Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BX5151 .B3 1659

( 35o) Mr. Richard Dines bis Letters before mentioned as a Teflimony that thQPeesbvteri?n Miniflers are not egainff a fixed Pref= Zen:, oc that Epifcaplcy which 13iíhop Hall, &c. would have been fatisficd with. Reverend Frierd, T Received your two laß; and as for a Schoolmafi`er I fhall do J. the be fi I can tó propound one to you, &c. Asfor your 1 eeffion about Sacriledge, Iam very nearyou inpreftnt opinion. The point was neverflated nor debated in the Ifle of Wight. Idid for my part decline the dipate : for I couldnot ma'stain the caufe as on theParliaments fide:and becaufe both Iandothers were unwillingit was never brought to any opendebate : The Commifoners did ar- gue it with the King: but they went upon grounds of Law and Po- licy ; and it was only about IPfaops Lands : for they then averred thecontinuance ofD.and Chapiters Lands to the ufe ofthe Church. Some deny that there is any fin of Sacriledge under the Gofpel: and ifthere be any,they agree not in the definition: Some bold an alienation of Church goods in cafe of Necef ty ; and then make the Neceftywhat and as extenftve as they pleafe. Themofl are of opinion thatwhiles the Church lies fo unprovidedforthe donati- ons are not alienable fine Sacrilegio. If there were a fcsrplufage above the competent maintenance, it were another matter. Its cleer enough that the D ;nors wills arefruflrated, and that their General intention and the General of , viz, the maintenance of Gols wor- flsip and MiniPiers, floouldfiand, though the particular tee might be fupert iteons. I cited in my 14 Sermon before the Parliament (ulrinted) a place touching Sacriledge out of Mr. Hilderfbam on Pfal. 5 r . It did not pleafe. You mayfindthe words inh s book by the Index. If hisdefcription ofit be true, thenyou will Hill be of your own mind. I dare encourage no purchafers ; but do defire to haveforce more ofyour thoughts about it, and Ifhall return youmine : as I domy thanks foryour excellent and wprthily efieem- ed Treatife which you vottchfafed to prefix my name before.; Sir, I have no more time or paper but to fubfcribcmyPelf Your truly loving Friend London, July zQ. R. Vino.

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