Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	idol_n	knowledge_n	weak_a	1,298	5	9.3976	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61885	Legends no histories, or, A specimen of some animadversions upon The history of the Royal Society wherein, besides the several errors against common literature, sundry mistakes about the making of salt-petre and gun-powder are detected and rectified : whereunto are added two discourses, one of Pietro Sardi and another of Nicolas Tartaglia relating to that subject, translated out of Italian : with a brief account of those passages of the authors life ... : together with the Plus ultra of Mr. Joseph Glanvill reduced to a non-plus, &c. / by Henry Stubbe ...	Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676.; Tartaglia, Niccolò, d. 1557. Quesiti et inventioni diverse. Libro 3. English.; Sardi, Pietro, b. 1559? Artiglieria. English. Selections.; Stubbe, Henry, 1632-1676. Plus ultra reduced to a non plus.; Henshaw, Thomas, 1618-1700.	1670 (1670)	Wing S6053; Wing S6063_PARTIAL; ESTC R21316	289,570	380

cause for this Exclamation that which follows is of so pernitious consequence Some of the Reformed Churches thought themselves obliged to fo●bear all communion with them and would not give them that respect which possibly might belong to so Antient so Famous a Church I am much to seek which of those that wear the name of Reformed Churches did ever hold it lawfull to hold Communion with the Bishops of Rome and their adherents For since the Question is not concerning Civil Commerce and Actions of General humanity but concerning Church-Worship and joyning with them in the Sacrifice Prayers and Ceremonies of their most superstitious Mass to be present at and bear a part in the Service and to receive the Sacrament are with them as with the Church of England tokens of the Church-Communion and not the hearing of Sermons and at other times owning them as a Church of Christ Since this is the Question I would willingly learn of our Historian which of the Reformed Churches hath not forborn all Communion with them and taught it to be necessary to do so It is true the Church of England hath upon very ●asy termes made way for the Papist to come to us to communicate with us The Hierarchy the Ceremonies retained the very Liturgy word for word being so framed that whatever they hear or see at our Service is not repugnant to what their Church followeth as Mr. Hales in one of his Sermons doth shew And indeed they differ no more than a Bible with the Apochrypha from one which wants it And this in great part is the foundation of our Penal Lawes against the Papists b●cause they do refuse to come to hear and assist in the same Prayers and service which their Church useth or only condemns because it is not of the Pontifical approbation If the Papists should comply in the manner demanded with the Church of England it might then be said indeed that they Communicated with us But not that we held Communion with them except we likewise resorted to Mass joyned with them in their prayers and participated there which is a thing our Homilies the Articles of our Church nor I think any of our Church men ever taught nor could it be done without danger of strengthening ●hem in their Superstitious and Idolatrous waies and the hazarding of the whole in er●st of the Kingdome of Christ as it is lodged in the Protestants they being apt thereby to be ensnared and from a mixing Fellowship with God and Belial come at last to fall into Popish Idolatry Certainly neither the Antiquity nor the Fame Arguments so powerful with Mr. Sprat but so ridiculous so extrinsecal to truth and Baffled by all Protestant Divines can warrant this procedure This the Papists are aware of who shew no such regard to the Ancient and Famous Church of England And it is evident that Errors are not the more tolerable but the more dangerous for being Ancient Could antiquity or Fame give Credit to impious Communion or Civilities how ought we to Reverence that old Serpent whose Antiquity whose renown whose extent of Dominion is such that all which Mr. Sprat so much admires and Pleads for is but a part of it Mr. Sprat Mr. Sprat let me tell you and some of your fellow Virtuosi that there is a tenderness for those without which is Cruelty to those within and that you must have a care how you destroy those who profess the Gospel and for whom Christ dyed to gratify such as live in opposition to him in all the Offices of his Mediatorship to whom he will say at the last day I know you not be gone you workers of iniquity But I shew too much of the Divine whilst our Historian shews so little but I could not dispense with this Passage and I wonder how it ever could be permitted in such a piece lest it should be thought to be the Judgement of that Illustrious Society and that they were making way for the Introducing of som●thing else besides a New Philosophy It is a Caution which the Apostle Suggests unto me Take he●d least by any means this liberty of yours become a Stumbling block to them that are weak For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the Idols Temple shall not the Conscience of him that is weak be emboldned to eat those things which are offered to Idols And through thy knowledge shall thy weak brother Perish for whom Christ dyed But when ye ●in so against the bretheren and wound their weak Conscience ye sin against Christ 1 Cor cap. 8. ver 9 10 11 12. I can only apply my self to that good Nature which a Great Man has observ'd to be so peculiar to our Nation that there is scarce an Expression to signify it in any other Language This Notion about Good Nature hath so delighted Mr. Sprat that in his Discourse against Mr. Sorbier he thought fit to propose it to the world and here to repeat it again In that Discourse he makes this Observa●ion to be an Instance of the profound Criticisme of the Earl of Clarendon But certainly never was a great Minister of State so abused by an ill defence as that Honorable person was when such poor things were alledged in his Commendation he seemed more depreciated by his Apologist than by his Adversary I am apt to believe that the Great-man yet whose Greatness did scarce surpasse that of Sir Tho Moore or the Lord Bacon to whom Mr. Sprat compares him had other Excellencies then a Criticall knowledge of Ancient or Modern Languages But Mr. Sprat saies this of him There is Scarce any Language in the world which can properly signify one English expression and that is Good-Nature Though Monsieur Sorbier will not allow the Noble Author of this Note to have any Skill in Grammer learning yet He must pardon me if I still believe the observation to be true I know not how kind Monsieur Sorbier may be unto him and how he may practice a quality which is so hard to be Expressed But I am sure I cannot indulge him in this Conceit for if the French do not signify the same by un homme de bonne Nature et homme d'un bon naturel I am sure that one shall find that the Greeks do equal the Emphasis of our English in that of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and transcend it in the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 What other Languages may do it is for M● Sprat and others to determine without understanding them I care not to render at present such testimony of my folly Mistakes about the SWEATING-SICKNES and its Cure TO shew the great Utility of the Royal Society he sayes They will be able by degrees to purchase such Extraordinary Inventions which a●e now close lock'd up in Cabine●s and then to bring them unto one Common Stock which shall be upon all occasions exposed to all mens use This is a most Heroick