(40) moff paffonately recommended to the care, and regard of Chriflians ; it is as certain, that Moderation cannot difl'olve the Obligations of Chri/tians to have a tender Concern for the good of the whole Church, or make it an indiffe- rent Matter to them, which way of Behaviour they chufe: But, whatever the true Notión of it be, it certainly leaves them under the fame Obligati. ons to promote Peace, to which the Laws of their Mafler have bound them up. But there is yet another Notion of this Virtue, according towhich it is de- clared by fome, to be the Nature, and Office of Chriftian Moderation, to regu- . late our Opinions concerning every thing, and to teach us not to value any thing above what it deferves, and not to lay a greater weight upon any Matter, than the Nature of it re- quires.' Now, tho' this cannot be a tuff Account of that Moderation we farad fpoken of in the New Teftament, yet it is certain, that it is our Duty to fix juft Notions of things in our Minds, and to value every thing according to its
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