A26923:7
An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches
An end of doctrinal controversies which have lately troubled the churches by reconciling explication without much disputing. Written by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Salusbury, 1691
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 PREFACE.
WARS are most dreaded and hated by the Country where they are; but not so much by the Soldiers, who by them seek their Prey and Glory, as by the suffering Inhabitants that lose thereby their Prosperity and Peace, who yet are forced, or drawn to be siders, lest they suffer for Neutrality.
WARS are most dreaded and hated by the Country where they are; but not so much by the Souldiers, who by them seek their Prey and Glory, as by the suffering Inhabitants that lose thereby their Prosperity and Peace, who yet are forced, or drawn to be siders, lest they suffer for Neutrality.
Religious (irreligious) Wars are of no less dismal Consequence, being about God himself, his Will, and Word, and that which more nearly toucheth our Souls and everlasting state, than our Houses and worldly Welfare does: And yet because Men are more sensible of their corporal than their spiritual Concerns, these Dogmatical Wars are far less feared, and too commonly made the Study, and Delight, not only of the Military Clergy, but also of the seduced and sequacious Laity: Though those that have the Wisdom from above, which is ⟨image 3⟩pure and peaceable, condole the Church's Calamity hereby; knowing that Envy and Strife, the earthly sensual and devilish Wisdom, causeth Confusion, and every evil Work: And it is a heinous Aggravation, that the Militants, being Men consecrated to Love and Peace, profanely father their Mischiefs upon God, and do all as for Religion and Church.