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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.
What sort and measure of Unity may not, or may be groundedly hoped for on earth.
What sort and measure of Vnity may not, or may be groundedly hoped for on earth.
§. 1. The Prognostics in diseases are needful to direct Physicians in their attempts: He that either pretendeth to Cure incurable diseases, and thereby doth but torment the Patient and hasten death, or else will hastily prevent the Crisis, or will open inflammations before the time, may be called a Physician or Surgeon, but will prove a hurtful or pernicious enemy. Some diseases will admit of no better than palliating and delay: Some that are curable, are made mortal by temerarious haste. Who will break the Egg to get the Chicken before it is ripened by nature for exclusion? Yet hath the Church had too many such Midwives that will hasten ⟨p. 80⟩abortion and untimely birth, and cannot stay till natures time; such mischievous Surgeons as are presently lancing unripe apostemes: It is of mischievous consequence to expect such Concord, and accordingly set upon the hastening of it, which certainly will never be: And it is of great and necessary Use, to know how much, and what Unity may be expected, in the Church militant, and what not.
§. 1. THe Prognosticks in diseases are needful to direct Physicians in their attempts: He that either pretendeth to Cure incurable diseases, and thereby doth but torment the Patient and hasten death, or else will hastily prevent the Crisis, or will open inflammations before the time, may be called a Physician or Surgeon, but will prove a hurtful or pernicious enemy. Some diseases will admit of no better than palliating and delay: Some that are curable, are made mortal by temerarious haste. Who will break the Egg to get the Chicken before it is ripened by nature for exclusion? Yet hath the Church had too many such Midwives that will hasten ⟨p. 80⟩abortion and untimely birth, and cannot stay till natures time; such mischievous Surgeons as are presently lancing unripe apostemes: It is of mischievous consequence to expect such Concord, and accordingly set upon the hastening of it, which certainly will never be: And it is of great and necessary Use, to know how much, and what Vnity may be expected, in the Church militant, and what not.