Selected quad for the lemma: doctrine_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	church_n	faith_n	protestant_a	2,183	5	9.3322	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A58926	A seasonable discourse shewing the necessity of union amongst Protestants, in opposition to popery, as the only means (under God) to preserve the reformed religion also, the charge of persecution, lately maintained against the established religion, by W.P., H.C. and other insignificant scriblers, detected : proving it to be the ministers of state, and not the church, that prosecuted the penal laws on Protestant dissenters.		1688 (1688)	Wing S2228; ESTC R14748	13,863	17

want to sustain me so that I may comfortably end those days that remain For woful Experience too frequently informs us That Children and Friends too soon forget their Du●y and the innumerable Kindnesses of their tender Parents Since things are thus let common Prudence dictate better things to us than to part with what of right belongs unto us or to let go that lawful Security we have for all that is dear unto us and by so doing we may easily prevent our being made a Prey to our implacable Enemies from whose tender Mercies Good Lord deliver us I might much more enlarge on this particular but should I proceed to enumerate all the manifest Dangers and Inconveniencies that I could easily insist on I should cry out with the Poet Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gente●… In the third place Let your Zeal for your Holy Religion continue and let your Moderation be seen by your very Enemies and let not the worst of them have any just cause of laying any severe or unbecoming Actions to your charge How will it please your Enemies to see you differing and dividing your Interest and Affections with those That a Worthy and most Learned Member of your Church in my hearing lately Preach'd against excluding by Excommunication from Communion with you for indifferent Things which may be left undone and yet Salvation obtained The reasons he gave for loving them were Because there were many good Christians among them and because they protested against the same Errors believed the same Articles of Faith and hoped for the same common Salvation by Christ that you do You can't but be deeply sensible how many Eyes are fixed on you and what desires your Enemies have of seeing you exposed to Publick Shame and Contempt Have Charity towards all Men especially to all those of the Protestant Religion that in any tollerable Measure conform to the Rules of it As for your Dissenting Neighbours like the Reverend Doctors Till and Ten. let your Love and Moderation be so great towards them as if possible though you cannot make them satisfied with your Reasons for Conformity yet let your Christian Charity and Affection to them as Protestants and Members of the same Body you profess to be have such an Influence over them as to expel any Malice or prejudice they might have entertain'd against your Persons and who knows but such Methods as these may have a great Influence towards a farther Conformity It 's my Opinion and not without Reason That the bitter Invectives not long since in and out of the Pulpit created greater and fiercer Enemies against the Church of England than otherwise she would have had but as this has sometime since ceased so Charity ought to be exercised in forgeting what was amiss in hopes the like may never be heard again My Advice to you Dissenting Protestants is for the most part the same I gave to the Church of England I need not enlarge any farther on the absolute necessity of Vnity and Charity among Protestants at this Season when it is very manifest that nothing is more delightful or acceptable to those that have the Protestant Interest than to see one Protestant rending tearing and back-biting another It being too apparent that these Fishers of Men delight in troubled Waters knowing it to be the fittest time and opportunity to overcome their Heretical Enemies for so they call Protestants when their Dissentions among themselves are greatest Therefore I earnestly perswade and entreat you as you tender the Peace and Welfare of the Kingdom and the establishing your sound Religion to put on a Spirit of Meekness Charity and Complyance as far as possible with the Church of England and if you can't receive satisfaction enough from her Learned Members throughly to Conform yet let not your Charity be so narrow as to have a bad Opinion of those Worthy Men that are abundantly satisfied with the reasonableness of their Conformity As you desire no harsh Censures be past on you for Nonconformity so be sure you avoid reflecting on those Pious Men that hold it lawful to assent and consent to all the Articles of the Church of England If possible have Peace with all Men especially with those of the same Houshold of Faith you profess Strongly endeavour to prevent bitter Invective Speeches against that Church which in all probability is like to be the only Invincible Bulwark against Popery And I am the more inclin'd to be an earnest Advocate for the Church of England nor only because I have hopes she has laid aside those bitter Things formerly with some Truth laid to her charge but chiefly because a vast number of her Worthy and eminently Learned Members have with great Learning and Solidity defended our Holy Religion from the Heresie Schism and Novelty falsly charged on it by the Church of Rome All Persons that Study any thing to the purpose of the Controversie betwixt us and them must certainly perceive how admirably they have confuted the unreasonable and unaccountable Doctrines of that pretended Infallible Church clearly proving the Truth and Excellency of the Protestant Religion and that we are not as they pretend beholding to them for it But evidently making it appear that the Protestant Faith is most ancient and that its Doctrine is consonant or agreeable to the Word of God and the practice of the purest Christians in the Primitive Times This very consideration alone is sufficient to clear the Body of that Church from being Popishly affected A second Reason to Love and Esteem them for is their firm adhering to the known Laws of the Land for what-ever a few unfound Members of her Communion have done to the contrary yet she is not accountable for them the greatest and most considerable part having been found very faithful on that account A third Thing for which you ought to value the Members of the Church of England viz. Their stedfast adhering to the Rights of the People and especially of the Clergy Their Consciences have been so just that notwithstanding the Angry Frowns of Majesty have taken hold of ●h●m and that they have and are likely to suffer very much by it they rather choose to trust God with their Temporal Felicity and Comfort than sinfully violate those Sacred Oaths they have so Solemnly taken by betraying in the least the Trust reposed in them notwithstanding the Frowns or Allurements of the greatest Men. This only single Instance of their signal Fidelity to God and Man ought to have no small sway or Influence with all considering Persons He that orders his Conversation according to the Divine Rule and faithfully Studies to preserve the just Rights and Lawful Liberties of Mankind deservedly Merits the greatest Love and Affection imaginable But he that makes no Conscience of his Duty to God and designedly makes Ship-wrack of the Lawful Rights and Priviledges of any Party or Society and that will Sell his Birth-Right for an inconsiderable Value deserves not the Name