Baxter - BX1763 B28

. ,._ / ~(19~) ~p~ers; ! Phyftdans, ~~(!' )!}lit ' I ,-durs, :~~~h an .. Utopian ll~terrded Govarruoo~t .~,J fhei:t oo lri\e 'dtlier·fide 'the worltt,: wh~feCoun:tt4es. you (oarceever heard or dream.. -e~ of;, rand ahUfu:rpadop. .of ad imponible q:>nfounding k1nd an'd~ degree ~fRtdc,. --- · ., . · · ,. . li XU.. · ~'· C>ur R.eftgion~ 1itte~ .mgive Gfory to,Chrilf,' (' and h1s ,Grace and .Kingddtit. :aut yours .to fet up «Proud Ufu:rpers over Princes and People, in fuch an -c:c impoffibleGovernment-makingSubjetl:ion to him, ne– cc ceffa~y to f:tl vation. As if~ man una~quainted with Coft_n~aphy that never heard that there was fuch a TG.wn as R411'iu in the \VO.tld, muft be no Chriftian and ~e ·th.t~hed : whe!l yet the Popes name w·a,s never men· boned 10 our Bapufm~ , XIII. " Our Religion is' Faith working by Love. <.' Chfifr.s Minifters that are truly of our Religion, take . "'-only convincing evidence .of Truth, and unfeigned · <;;love, and w0rks of love~ to be their means ofwinning ld$ouls: And they take not Chrifts Difcipline, which <' worketh only on the confcience, to be a leaden Sword, ~' . Gr vain: But yours is a hanging killing Religi– u on ; Jails, Strappado's, Exterminat~ng, an~ _Burning 'r~ men are your: tneans and works of love. You take a Bonfire, or the Allies of the Bodies of fuch as will not believe in the Pope, to be a great Medicine to fave the peoples Souls. Such Murders as were done on theAll9i– genjes, waldenfes, in tpe Inquifitions, the Fr:enc·hand ltijh Mallacres, smith{id/J Flame~, Piedmont, &c. are your proof that you love-God .~rtd Man, cind fome ofyourgood works. · : XIV. " Our Religion.tendeth ~o holy confolation,. and '1(! a heavenly mind and hf&: Fot It teache~h us how to be u · certain of Gods lave or its-e:ffeas bn out'Souls, 1 and to · ·· "know • l.

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