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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.
77. They that say the Apostle doth not forbid such Impositions there, cannot see day for light.
1. If he forbid censuring, despising and not receiving one another, and command dissenters to receive one another, then he forbiddeth such imposition as is inconsistent herewith. But the antecedent is plain in the text, Ergo.—
2. If he direct this command to all the Church of Rome, even the Authorized Pastors as well as the people, then he extendeth it to the Authorized Rulers of the Church. But the Antecedent is evident in the first and last Chapters of the Epistle—Ergo.—
3. If he himself being a Pastor or Ruler of that Church, as fully authorized as any that should succeed, do declare his resolution even on moral reasons, to use that Church with the described toleration himself, then he thereby declareth that he would have other Rulers to do the like. But the antecedent is undeniable. Ergo so is the consequent.