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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.
4. Have not you that have sound doctrine, Gods promise, the Rulers countenance, maintenance and honour, much more to support you, than they that are supposed to have none of these?
5. If you tolerate not their open preaching, their secret endeavours, and your seeming cruelty together, will alienate more from you, and make you not only neglected but abhorred.
§. 10. Obj. 10. The number of the erroneous will increase by a toleration.
Answ. And the number of the ungodly that will say, swear, or do any thing for worldly respects; will increase by your mistaken way of suppressing them. 2. It is better that tolerated honest Christians erring in tolerable cases do increase, than that they be banished or destroyed, and a worldly Ministry thereby lift up, abhorred by the religious, and heading the malignant and profane against all serious piety.
Answ. And the number of the ungodly that will say, swear, or do any thing for worldly respects; will increase by your mistaken way of suppressing them. 2. It is better that tolerated honest Christians erring in tolerable cases do increase, than that they be banished or destroyed, and a worldly Ministry thereby lift up, abhorred by the religious, and heading the malignant and prophane against all serious piety.