A69533:1249
Five disputations of church-government and worship
Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659
Qu. Whether a stinted Liturgy, or form of Worship, be a desirable m… › Proposition 4
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.
1. Some Ministers are better able to perform Gods public worship (except in the fore-excepted cases) without a form: and some are better able to do it by a form.
1. Some Ministers are better able to perform Gods publick worship (except in the fore-excepted cases) without a form: and some are better able to do it by a form.
2. Some Ministers have a People that are scrupulous of using forms, and some have people that scruple the disusing them, and some have both sorts mixed.
2. Some Ministers have a People that are scrupulous of using forms, and some have people that scruple the disusing them, and some have both sorts mixt.
3. Some Churches live under Magistrates that command a form, or with Churches that unanimously agree on a form; and others live in times and places where there is no such commands or Agreements▪ And according to these differences it may be one mans duty, and another's sin to use some forms.
3. Some Churches live under Magistrates that command a form, or with Churches that unanimously agree on a form; and others live in times and places where there is no such commands or Agreements▪ And according to these differences it may be one mans duty, and anothers sin to use some forms.