i et, .7) it, ë u i0» (7" The Preface. An Examination of the General Principles of Dr. Stil- lingfleet's Book of the Unreafonablenefs of S E- PAg4TIo7c. TH E Differences and Contefts among profeffed Chriftians about the Nature, Power, Order, Rule andRefdence of the Gofpel Chiirch State, with the Intereû ofeach Diffenting Party there- in, have not only been great, and of long continuance, but havealto fo defpifed all ways and means of allaying or abatement, that they Teem to be more and more enflamed every day;and to threatenmore pernicious confequents, then any theyhave already produced; which yet have been of the worft ofEvilsthat the World for Tome Ages hath groan- ed under. For the Conmunion, fo much talked of, amongft Churches, is almott come only, unto an Agreement and Onenefs in defìgn for the mutual and forcible Extermination ofone another;at leapt this is the profeffed Principle ofthem who lay the loudeft claim to the Name and Title,with all the Rights and Priviledges of the Church ; Nor are others far remote from the fame L efign, who adjudge all who diffent B from
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