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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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48. The Liturgy which they offered, had not one word of exception returned by the Bishops; nor were their Reply or Petition answered by them to this day.
49. They offered their solemnest Protestation or Oaths, that it was to avoid sin that they refused Conformity; and yet many reported that we held all for indifferent, except renouncing the Covenant.
50. The New Liturgy came out of the Press so near the penal Bartholomew-day, that in almost all Counties of England, they were turned out for not declaring Assent to a book which they never saw, or could see; and the Conformers there owned it before they saw it.
51. The Nonconformists knowing that the Magistrate hath the power of the Temples and Tithes, never pretended any right to them when they were cast out: But knowing that they were justly possessed of their Pastoral relation to their flocks, they believed not that the mere will of the Magistrate disobligeth them. Yet they believe that when the continuance will do more hurt than good, they and the flock should part by consent.