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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
AN ANSWER TO Dean STILINGFLEETS, &c. › Chapter 7: The Reply to his Third Part: The beginning.
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. 3. His chief argument is, [that no City how great soever was to have more Bishops than one.] Ans. 1. He can prove no such Rule in the first two hundred years. 2. See how well the defenders of Prelacy agree? Gratious (& de Imperio & in Anotat.) and Dr. Hammond I cited, who say that Cities at first had two Bishops in each (Rome, Antioch, &c.) one of Jewish Christians, and one of Gentile Christians, and saith D. H. Peter at Rome was Bishop of the Jews, and Paul of the Gentiles, and they had two Successors; and saith Grotius The Churches were formed to the manner of the Synagogues, and there were divers Churches with divers Bishops in the same City (in 1 Tim. 5. 17. & de Imp. p. 355, 356, 357.) 3. In the fourth Century a Council at Capua decreed that the two Bishops with their several Churches at Antioch (Flavian's and Evagrins) should live together in Love and Peace. 4. This was a good custom while there were in the Cities no more than one Bishop might take care of: And the custom held when times altered the case and reason of it: And Possession and the Desire to avoid division made it held up by good men. 5. I have at large in my Treatise of Episcopacy confuted the opinion of appropriating Bishops to Cities; and so did the old Churches that set up Chorepiscopos.
Sect. 3. His chief argument is, [that no City how great soever was to have more Bishops than one.] Ans. 1. He can prove no such Rule in the first two hundred years. 2. See how well the defenders of Prelacy agree? Gratious (& de Imperio & in Anotat.) and Dr. Hammond I cited, who say that Cities at first had two Bishops in each (Rome, Antioch, &c.) one of Jewish Christians, and one of Gentile Christians, and saith D. H. Peter at Rome was Bishop of the Jews, and Paul of the Gentiles, and they had two Successors; and saith Gretius The Churches were formed to the manner of the Synagogues, and there were divers Churches with divers Bishops in the same City (in 1 Tim. 5. 17. & de Imp. p. 355, 356, 357.) 3. In the fourth Century a Council at Capua decreed that the two Bishops with their several Churches at Antioch (Flavian's and Evagrins) should live together in Love and Peace. 4. This was a good custom while there were in the Cities no more than one Bishop might take care of: And the custom held when times altered the case and reason of it: And Possession and the Desire to avoid division made it held up by good men. 5. I have at large in my Treatise of Episcopacy confuted the opinion of appropriating Bishops to Cities; and so did the old Churches that set up Chorepiscopos.