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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.
21. The next way therefore, that must do our work, if ever it be done, is while we are endeavouring to make men better, to find out and use the fittest terms of their peace and concord as they are. It is JUST TERMS that must heal the Church on earth; and which all the sons of peace must seek after.
22. These terms must be such as oppose not Holiness, but subserve it and promote it. The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, &c. Jam. 3. 11. And peace and holiness must not be separated, Heb. 12. 14. Though if possible, as much as in us lieth, we must live peaceably with all men, Rom. 12. 18.
22. These terms must be such as oppose not Holiness, but subserve it and promote it. The wisedom from above is first pure, then peaceable, &c. Jam. 3. 11. And peace and holiness must not be separated, Heb. 12. 14. Though if possible, as much as in us lieth, we must live peaceably with all men, Rom. 12. 18.
23. These terms must be such as take in all that Christ taketh in, and would have us take in: that is, All that are fit for Church Communion.