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The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity in the points of difference…
The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity in the points of difference betwixt the Church of England and the dissenters now published in vindication of the moderate and learned part of the Presbyterians, to let the world see that they are not so irreconcilable to the discipline of the Church of England, as some people would have us believe.The judgment of Mr. Baxter concerning ceremonies and conformity in the points of difference betwixt the Church of England and the dissenters novv published in vindication of the moderate and learned part of the Presbyterians, to let the vvorld see that they are not so irreconcilable to the discipline of the Church of England, as some people vvould have us believe.
Printed at London, and Re-printed at Edinburgh : s.n., 1689
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Ibid. Sect. 67. If the mischoosing some Circumstances by Church Governors, be but an inconvenience, and do destroy the ordinance it self, or frustrate the ends of it, we are to obey. 1. He is the Judge of his own work, not we. 2. The thing is not sinful, tho' inconvenient. 3. Obedience is commanded to our Lawful Governors.
Ibid. Sect. 67. If the mischusing some Circumstances by Church Governours, be but an inconvenience, and do destroy the ordinance it self, or frustrate the ends of it, we are to obey. 1. He is the Judge of his own work, not we. 2. The thing is not sinful, tho' inconvenient. 3. Obedience is commanded to our Lawful Governours.
P. 424. We must obey in all things Lawful.
And when we do obey in case of miscommanding, it is not a doing of evil, that good may come of it, as some do misconceive; but it is only a submitting to that which is ill commanded, but no evil in him that doth submit; it is the determiner that is the cause of the inconvenience, and not the obeyer: Nor is it inconvenient for to obey, tho' it be worse perhaps to him that commandeth. While he sinneth in commanding, he may make it my duty to obey.