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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.
The sad case of the Bermuda's I before mentioned: Sad indeed, when in so disciplined a Plantation, one Minister shall turn away the greater part from Church-Communion, till they become aliens,—And the rest whom he gathered as the only worthy persons, shall so many turn Quakers and such like, till Religion between both is,—alas, how low (as their late worthy Minister fore-named testifieth.)
The sad case of the Bermuda's I before mentioned: Sad indeed, when in so disciplin'd a Plantation, one Minister shall turn away the greater part from Church-Communion, till they become aliens,—And the rest whom he gathered as the only worthy persons, shall so many turn Quakers and such like, till Religion between both is,—alas, how low (as their late worthy Minister fore-named testifyeth.)
The dissolution of the separated Churches ⟨p. 176⟩of the English in the Low Countries by their own divisions, is a thing too well known to be concealed.
The dissolution of the separated Churches ⟨p. 176⟩of the English in the Low Countreys by their own divisions, is a thing too well known to be concealed.
From all which I gather, that it is the Interest of the Congregational Churches themselves, as much as of any others, to join with us for the Principles of Christian Love, forbearance and Unity; and against the Principles of alienation and division: which is all that I am driving at.
From all which I gather, that it is the Interest of the Congregational Churches themselves, as much as of any others, to joyn with us for the Principles of Christian Love, forbearance and Unity; and against the Principles of alienation and division: which is all that I am driving at.