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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
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.
Though most of this be said after, where he calls me to it, I thought meet here to premise the Explication of the word [Church] (as in divers books largely I have done of the word [Separation] lest I imitate him in leaving my explication to the hinder part, and we should dispute about a word, which the Reader, and perhaps our selves understand not.
But we have a greater controversy than this, risen since A. Bishop Laud's, and Grotius's Reconciling design, v z. what the Catholic visible Church is?
But we have a greater controversie than this, risen since A. Bishop Laud's, and Grotius's Reconciling design, v z. what the Catholick visible Church is?
1. Protestants have hitherto held, as the first point of difference from the Papists, that the Universal Church hath no constitutive Head, or supreme regent Power but Christ. He hath settled no one, Vicarious, or deputed supreme, Monarchical, Aristocratical, or Democratical.
1. Protestants have hitherto held, as the first point of difference from the Papists, that the Universal Church hath no constitutive Head, or supreme regent Power but Christ. He hath setled no one, Vicarious, or deputed supreme, Monarchical, Aristocratical, or Democratical.