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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.
And as the Degrees and varieties of Mens understandings are vastly great and many, so are their prejudices and Anticipations. Some persons suck in certain Opinions with their Milk; they receive them from their Parents, and such as give them their Education. Thus some are prejudiced for the Doctrine of Calvin, and others for the Doctrine of Arminius; thus some persons are prejudiced for Episcopal Government in the Church, and others for a Presbyterian Parity: Thus some contract a kindness for a pompous and ceremonious Religion, and Way of Worshipping God, others contract a fondness for a very plain and and simple Way and Method of Worship and Devotion.
And as the Degrees and varieties of Mens understandings are vastly great and many, so are their prejudices and Anticipations. Some persons suck in certain Opinions with their Milk; they receive them from their Parents, and such as give them their Education. Thus some are prejudiced for the Doctrine of Calvin, and others for the Doctrine of Aaminius; thus some persons are prejudiced for Episcopal Government in the Church, and others for a Presbyterian Parity: Thus some contract a kindness for a pompous and ceremonious Religion, and Way of Worshipping God, others contract a fondness for a very plain and and simple Way and Method of Worship and Devotion.
Moreover some men read but one sort of Books, and care not to read any thing that is written in opposition to their Anticipations; or if they do read any thing of that nature, 'tis with so great a prejudice, that their judgments are rather confirmed than altered thereby. They are strongly ⟨p. 21⟩persuaded of the truth of their own apprehensions, & what is intended to shake them, doth but (as the Wind by Trees) fix and establish them. That this is a fault I do easily grant, but 'tis easier to observe than cure it; and that mens prejudices are strangely fixed and confirmed thereby, cannot be denied.