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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
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Answ. Either it is the substance of holy duties, or but the circumstances, which you quarrel at as Puritanical and precise. If it be only the circumstances, (as Whether we should receive the Lords Supper standing, or kneeling, or sitting? Whether we should pray publicly without Book, or on the Book? and Whether a Scripture-form or another be better? and Whether a continued speech, or versicles, anthems, and oft-repeated words and sentences be better? What form of Church Government is best • by Diocesan ⟨p. 84⟩Bishops, or by all the Pastors? and the like) It is not of such things as these that I am pleading with thee: Though some of them are matters of considerable moment, for the helping or hindering men in godliness; yet it is greater matters then these, that I am now contending for. Agree with us practically in the substance, in Faith, Repentance, Love, Obedience, Mortification, Heavenliness, Humility, Patience, and serious diligence and zeal in all, and then I am none of those that will condemn or censure you; but one that will rejoice in you, as those that I hope to rejoice with for ever.
Answ. Either it is the substance of holy duties, or but the circumstances, which you quarrel at as Puritanical and precise. If it be only the circumstances, (as Whether we should receive the Lords Supper standing, or kneeling, or sitting? Whether we should pray publickly without Book, or on the Book? and Whether a Scripture-form or another be better? and Whether a continued speech, or versicles, anthems, and oft-repeated words and sentences be better? What form of Church Government is best • by Diocesane ⟨p. 84⟩Bishops, or by all the Pastors? and the like) It is not of such things as these that I am pleading with thee: Though some of them are matters of considerable moment, for the helping or hindring men in godliness; yet it is greater matters then these, that I am now contending for. Agree with us practically in the substance, in Faith, Repentance, Love, Obedience, Mortification, Heavenliness, Humility, Patience, and serious diligence and zeal in all, and then I am none of those that will condemn or censure you; but one that will rejoyce in you, as those that I hope to rejoyce with for ever.