A27035:441
A second true defence of the mere nonconformists against the untrue accusations, reasonings, and…A second true defence of the meer nonconformists against the untrue accusations, reasonings, and…
A second true defence of the mere nonconformists against the untrue accusations, reasonings, and history of Dr. Edward Stillingfleet ... clearly proving that it is (not sin but) duty 1. not wilfully to commit the many sins of conformity, 2. not sacrilegiously to forsake the preaching of the Gospel, 3. not to cease public worshipping of God, 4. to use needful pastoral helps for salvation ... / written by Richard Baxter ... ; with some notes on Mr. Joseph Glanviles Zealous and impartial Protestant, and Dr. L. Moulins character.A second true defence of the meer nonconformists against the untrue accusations, reasonings, and history of Dr. Edward Stillingfleet ... clearly proving that it is (not sin but) duty 1. not wilfully to commit the many sins of conformity, 2. not sacrilegiously to forsake the preaching of the Gospel, 3. not to cease publick worshipping of God, 4. to use needful pastoral helps for salvation ... / written by Richard Baxter ... ; with some notes on Mr. Joseph Glanviles Zealous and impartial Protestant, and Dr. L. Moulins character.
London: printed for Nevil Simons, 1681
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.
Sect. 29. It may be he will say, that where Princes and Parliaments are Orthodox, none are Usurpers, but true Pastors whom they impose. Ans. But doth not this make the people Judges whether Princes and Parliaments are Orthodox, and is not that as dangerous as to judge of the Teachers? And Orthodox Princes and Parliaments may impose Heretical Teachers: and may by Law enable Patrons and Prelates to impose them. What more natural than to propagate what men like, and oppose what they hate? If the many hundred Patrons in England be all orthodox and pious, and free from Schism, &c. we are strangely happy: If not we may expect that they choose accordingly. But the Bishops will secure us. Ans. 1. They have not done. 2. They say they cannot by Law. 3. Would it be any wonder if Bishop Goodman of Gloucester kept not out any Popish Teacher? Or if such Fathers of the Church as Archbishop Bromhall let in such as would have the Pope Govern us all by the Canons as Patriarch and principium unitatis, and all pass for Shoismaticks that consent not to such a foreign Jurisdiction, contrary to our National Oaths.
Sect. 29. It may be he will say, that where Princes and Parliaments are Orthodox, none are Usurpers, but true Pastors whom they impose. Ans. But doth not this make the people Judges whether Princes and Parliaments are Orthodox, and is not that as dangerous as to judge of the Teachers? And Orthodox Princes and Parliaments may impose Heretical Teachers: and may by Law enable Patrons and Prelates to impose them. What more natural than to propagate what men like, and oppose what they hate? If the many hundred Patrons in England be all orthodox and pious, and free from Schism, &c. we are strangely happy: If not we may expect that they choose accordingly. But the Bishops will secure us. Ans. 1. They have not done. 2. They say they cannot by Law. 3. Would it be any wonder if Bishop Goodman of Glocester kept not out any Popish Teacher? Or if such Fathers of the Church as Archbishop Bromhall let in such as would have the Pope Govern us all by the Canons as Patriark and principium unitatis, and all pass for Shoismaticks that consent not to such a forreign Jurisdiction, contrary to our National Oaths.
Sect. 30. As to his instance of Solomons putting out Abiathar, &c. I answered it fully (and many more objections) in my first Plea, and will not write the same again for him that thinks it not worth the answering or taking notice of.