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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.
1. He declares our several Obligations to a strict constant Conformity to Ceremonies and all, and saith, To make all sure, and prevent all Evasions occasioned by nice Distinctions about the force and obligation of Human Laws; He will show that there is no room for Equity and Moderation in this case, pag. 43, 44.
1. He declares our several Obligations to a strict constant Conformity to Ceremonies and all, and saith, To make all sure, and prevent all Evasions occasioned by nice Distinctions about the force and obligation of Human Laws; He will shew that there is no room for Equity and Moderation in this case, pag. 43, 44.
2. Seeing we Ministers have by private Subscriptions and Promises, by open Declarations and solemn Oaths to our Diocesan obliged our selves to the constant use of the Ceremonies established by Law: I infer, That nothing less than strictness and exactness of Duty, and a ⟨p. 34⟩constant, close Conformity is required at our Hands, and that no Man can dispense with himself, and relax the Law in this case. p. 45.
2. Seeing we Ministers have by private Subscriptions and Promises, by open Deelarations and solemn Oaths to our Diocesan obliged our selves to the constant use of the Ceremonies established by Law: I infer, That nothing less than strictness and exactness of Duty, and a ⟨p. 34⟩constant, close Conformity is required at our Hands, and that no Man can dispence with himself, and relax the Law in this case. p. 45.