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The carnality of religious contention in two sermons preached at the merchant's lecture in…The carnality of religious contention in two sermons preach'd at the merchant's lecture in…
The carnality of religious contention in two sermons preached at the merchant's lecture in Broadstreet / by John Howe ...The carnality of religious contention in two sermons preach'd at the merchant's lecture in Broadstreet / by John Howe ...
London: printed by J. A. for Tho. Parkhurt, 1693
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.
That only which the present state of things admits of, is, that we keep our selves united in Mind and Spirit with all serious Christians, in the plain and necessary things wherein they all agree: That we preserve in our own Spirits a resolved ⟨p. xxi⟩unaddictedness to any Party, in the things wherein they differ.
That for actual and local Communion (which we cannot have with all the Christians in the world, and can have comparatively but with a few) we join with them that come nearest us, i. e. that we judge come nearest to our common Rule. That (as some means hereto) we especially labour to centre in some such Scheme of Doctrinals, as for which all these profess to have a common Reverence; that while our Union cannot as yet be so extensive as it ought, it may be as extensive as we can; that the Gospel be not hindered, and that our Ministry may be the more successful and profitable to the promoting of the common Salvation, among those that attend upon it.
That for actual and local Communion (which we cannot have with all the Christians in the world, and can have comparatively but with a few) we joyn with them that come nearest us, i. e. that we judge come nearest to our common Rule. That (as some means hereto) we especially labour to center in some such Scheme of Doctrinals, as for which all these profess to have a common Reverence; that while our Union cannot as yet be so extensive as it ought, it may be as extensive as we can; that the Gospel be not hindered, and that our Ministry may be the more successful and profitable to the promoting of the common Salvation, among those that attend upon it.
Such Schemes or Collections of Doctrines, reduced into an Order (as Gold formed into a Vessel, whereas Truth, as it lies in the Holy Scriptures is as Gold in the Mass) may be of use (as they have always been used in the Church in all Ages) more distinctly to inform others concerning our Sentiments (tho' the use is less, that after thorough search and enquiry