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A52414 The charge of schism continued being a justification of the author of Christian blessedness for his charging the separatists with schism, not withstanding the toleration : in a letter to a city-friend. Norris, John, 1657-1711. 1691 (1691) Wing N1245; ESTC R40651 37,244 145

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the other is too Low and the way of Man lying in the Middle Thus understood without all doubt Moderation is a most excellent thing and will have an universal and uncontested Approbation And thus it is generally understood in all other Cases but only when it relates to Church-Conformity And then by Moderation is usually meant either an Indifferency of doing what the Church prescribes or a doing it by Halves or a total Omission of it And accordingly he is accounted a Moderate Man who either is indifferently affected to the Constitutions of the Church and is little concern'd whether he Conforms to them or no and accordingly stands ready and disposed with or without reasonable Occasion to admit of Alterations or who Conforms by halves or who does not Conform at all All these in their several orders and degrees go commonly for Men of Moderation and I believe many for the procurement of that specious Title are tempted to appear so disposed designing nothing at all worse by it than only the Reputation of Moderate Men. But let such as run away with this Notion take this Consideration along with them if they are not in too much haste That 't is not all manner of Moderation that is justly to be commended nor this of theirs in particular For the right Estimation of which matter I desire the following measures may be consider'd If the Object of our Moderation be not already either by Nature or Constitution fix'd and stated in a due measure but is to receive its measure from our Moderation then Moderation as it signifies an indifferency of Mind may have both Place and Commendation As suppose in the instance of Pleasure which because an indeterminate Object and of indefinite Latitude capable either of Excess or Defect leaves room for the Exercise of Moderation in us which is then a good and laudable thing But if the Object be already either by Nature or by positive Constitution fix'd and stated in a due measure and is not to receive that measure from our Moderation then our Moderation has neither Place nor Commendation As in the Instance suppose of Vertue which being already supposed to be in the Mean leaves no room for Moderation in us nor would Moderation then be a good or laudable thing Nor was it ever thought a Commendation of the love of Vertue to say it was Moderate or Indifferent Now to apply this to the present Case If the Order of the Church of England were not already constituted in a state and temper of Moderation then indeed Moderation in Conformity might pretend to some Excellency and Commendation but if it be already in such a state and temper then there is neither Room for it nor Excellency in it But rather on the contrary to be moderately affected to Conformity will then be as great a Commendation as to be a moderate Lover of Order and Reason and all that 's good And they that like this Commendation 't is fit they should have it Before therefore Moderation in Conformity be made a commendable Character and before Men of this Character be so much cry'd up and sought after as the fittest Persons to be employed both in State and in Church-concerns it ought to be made appear that the Constitution of the Church is in it self Immoderate This indeed is slily and indirectly insinuated by all those that raise such Clamours about Moderation But they ought if they would deal fairly directly to prove it and indeed wholly to insist upon it and not impose upon the Prejudice and the Ignorance of the People by the specious and plausible Name of Moderation For unless it be first proved that the Church in her Constitution is Immoderate 't is plain that Moderation on our parts has no room and that all the Noise and Stir that is made about it is but meer Sophistry with ill Design But now whether the Constitution of the Church be really Immoderate I refer those that desire to be satisfied to what has been from time to time written in her Defence and Justification particularly to an excellent Book very Honestly and as I think very Learnedly written by Doctor Puller call'd The Moderation of the Church of England FINIS BOOKS Printed for S. 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