426 A Ser;non at the Funeral Rrmuw churches, inen have formed ·new focieties, inftituted new orders, engaged then1 to peculiar vows, given them parti..; ' ·cular religions, as they call them, fuborg– inate to the general religion of J efus Chrift• . Ar1d among thofe whon1 the grofs cor– ruptions and tyranny of the ltoJtl£l~1 Church, both in faith and worfhip, have thrufi fron1 their ·con1munion, n1any have groundlefsly fepar1ted from one. · another, and ·formed . diftinB: fesrs and parties." But how little t:ither of tbefe have contributed to the pro– n1oting of true piety and goodnefs, ex– ·perience n1ay n1ake the 'vorld fenfible. The defigns of the forn1er have ended in - raiftng the fplendor and revenues each of their peculiar Drdcr, _in n1agnifying its rules in <?ppofition to others, in obferving their particular inftitutions, which become matter of mere formality and cufion1 ; having a jlJew of humility and 7uill-·worjhip, but do tzot tend to the ' purifying of the confiience : and the rdt of the people are apt to think they l1ave not fuch obligations to piety and a good life, a~ if the care of that "vere ' -only incun1bent on . thofe who had pecu– liar!y aJfbme~ to themfelves the. titleof re• 1igious. And the zeal and endeavours of the latter are ufuaUy fpent in keeping up · the
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