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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.
39. And it is the more unexcusable to rack and torment and divide the Church by unnecessary Additions in Religion, because Christ hath commanded us so much himself already, as the carnal heart of man repineth at, and therefore will not be brought to practise it; but most men fly it as a precise and too tedious and strict a course. And when we grudge at Christs Laws ⟨p. 29⟩as too great a burden, and too much ado, we should not condemn our selves by adding more.
39. And it is the more unexcusable to rack and torment and divide the Church by unnecessary Additions in Religion, because Christ hath commanded us so much himself already, as the carnal heart of man repineth at, and therefore will not be brought to practise it; but most men flie it as a precise and too tedious and strict a course. And when we grudge at Christs Laws ⟨p. 29⟩as too great a burden, and too much ado, we should not condemn our selves by adding more.
40. Christ hath declared it to be against his mind and Law, that unnecessary Laws and burdens in Religion should be made for and laid upon the Churches, Act. 15. 28.
41. It is against the will and Law of Christ, that we should use things otherwise indifferent, scandalously or temptingly, to the ensnaring and endangering of mens souls and the dishonour of Religion. Rom. 14. & 15.