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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
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19. Much less can we boast that no Minister among us doth ever speak or write incongruously, or hath any imperfection or misapprehension of any point or method in Theology: we rather wish than hope for such perfection here. But besides the foresaid Confessions, our Professed Doctrine is known by many printed Catechisms and Treatises, such as Mr. Balls Cat. and Mr. ⟨p. 193⟩Gouges, &c. Amesii Medulla & Conscientiae Cas. Dudl. Fen••ri Theolog. Sohmius, Baxters Reasons of the Christian Religion: And our notions of Godliness and Christianity, in his Character of a sound Christian, and his life of faith, which show whom we take for the best Christians. And our Popular way of preaching which we like, you may see in old Mr. H•ld•rshams Lectures, and in Mr. R. Allen's Victory of faith, and other writings, and in Mr. Anthony Burgess's Lectures, and many other such; And our exposition of the Scriptures, in Mr. Gatakers Annotat. on Isaiah and Jeremiah, and some other parts of those Annot. and in Dr. Ma••on on Ja•s, and in Calvin and B•za, and other such Nonconformists: And our management of Controversies, in Amesii Belharm. enervat. Cartwright against the Rhemists, Chamier, S•de••, Rivet, Dr. John Reignolds, &c. Of such as these we are not ashamed, though none of them were (as we suppose) Prelatical.
19. Much less can we boast that no Minister among us doth ever speak or write incongruously, or hath any imperfection or misapprehension of any point or method in Theology: we rather wish than hope for such perfection here. But besides the foresaid Confessions, our Professed Doctrine is known by many printed Catechisms and Treatises, such as Mr. Balls Cat. and Mr. ⟨p. 193⟩Gouges, &c. Amesii Medulla & Conscientiae Cas. Dudl. Fen••ri Theolog. Sohmius, Baxters Reasons of the Christian Religion: And our notions of Godliness and Christianity, in his Character of a sound Christian, and his life of faith, which shew whom we take for the best Christians. And our Popular way of preaching which we like, you may see in old Mr. Hldrshams Lectures, and in Mr. R. Allens Victory of faith, and other writings, and in Mr. Anthony Burgess's Lectures, and many other such; And our exposition of the Scriptures, in Mr. Gatakers Annotat. on Isaiah and Jeremiah, and some other parts of those Annot. and in Dr. Maon on Jas, and in Calvin and Bza, and other such Nonconformists: And our management of Controversies, in Amesii Belharm. enervat. Cartwright against the Rhemiss, Chamier, Sde, Rivet, Dr. John Reignolds, &c. Of such as these we are not ashamed, though none of them were (as we suppose) Prelatical.