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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.
1. We hold that though it be very useful to the Ministers of the Gospel to study Politics, yet is to not necessary that they be able to decide political controversies; much less that they equal Lawyers in the knowledge of the Laws; and therefore that they should not without necessity, be forward to meddle in such matters, much less to take on them to condemn the most of the Lawyers of the world, as if we were wiser in the matters of their profession than they: And least of all should we swear against their common sentiments, or that they are all deceived, and that we are wiser than all they. Though yet we should know so much, as is requisite to our due understanding of the matter of our duty and our doctrine, which we must teach.
1. We hold that though it be very useful to the Ministers of the Gospel to study Politicks, yet is to not necessary that they be able to decide political controversies; much less that they equall Lawyers in the knowledge of the Laws; and therefore that they should not without necessity, be forward to meddle in such matters, much less to take on them to condemn the most of the Lawyers of the world, as if we were wiser in the matters of their profession than they: And least of all should we swear against their common sentiments, or that they are all deceived, and that we are wiser than all they. Though yet we should know so much, as is requisite to our due understanding of the matter of our duty and our doctrine, which we must teach.
2. By [Authority] here we mean [A Right and Obligation to Govern particular societies by Legislation (or precept) and Judgement, for the Common good, in subordination to God, the only supreme universal Governor, and his universal Laws and final judgement.]
2. By [Authority] here we mean [A Right and Obligation to Govern particular societies by Legislation (or precept) and Judgement, for the Common good, in subordination to God, the only supream universal Governour, and his universal Laws and final judgement.]