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…

And to find out the meaning of the Word; Learned Men give the Etymology of it from [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew], like, equal, even, agreeable: So Musculus and Zanchy, or of [Greek or Hebrew], cedo, to give place, or yield, as Zanchy and others. It is a Word of a vast Extent, and a Virtue of general Use. It is known sometimes by its Contrary, sometimes by its Company, sometimes by the Quality of the Persons of whom it is required, or by whom it is exercised, and the various Objects upon whom or which it is acted: In a Philosophical Sense, it is as much as that which is decent, meet, convenient; in a legal, it as much as equal, to which rigour, or exact, strict, Justice is opposed, and too large a remitting or evacuating of the Law, and it is to be showed in the Constitution, Interpretation, and Administration or Execution of Laws; and it is very commonly taken in this Sense: But we must search for it in the Theological or Moral Sense of it; and in the Strictness and Limitation of it to Christians, Let your Moderation be known, and in the extent of its Object, to all Men: which doth include all matters and occasions of Conversation. It is here rendered in a Word of a large Signification, that signifies as much as Rule and Government, and the observing of the just Mode and Mean of a Christian Carriage; and is as much as behave, carry, govern your self so towards all Men as under the Eye, and as ready to give your account to the Lord, who is at hand to judg and reward you.

And to find out the meaning of the Word; Learned Men give the Etimology of it from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, like, equal, even, agreeable: So Musculus and Zanchy, or of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, cedo, to give place, or yield, as Zanchy and others. It is a Word of a vast Extent, and a Vertue of general Use. It is known sometimes by its Contrary, sometimes by its Company, sometimes by the Quality of the Persons of whom it is required, or by whom it is exercised, and the various Objects upon whom or which it is acted: In a Philosophical Sence, it is as much as that which is decent, meet, convenient; in a legal, it as much as equal, to which rigor, or exact, strict, Justice is opposed, and too large a remitting or evacuating of the Law, and it is to be shewed in the Constitution, Interpretation, and Administration or Execution of Laws; and it is very commonly taken in this Sence: But we must search for it in the Theological or Moral Sense of it; and in the Strictness and Limitation of it to Christians, Let your Moderation be known, and in the extent of its Object, to all Men: which doth include all matters and occasions of Conversation. It is here rendred in a Word of a large Signification, that signifies as much as Rule and Government, and the observing of the just Mode and Mean of a Christian Carriage; and is as much as behave, carry, govern your self so towards all Men as under the Eye, and as ready to give your account to the Lord, who is at hand to judg and reward you.