of CONFORMITY. patronize all fuch, they will patrav nize all the diforder and confufion ima- ginable. Thefecondpaffiige you direE us to, Is Mat. 18. 19. za. The former part of this pafage contains in it nothing but the Com- mionof Chrifl tohis Apoflles, Go ye, and teach all Nations, that is, Go, Teach, and Propagate my Religion throughout the World ; make Nations my Difciples, as Mr. Baxter paraphrafes it : Baptizing them in the Name ofthe Father, and of the Son, andofthe Holy Ghofl, teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever I have com- mandedyou. Now, fuppofing this Commi /. frongiven toyou as well as to the Apoflles, in what fente would you have it under- flood ? It was given to them, for the propagating the Chriflian Faith in unbe- lieving Countries, and for promoting the great ends of the Gofpel amongtf thofe that did believe. Put the Cale, that, in any place, their Publick Preaching, or other Minillrations, would have had very bad Confequences, and have retie- ated a diíhonour, and mifchief upon the Chri/lianCauf ; and would have been, not only not neceffary, but prejudicial to the Interelt of Chriflianity : And do D3 you S3
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