A26885:283
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.
20. Moreover, if we were all Agreed in Holiness, and united in the Spirit of Christ, we should Love the Truth in a Practical manner, and we should know that every ⟨p. 277⟩Truth of God hath its proper work to do upon the soul; and therefore we should Love the end of each Truth, better then the Truth it self. And therefore we could not pretend the Truth against the Ends of Truth. And therefore we should see to the security of those ends in all our debates and controversies. We should not make havoc of the Church of Christ, nor easily be guilty of divisions, nor quench our Love of God and of our Brethren, under pretence of standing for the Truth; which unsanctified men will easily do. Truth is for Holiness and Love as its proper end. Ungodly men will tread down Love and Holiness, or at least disadvantage it and hinder it in the world, for the exalting of their own conceits, under the name of truth. They will cure the Church by cutting it in pieces, or by cutting the throat of ⟨p. 278⟩it, and are presently dismembering for every sore: But with the godly it is not so.
20. Moreover, if we were all Agreed in Holiness, and united in the Spirit of Christ, we should Love the Truth in a Practical manner, and we should know that every ⟨p. 277⟩Truth of God hath its proper work to do upon the soul; and therefore we should Love the end of each Truth, better then the Truth it self. And therefore we could not pretend the Truth against the Ends of Truth. And therefore we should see to the security of those ends in all our debates and controversies. We should not make havock of the Church of Christ, nor easily be guilty of divisions, nor quench our Love of God and of our Brethren, under pretence of standing for the Truth; which unsanctified men will easily do. Truth is for Holiness and Love as its proper end. Ungodly men will tread down Love and Holiness, or at least disadvantage it and hinder it in the world, for the exalting of their own conceits, under the name of truth. They will cure the Church by cutting it in pieces, or by cutting the throat of ⟨p. 278⟩it, and are presently dismembering for every sore: But with the godly it is not so.