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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.
Prop. 1. We may not have that Peace which is proper to Christians, much less that which is proper to Christians in Church-Order, with any that deny the Essentials of Christianity.
Prop. 2. As for those Anabaptists that in zeal for their Opinion do endeavour the Extirpation of the Ministry, or of those of them that are against their Opinions, or any other way do attempt that which would tend to the ruin or great damage of the Church, we may not have that Peace and Communion with them as with inoffensive Brethren, but must admonish them as scandalous and gross Sinners, and avoid them, if after due admonition they desist not, and repent not.
Prop. 2. As for those Anabaptists that in zeal for their Opinion do endeavour the Extirpation of the Ministry, or of those of them that are against their Opinions, or any other way do attempt that which would tend to the ruine or great damage of the Church, we may not have that Peace and Communion with them as with in•ffensive Brethren, but must admonish them as scandalous and gross Sinners, and avoid them, if after due admonition they desist not, and repent not.
Prop. 3. Those that deny the Divine Institution, or present Existence of Ministry, or Worship and Ordinances, or governed Churches, are uncapable of being Members of any true Political Church, and Ergo, we cannot have such Church-Communion with them; and because their Doctrine is of heinous Consequence, as tending to the destruction of all Church Order, Worship and Communion, we must reject them, if they shall teach it after due Admonition.
Prop. 3. Those that deny the Divine Institution, or present Existence of Ministry, or Worship and Ordinances, or governed Churches, are uncapable of being Members of any true Political Church, and Ergo, we cannot have such Church-Communion with them; and because their Doctrine is of heinous Consequence, as tending to the destruction of all ChurchOrder, Worship and Communion, we must reject them, if they shall teach it after due Admonition.