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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.
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.
51. To overthrow, or prohibit Christs Church Discipline, or to set up another (that is not merely subordinate to it, modally to promote it,) seemeth to us an usurpation.
51. To overthrow, or prohibite Christs Church Discipline, or to set up another (that is not meerly subordinate to it, modally to promote it,) seemeth to us an usurpation.
52. So is it for Lay-men to usurp the Power of the Keys given to the Pastors, or for a New kind of humane Bishops or Pastors to usurp them. Much more to make an Universal Pastor of Pastors, personal or Collective, Pope or General Council.