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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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III. Counsel and Concord about Church practice must take up the rest of your time. And these three seasonably used Prayer, Disputation, and Counsel will conduce much to your growth and strength.
But see that Ministerial Meetings turn not from Counsel and Agreement to Formality and Usurpation of a Ruling power over one another, ⟨p. 113⟩and so degenerate not into Synodical Church-tyranny; much less usurp the Magistrates right: For Synods ill managed have bin the Fevers and Pleurisies of the Churches.
But see that Ministerial Meetings turn not from Counsel and Agreement to Formality and Vsurpation of a Ruling power over one another, ⟨p. 113⟩and so degenerate not into Synodical Church-tyranny; much less usurpe the Magistrates right: For Synods ill managed have bin the Fevers and Pleurisies of the Churches.
19. Therefore be sure to keep out, both the Tyranny of Major Votes, and of the proud Magisterial self-arrogations of any individuals, that think all others must stoop to them.