Whether it be our Duty to seek Peace with the Anabaptists?
Because I conceive it no very difficult matter to resolve this Question,1 I shall the more briefly dispatch it. Only two Terms do need some Explication:
- 1Feb. 28. 1655/6.
1. What we mean by Anabaptists? We do not here use the word with an intention of Reproach; for that doth less beseem • a Disputation of Peace; but we are fain to make use of it, as that Name by which that sort of Men are already commonly known, and distinguished from all others; as not knowing otherwise how to speak intelligibly of them, without using Descriptions and Circumlocutions instead of well-known Names or Titles, which would be contrary to the Common Rules of Discourse.
1. What we mean by Anabaptists? We do not here use the word with an intention of Reproach; for that doth less besee • a Disputation of Peace; but we are fain to make use of it, as that Name by which that sort of Men are already commonly known, and distinguished from all others; as not knowing otherwise how to speak intelligibly of them, without using Descriptions and Circumlocutions instead of well-known Names or Titles, which would be contrary to the Common Rules of Discourse.