( 29) perfue fuch Methods, as have already enflamed us againfi one another, and daily prove the Caufes of much Ill-ivill and Hatred amongft us ? Was the Chri- fiian Churchever edified, or built up, by the Strifeand mutual Animofties of thole who compofed it ? Or, can we hope to deliver it down fecure and unfhaken to Poflerity, by fuch a Behaviour? Whó would think that Christians should not be ready to facrifice any private Opini- on to the Intereft ò£ their common Chriftianity ? And yet, we live in thofe unhappy Times, in whichChriftians are rather labouring to find out Arts to ruine the common Coate, than willing to bend their own Defigns and Opinions to the fupport of it ; and are rather fiudious to keep alive the miferable Difhraaions of the Church of Chrift, than ready to cure and compofe them, even by the eafieft and moft commendable Methods. Nothing adds fo much Glory to the Chrifian Church, as the `Union of Chri- flans : And as nothing gives more Beau- ty to ir, fonothing gives moreStrength, than this. Nothing , makes it more firm, and happy, in it felf ; andnothing E renders
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