Maddox - BX9329 M3 1740

C 4 join our bell Endeavours in the impor- tant Caufe of Chriflianity, Proteflan tifmn, and practical Religion. When united Attempts have got the better of the Infidelity and Immorality of the Age (which certainly demand the firft Regard) it will then be time enough for Fellow-Chriflians and Fellow-Pro- tenants to difpute Matters of fo little Confequence as an Organor a Surplice, a fquare Cap, or a GoldRing. It may even then be too foon to engage the Minds of People upon Subjeós of fo little Moment; but, at prefent, 'tis, upon many Accounts, greatly unfeafon- able and improper. Contentions of this Sort, among many other Evils, are apt to produce a Coldnefs and Difregard for the neceffary Duties of Piety and Virtue. Men of all Perfuafions are too prone to fall into this Miflake, and fub- fiitute a di%proportion'dZeal again/l, as well asfor, the external and difputed Parts of Religion, in the Place of true Devotion and real Goodnefs. When the Mind is thus warmly engaged in fuch Difputes, either on one Side or the other, it generally becomes too earelefs of more weighty Matters. Nor is this Effect at all unnatural. One of the common Arts in this religious Con- roverfy (for even that, to the great Hurt

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