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Jeremiah Burroughs here speaks to a topic which the Puritan preacher and Independent knew much of—church division. He offers thoughtful examination of the roots and effects of division in the body of Christ, and a forward-looking approach that offers considerations and directions for healing the divisions. Burroughs’ study makes suggestions for greater unity, challenging the church to focus on...

CAUSES, EVILS, CURES, OF HEART AND CHURCH DIVISIONS. PRIDE is the greatest master of misrule in the world; it is the great incendiary in the soul of man, in families, in towns, in cities, in all societies, in church and state: this wind causeth tempests to arise. Prov. 13:10: “Only by pride cometh contention.” The Holy Ghost singles out PRIDE, as the only cause of all contentions, because it is the chief; though
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