Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... MODERATION. MODERATE VIEWS AND IMMODERATE MEN.1 "Let your moderation be known unto all men."--Phil. iv. 5. There is hardly any case in which the mischief wrought by a " corrupt following of the Apostles" is more manifest than in the application which is commonly made of these words. There are so many people in the present day who like to pose as " moderate men." They are for ever warning us against th.e evil of " running into extremes"; and they seem to support their position, not only by Apostolic authority, but by arguments drawn from the philosopher. There is a flavour of Aristotelian virtue about the habit of mind which professes to avoid excess of every kind. And there is also a special appearance of loyalty to the Church of Christ in our land. Attacked as she has been on every side, she has had now to protest against the usurpations of a would-be Bishop of Bishops, now to repel the pretences of presbyters or of congregations, and hence it is that her history can be so read as to appear a record of successful compromise; and moderate men--in whom the instincts of compromise are strong--may easily persuade themselves that they are maintaining the tradition of our fathers in Christ, when they try to take a middle way and clamour for peace at any price. 1 Preached in S. Andrew's, Wells Street, on the Anniversary of the English Church Union, 1890. Just because there is so much apparent reason for holding moderate views, just because there is so much temptation to pose as moderate men, and to let our moderation be known unto all men, it is well to look these reasons in the face, to examine our motives with care, lest we fall into sin ourselves, or give countenance to error that is fraught with danger to the Church in our land. The phrase " moderate views"...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891. Excerpt: ... MODERATION. MODERATE VIEWS AND IMMODERATE MEN.1 "Let your moderation be known unto all men."--Phil. iv. 5. There is hardly any case in which the mischief wrought by a " corrupt following of the Apostles" is more manifest than in the application which is commonly made of these words. There are so many people in the present day who like to pose as " moderate men." They are for ever warning us against th.e evil of " running into extremes"; and they seem to support their position, not only by Apostolic authority, but by arguments drawn from the philosopher. There is a flavour of Aristotelian virtue about the habit of mind which professes to avoid excess of every kind. And there is also a special appearance of loyalty to the Church of Christ in our land. Attacked as she has been on every side, she has had now to protest against the usurpations of a would-be Bishop of Bishops, now to repel the pretences of presbyters or of congregations, and hence it is that her history can be so read as to appear a record of successful compromise; and moderate men--in whom the instincts of compromise are strong--may easily persuade themselves that they are maintaining the tradition of our fathers in Christ, when they try to take a middle way and clamour for peace at any price. 1 Preached in S. Andrew's, Wells Street, on the Anniversary of the English Church Union, 1890. Just because there is so much apparent reason for holding moderate views, just because there is so much temptation to pose as moderate men, and to let our moderation be known unto all men, it is well to look these reasons in the face, to examine our motives with care, lest we fall into sin ourselves, or give countenance to error that is fraught with danger to the Church in our land. The phrase " moderate views"...
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