The Duties Now Especially Called For, to Preserve the Faith of the Church

Excerpt from The Duties Now Especially Called For, to Preserve the Faith of the Church: A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of North Carolina, Delivered in Christ Church, Newbern, on the Fifth Sunday After Easter, May 8th, 1836

V. The last evil I shall mention, as likely to endan ger the faith of the church, arises from the false liberali ty of the day. Ilistead of following the apostolick direc t10n 'try the spi1 its whether they he of God' TI - 'tako heed unto the doct1 ine' ll-'hold fast the form of sound Words' 'contend earnestly for the Faithe a man that is an hero tic after the fist and second admonition reject;' TT it has become fashionable to take every thing by the hand, which assumes the name of Christ; and to hand as sectaw-v rian and bigoted, Whatever may he urged, it matters not how meekly, ln defence of the one Lonn, one f a1th, 0111.

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