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The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August…The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August…
The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.
London: printed by T. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1663
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.
2. A Necessa••• from the the necessity of this excellent Duty; and this is a twofold necessity, Necessitas praecepti, because ⟨p. 57⟩it is commanded, Have peace one with another, Mark 9. 50. Necessitas Medii, because Peace and Unity amongst brethren in the Church, is an excellent means tom glorify God, when with one mind and mouth we call upon him, and serve him with one consent; and to further the Gospel, and gain it honour and credit even in the hearts of strangers: the Heathen themselves took notice of the love of Christians, as Minutius Felix telleth us, Vide, say they, ut se diligunt Christiani.
2. A Necessa••• from the the necessity of this excellent Duty; and this is a twofold necessity, Necessitas praecepti, because ⟨p. 57⟩it is commanded, Have peace one with another, Mark 9. 50. Necessitas Medii, because Peace and Unity amongst brethren in the Church, is an excellent means tom glorifie God, when with one mind and mouth we call upon him, and serve him with one consent; and to further the Gospel, and gain it honour and credit even in the hearts of strangers: the Heathen themselves took notice of the love of Christians, as Minutius Felix telleth us, Vide, say they, ut se diligunt Christiani.