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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
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.
Counsel to the Non-Conformists, Ministers and People.
Brethren, you hear by this Author that the Conformists are greatly afraid of Popery, and that the danger by some will he said to be from you: but who ever taketh you for the Papists friends, the Papists themselves will never so esteem you. You see that some Conformists are desirous of peace and concord with you, for the common end, the Churches strength against all adversaries. God forbid that you should not be as forward to love and peace as they. I have these following counsels to give you before I go out of the World, expecting to have you ere long in a condition, which will require more wisdom, holiness, and fortitude, than I fear the most are yet possessed of.
BRethren, you hear by this Author that the Conformists are greatly afraid of Popery, and that the danger by some will he said to be from you: but who ever taketh you for the Papists friends, the Papists themselves will never so esteem you. You see that some Comformists are desirous of peace and concord with you, for the common end, the Churches strength against all adversaries. God forbid that you should not be as forward to love and peace as they. I have these following counsels to give you before I go out of the World, expecting to have you ere long in a condition, which will require more wisdom, holiness, and fortitude, than I fear the most are yet possessed of.
1. Resolve by the grace of God, against all temptations, and through all difficulties, faithfully to ply your Ministerial work You see how much Satan is against it, and how he trieth every way to hinder it: sometimes by force and fears, sometimes by flatteries, sometimes as that old Prophet seduced the other, by coming as in Christs name, as an Angel of Light, and by Ministers of Righteousness. ⟨p. 84⟩