A70766:186
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
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5. We must labour as much as possibly we can to spread, diffuse, and sow the Word of Grace, that true Christianity, its Truth, Faith, Power, and Savour may become National; that every Corner of the Land may be filled with the Knowledge of the Lord.
5. We must labour as much as possibly we can to spread, diffuse, and sow the Word of Grace, that true Christianity, its Truth, Faith, Power, and Savour may become National; that every Corner of the Land may be filled with the Knowledg of the Lord.
6. To this end Parochial Limitations do much conduce, (wishing such a Division might be made every where, more conducible to that great End; or that more Ministers, with comfortable Maintenance, might be placed, according to the moving and extreme Necessity of a Multitude of Souls); and as Parochial Bounds do much serve to bring the Knowledge of the Gospel to particular Families and Persons, so a Legal Maintenance is necessary.
6. To this end Parochial Limitations do much conduce, (wishing such a Division might be made every where, more conducible to that great End; or that more Ministers, with comfortable Maintenance, might be placed, according to the moving and extreme Necessity of a Multitude of Souls); and as Parochial Bounds do much serve to bring the Knowledg of the Gospel to particular Families and Persons, so a Legal Maintenance is necessary.
7. If there were not Parochial Ministers and Ministrations, what would become of vast Numbers of precious Souls, even the far greater Number of Souls in the Kingdom?