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The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended…
The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to show their dangerous error, who think that a general council, or college of bishops, is a supreme governor of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entitled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...The true history of councils enlarged and defended against the deceits of a pretended vindicator of the primitive church, but indeed of the tympanite & tyranny of some prelates many hundred years after Christ, with a detection of the false history of Edward Lord Bishop of Corke and Rosse in Ireland ... and a preface abbreviating much of Ludolphus's History of Habassta : written to shew their dangerous errour, who think that a general council, or colledge of bishops, is a supream governour of all the Christian world ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; to which is added by another hand, a defence of a book, entituled, No evidence for diocesan churches ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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7. That when our beginning Concord had restored the King, the Scots, though unsuccessfully fought for him, Monk & his Army, that had bloodily (at Dundee, &c.) fought against him, had with the Concurrence of Sir Tho. Allen, the Londoners and Presbyterians restored him, when the King by them came in Triumph, Honoured Monk and others of them, confessed them the Cause of his Restoration, past an Act of Oblivion that we might all live in future Peace, I say, If after all this it be Prelacy and Clergy Interest and Spirit, that will rub over all the healed wounds, and strive again what ever it cost us to ulcerate the peoples minds, and resolve that the Land and Church shall have no Peace, but by the destruction of such as restored the King; I shall think never the better of Prelacy for this. But ask them, why did you not Speak it out in 1660 to Monk and his Army, or till now.
7. That when our beginning Concord had restored the King, the Scots, though unsuccessfully fought for him, Monk & his Army, that had bloodily (at Dundee, &c.) fought against him, had with the Concurrence of Sir Tho. Allen, the Londoners and Presbyterians restored him, when the King by them came in Triumph, Honoured Monk and others of them, confest them the Cause of his Restoration, past an Act of Oblivion that we might all live in future Peace, I say, If after all this it be Prelacy and Clergy Interest and Spirit, that will rub over all the healed wounds, and strive again what ever it cost us to ulcerate the peoples minds, and resolve that the Land and Church shall have no Peace, but by the destruction of such as restored the King; I shall think never the better of Prelacy for this. But ask them, why did you not Speak it out in 1660 to Monk and his Army, or till now.
§ 23. And whereas that Advocate (described Job. 8.) and you are still deceiving the ignorant by facing men down with Confidence that I lie in saying that [Two Episcopal Parties began the War in England and the Papists and Presbyterians came in but as Auxiliaries.] I again say,