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That we always keep our selves in a prepared Temper of Spirit to receive ⟨p. xxv⟩further Information about doubtful things. That we cherish in our Souls an universal sincere Love to Christians as such; and to Men as Men. That we studiously endeavour in our several Stations […] doing the most general good we can. And that our whole Design do termina•• […] what, so far as we can succeed […] it, must be acknowledged by all good men to be a real Service to the Church of Christ, by gathering into it as many as we can, considering it as made up of Persons that with Judgment, and in Practice own the very Substance of Christian Religion.

That we always keep our selves in a prepared Temper of Spirit to receive ⟨p. xxv⟩further Information about doubtful things. That we cherish in our Souls an universal sincere Love to Christians as such; and to Men as Men. That we stud•ously endeavour in our several Stations 〈…〉 doing the most general good we can. And that our whole Design do termina•• 〈…〉 what, so far as we can succeed 〈…〉 it, must be acknowledged by all good men to be a real Service to the Church of Christ, by gathering into it as many as we can, considering it as made up of Persons that with Judgment, and in Practice own the very Substance of Christian Religion.

With such Dispositions of Mind as these we shall, in this divided state of the Christian Church, be innocent of the sinful Evil of its Divisions, and keep as much as in us is, the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace.

VVith such Dispositions of Mind as these we shall, in this divided state of the Christian Church, be innocent of the sinful Evil of its Divisions, and keep as much as in us is, the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of Peace.