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             A sermon touching schisme, lately preached at St. Maries in Cambridge by R. I. Watson ...
             Watson, Richard, 1612-1685.
          
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       A65268  R22989  (Wing W1095).  civilwar no A sermon touching schisme, lately preached at St. Maries in Cambridge, by Ri. Watson fellow of Gonvile and Cajus Colledge. Watson, Richard 1642    11312 37 275 0 0 0 0 276 F  The  rate of 276 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with  100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           SERMON
           Touching
           SCHISME
           ,
           Lately
           Preached
           at
           St.
           Maries
           in
           CAMBRIDGE
           ,
           By
           
             RI
             .
             WATSON
          
           Fellow
           of
           GONVILE
           and
           CAjUS
           Colledge
           .
        
         
           ROMANES
           16.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
        
         
           Now
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           brethren
           ,
           mark
           them
           which
           cause
           divisions
           ,
           and
           offences
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           doctrine
           which
           ye
           have
           learned
           ,
           and
           avoid
           them
           .
           For
           they
           that
           are
           such
           serve
           not
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           belly
           ,
           and
           by
           good
           words
           and
           fair
           speeches
           deceive
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           Printed
           by
           ROGER
           DANIEL
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           Universitie
           of
           
             Cambridge
             .
          
           1642.
           
           And
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             William
             Graves
             ,
          
           Book-seller
           in
           the
           
             Regent-walk
             .
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Worll
           
             .
          
           my
           very
           worthy
           friend
           ,
           and
           much
           honoured
           Patron
           ,
           Mr.
           RICHARD
           CAMDEN
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           SAint
           Augustine
           and
           divers
           reverend
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           because
           there
           were
           many
           hereticks
           in
           their
           time
           ,
           writ
           themselves
           and
           advised
           others
           of
           competent
           ability
           to
           write
           against
           Heresie
           .
           We
           have
           alike
           reason
           in
           these
           our
           dayes
           ,
           and
           ,
           if
           the
           mouthes
           of
           our
           grave
           Ecclesiasticall
           Worthies
           could
           breath
           through
           the
           iniquity
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           might
           from
           them
           too
           assuredly
           have
           alike
           encouragement
           to
           preach
           against
           Schisme
           .
           My
           apprehension
           hereof
           first
           incited
           me
           to
           a
           rationall
           discussion
           ,
           which
           at
           length
           concluded
           in
           this
           resolution
           ,
           That
           my
           silence
           (
           how
           inconsiderable
           soever
           )
           should
           not
           intitle
           me
           to
           the
           least
           interest
           in
           betraying
           the
           Church
           to
           either
           of
           her
           two
           homebred
           prevalent
           enemies
           ,
           
             Blind
             Ignorance
          
           or
           
             Obstinate
             Malice
             .
          
           The
           successe
           which
           my
           endeavours
           herein
           found
           by
           this
           Academicall
           performance
           (
           if
           my
           friends
           tongues
           translated
           aright
           the
           language
           of
           their
           hearts
           )
           being
           as
           beyond
           its
           desert
           ,
           so
           ,
           I
           truly
           and
           ingenuously
           confesse
           ,
           beyond
           likewise
           either
           my
           expectation
           or
           hope
           ,
           could
           be
           but
           a
           mean
           ,
           if
           any
           incentive
           to
           this
           my
           
           farther
           publication
           of
           it
           ;
           whereby
           it
           may
           meet
           with
           a
           different
           character
           from
           that
           which
           their
           charitable
           impression
           at
           first
           afforded
           it
           .
           For
           I
           'll
           not
           go
           about
           so
           to
           captivate
           the
           judgements
           of
           my
           candid
           auditours
           ,
           as
           to
           chain
           them
           to
           their
           first
           conceiv'd
           opinion
           .
           I
           know
           the
           eye
           is
           a
           lamp
           which
           often
           lights
           the
           understanding
           to
           the
           discovery
           of
           some
           errours
           formerly
           lost
           in
           the
           labyrinth
           of
           the
           eare
           .
           Things
           approv'd
           when
           heard
           may
           undergo
           a
           contrary
           most
           just
           ,
           because
           more
           deliberate
           ,
           censure
           in
           the
           reading
           .
           What
           motives
           soever
           I
           had
           (
           such
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           as
           imposed
           rather
           a
           kind
           of
           necessity
           then
           gave
           me
           satisfaction
           )
           I
           desire
           to
           conceal
           .
           The
           reason
           of
           my
           dedication
           to
           your self
           (
           my
           many
           and
           great
           Collegiate
           obligations
           engaging
           the
           choycest
           of
           my
           future
           endeavours
           in
           a
           higher
           discharge
           )
           needs
           runne
           no
           hazard
           of
           your
           various
           conjecture
           ,
           being
           my
           desire
           to
           imploy
           it
           as
           a
           thankfull
           acknowledgement
           of
           your
           first
           Christian
           grace
           vouchsafed
           me
           at
           the
           Font
           ,
           seconded
           by
           your
           pious
           most
           carefull
           performance
           of
           that
           charge
           the
           Church
           there
           gave
           you
           of
           my
           non-age
           ,
           and
           still
           continued
           by
           your
           most
           frequent
           ample
           accumulation
           of
           favours
           ,
           which
           shall
           hereafter
           upon
           the
           emergence
           of
           any
           farther
           occasion
           be
           most
           duly
           commemorated
           by
        
