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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
§. 42. The disowning and refusing some humane forms of Profession of faith, called Creeds, or some doubtful (though lawful) subscriptions, promises, declarations, Covenants or oaths (much less false ones) are no just causes of Excommunicating that man who professeth all the essentials of Christianity, and whatever is necessary to salvation.
§. 43. The condemning of some such humane Creeds, Articles, Forms, Covenants, promises or ⟨p. 198⟩oaths, though unjustly, is no just cause of such excommunication; because all men being known to be fallible, a good Christian may mistake another mans (or many mens) words: And the misunderstanding of a man (or many men) may stand with Christianity, piety and salvation.
§. 44. It is not all that maketh a man uncapable of local Communion with this or that particular Church which unchristeneth him, or maketh him uncapable of continuing in the Church-universal, as shall be after proved.
§. 45. Nay a man may be a Christian in the Universal Church, who is a member of no particular Church, as is before showed: As 1. some newly Baptized, as the Eunuch,