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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 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.
§. 2. And as in nature it is the principle of life in the seed and womb, which is the Generating Cause of formation and augmentation of the soetu•; And it is the vital powers in Man, which maketh his daily nourishment become a living part of himself, and causeth his growth; So is i• the Spirit in the Church, that is Gods appointed means to quicken ⟨p. 68⟩and convert the Infidel world. And it is those Christian Countries which are adjoining to Mahometans and Heathens, that should do most to their conversion: who have far easier means than others by proximity and converse to do it, and therefore are under the greatest obligations to attempt it: As also those remoter Countries that are most in amity and traffic with them.
§. 2. And as in nature it is the principle of life in the seed and womb, which is the Generating Cause of formation and augmentation of the soetu•; And it is the vital powers in Man, which maketh his daily nourishment become a living part of himself, and causeth his growth; So is i• the Spirit in the Church, that is Gods appointed means to quicken ⟨p. 68⟩and convert the Infidel world. And it is those Christian Countreys which are adjoyning to Mahometans and Heathens, that should do most to their conversion: who have far easier means than others by proximity and converse to do it, and therefore are under the greatest obligations to attempt it: As also those remoter Countreys that are most in amity and traffick with them.
§. 3. And as Instruction by evidence must do much, so this Uniting Spirit of Love must do a great part of this work; and that both as it worketh inwardly on our selves in the Communion of Saints, and as it worketh outwardly by attraction and communication, to draw in and assimilate others.