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Schism detected in both extremes, or, Two sorts of sinful separation the first part…Schism detected in both extreams, or, Two sorts of sinful separation the first part…
Schism detected in both extremes, or, Two sorts of sinful separation the first part detecteth the schismatical principles of a resolver of three cases about church-communion, the second part confuteth the separation pleaded for in a book famed to be written by Mr. Raphson.Schism detected in both extreams, or, Two sorts of sinful separation the first part detecteth the schismatical principles of a resolver of three cases about church-communion, the second part confuteth the separation pleaded for in a book famed to be written by Mr. Raphson.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1684
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.
XLVII. 11. If the People are so set against one Bishop for another, as that half being for one and half for the other, and both Orthodox, they cannot be persuaded to unite in one. A Council at Rome determined in the Case of Paulinus and Flavian at Antioch, that both of them should hold their distinct Churches, and so live in love and peace. And though one or both parties in this were mistaken Sinners, so are all moral men, who yet must not live like Atheists.
XLVII. 11. If the People are so set against one Bishop for another, as that half being for one and half for the other, and both Orthodox, they cannot be perswaded to unite in one. A Council at Rome determined in the Case of Paulinus and Flavian at Antioch, that both of them should hold their distinct Churches, and so live in love and peace. And though one or both parties in this were mistaken Sinners, so are all morral men, who yet must not live like Atheists.
XLVIII. 12. An undetermined accident must be so determined as most serveth to do the greatest good and avoid the greatest Evil: But whether divers Churches shall promiscuously live in the same City or Diocese or Parish, is an Accident not determined by God, and either way may be for the greatest good, as circumstances vary. e.g. When in a Church half cannot consent to condemn the words of Theodoret, Theodore Mopsuest, and Ibas, and half will condemn them with the Council; if these can serve God quietly in Love and Peace in different Congregations, but cannot endure one another in the same, it is most for the Churches Peace that they be permitted to join with those of their own Mind.
XLVIII. 12. An undetermined accident must be so determined as most serveth to do the greatest good and avoid the greatest Evil: But whether divers Churches shall promiscuously live in the same City or Diocess or Parisn, is an Accident not determined by God, and either way may be for the greatest good, as circumstances vary. e.g. When in a Church half cannot consent to condemn the words of Theodoret, Theodore Mopsuest, and Ibas, and half will condemn them with the Council; if these can serve God quietly in Love and Peace in different Congregations, but cannot endure one another in the same, it is most for the Churches Peace that they be permitted to joyn with those of their own Mind.