         
           
             Your
             ever-obliged
             servant
             and
             dutifull
             Godsonne
             ,
             RI
             .
             WATSON
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             Ephes.
             chap.
             4.
             vers.
             2
             ,
             &
             3.
             
          
           
             With
             all
             humblenesse
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             meeknesse
             ,
             with
             long-suffering
             ,
             forbearing
             one
             another
             in
             love
             :
             Endeavouring
             to
             keep
             the
             unitie
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           PYthagoras
           ,
           that
           old
           Samian
           Philosopher
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           Justine
           Martyr
           records
           )
           was
           wont
           to
           veil
           and
           disguise
           his
           opinions
           under
           dark
           speeches
           and
           mysticall
           symbols
           ,
           having
           made
           Unitie
           the
           originall
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           good
           that
           is
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           the
           Father
           takes
           not
           his
           words
           for
           his
           meaning
           ,
           but
           under
           the
           allegoricall
           veil
           of
           that
           Unitie
           discovers
           an
           undivided
           Deitie
           :
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           in
           his
           Cohortation
           to
           the
           Grecians
           .
           As
           if
           that
           and
           God
           were
           so
           inseparably
           linked
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           thought
           of
           man
           ,
           although
           suggested
           but
           by
           the
           dictate
           of
           nature
           ,
           could
           not
           possibly
           part
           them
           asunder
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           S.
           Paul
           in
           this
           chapter
           exhorting
           the
           Ephesians
           to
           the
           endeavour
           of
           keeping
           the
           unitie
           of
           the
           Spirit
           in
           the
           bond
           of
           peace
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           told
           them
           ,
           
             There
             is
             but
             one
             body
             ,
          
           meaning
           of
           a
           Catholick
           Church
           howsoever
           dispersed
           over
           the
           whole
           earth
           ;
           But
           
             one
             Spirit
             ,
          
           of
           a
           God
           informing
           
           and
           giving
           life
           to
           every
           member
           thereof
           ;
           But
           
             one
             hope
             of
             their
             Christian
             calling
          
           (
           as
           if
           all
           this
           Unitie
           were
           but
           to
           usher
           in
           a
           single
           Deitie
           )
           he
           concludes
           all
           with
           an
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             There
             is
             one
             God
             ,
          
           vers.
           6.
           
           Yet
           before
           he
           gets
           up
           to
           this
           ,
           he
           binds
           the
           Ephesians
           in
           a
           bond
           of
           union
           with
           that
           triple
           cord
           ,
           wherein
           their
           whole
           Christianity
           was
           twisted
           ,
           which
           could
           admit
           of
           no
           separation
           at
           all
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           would
           seem
           to
           dissolve
           their
           profession
           :
           
             There
             is
             one
             Lord
             ,
          
           whom
           Christians
           obey
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           distraction
           by
           service
           ,
           
             There
             is
             one
             faith
             ,
          
           whereby
           they
           believe
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           division
           by
           Creeds
           ;
           
