P A K. r II. ReverendMr. Richard Baxter. To maintain and exercife thisPrinciple; That [ Things as. unneceffary, (mall and doubtful, as kneeling in the Reception of the Sacramentofthe Lord's Supper; are tobe made neceffary to the Communionof the Church] is to maintainandex ercife a Principleof Church Divilion. But to enjoyn all Minilters to deny Communion to all that dare not Receive kneeling, is to ní'aintain and exercife this Principle, that [ Things as unneceffary; (mall and doubtful, as kneeling in the Reception of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, are to be made neceffary to the Communion of the Church,]. Ergo, Toenjoyn all, be. is to maintain and exercife a Principle of Church- Divilion. The Major. (whichonly needs proof) is thus proved. To maintain and exercife filch a Principleas, x. Never yet was exercifed, but it, did divide the Church ; 2.and by which its Divifions have been caufed or cherilhed ever fence theRoman Ufurpation begun ; ;.and which cannot poíïìbly conllwith Unity whilfì' Chrilliansareof fuch different I. Educations, 2. and degreesof Na- tural Underftanding, ;: and degrees of Grace, is to maintain and exercife a Prin- cipleof Church Divilion. But to maintain and exercife this Principle [That Things as unneceffary, fm all and doubtful as kneeling in the Reception of the Sacrament, are to be made ne- ceffary to the Communionof the Church] is to maintainand exercife fuels a Prin- ciple, as r. never yet wasexercifed but it did divide, &c.--Ergo- And thus our Difpute at the Savoy ended, and with it ourEndeavours for Recon- ciliation upon the Warrant of the King's Commililon. 4 2 ;6. Were it not a thing in which an Hiftorian fo much concerned in the bufinefs is apt to be fufpeâed of partiality, I would here annexa Charadter of each one that managed this bufinefs as they (hewed themfelves. But becaufe it hash that inconvenience, I will omit ir, only tellingyou what part each one of them aeied in all this Work. The Bifhop of London (fence Archbifhop ofCanterbnry) only appeared the firft' day of each Conference (which , betides that before the King,' was but twice in all as I remember) and medled not at all in any Difputations : But all Men fuppo- fed that he and Bifhop Morley (and next BithopHincbman) were the doers and di- fpofers of all fach Affairs. The ArchbilhopofTork' fpake no more than I have* prewe& told you, and came butonce or twice in all. Bithop Morley was oft there, but not conRantly, and with free and fluent words, with much earneftnefs, was the chief Speaker of all the Bithops, and the greateft Interrupter of us ; vehemently going on with what he thought ferviceable to his end and bearing down Anfwers by the. faid fervour and interruptions. BithopCofrnr was there conRantly, and hada great deal of talk with fo littleLogick, Natural or Artificial, that I perceived no one much moved by any thing he laid. But twoVerrues he Ihewed (thoughnone took him for a Magician) : One was, that he was excellently well veiled in Canon,,, Coancilr, and Fardera, which he remembred, when by citing of any Paffages we. tried him. Theother was, that as he was of a Ruftick Wit and Carriage, fo he wouldendure more freedomof our Difcourfe with him, and was more affable and familiar than the reif. , Bifhop Hincbman (fineBilhop of London) was of the molt . grave,-comely, reverend Afpeâ,of anyof them ; and of a good infight in the. Farhers,and Councils, Cofin, and he and Dr. Gunning being all that (hewed any of that skill among us confiderable: in which they are all three of very laudable un- derftandings, and better than any other of either of the Parties that I met with : And Bifhop Incbman fpake calmly and (lowly, and not very oft : But was as high in his Principles and Refolutions asany of them. Bithop Sanderfoá of Lincolnwas fome time there, but never fpake that Iknow of butwhat I havetold you before : But his great Learningand Worthare known by his Labours', andhis aged Peevilbneß not unknown, M Since, at his death, hemade it his respell thattheoo late. d niaers mightbeufed again: but his regüea was ¡tidied by them that had overwit- ted bun; as being too Bifhop Gaudenwas our molt conffant helper ; He and BifhopCofna feldom were abfent. And how, bitter foever hisPen be, he was the only Moderator of all the Ili. limps (except our BifhopReignedeb ) He Ihewed no Logick ; nor medled in any Difpute, or Point of Learning; but a calm, fluent, Rhetorical Tongue : And if A a a a all
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