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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. What is to be thought of the Continuation of the Friendly Debate?
Answ. It seems to be an unfriendly Continuation of Debate and Strife, contrary to the Act of Indemnity, and to be a continued breach of that Law in the very design of it; Else, why, contrary to the Act of Oblivion, doth he rake up the memory of what was written and preached before and in the Wars, and that sometimes by persons very little considerable for their parts, learning, or place amongst their own party? and why doth he charge those things upon the Nonconformists of this Generation?
Answ. It seems to be an unfriendly Continuation of Debate and Strife, contrary to the Act of Indempnity, and to be a continued breach of that Law in the very design of it; Else, why, contrary to the Act of Oblivion, doth he rake up the memory of what was written and preached before and in the Wars, and that sometimes by persons very little considerable for their parts, learning, or place amongst their own party? and why doth he charge those things upon the Nonconformists of this Generation?
Quest. Were not Nonconformists even from the beginning of Nonconformity generally very peevish, impudent, censorious, and disobedient to Authority?