Author: Isaac Madox

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780428757656

Excerpt from A Vindication of the Government, Doctrine, and Worship, of the Church of England, Established in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: Against the Injurious Reflections of Mr. Neale, in His Late History of the Puritans, Together With a Detection of Many False Quotations and Mistakes in That Performance Tifm, and praetical Religion; When nniteel Attempts have got the better of the Infidelity ana' Immorality of the Age (which certainly demand the firfl Regard) it will then be time enough for fellow-chrifiians and fellow-pro tefiants to difpute Matters of fo little Confequence as an Organ or a Surplice, a fquare Cap, or a Gold Ring. It may even then be too foon to engage the Minds of People upon Subjeets of fo little Moment; but, ' at prefent, 'tis, upon many Accounts, greatly unfeafon able and improper. Contentions of this Sort, among many other Evils, are apt to produce a Coldnefs and Difregard for the neceffary Duties of Piety and Virtue. Men of all Perfuafions are too prone to fall into this Miftake, and fub fiitute a tlzfibroportion'tl Zeal again/i, as well as for, the external and difputed Parts of Religion, in the Place of true Devotion and real Goodnefs. When the Mind is thus warmly engaged in fuch Difputes, either on one Side or the other, it generally becomes too carelefs of more weighty Matters. Nor is this Effeet at all unnatural. One of the common Arts in this religious Con. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.