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A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord
A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord, by the restitution of their primitive purity, simplicity, and charity, II. how that restitution is like to be made, (if ever) and what shall befall them thence-forth unto the end, in that golden-age of love / written by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Thomas Simmons, 1680
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.
27. It is few that grow to much Exactness of Judgment without much Writing (for themselves or others): For Study, which is to be Exactly ordered and expressed by the Pen, is usually (at last) the exactest Study: As the Lord Bacon saith, [Much Reading maketh a Man full; much conference maketh a Man Ready: and much Writing maketh a Man Exact.] There are few Camero's, Men of clear Judgment, and abhorring to Write. And there are few Divines comparatively that have opportunity to Write much.
28. They that Err in Divinity, do think their falsehoods to be God's Truth; and so will Honour that which he hates, with the pretence of his Authority and Name.
29. Therefore they will call up their own, and other Mens Zeal, to defend those falsehoods as for God, and think that in so doing they do God Service.
29. Therefore they will call up their own, and other Mens Zeal, to defend those falshoods as for God, and think that in so doing they do God Service.
30. And the Interest of their own Place, and Honour, and Ends, will secretly insinuate when they discern it not, and will increase their Zeal against Opposers.