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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
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3. That as all the Courts of Justice do execute their Sentences in the King's Name, and this by his own Law, and therefore by his Authority, so much more might his Parliament do.
§ 52. But now we come to the main matter; What satisfied so many of the intelligent part of the Country to side with the Parliament when the War began?
§ 52. But now we come to the main matter; What satisfied so many of the intelligent part of the Countrey to side with the Parliament when the War began?
What inclined their Affections I have before showed; and it is not to be doubted but their Approbation of the Parliament in the cause of Reformation made them the easilier believe the lawfulness of their War: But yet there were some Dissenters which put the matter to debates among themselves. In Warwickshire, Sir Francis Nethersole, a religious Knight, was against the Parliaments War and Covenant, (though not for the Justness of the War against them.) In Gloucestershire, Mr. Geree, an old eminent Nonconformist, and Mr. Copell, a learned Minister (who put out himself to prevent being put out for the Book of Recreations) and some others with ⟨p. 35⟩them were against the lawfulness of the War; so was Mr. Lyford of Sherborne in Dorsetshire, and Mr. Francis Bampfield, his Successor, and some other Godly Ministers in other Countries: And many resolved to meddle on no side.
What inclined their Affections I have before shewed; and it is not to be doubted but their Approbation of the Parliament in the cause of Reformation made them the easilier believe the lawfulness of their War: But yet there were some Dissenters which put the matter to debates among themselves. In Warwickshire, Sir Francis Nethersole, a religious Knight, was against the Parliaments War and Covenant, (though not for the Justness of the War against them.) In Glocestershire, Mr. Geree, an old eminent Nonconformist, and Mr. Copell, a learned Minister (who put out himself to prevent being put out for the Book of Recreations) and some others with