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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.
2. The second Premise, out of which that rigid Inference is drawn, is the Declaration of Assent and Consent; which is to the use of all things contained in, and prescribed by the Book. But the Words and Promise are not, To the constant, close, strict use of all things, at all times, which is more than any Man can promise, or perhaps any Man hath performed. However, the Inference is denied, because it contains more than is expressed in that Declaration. But then this ingenious Person doth confirm his Notion by bringing in the Intention, or Scope of that Declaration, which is to the intent, that Uniformity in the Worship of God may be effected.
2. The second Premise, out of which that rigid Inference is drawn, is the Declaration of Assent and Consent; which is to the use of all things contained in, and prescribed by the Book. But the Words and Promise are not, To the constant, close, strict use of all things, at all times, which is more than any Man can promise, or perhaps any Man hath perform'd. However, the Inference is denied, because it contains more than is expressed in that Declaration. But then this ingenious Person doth confirm his Notion by bringing in the Intention, or Scope of that Declaration, which is to the intent, that Vniformity in the Worship of God may be effected.
That I may not be mistaken, I desire it may be noted, we are now come from one Word to another, viz. from a close, strict, exact Conformity to an Uniformity, which is the design and scope of that close Conformity.
That I may not be mistaken, I desire it may be noted, we are now come from one Word to another, viz. from a close, strict, exact Conformity to an Vniformity, which is the design and scope of that close Conformity.
To this it is applied;