A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved

And now these are the two expedients by which he reckons they would be so closely compacted together as that no subtlety or violence could endanger them, mutual love, and a clear, certain, operative Faith of the Gospel; if, by the one they did cohere with each other; and by the other, adhere to God in Christ; if the one might have with them the place, power and bindingness of a cement, the other of a continual inclination, yieldingness, and compliance to the magnetism of the centre, they would never so fall asunder; as to give any enemies opportunity to be the successful authors, or the gratified Spectators of their ruin.

And now these are the two expedients by which he reckons they would be so closely compacted together as that no subtilty or violence could endanger them, mutual love, and a clear, certain, operative Faith of the Gospel; if, by the one they did cohere with each other; and by the other, adhere to God in Christ; if the one might have with them the place, power and bindingness of a cement, the other of a continual inclination, yieldingness, and compliance to the magnetism of the center, they would never so fall asunder; as to give any enemies opportunity to be the succesful authors, or the gratify'd Spectators of their ruine.

Thus therefore I would sum up the sense of this Scripture, and the answer to the question proposed.

Thus therefore I would summ up the sense of this Scripture, and the answer to the question proposed.

That the maintaining of sincere Love among Christians, and the improving of their Faith to greater measures of clearness, certainty, and efficacy in reference to the substantials of Christianity, are to be endeavoured as the best means to unite, establish and preserve them, against such as design the ruin of the truly Christian Interest.