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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.) He is illuminated by the Spirit in the Law, which enlighteneth the Mind; he hath an Understanding given him; he perceiveth the Things of God.
(1.) He is illuminated by the Spirit in the Law, which enlightneth the Mind; he hath an Understanding given him; he perceiveth the Things of God.
(2.) He apprehending, 1. Things of a contrary Nature, as good and evil; 2. Things good, but in differing degrees; 3. Things of an indifferent Nature, capable of being good or evil, according as they are used; he discerns between Things and Things.
(3.) By Dijudication, or an Act of Judgment, he separates Things evil, to be rejected; Things good, to be embraced; Things indifferent, to be used or let alone, according to Use, End, and Circumstances.
And now we may call a moderate Man, an understanding, discerning, judicious Man.