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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.
1. Let there be no withdrawing from the Ministry and Church of that Place upon the mere ground of Baptism. If the Minister be an Anabaptist, let not us withdraw from him on that ground, and if he be a Paedobaptist, let not them withdraw from us.
1. Let there be no withdrawing from the Ministry and Church of that Place upon the meer ground of Baptism. If the Minister be an Anabaptist, let not us withdraw from him on that ground, and if he be a Paedobaptist, let not them withdraw from us.
2. If the Pastor be for or against Infant Baptism, and think he have a Call to deliver his Judgment, let not the private Member think he is still bound to contradict him, or withdraw; but having once publicly entered his dissent to that Doctrine, and protested that his Presence and Patience doth not signify an Owning of it (if his Conscience urge him to go so far), let him afterward acquiesce and walk respectfully, lovingly and obediently to the Pastors in all lawful things.
2. If the Pastor be for or against Infant Baptism, and think he have a Call to deliver his Judgment, let not the private Member think he is still bound to contradict him, or withdraw; but having once publickly entered his diffent to that Doctrine, and protested that his Presence and Patience doth not signifie an Owning of it (if his Conscience urge him to go so far), let him afterward acquiesce and walk respectfully, lovingly and obediently to the Pastors in all lawful things.
3. Those that are so moderate as to take Infants for Church Members, though not to be Baptized, let them openly make profession of it.