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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
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.
§ 50. When Cromwell's Faction were making him Protector, they drew up a Thing which they called [The Government of England, &c.] Therein they determined that all should have Liberty or free Exercise of their Religion, who professed Faith in God by Jesus Christ]. After this he called a Parliament, which Examined this Instrument of Government; and when they came to those words, the Orthodox Party affirmed, That if they spake de re, and not de nomine [Faith in God by Jesus Christ] could contain no less than the Fundamentals of Religion: whereupon it was purposed that all should have a due measure of Liberty who professed the Fundamentals. Hereupon the Committee appointed to that Business were required to nominate certain Divines to draw up in terminis the Fundamentals of Religion; to be as a Test in this Toleration. The Committee being about Fourteen, named every one his Man: The Lord Broghill (after Earl of Orery, and Lord President of Munster, and one of his Majesty's Privy Council] named the Primate of Ireland, Archbishop Usher: When he (because of his Age and Unwillingness to wrangle with such Men as were to join with him) had refused the Service, the Lord Broghill nominated me in his Stead: Whereupon I was sent for up to London: But before I came the rest had begun their Work, and drawn up some few of the Propositions which they called Fundamentals: The Men that I found there were, Mr. Marshal, Mr. Reyner, Dr. Cheynell, Dr. Goodwin, Dr. Owen, Mr. Nigh, Mr. Sydra•• Simpson, Mr. Vines, Mr. Manton, and Mr. Jacomb.
§ 50. When Cromwell's Faction were making him Protector, they drew up a Thing which they called [The Government of England, &c.] Therein they determined that all should have Liberty or free Exercise of their Religion, who professed Faith in God by Iesus Christ]. After this he called a Parliament, which Examined this Instrument of Government; and when they came to those words, the Orthodox Party affirmed, That if they spake de re, and not de nomine [Faith in God by Iesus Christ] could contain no less than the Fundamentals of Religion: whereupon it was purposed that all should have a due measure of Liberty who professed the Fundamentals. Hereupon the Committee appointed to that Business were required to nominate certain Divines to draw up in terminis the Fundamentals of Religion; to be as a Test in this Toleration. The Committee being about Fourteen, named every one his Man: The Lord Broghill (after Earl of Orery, and Lord President of Munster, and one of his Majesty's Privy Council] named the Primate of Ireland, Archbishop Usher: When he (because of his Age and Unwillingness to wrangle with such Men as were to join with him) had refused the Service, the Lord Broghill nominated me in his Stead: Whereupon I was sent for up to London: But before I came the rest had begun their Work, and drawn up some few of the Propositions which they called Fundamentals: The Men that I found there were, Mr. Marshal, Mr. Reyner, Dr. Cheynell, Dr. Goodwin, Dr. Owen, Mr. Nye, Mr. Sydra Sympson, Mr. Vines, Mr. Manton, and Mr. Iacomb.