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A search for the English schismatic by the case and characters I. of the…A search for the English schismatick by the case and characters I. of the…
A search for the English schismatic by the case and characters I. of the diocesan canoneers, II. of the present mere nonconformists : not as an accusation of the former, but a necessary defence of the later, so far as they are wrongfully accused and persecuted by them / by Richard Baxter ...A search for the English schismatick by the case and characters I. of the diocesan canoneers, II. of the present meer nonconformists : not as an accusation of the former, but a necessary defence of the later, so far as they are wrongfully accused and persecuted by them / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1681
Chapter 3: The Mere Nonconformist.Chapter 3: The Meer Nonconformist.
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9. That these Congregations should have known stated ⟨p. 30⟩Pastors, to be their Teachers and Guides in worship and holy living.
10. That these Pastors by Office have the power of the Church-keys, to judge whom to take in by Baptism, and whom to admonish as Criminal, to reject as impenitent, and to absolve and receive again as penitent in their proper charge.
11. That Baptism and the Eucharist being a Gift of a sealed pardon, and of Christ, and life, no unbelieving nor unwilling person is capable of them: Therefore none but believing Consenters, or Volunteers and their Infants, should be baptized, and Volunteers only admitted to the Lords-Supper.
12. And though Magistrates should promote the sacred Work, and Rule the Churches, and keep peace and order by the Sword, and see that all have competent Teachers, and hinder the intolerable; yet may they not invade the Pastors office, or peoples right, nor force men to trust their Souls to the Pastoral Care of unable or untrusty men, nor hinder them from choosing better for themselves, any more than they may confine them to untrusty Physicians, Servants or Wives.