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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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In Exhibiting unto the Churches in the other Hemisphere, the Relation of what is practised in these Regions of America, that Article of our Creed, ⟨p. 206⟩The Communion of Saints, has been considered. But how far this Relation may Recommend the Churches of New-England unto the Affection & Fellowship of those on the Eastern side of the Atlantic, 'tis what waits for the Experiment. Certainly, The worst they can look for, is to be Charitably Pitied, and Instructed in their Weaknesses!
It will doubtless Hearten them, when they are told, That an Illustrious Minister of State, than whom, for Uncommon Erudition, as well as the other Accomplishments that may brighten a Man of Honour, our Nation has not [and perhaps never had!] a Greater; having had the State of this Country truly laid before him, he condescended so far as to write in these obliging Terms unto One of the New-English Divines• upon it; The Account of the State of your Country was very Acceptable to me; And wherein I can serve either It or You, I shall be always Ready. It is great Matter of Joy, that the Christian Religion and Learning, do make such considerable Advances in those Parts of the World; and indeed, wherever the Christian Religion is proposed in its Native Plainness, and Simplicity, it is most likely to succeed.
It will doubtless Hearten them, when they are told, That an Illustrious Minister of State, than whom, for Uncommon Erudition, as well as the other Accomplishments that may brighten a Man of Honour, our Nation has not [and perhaps never had!] a Greater; having had the State of this Country truly laid before him, he condescended so far as to write in these •bliging Terms unto One of the New-English Divines upon it; The Account of the State of your Country was very Acceptable to me; And wherein I can serve either It or You, I shall be always Ready. It is great Matter of Joy, that the Christian Religion and Learning, do make such considerable Advances in those Parts of the World; and indeed, wherever the Christian Religion is proposed in its Native Plainness, and Simplicity, it is most likely to succeed.