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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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Sect. 9. But he saith (p. 6.) Their ingenuity and gratitude to God and the King will be better expressed by their Conformity, and Loyal obedience to the known Laws, than by the use of the Liberty permitted to the contrary.
Answ. He knoweth that we must not give him our Reasons against Conformity. He cannot but know that many that Conform nor, in all the matters of Subscriptions, Declarations, Oaths, Discipline, &c. (not meddling with other mens Consciences,) do think it would be in them a composition of such heinous crimes, as they do forbear to name them, for fear of seeming to be accusers of others, and to be unpeaceable: And if he think that such toys, as Mr. Fulwood's, Mr. Stileman's, and Mr. ⟨p. 32⟩Hinkley's, &c. should satisfy them, he thinks contemptibly of their understandings. And he that by such poor temptations as those, will yield to what their Consciences fear, can scarce tell what he may not yield to before he dieth. Let him procure us leave, but to publish ours Reasons against Conformity, and then let him tell us that we were better Conform, when he hath answered them. It's easy to talk when none must confute him, and to brave it against one whose tongue is tied.
Answ. He knoweth that we must not give him our Reasons against Conformity. He cannot but know that many that Conform nor, in all the matters of Subscriptions, Declarations, Oathes, Discipline, &c. (not medling with other mens Consciences,) do think it would be in them a composition of such hainous crimes, as they do forbear to name them, for fear of seeming to be accusers of others, and to be unpeaceable: And if he think that such toys, as Mr. Fulwoods, Mr. Stilemans, and Mr.