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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.
40. It is needful that the King be the Peace-keeper impartially between them both, and that he restrain the insolencies and furies of both; For both are troublers of the common peace. And though neither side be so bad as the other maketh them, yet neither of them are fit for unlimited liberty; Much less to be armed with the sword, to exercise their fury on dissenters.
41. And when discontents grow among the Secular subjects, and Civil distempers in the State, each of these parties are fit for the Great ones that head the several Factions to make use of: And by their railing at one another, they become Bellows of the common flames.
42. And it is one of the Devils policies to urge Statesmen to draw the Clergy into their Factions, that which side soever gets the better, one part of the Ministry may not only be silenced and useless, but be made a reproach to their Profession, as the Incendiaries and seditious troublers of the State.
42. And it is one of the Devils policies to urge Statesmen to draw the Clergy into their Factions, that which side soever gets the better, one part of the Ministry may not only be silenced and useless, but be made a reproach to their Profession, as the Incendariies and seditious troublers of the State.