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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.
4. Peace therefore hath the good word of almost all, because few dare own their Rebellious or Heretical inclinations.
5. Unity and peace are betrayed as Christ, with the Judas kiss of Covetous hirelings: And none do more to kill it, than some that have most cried it up.
6. As every Hypocrite will be very Religious, but only by subjecting the true Common Religion to his own interest and lusts; so every enemy of Peace would have nothing else but Peace; But it is only by making his Own Peace the rule of the Common Peace, and bringing all men to Centre in his interests, and to take their Peace upon his terms, from him.
6. As every Hypocrite will be very Religious, but only by subjecting the true Common Religion to his own interest and lusts; so every enemy of Peace would have nothing else but Peace; But it is only by making his Own Peace the rule of the Common Peace, and bringing all men to Center in his interests, and to take their Peace upon his terms, from him.
7. The greatest pretenders to unity and Peace in the world, have been the Roman Clergy; and next them those of Constantinople: And none in the world have been