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An humble apology for non-conformists with modest and serious reflections on the Friendly debate…
An humble apology for non-conformists with modest and serious reflections on the Friendly debate and the continuation thereof / by a lover of truth and peace.
S.l. : s.n., 1669
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.
Quest. Are not all private Meetings for exercise of Religion, illegal and schismatical, though not in opposition unto the Public Assemblies?
Quest. Are not all private Meetings for exercise of Religion, illegal and schismatical, though not in opposition unto the Publique Assemblies?
Answ. Till of late, a Conventicle, I have heard, was a Meeting under pretence of Religi••, where people met to pray and preach against the Government of the Church and State. The Bishop, by the Canons, hath power to give leave for the keeping of a private Fast: And I know a Bishop that did so, before the Act against Conventicles was made.
Quest. Is it impossible that they should be either good Christians or good Subjects, who keep and frequent private Meetings, commonly called Conventicles?
Answ. There are amongst the Papists (whom may suppose the Author of the Debate thinks good Christians and good Subjects) who assemble themselves for Religious Exercises. And there were a Congregation of Protestants in the Reign of Queen Marry, which yet were good