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The Samaritan showing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oil that must…The Samaritan shewing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oyl that must…
The Samaritan showing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oil that must heal the church together with the way or means to do it / by a country gentleman who goes to common-prayer and not to meetings.The Samaritan shewing that many and unnecessary impositions are not the oyl that must heal the church together with the way or means to do it / by a country gentleman who goes to common-prayer and not to meetings.
London: printed for Tho. Simmons, 1682
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.
But why is it that Peace and Union hath the universal suffrage of men, even of those that have a practical abhorrence and detestation for it? 'Tis its own proper Excellency and Advantages that commands their Approbations. Union and Peace (as all other virtues) have their charms and attractives; and so great is the force of them, that men cannot behold and consider them, without being inamour'd of them, and captivated by them. But though the excellency, loveliness and beauty of ⟨p. 5⟩Union and Peace, do subdue the understandings and judgments of men, their Interests, their Passions, and their Lusts, will not be conquered by any of them. Though Union be never so lovely in the opinion of their Consciences, they will sacrifice it a thousand times in favour to their Pride, their Ambition, their Covetousness, their love of Empire, Domination, and other Lusts.
Though the Commendations that are given to Union and Peace, be no proof of the virtue or excellency of those that speak in the praise thereof, yet 'tis an undeniable Evidence of its own proper worth and advantages. That which hath the suffrage and approbation of all mens Consciences, that which hath the esteem, and is the Darling even of its very Enemies, must needs be very excellent, worthy and valuable.
The Excellencies and Advantages of Union, are most evident in the Causes of it, and in the Effects that it produces in the World. Union is the effect of good Knowledge, & sound Understanding; (for that Union that is seen among the Ignorant, is no other than what is found in a heap of Logs or Stones, which doth not indeed deserve that name.)