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A second admonition to Mr. Edward Bagshaw written to call him to repentance for…
A second admonition to Mr. Edward Bagshaw written to call him to repentance for many false doctrines, crimes, and specially fourscore palpable untruths in matter of fact ... : with a confutation of his reasons for separation ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Nevill Simmons, 1671
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.
THE Contents.
A Preface to those that are inclined to Principles of Church Division and Separation; containing twenty causes of that sin, and some Notices of Mr. Bagshaw's two Libels. To Mr. E. B. the grounds on which I go in dealing with him. Why I answer him contrary to my former purpose. Sect. 1. Of calling him Brother: of a middle way. Sect. 2. Whether every untruth be a lye? Sect. 3. Of Scripture perfection. Sect. 4. Of the design of my Book. Sect. 6, 7. Whether calling Dividers to ⟨image 3⟩Repent, &c. be to make them odious? Sect. 8. Whether all they whose sin brings Judgements, must be hated of all and killed? Sect. 9, 10. Whether I disclaimed any Activeness in the first War? Sect. 15. Whether I approved of setting up Cromwell to be Protector? and such like? Sect. 20. My Repentance published at Mr. E. B. his invitation, in four parts. Of Mr. E. B. his former defence of me against the then Bishop of Worcester. Sect. 21, 22. Of Christs Temporal Reign, and my judgement of it. Sect. 24. Whether I meant it, because I dare not own any persecuted truth. Sect. 25. Whether I inveigh against sufferings▪ —Of sufferers temptations. Sect. 26, &c. His sinful excuse of Vavasor Powell's three public false Prophecies. Sect. 29, &c. His (wholesome) accusation of me as proud, 1. For saying that I publicly communicated: 2. For saying that many have written against me, that expect clean contraries from me. 3. For writing many Books. ⟨image 3⟩Sect. 31. Of his accusation in general about Justification. Sect. 33. Of the stating of the Question about separating principles. Sect. 34, &c. Many of his misreports about my stating it. Sect. 38. His first Reason for separation examined, viz. because every Parish Church is part of a Diocesan Church. How far that is true or not. Sect. 39. His second Reason, that a Parish Minister is but a servant to the Diocesan. Sect. 40. His third Reason: Because Parish Ministers consent to silencing and persecution, by open consent or pernicious silence? Whether there be little difference between persecuting, and not sharply reproving it? Sect. 41. His fourth Reason; that Parish Ministers enter sinfully, and by a solemn Oath renounce their Christian liberty. All sinners, or sinful enterers not to be separated from. Sect. 42. May not a true Church be called Defective and faulty. Sect. 43. His further Reasons. 1. That we know not how else to preserve our Christian liberty.