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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.
Were the Church of God at Peace and Unity with it self, it would be a mighty means to Convert the World, and bring it over to the Christian Religion. Were there a great and mutual Friendship and Amity among the several Parts and Members of it, it would be a mighty Evidence of the Truth of Christianity, and almost all Mankind would fall under the source of it: The Authority thereof would be irresistible; 'tis the Factions, the Feuds, the Divisions, the Strifes, Hatreds and Contentions that are in Christendom, and among the Churches thereof, that makes them a scorn and abhorrence to Turks and Infidels, as well as to the Atheistical and profane that are among them. 'Tis the everlasting Quarrels, and mutual Censures and Condemnations of each other, ⟨p. 10⟩that makes Christianity a poor languid thing, and takes off all the convincing power thereof in the apprehension of its Enemies.
Were the Church of God at Peace and Unity with it self, it would be a mighty means to Convert the World, and bring it over to the Christian Religion. Were there a great and mutual Friendship and Amity among the several Parts and Members of it, it would be a mighty Evidence of the Truth of Christianity, and almost all Mankind would fall under the sorce of it: The Authority thereof would be irresistible; 'tis the Factions, the Feuds, the Divisions, the Strifes, Hatreds and Contentions that are in Christendom, and among the Churches thereof, that makes them a scorn and abhorrence to Turks and Infidels, as well as to the Atheistical and prophane that are among them. 'Tis the everlasting Quarrels, and mutual Censures and Condemnations of each other, ⟨p. 10⟩that makes Christianity a poor languid thing, and takes off all the convincing power thereof in the apprehension of its Enemies.
Again, were the Church of God united, and at Peace in it self, the mutual offices of Love and Kindness, of Charity and Compassion, which would be exercised by the Members thereof, would very much sweeten and abate the Miseries and Calamities of the present Life and State. The Rich would minister to the wants and necessities of the Poor, and the Poor would cheerfully serve, and minister to the advantages of the Rich. According to their capacities they would mutually help and assist each other; and by these mutual offices of endearment and kindness, much of the miseries and infelicities of Life would be removed, prevented, and sweetened, and the World be a much more happy place than now it is.