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The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members…
The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far heretics are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.The successive visibility of the church of which the Protestants are the soundest members I. defended against the opposition of Mr. William Johnson, II. proved by many arguments / by Richard Baxter ; whereunto is added 1. an account of my judgement to Mr. J. how far hereticks are or are not in the church, 2. Mr. Js. explication of the most used terms, with my queries thereupon, and his answer and my reply, 3. an appendix about successive ordination, 4. letters between me and T.S., a papist, with a narrative of the success.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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during this Voyage I exchanged several letters with him, being desirous to make him sensible of the hand of God eminently out against him, hedging up ⟨p. 386⟩his way with thorns everywhere, which I desired might be in order to his return to God, looking upon his condition to be manifestly desperate for ever, if he should refuse to return, and harden his heart against him. At Worcester he fell sick, which through Gods blessing brought him to a more serious consideration of his everlasting state which he apprehended to approach near. And it wrought some kind of doubt in him, touching the truth of some of the chief of those things which he had entertained as true about the Church of Rome, as he informed me by his letter; whereunto for his conviction and better satisfaction, I did advise him to apply himself unto Mr. Baxter of Kidderminster (who I told him I did believe was a great lover of souls) which he by letter did as he told me, and that Mr. Baxter did return him an answer thereunto in writing, with liberty to show it to any the most learned of his way; which when he came to London he showed me, acknowledging himself much convinced by it: and the more taken, for that so large and full an answer with that liberty should be dispatched to him with so much expedition, which as I remember he said he had the next day after he sent his. Yet was he confident, as he said, that it ⟨p. 387⟩would be answered, and as he told me, he had left it with one that had undertaken it; He spake of its being shown to Ambassadors or an Ambassador, and that within fourteen days he should have an answer to it; but enquiring after it, I could never see any answer, nor could he notwithstanding all his solicitations and provocations used, prevail to have an answer; which he seemed to be very much offended at; and at length, as he told me, those with whom he had to do about it, were much offended with him: in so much that he intimated himself to be apprehensive of danger from some of them: yet he seemed resolved to adventure whatsoever might befall him in that respect, rather then he would stifle those convictions, which by Mr. Baxters letter had been begotten in him; This letter of Mr. Baxters, together with [The Safe Religion] a Book which he did refer him to, either then or near that time in the press, which he went for and had of the Stationer upon Mr.
during this Voyage I exchanged several letters with him, being desirous to make him sensible of the hand of God eminently out against him, hedging up