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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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48. And in preaching, as affected jangling, and starched ⟨p. 204⟩words, that savour not of reverent seriousness, are loathsome, and usually lost labour; so careless, ignorant, slovenly, and over familiar and rustic expressions, must be avoided, which show that we are too bold with holy things.
48. And in preaching, as affected jangling, and starched ⟨p. 204⟩words, that savour not of reverent seriousness, are loathsome, and usually lost labour; so careless, ignorant, slovenly, and over familiar and rustick expressions, must be avoided, which shew that we are too bold with holy things.
49. The frothy empty wits are aptest to nauseate and scorn an incongruous expression, in the most serious useful Sermon which they hear; And their temptation must not be cherished by our negligence of speech. But yet God usually blesseth the labours of plain and hearty serious preachers, though they speak not every word in Print. And godly serious humble Auditors have not such queasy stomachs as to make a great matter of a word or syllable or sound and tone, when they perceive that the matter is sound and wholesome, and the manner plain and close.
49. The frothy empty wits are aptest to nauseate and scorn an incongruous expression, in the most serious useful Sermon which they hear; And their temptation must not be cherished by our negligence of speech. But yet God usually blesseth the labours of plain and hearty serious preachers, though they speak not every word in Print. And godly serious humble Auditors have not such queasie stomachs as to make a great matter of a word or syllable or sound and tone, when they perceive that the matter is sound and wholesome, and the manner plain and close.