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Sacrilegious desertion of the holy ministry rebuked, and tolerated preaching of the gospel vindicated,…Sacrilegious desertion of the holy ministery rebuked, and tolerated preaching of the gospel vindicated,…
Sacrilegious desertion of the holy ministry rebuked, and tolerated preaching of the gospel vindicated, against the reasonings of a confident questionist, in a book called Toleration not abused; with counsel to the nonconformists, and petition to the pious conformists / by one that is consecrated to the sacred ministry, and is resolved not to be a deserter of it ...Sacrilegious desertion of the holy ministery rebuked, and tolerated preaching of the gospel vindicated, against the reasonings of a confident questionist, in a book called Toleration not abused; with counsil to the nonconformists, and petition to the pious conformists / by one that is consecrated to the sacred ministry, and is resolved not to be a deserter of it ...
London : s.n., 1672
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2. That for the Toleration of other men, besides themselves, those two or three that meddled in it, answered.
1. That it was their desire that all Tolerable Dissenters might be tolerated.
2. That it was His Majesties work and not theirs.
3. That therefore those that were to be Tolerated, were accordingly to be spoken to of the Terms, for we were capable of treating of the Case and Terms of none but our selves. And after this the endeavour for our Comprehension went on to our content, till the Parliament sate, and presently shut the door against it.
I know of no other offer but this, which those few that dealt in it well know was far from being refused; so that a greater slander could scarce have been laid on men that have still so greatly desired A COMPREHENSION OF ALL SOBER PROTESTANTS IN THE PUBLIC MINISTRY, and A TOLERATION ALSO OF ALL TOLERABLE DISSENTERS, under Laws of peace and safety: This was still the thing which we begged for in vain: But who should be accounted Tolerable, we were never called to give our public Opinion or Advise, that I know of. Repent of such Calumnies, and study not to aggravate your Fault by Excuses.