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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
Conclusion: The Conclusion, propounding Examples of Moderation.
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.
And the pacific Temper of Arch-Bishop Sheldon is excellently discovered in a Sermon of his, preached before his Majesty, 1660, and afterwards printed, whose Sayings deserve to be written in Letters of Gold, That's the best and most Christian Memory (saith he) that, as Caesar's, forgets nothing but Injuries. Let us all seriously and sadly look back, consider, and bemoan one another, for what we have mutually done and suffered from each other. Let us all be sorry, and all mend, perfectly forgiving what is past, and returning to as great Kindness as ever; that so by all good and mutual Offices, we may make amends for our former Animosities. Shall God (saith this excellent Prelate) so great, so glorious, after so high and many Provocations, condescend to be at Peace with us! And shall we poor Worms be at Enmity among our selves, for Trifles, to the hazard of the Comforts of this Life, and the Hopes of a better? Shall we retain the Memory of former Unkindness, and make a public Act of Oblivion which we expect, a public Lie, without either Fear of God, or Shame of the World? Shall we change one War into another, the open into a secret one, Hostility into Treachery, and by pretending Peace, only smooth the way to Supplantation? This is the most unmanly Thing in the World.
And the pacifick Temper of Arch-Bishop Sheldon is excellently discovered in a Sermon of his, preached before his Majesty, 1660, and afterwards printed, whose Sayings deserve to be written in Letters of Gold, That's the best and most Christian Memory (saith he) that, as Caesar's, forgets nothing but Injuries. Let us all seriously and sadly look back, consider, and bemoan one another, for what we have mutually done and suffered from each other. Let us all be sorry, and all mend, perfectly forgiving what is past, and returning to as great Kindness as ever; that so by all good and mutual Offices, we may make amends for our former Animosities. Shall God (saith this excellent Prelate) so great, so glorious, after so high and many Provocations, condescend to be at Peace with us! And shall we poor Worms be at Enmity among our selves, for Trifles, to the hazard of the Comforts of this Life, and the Hopes of a better? Shall we retain the Memory of former Unkindness, and make a publick Act of Oblivion which we expect, a publick Lie, without either Fear of God, or Shame of the World? Shall we change one War into another, the open into a secret one, Hostility into Treachery, and by pretending Peace, only smooth the way to Supplantation? This is the most unmanly Thing in the World.