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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. Because we are Christians, we should form our Conversation according to the Pattern of our heavenly Father, and blessed Saviour, who governs and keeps the World and Church together by Moderation.
3. Because over and above the goodness of Nature, we are obliged to put on Christ, and to walk in the Spirit, which is a Spirit of Grace, and whose Fruits are, Love, Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance.
4. Because we are under the Government of Christ our King, and his holy Spirit, by his holy and good Laws; and therefore we ought to be the most exactly governed Persons in the World; and being so, we are not only to refrain from the Irregularities and Excesses of ⟨p. 51⟩our Thoughts and Passions, Words and Actions, but to be and act conformable to the very Image and Example of Christ; and being so governed, we exercise a Temper towards all Men, in all Things.