A69533:1367
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
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.
§. 18. Prop. 5. A thing convenient and profitable, is sinfully commanded▪ when it is commanded on a greater penalty, then the nature and use of it doth require, and the common good will bear.
§. 19. Prop. 6. It is not lawful to make any thing the subjects Duty by a command, that is merely Indifferent, antecedently both in it self, and as clothed with all accidents.
§. 19. Prop. 6. It is not lawfull to make any thing the subjects Duty by a command, that is meerly Indifferent, antecedently both in it self, and as cloathed with all accidents.
§. 20. Prop. 7. Some things may be lawfully and profitably commanded at one time and place, and to one sort of People, that may not be lawfully commanded at another time, or to another people: no nor obeyed, if so commanded.
§. 21. Prop. 8. Those Orders may be Profitable for the Peace of the Churches in one Nation, or under the Government of one Prince, that are not necessary or profitable in order to the unity or Peace of the Churches under divers Princes.