The Spirit of the Ecclesiasticks of All Sects and Ages, as to the Doctrines of Morality, and More Particularly the Spirit of the Ancient Fathers of the Church, Examin'd (Classic Reprint)

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They indeed contr'adilied the fir/l Principles of the Gojpel, hy turning d/ieekneji, Humility, and Self-denial into Pride, Riches and Domination 5 and claimid all Things, hy Vertue of a Gofpel that gave them Nothing. Are thefe Patterns, for fuch as would renounce the' World, the Flelh, and the Devil, and live, Sober, Righteous,' and Godly in the World Does their Sainting of. Villains and Afl-afiins, as fometimes they did, entitle them to the Charaéier and Reverence of Saints Does their eternal Contention and Contradili'ion, qualify them for the Center of Unity? Is their turbulent 'spirit, and their wild Want of common Senfe, their ravenous Avarice, and flaming Ambition their Fury and Fight. Irrg,~their frequent Change of Opinion their Apojlac y and Alurders, I fay are all thefe, or any of them, proper Marks of the Guides of God's People2 And that thcfe Marks belong to many of the Fathers, and all of them to fame, is too manifejl. The following Sheets will prove that they do Indeed, their own if: it ings, and all Eccle/iaylical Hifiory, do little elfe hut' prove it.

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