Five disputations of church-government, and worship (1659)
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691 · London : Printed by R.W. for N. Simmons · leaf 514
tion. If it be really evil, either its great or fmall, publickor private, &c. If it be an evil that endangeretb the Com-monwealth, or Church, or the fouls of men, let them pu-nifh men in fuch a way as bed tends to the fecurity of thefociety or fouls of men that are endangered. But if the… … (43°) punifhed, with paying twelve pence a day &c. I fhould, com-paratively, fcarce have burned them : For it had been but tomake Minifters fare harder, or live poorlier, or work for theirliving?, or to pay their penalties, and the Church reign: Dillhave had their lab ;urs : but ro filence and…
Church polity · Episcopacy · Public worship · Puritans
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