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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.
§. 15. The same Apostle sharply reprehendeth the faults of the Galatians; But what is it for? not for differing about things unnecessary, but for making such necessary that were not: For which he wisheth those cut off that troubled them. And he concludeth all with this uniting true Canon, c. 6. v. 15, 16. [For in Christ Jesus neither Circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a New Creature: And as many as walk according to this Canon (or Rule), peace be on them and mercy and on the Israel of God: I Can any thing be plainer? No, say the battering ⟨p. 155⟩Canoneers, [As many as walk according to this Canon, but conform not to all our Canons or Decretals, let them have no peace or mercy, but be cut off from the Israel of God]; so contrary is the Papal Spirit to Christs.
§. 15. The same Apostle sharply reprehendeth the faults of the Galatians; But what is it for? not for differing about things unnecessary, but for making such necessary that were not: For which he wisheth those cut off that troubled them. And he concludeth all with this uniting true Canon, c. 6. v. 15, 16. [For in Christ Jesus neither Circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a New Creature: And as many as walk according to this Canon (or Rule), peace be on them and mercy and on the Israel of God: I Can any thing be plainer? No, say the battering ⟨p. 155⟩Canoneers, [As many as walk according to this Canon, but conform not to all our Canons or Decretals, let them have no peace or mercy, but be cut off from the Isreal of God]; so contrary is the Papal Spirit to Christs.
And Paul there giveth also this rule and the reason of it: c. 6. 1, 2. [Brethren if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thy self lest thou also be tempted: bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfil the Law of Christ: And because he knew that self-esteem and contempt of dissenters lay at the root of impatience towards others, he addeth [If a man think himself to be something (to whom all must needs consent) when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.]