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A77397 Anabaptism, the true fountaine of Independency, Brownisme, [double brace] Antinomy, Familisme, and the most of the other errours, which for the time doe trouble the Church of England, unsealed. Also the questions of pædobaptisme and dipping handled from Scripture. In a second part of the Disswasive from the errors of the time. / By Robert Baillie minister at Glasgow. Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662.; Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662. Dissuasive from the errours of the time. 1647 (1647) Wing B452A; Thomason E369_9; ESTC R38567 187,930 235

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cruelty_n and_o hypocrisy_n his_o unhappy_a end_n p._n 10_o amsterdam_n in_o hazard_n to_o be_v a_o second_o munster_n a_o woman_n messiah_n division_n and_o schism_n be_v the_o anabaptist_n ruin_n p._n 11_o the_o difference_n betwixt_o the_o monasterian_o and_o the_o battenburgick_n the_o sect_n of_o the_o hophmanist_n p._n 12_o who_o be_v the_o mennonist_n a_o synod_n for_o union_n do_v divide_v they_o among_o themselves_o more_o than_o ever_o david_n georgius_n labour_v for_o union_n p._n 13_o divers_a sect_n of_o anabaptist_n evanished_a david_n george_n have_v a_o great_a show_n of_o zeal_n and_o piety_n p._n 14_o yet_o his_o absurdity_n be_v horrible_a the_o extraordinary_a zeal_n of_o his_o follower_n his_o strange_a end_n p._n 15_o the_o increase_n of_o the_o mennonist_n the_o error_n of_o the_o mennonist_n their_o schism_n p._n 16_o for_o a_o light_a cause_n four_o late_a separation_n among_o they_o the_o state_n of_o the_o anabaptist_n in_o england_n p._n 17_o independency_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o increase_n and_o boldness_n p._n 18_o their_o late_a confession_n be_v neither_o a_o full_a nor_o a_o clear_a declaration_n of_o their_o tenet_n cap._n ii_o the_o tenet_n of_o the_o old_a anabaptist_n the_o most_o applaud_a tenet_n of_o our_o modern_a anabaptist_n be_v the_o selfsame_a with_o what_o the_o old_a anabaptist_n do_v invent_v p._n 29_o their_o first_o prime_a tenet_n be_v a_o necessity_n of_o gather_v church_n out_o of_o church_n and_o of_o separation_n from_o the_o best_a reform_a in_o their_o time_n because_o of_o mix_a communion_n ib._n antipaedobaptisme_n become_v at_o last_o their_o great_a d●rling_n they_o be_v the_o author_n of_o the_o prophesy_a and_o question_v of_o private_a man_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n woman_n preacher_n be_v from_o they_o p._n 30_o their_o pastor_n must_v renounce_v all_o former_a ordination_n and_o their_o full_a call_n of_o new_a must_v come_v from_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o people_n they_o require_v no_o letter_n in_o their_o preacher_n the_o cry_v down_o of_o tithe_n and_o all_o set_a stipend_n be_v from_o they_o independency_n of_o congregation_n and_o the_o people_n power_n in_o church_n censure_n be_v their_o invention_n the_o seeker_n who_o deny_v all_o church_n be_v their_o disciple_n after_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o church_n they_o fall_v next_o upon_o the_o state_n p._n 31_o first_o they_o cry_v down_o the_o magistrate_n power_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n next_o in_o all_o matter_n even_o civil_a yet_o they_o take_v to_o themselves_o a_o absolute_a civil_a power_n first_o over_z all_z they_o in_o their_o own_o church_n next_o over_o all_o prince_n and_o people_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n they_o be_v strong_a millenaries_n p._n 32_o they_o make_v adultery_n and_o murder_n lawful_a robbery_n also_o 33_o their_o hypocrisy_n end_v in_o the_o open_a practice_n of_o crime_n extreme_o contrary_a to_o their_o first_o profession_n their_o abominable_a uncleanness_n they_o deny_v both_o old_a and_o