A27054:788
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.
I. Not Christians who are 1. Enemies of the Church, or of Christianity. 2. Neglecters of Christianity. 3. Candidates or Catechumens Seekers.
II. Christians who are to be considered as 1. Personally qualified, and so they are 1. Eminently wise, good and strong. 2. Of a middle sort or degree. 3. Ignorant, culpable and weak. 2. Relatively as being 1. Only Christians of the universal Church and no particular, 1. Not yet entered into particular Churches. 2. Separated from them. 3. Cast out of such only. 2. In particular Churches, which are either 1. Consociate viz. under 1. The Pope. 2. Diocesans. 3. Presbyteries. 2. Independent, and diverse. 3. Opposites and adverse. 3. In their Practice, which is either 1. Laudable, to be encouraged and promoted. 2. Tolerable. 3. Intolerable.
II. Christians who are to be considered as 1. Personally qualified, and so they are 1. Eminently wise, good and strong. 2. Of a middle sort or degree. 3. Ignorant, culpable and weak. 2. Relatively as being 1. Only Christians of the universal Church and no particular, 1. Not yet entred into particular Churches. 2. Separated from them. 3. Cast out of such only. 2. In particular Churches, which are either 1. Consociate viz. under 1. The Pope. 2. Diocesans. 3. Presbyteries. 2. Independent, and diverse. 3. Opposites and adverse. 3. In their Practice, which is either 1. Laudable, to be encouraged and promoted. 2. Tolerable. 3. Intolerable.
I shall therefore briefly show how each of these sorts are to be used by a wise and righteous Christian Prince or other Magistrate: though somewhat is said already to the first.
I shall therefore briefly shew how each of these sorts are to be used by a wise and righteous Christian Prince or other Magistrate: though somewhat is said already to the first.