( ) fufesConîtantconformity,for fear he fhould encourage the Impofition offame indiffe- rent Things ; or the Man whopraaifes it, for fear he fhould encourage the Vio- le.ace, and `Unharitablenefs, that are like- ly to accompany all Religious Divifions ? Certainly, it is more Praife-worthy, to fubmit to force Impofitions, which had better not have been ordained, than to do any thing that tends to the difturb- ance ofthe ChristianChurch. Suppofing it to be a Matter not laudable in it felf ; yet certainty it is our Duty to chufe this, rather than agreater Evil: And itcannot be neceffary for a Chriflian to refift fuck Jr/oft/ions ; when he cannot do it with- out endangering Matters of infinitely greater Moment. For the fuppofed, poffible, Inconveniences of the former, are not worthy robe put into the Balance againft the vifîbie, and fenfble, evil Con- fequences ofthe latter : Nor is there any thing to be dreaded from the one, com- parable to that Violence, and Vncharita- blenefs, and that Difhonour to Chri tiani- tay, that is feen to follow from the other. Andhow then, can you think it worth a Ciriftians's while, to teftify againft impojitions,
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