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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.
16. In those places where the name of a distinct Church, and that your administration of the Sacraments is like to do more harm than good, it is your duty to forbear it, and only to Teach. How to discern this, Prudence and Counsel must direct you: If there be a worthy Parish Minister, and the people are all or almost all satisfied (or may be satisfied by you) to communicate with him according to the liturgy, and if your own administration would stir up so much offence and hurt, as that the benefit cannot countervail it, the case is plain. But if you live in London, or where all the people cannot come to the Parish Church, or the Minister is intolerable, and the good is like (on prudent advise) to be apparently greater then the hurt, I know not but you may
16. In those places where the name of a distinct Church, and that your administration of the Sacraments is like to do more harm than good, it is your duty to forbear it, and only to Teach. How to discern this, Prudence and Counsel must direct you: If there be a worthy Parish Minister, and the people are all or almost all satisfied (or may be satisfied by you) to communicate with him according to the liturgy, and if your own administration would stir up so much offence and hurt, as that the benefit cannot countervail it, the case is plain. But if you live in London, or where all the people cannot come to the Parish Church, or the Minister is intollerable, and the good is like (on prudent advise) to be apparently greater then the hurt, I know not but you may
1. Know your flock by name.
2. And take it either as a Chapel (in some places) or as a distinct Neighbour Church (in other places.)
2. And take it either as a Chappel (in some places) or as a distinct Neighbour Church (in other places.)