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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.
Object. 11. Those whom we should Excommunicate we may not have Communion with: But the Anabaptists should be Excommunicated, Ergo, &c.
Answ. I deny the Minor taken of such Anabaptists as we have now in question.
Object. 12. It is a scandalous Sin unrepented of.
Answ. 1. So is many a greater Error, which Men must not be Excommunicated for. 2. It is virtually repented of; seeing if they knew the Evil of it, they would repent.
Answ. 1. So is many a greater Errour, which Men must not be Excommunicated for. 2. It is virtually repented of; seeing if they knew the Evil of it, they would repent.
Object. 13. You would have a looser Discipline than the Prelates or Papists: for they would not Communicate with Anabaptists.