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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. We have given Legal Security to our Governors in Church and State.
1. We have given Legal Security to our Governours in Church and State.
2. We endeavour to perform all Duties without Offence.
3. Our Moderation is our Conformity to Christ, and his Gospel, to the Doctrine of this Church.
4. As the Law is our Rule, so it is our Security, and we rest under it.
5. When we shall stand in need of Favour, we will thankfully accept it, but think it our Duty so to live, and carry our selves, as little as may be not to need it, though we know, Nullum Ingenium placuit sine Veniâ.