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Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate…
Moderation a virtue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.Moderation a vertue, or, A vindication of the principles and practices of the moderate divines and laity of the Church of England represented in some late immoderate discourses, under the nick-names of Grindalizers and Trimmers / by a lover of moderation, resident upon his cure ; with an appendix, demonstrating that parish-churches are no conventicles ... in answer to a late pamphlet entitled, Parish-churches turned into conventicles, &c.
London: printed for Jonathan Robinson, 1683
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.
That Conformity which doth oblige to refuse a necessary Duty to a weak Christian, which the Law of Christ requires, is a Conformity against the Law of Christ, and by Consequence unlawful and null.
But such is the rigid Conformity, (as Men make it.) Ergo. In private Baptism they are not required. In public such as have not received the Communion may be refused, and sometimes Parents can get no better, and too often they are but Cyphers, and stand only to keep up the Form. But be they what they are, instance in any public Baptism performed without them, if you can, and the Peccant shall bare the Blame of it.
But such is the rigid Conformity, (as Men make it.) Ergo. In private Baptism they are not required. In publick such as have not received the Communion may be refused, and sometimes Parents can get no better, and too often they are but Cyphers, and stand only to keep up the Form. But be they what they are, instance in any publick Baptism performed without them, if you can, and the Peccant shall bare the Blame of it.
4. The next Imputation, is his giving the Sacrament kneeling, sitting, or standing. I suppose the Reverend Preacher will strike out Kneeling out of the Bill, when he reviews it. I will take no Advantage of that Inadvertency, but to the other Offence make a Return.