. The Reafnablenel ment of fuch an End, yet this End can- not be accomplifhed by fuch Means. If either Reafon or Experience be to be re- garded, it is certain, that fromhence have proceeded the greatefl Unwillingneffes, and ffrongefl Averfions to fuch an Agree- ment. And iffo, The Confiderationof ob- taining there Alterations ought not, in the nature of it, to have induced You to begin Your Pral-tice ; and cannot in Reafon induce You to continue it. Befìdes , were you certain that the Method you have taken is both a lawful and likely way to the procuring thofe Abatements, and Amendments which would content you , and fuppofing that the effeBeing them should bring in many of You, who are Miniflers; yet God only knows, as the Caufe bath been unhap- pily managed, whether this would fo mightily contribute to the Vniverfal 'Onion of this Church and People, as one would wifh, or as fame expect. For it is notorious, that thefe Abatements and Al- terations are not the matters which the generality of your People concern them- felves about ; or which, in their opinion, make up any confiderable part of the Caufe. No, I doubt, there wouldmove.. them !I
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