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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.
4thly; To make all sure, &c. I will, saith he, briefly show, that there is no Room for Equity and Moderation here in this Case. And this he endeavours to prove, 1. By the Notion of Moderation, with respect to Laws. 2. The Words of the Act of Uniformity. 3. The Sense of the Law-givers; that is, First, the Sense of his Majesty in ⟨p. 40⟩his Declaration to stand by the Act of Uniformity, Anno 1662. And, 2. The Vote of the House of Commons Feb. 15. 1662. against Indulgence to Dissenters from the Act of Uniformity, p. 44, 45.
4thly; To make all sure, &c. I will, saith he, briefly shew, that there is no Room for Equity and Moderation here in this Case. And this he endeavours to prove, 1. By the Notion of Moderation, with respect to Laws. 2. The Words of the Act of Uniformity. 3. The Sence of the Law-givers; that is, First, the Sence of his Majesty in ⟨p. 40⟩his Declaration to stand by the Act of Uniformity, Anno 1662. And, 2. The Vote of the House of Commons Feb. 15. 1662. against Indulgence to Dissenters from the Act of Uniformity, p. 44, 45.
To drive home the Nail and to make all sure, that a moderate Man may not be able to stir from the Post of constant, strict, exact Duty; He tells us, There is no room for Equity or Moderation in this Case. Then, first, did he leave his Text, when he came to his Application? (in the Latitude of the Apostles sense, which must needs be large, because the Object All Men, is a general Object). The Text saith, Let your Moderation be known to all Men. The Dissenters are a very numerous Part of the Nation, some of the All Men. That which they desire, is a Freedom, or Abatement, or Omission of some things required: If we tell them with civil and respectful Language, and with tenderness of Affection and Kindness, you must conform to all things at all times, invariably to the Law, and that there is no Moderation to be exercised towards you: I pray Sir, 1. What kind of Law do you make this to be? a *