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The glory of a true church, and its discipline displayed wherein a true gospel-church…The glory of a true church, and its discipline display'd wherein a true gospel-church…
The glory of a true church, and its discipline displayed wherein a true gospel-church is described : together with the power of the keys, and who are to be let in, and who to be shut out / by Benjamin Keach.The glory of a true church, and its discipline display'd wherein a true gospel-church is described : together with the power of the keys, and who are to be let in, and who to be shut out / by Benjamin Keach.
London : s.n., 1697
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.
First as to the causes why some do it.
I. One Cause is from want of Love: Nay from Malice; and Hatred.
1. From the Baseness, ill Nature, and Cruelty of the accusers Disposition.
2. 'Tis occasioned from that itch, of talking and meddling in the Affairs of other Men.
2. 'Tis occasioned from that itch, of talking and medling in the Affairs of other Men.
3. Or perhaps to raise their own Esteem and Honour, some Degrade their Brother; which is Abominable.