A27006:1864
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.
Ergo—That Command which commandeth only an Act in it self lawful, is not sinful.
Resp. We deny the Major, and (for brevity) give a double Reason of our Denial. One is, because that may be a Sin per accidens, which is not so in it self, and may be unlawfully commanded, though that Accident be not in the Command.
Another is, That it may be commanded under an unjust Penalty.
2. We deny the Minor for both the same Reasons.
Upon. Prob. Minor. The delivery of the Communion to Persons kneeling, is an Act in it self lawful.
Oppon. Prob. Minor. The delivery of the Communion to Persons kneeling, is an Act in it self lawful.