A43343:94
A brief enquiry into the true nature of schism
A brief enquiry into the true nature of schism: or a persuasive to Christian love and charity. Humbly submitted to better judgments; by M.H. Licensed Jan. 8. 1689/90
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1690
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And is not the life and health and salvation of my immortal Soul dearer to me than any other concern? Is not Communion with God the sweetest and most precious of all my delights? Is it not the Life of my Soul, and the Crown of all my joys? and are not those administrations most desirable in which I find my self most edified? Must I then be such an enemy to my own comfort and happiness as to throw away all the opportunities which I might have of that kind only in a complement? Amicus Socrates, Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. The Bishops are my Friends, and the Ministers my Friends, and I have a true Love for them, but ⟨p. 30⟩Charity begins at home, especially when my precious Soul more worth than all the world lies at stake.
And is not the life and health and salvation of my immortal Sonl dearer to me than any other concern? Is not Communion with God the sweetest and most precious of all my delights? Is it not the Life of my Soul, and the Crown of all my joys? and are not those administrations most desirable in which I find my self most edifyed? Must I then be such an enemy to my own comfort and happiness as to throw away all the opportunities which I might have of that kind only in a complement? Amicus Socrates, Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. The Bishops are my Friends, and the Ministers my Friends, and I have a true Love for them, but ⟨p. 30⟩Charity begins at home, especially when my precious Soul more worth than all the world lyes at stake.
This case is somewhat the clearer in those Parishes where the public Ministers are either Ignorant, Profane or Malignant.
This case is somewhat the clearer in those Parishes where the publick Ministers are either Ignorant, Profane or Malignant.