A76157:404
Confirmation and restoration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of…Confirmation and restauration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of…
Confirmation and restoration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of the corruptions and divisions of the churches: submissively, but earnestly tendered to the consideration of the sovereign powers, magistrates, ministers, and people, that they may awake, and be up and doing in the execution of so much, as appeareth to be necessary as they are true to Christ, his Church and Gospel, and to their own and others souls, and to the peace and welfare of the nations; and as they will answer the neglect to Christ, at their peril. / By Richard Baxter, an unworthy minister of Christ, that longeth to see the healing of the churches.Confirmation and restauration the necessary means of reformation, and reconciliation; for the healing of the corruptions and divisions of the churches: submissively, but earnestly tendered to the consideration of the soveraigne powers, magistrates, ministers, and people, that they may awake, and be up and doing in the execution of so much, as appeareth to be necessary as they are true to Christ, his Church and Gospel, and to their own and others souls, and to the peace and wellfare of the nations; and as they will answer the neglect to Christ, at their peril. / By Richard Baxter, an unworthy minister of Christ, that longeth to see the healing of the churches.
London: printed by A.M. for Nevil Simmons book-seller, 1658
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.
Answ. 1. Such a Tyrannical Power as every Physician hath, who may choose or refuse his patients; or every School-master hath that may choose or refuse his Scholars, if he engage not himself to the contrary, as Plato, Zeno, and every Philosopher did in his School.
Answ. 1. Such a Tyranical Power as every Physician hath, who may choose or refuse his patients; or every School-master hath that may choose or refuse his Schollars, if he engage not himself to the contrary, as Plato, Zeno, and every Philosopher did in his Schoole.
2. It is such a Tyranny as Christ hath unquestionably set up; and to accuse him of setting up Tyranny, is an unkind part of them that look to be saved by him.
3. It is a Power that hath Constantly been exercised by the Officers of Christ, and did not men smell out the Tyranny of it till now? What Prince did govern the Church doors, and judge who should be admitted, from the days of Christ, till Constantine's days, when the Church was at the purest; yea or ever after for many a hundred years? Did not ⟨p. 238⟩all the Apostles, and every Preacher of the Gospel Baptize those that they converted, and judge of them whether they were Baptizable? And did not the Bishops Confirm the Baptized, without consulting another Power? Half that were admitted into the Church by Baptism, (and more) for some hundred years after Christ, were the Adult: and of these, the Pastor required a personal Covenant and Profession. The other half were their Infants: and for them they required the Parents Profession, and entering them into Covenant: But still the Pastors were the Judges, who were the administers.