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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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§ 1. IF so many repetitions of my Opinion cannot save Mr M. from so untrue a supposition of my self, I must not too far trust him, of the sense of those that he is as distant from as I. Yet this supposition running through all his book, shows that he wrote it against he knew not whom nor what. His foundation is because I define a single Church by Personal present Communion.
§ 1. IF so many repetitions of my Opinion cannot save Mr M. from so untrue a supposition of my self, I must not too far trust him, of the sence of those that he is as distant from as I. Yet this supposition running through all his book, shews that he wrote it against he knew not whom nor what. His foundation is because I define a single Church by Personal present Communion.
§ 2. I do so: And 1. Doth he think there is no such thing as Christians conjoined for assembling in Gods ordinary worship, under the Conduct of their Proper Pastors. I will not censure him so hardly as to think he will deny it. 2. Are these Churches or not. I suppose he will say, Yea. 3. But is there no Personal Present Communion but in public worship. Yes sure Neighbours who worship God in divers places, may yet live in the Knowledge and conversation of each other; and may meet for Election of Officers, and other Church businesses, and may frequently exhort, reprove and admonish each other, and relieve each other in daily wants; and many meet sometimes by turns in the same place, where they all cannot meet at once: We have great Towns, (like Ipswich, Plymouth Shrewsbury, &c.) which have many Parishes, and yet Neighbourhood maketh them capable of [Personal Communion in Presence] as distinct from [Communion by Letters or Delegates with those that we neither see nor know.] And we have many great Parishes which have several Chapels, where the People ordinarily meet yet per vices some one time and some another come to the Parish Churches. Have these no Parochial Personal Communion?
§ 2. I do so: And 1. Doth he think there is no such thing as Christians conjoyned for assembling in Gods ordinary worship, under the Conduct of their Proper Pastors. I will not censure him so hardly as to think he will deny it. 2. Are these Churches or not. I suppose he will say, Yea. 3. But is there no Personal Presnt Communion but in publick worship. Yes sure Neighbours who worship God in divers places, may yet live in the Knowledge and conversation of each other; and may meet for Election of Officers, and other Church businesses, and may frequently exhort, reprove and admonish each other, and relieve each other in daily wants; and many meet sometimes by turns in the same place, where they all cannot meet at once: We have great Towns, (like Ipswich, Plymouth Shrewsbury, &c.) which have many Parishes, and yet Neighbourhood maketh them capable of [Personal Communion in Presence] as distinct from [Communion by Letters or Delegats with those that we neither see nor know.] And we have many great Parishes which have several Chappels, where the People ordinarily meet yet per vices some one time and some another come to the Parish Churches. Have these no Parochial Personal Communion?