“Opinions offensive are of two sorts: some savoring of impiety, and some of incivility.”

—  Roger Williams (theologian)

The Hireling Ministry, None of Christ's (1652)
Context: Opinions offensive are of two sorts: some savoring of impiety, and some of incivility.
Against the first, Christ Jesus never called for the sword of steel to help the sword of the spirit, that two-edged sword that comes out of the mouth of the Lord Jesus...
The second sort, to wit, opinions of incivility, doubtless the opinions as well as practices are the proper object of the civil sword...

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