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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.
7. God hath provided much better means than a Pope for the concord of Christians in the world (which is ⟨p. 140⟩the only considerable pretence for the Papacy) that is, 1. On[…] sacred word to Rule them (which Papists themselves confess to be Divine) 2. One Spirit within to guide and actuate them, 3. One Sacred Ministry of the same species and Divine description in each assembly to instruct and guide them (even to Guide a single Congregation, which is a work more suitable to humane frailty than to Rule Provinces and the world). 4. One prescribed sort of public worship (in word, Prayer and Sacraments). 5. The same […]d, even God and Heaven for all to seek. 6. Synods and Consultations for advice and concord. 7. M[…]gistrates to Rule them all by the sword (as they do Physicians, Schoolmasters, Philosophers) and to keep peace among them, and restrain intolerable abuses. And they that will have […], will have none; but by overdoing will undo all, and be the greatest dividers and plagues to the Church on pretence of its Union and preservation.
7. God hath provided much better means than a Pope for the concord of Christians in the world (which is ⟨p. 140⟩the only considerable pretence for the Papacy) that is, 1. On〈…〉 sacred word to Rule them (which Papists themselves confess to be Divine) 2. One Spirit within to guide and actuate them, 3. One Sacred Ministry of the same species and Divine description in each assembly to instruct and guide them (even to Guide a single Congregation, which is a work more suitable to humane frailty than to Rule Provinces and the world). 4. One prescribed sort of publick worship (in word, Prayer and Sacraments). 5. The same 〈…〉d, even God and Heaven for all to seek. 6. Synods and Consultations for advice and concord. 7. M〈…〉gistrates to Rule them all by the sword (as they do Physicians, Schoolmasters, Philosophers) and to keep peace among them, and restrain intolerable abuses. And they that will have 〈…〉, will have none; but by overdoing will undo all, and be the greatest dividers and plagues to the Church on pretence of its Union and preservation.