             There
             is
             one
             baptisme
             ,
          
           whereby
           they
           get
           entrance
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           distinction
           by
           initiative
           grace
           .
           And
           these
           three
           are
           more
           peculiarly
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             that
             Trinitie
             of
             Vnities
             ,
          
           wherein
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           ministery
           of
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           appears
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           three
           Angels
           ,
           as
           once
           he
           did
           to
           Abraham
           and
           Sarah
           ,
           to
           put
           her
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           
             conjugale
             foedus
             ,
          
           that
           league
           of
           love
           between
           her
           and
           her
           husband
           ,
           whereby
           she
           may
           fructifie
           and
           bring
           forth
           an
           Isaac
           ,
           a
           child
           of
           joy
           ,
           peace
           ,
           unity
           ,
           and
           concord
           ,
           wherein
           may
           all
           the
           earth
           be
           blessed
           .
           Or
           ,
           to
           speak
           plainly
           ,
           They
           are
           a
           triple
           motive
           to
           that
           Christian
           duty
           enjoyned
           in
           my
           text
           ,
           a
           serious
           endeavour
           of
           preventing
           Schisme
           ,
           of
           preserving
           Peace
           and
           Unitie
           in
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           two
           fold
           firmament
           ,
           saith
           a
           reverend
           and
           learned
           Prelate
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           
           
             Firmamentum
             Coeli
             ,
             &
             firmamentum
             Ecclesiae
             ;
          
           one
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           another
           of
           the
           Church
           here
           upon
           earth
           .
           
           Now
           as
           we
           reade
           in
           the
           history
           of
           the
           Creation
           of
           two
           great
           Luminaries
           ordained
           by
           God
           for
           the
           ornament
           and
           benefit
           of
           that
           ,
           so
           saith
           he
           ,
           is
           the
           like
           number
           appointed
           for
           the
           convenience
           of
           this
           :
           
             Sol
             &
             Luna
             ,
             Regnum
             &
             Sacerdotium
             ;
          
           There
           the
           Sunne
           and
           the
           Moon
           ,
           here
           the
           Kingdome
           and
           the
           Priesthood
           .
           And
           as
           for
           preserving
           the
           entire
           lustre
           of
           the
           Moon
           is
           required
           a
           continuall
           influence
           of
           light
           from
           the
           Sunne
           ;
           so
           likewise
           to
           maintain
           the
           Sacerdotall
           Dignity
           ,
           a
           perpetuall
           emanation
           from
           the
           Regall
           Authority
           :
           
             Nam
             ubi
             semel
             tollebatur
             sceptrum
             Iudae
             ,
             profanabatur
             &
             Levi
             sacerdotium
             ,
          
           When
           once
           Juda's
           scepter
           's
           departed
           ,
           Levi's
           Priesthood
           's
           presently
           profaned
           .
           And
           thus
           farre
           the
           parallel
           holdeth
           very
           well
           .
           In
           one
           thing
           it
           faileth
           ,
           or
           rather
           exceedeth
           ,
           That
           whereas
           the
           Moon
           repayeth
           no
           tribute
           ,
           nor
           (
           for
           ought
           we
           know
           )
           conferreth
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           ornament
           or
           benefit
           of
           the
           Sunne
           ;
           here
           it
           is
           otherwise
           ,
           where
           the
           Regal
           rayes
           transmitted
           to
           the
           Priesthood
           reflect
           on
           themselves
           ,
           and
           (
           beside
           that
           in
           the
           end
           they
           double
           the
           lustre
           of
           that
           glorious
           body
           from
           whence
           they
           proceeded
           )
           contract
           such
           an
           influence
           in
           the
           reflection
           ,
           as
           conduceth
           much
           (
           if
           not
           to
           the
           being
           precisely
           taken
           ,
           at
           least
           )
           to
           the
           happy
           and
           well
           being
           of
           the
           same
           .
           Wherefore
           these
           two
           ,
           like
           Eros
           and
           Anteros
           in
           the
           Fables
           of
           the
           Poets
           ,
           are
           sick
           or
           well
           both
           at
           a
           time
           .
           There
           is
           a
           double
           cause
           of
           their
           distemper
           ;
           Rebellion
           in
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           Schisme
           in
           the
           other
           :
           which
           two
           too
           often
           engender
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           beget
           some
           strange
           monster
           ,
           the
           seed
           of
           
           which
           must
           needs
           be
           the
           subversion
           of
           Monarchicall
           government
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           Episcopall
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           later
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           which
           is
           Schisme
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           chiefly
           aym'd
           at
           in
           this
           place
           by
           S.
           Paul
           :
           the
           prevention
           of
           that
           ,
           the
           duty
           in
           the
           text
           ,
           
             Endeavouring
             to
             keep
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             .
          
