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Catholic unity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…Catholick vnity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…
Catholic unity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one religion by Rich. Baxter.Catholick vnity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one religion by Rich. Baxter.
London: printed by R. W. for Thomas Underhill and Francis Tyton, 1660
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Or as if a man that hath the tooth-ache or a slight disease, should send to the Physician, and he that hath the Plague should sit still and say, What needs this trouble? Sirs, I beseech you look upon the holiest and most heavenly neighbours you have, and bethink you whether you have not much more need to be diligent then they? Have not you immortal souls to save or lose as well as they? Are not you in danger of damnation as much and an hundred times more then they? Should not God be your master as well as theirs? and his Law your Rule as well as theirs? and Heaven be as dear to you as to them? Bethink your ⟨p. 163⟩selves when you hear them praying, or reading, or repeating Sermons, and Sanctifying the Lords day, and fearing to offend, [Have not I as much need to do all this as any of them?] If then you have as much cause and need to live a godly life as others, join with them in it, and let all the Town agree together, and none withdraw but he that can say, I have no need of it.
Or as if a man that hath the tooth-ake or a slight disease, should send to the Physitian, and he that hath the Plague should sit still and say, What needs this trouble? Sirs, I beseech you look upon the holiest and most heavenly neighbours you have, and bethink you whether you have not much more need to be diligent then they? Have not you immortal souls to save or lose as well as they? Are not you in danger of damnation as much and an hundred times more then they? Should not God be your master as well as theirs? and his Law your Rule as well as theirs? and Heaven be as dear to you as to them? Bethink your ⟨p. 163⟩selves when you hear them praying, or reading, or repeating Sermons, and Sanctifying the Lords day, and fearing to offend, [Have not I as much need to do all this as any of them?] If then you have as much cause and need to live a godly life as others, joyn with them in it, and let all the Town agree together, and none withdraw but he that can say, I have no need of it.