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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.
47. To forbid preaching, or Prayer or Praise, or the Lords Supper, or alter them, and to ordain homogeneal means of our own, seems to us usurpation and unlawful.
48. To alter the qualifications of Christs Ministers, or the nature of their Office, and to invent new Co-ordinate Officers, or Church polities, seemeth to us to be usurpation. Though as actions circa sacra, so Officers for those actions, may be appointed.
48. To alter the qualifications of Christs Ministers, or the nature of their Office, and to invent new Co-ordinate Officers, or Church polities, seemeth to us to be usurpation. Though as actions circasacra, so Officers for those actions, may be appointed.
49. How many Pastors one Church shall have, and how oft and where they shall assemble, and how far the Juniors or weaker shall be guided by the Abler and Elder, is undetermined particularly.
50. Though on new occasions anniversary days may be appointed for holy worship, and may meet for it any day of the week, yet to set apart another weekly day for holy worship, wholly and statedly, seemeth to us usurpation and an accusation of Gods Laws.