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A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and…
A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and concord of Christians and are delivered in a book called The cure of church-divisions ... / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1671
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.
Answ. That's the fundamental Untruth which animateth all the r••• when […] had got a false apprehension of the design of the Book, you seem to expound the particular passages by that Key. That which you call, The whole design, is not any part of the design, but is expressly and vehemently oft disclaimed and protested against in the Book. And whoever readeth it without a Partial mind, will presently s•• that the whole design of the Book is to deliver weak Christians from such mistakes and sins, as destroy their Love to other Christians, and cause the divisions among the Churches.
Answ. THat's the fundamental Untruth which animateth all the r••• when 〈…〉 had got a false apprehension of the design of the Book, you seem to expound the particular passages by that Key. That which you call, The whole design, is not any part of the design, but is expresly and vehemently oft disclaimed and protested against in the Book. And whoever readeth it without a Partial mind, will presently s•• that the whole design of the Book is to deliver weak Christians from such mistakes and sins, as destroy their Love to other Christians, and cause the divisions among the Churches.
2. False worship is a word of various sens••:1 Either it signifieth, 1. Idolatry, in worshipping a false God. 2. Or the Idolatrous worshipping of Images, as representations of the true God. 3. Or worshipping God by Doctrines and Prayers that consist o• falsehoods. 4. Or devising Worship-Ordinances, and falsely saying they are the Ordinances of God. 5. Or making God a Worship which he forbiddeth, in the sub••an•e, and will not accept. 6. Or worshipping God in an inward sinful manner, through false principles and ends as hypocrites do. 7. Or in a sinful outward manner, through disorder, defectiveness, and unhandsome or unfit expressions.