tab) tion. The fecond Propofition I under- took to (peak to, under this Head, will not require fo many Words, viz. 2. That, after yourprivate Edification is thusfar confelted, it isyour Duty to re- gard the publick Edification of the whole Church of Chrift. This, I fay, will not require much Illuiaration, becaufe I have already touched upon it; and becaufe all thofe acknowledge theTruth of it, in other Words, who ever plead for Peace ; all whoargue for Conceffïons, or for Conformity on any Terms ; all who acknowledge that Chriftìans are concern'd in the good of their Brethren, and -the Happinefs of the World about them. And who is there fo little ac- quainted with the Nature and Delgn ofthe Chriftian Religion, that doth not acknowledge this ; and that is not fenlì- ble what a Strefs the Gofpel lays upon the Social Virtues, and withhow much AEIeEhon it recommends to us the Ad- vantage and Inteteit of the whole Chri- pïanChurch? Firíl, indeed, we are to regard our felves, fo far as to fecure our. own Innocence, and to pay that Wor- $hip to Cod, which is due to him ; But gf çr
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