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The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…
The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their principles about civil and ecclesiastical authority and obedience ... : mostly written many years past, and now published to save our lives and the kingdoms peace, from the false and bloody plotters ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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.
We suppose the Reader will think we have tediously digressed against this Apostate Jew: but the reason is, because the pernicious book having most subtly assaulted the Text of the old Testament, is greedily sought and cried up (with Hobbes his equal) in this unhappy time, even among those whose place should make them more regardful of the interest of Magistrates at least; even by those Atheists whom God calls Fools, Psal. 14. 1. but by themselves are called Wits, and our business is more to defend the truth than our selves.
We suppose the Reader will think we have tediously digressed against this Apostate Jew: but the reason is, because the pernicious book having most subtilly assaulted the Text of the old Testament, is greedily sought and cryed up (with Hobbes his equal) in this unhappy time, even among those whose place should make them more regardful of the interest of Magistrates at least; even by those Atheists whom God calls Fools, Psal. 14. 1. but by themselves are called Wits, and our business is more to defend the truth than our selves.
The sum of our Judgments against these pernicious principles is this, 1. That there is a God, and were there not a God, there could be nothing.
The summ of our Judgments against these pernicious principles is this, 1. That there is a God, and were there not a God, there could be nothing.
2. That God is not known to us immediately here, but in a glass, or by the means of some effects.