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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.
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.
22. If one for Concord be President to the rest, and the Senior Pastors be guides to the younger, we are not against it.
23. Nor yet if the Magistrate or Churches by consent appoint some of the Graver to be visitors of many Churches, and to instruct and keep the younger in peace.
24. Nor will we quarrel against the Names of Bishops, or Archbishops, or their Wealth and Honour, while Faith, Worship, Discipline and Love are preserved.
25. If by a National Church, they mean either a Christian Kingdom] or [all the Churches of a Nation as under one Prince] or [as associated for Concord] we deny none such.