-x46 The inilifpeFtfable Duty And 0rdinarily the animofit_ies are greatefl: where the differences are 1eafi:; and one party of a reforn1ecl church !hall be more inccn.fed again'!l: another, than ·either a– :gainfl the fuperflition and tyran·ny ·ofRome, or the :carnality -of the ]Ylahometan faith. Yea, perhaps, you may find fo-tne v ho a– gree in opinion, and only differ in feveral \va.ys of expreffing the fan1c thing, and yet can fcarce look on one an-other with– lOUt difpleafure and averfion~ But, alas! how n1uch dothefe m-en difparage that re.: ligion for which they appear fo zealous! how n1uch do they n1ifiake the fpirit of Chriilianity! Are the perfons whotn they hate, greater enemies to religion, than' thofe ·who perfecuted the ApofHes and n1artyrs for profeffing it? And yet thefe _were the perfons whom our Saviour com– n1anded his difciples to love: and hin1fdf did pray for thofe that crucified hin1; and feverely checked the difciples, when, by a precedent brought from the Old ·Tefi:a– n1ent, _they would have called ~or fire · fro'm heaven on thofe who would not re– -ceive thenl; telling them, 'Tbey knew not ~what jpirit they 'Were of: i. e. They -did not confider by what fpirit they were prompted to fuch cruel inclinations i or, as
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