        
         
           There
           shall
           be
           some
           resemblance
           between
           my
           manner
           of
           handling
           these
           words
           ,
           and
           the
           thing
           it self
           implied
           in
           the
           same
           .
           And
           therefore
           of
           them
           I
           will
           make
           no
           ominous
           division
           ,
           which
           intend
           a
           happy
           and
           successefull
           union
           .
           Nor
           will
           I
           deal
           much
           with
           them
           by
           themselves
           ,
           but
           wind
           them
           into
           my
           discourse
           on
           the
           former
           in
           the
           second
           verse
           .
           Wherein
           I
           shall
           follow
           Aquinas
           his
           method
           ,
           who
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           connexion
           they
           have
           both
           together
           ,
           hath
           well
           observed
           foure
           vices
           which
           concurre
           to
           the
           production
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           foure
           opposite
           vertues
           ,
           whereby
           it
           is
           easily
           crushed
           in
           the
           wombe
           ,
           and
           becomes
           abortive
           .
           The
           first
           is
           
             Pride
             ,
          
           and
           to
           that
           is
           oppos'd
           
             Humilitie
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             all
             humblenesse
             of
             mind
             .
          
           The
           second
           
             Anger
             ,
          
           and
           to
           that
           is
           opposed
           
             Meeknesse
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             meeknesse
             .
          
           The
           third
           ,
           
             Impatience
             ,
          
           to
           that
           
             Patience
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             long-suffering
             .
          
           The
           fourth
           and
           last
           is
           
             Inordinate
             zeal
             ,
          
           the
           opposite
           vertue
           to
           which
           is
           not
           expressed
           ,
           but
           implied
           ,
           as
           he
           thinketh
           ,
           in
           the
           subsequent
           words
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             supporting
             one
             another
             through
             love
             .
          
           Of
           all
           these
           in
           their
           order
           .
        
         
           First
           of
           
             Pride
             .
          
        
         
           What
           S.
           Hierome
           said
           of
           Hereticks
           ,
           
           is
           very
           
           true
           of
           Schismaticks
           ,
           
             Matrem
             habent
             iniquitatis
             suae
             superbiam
             ,
             dum
             semper
             altiorase
             scire
             jactitant
             &
             in
             Ecclesiae
             contumeliam
             debacchantur
             ,
          
           They
           have
           Pride
           the
           mother
           of
           their
           iniquity
           ,
           while
           they
           alwayes
           boast
           of
           their
           transcendent
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           rage
           to
           the
           contumelie
           and
           reproch
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Which
           made
           Irenaeus
           joyn
           them
           together
           ,
           
             Scindentes
             ,
             &
             clatos
             ,
             &
             sibi
             placentes
             ,
          
           
           Schismaticks
           ,
           proud
           ,
           and
           self-pleasing
           men
           .
           These
           are
           they
           ,
           whose
           private
           opinions
           must
           stand
           in
           equipage
           with
           the
           determinations
           of
           Generall
           Councels
           ,
           the
           unanimous
           consent
           of
           Primitive
           Traditions
           ;
           nay
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           it self
           must
           strike
           sail
           to
           their
           judgements
           ,
           and
           admit
           of
           none
           but
           their
           vain
           glosses
           ,
           and
           absurd
           interpretations
           .
           This
           for
           the
           Doctrine
           .
           As
           for
           Discipline
           ,
           since
           they
           cannot
           by
           their
           double
           diligence
           find
           our
           Mother
           the
           Church
           so
           strait
           laced
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           restrained
           to
           either
           precept
           or
           president
           (
           I
           mean
           not
           in
           her
           Episcopall
           Government
           ,
           which
           being
           established
           ,
           as
           we
           suppose
           ,
           by
           Divine
           right
           ,
           the
           whole
           Army
           of
           their
           Presbyteriall
           arguments
           will
           scarce
           be
           ever
           able
           to
           move
           ,
           much
           lesse
           to
           evert
           ;
           but
           )
           in
           prescribing
           ceremonies
           ,
           things
           indifferent
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           wholly
           left
           to
           her
           pious
           judgement
           in
           a
           legall
           Synod
           to
           alter
           ,
           increase
           ,
           or
           diminish
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           different
           circumstances
           ,
           incident
           to
           her
           state
           and
           condition
           ,
           may
           dictate
           convenient
           ;
           they
           feign
           to
           themselves
           a
           peculiar
           familiarity
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           Numa
           did
           with
           his
           goddesse
           Egeria
           ,
           and
           think
           the
           Church
           is
           bound
           to
           believe
           them
           ,
           and
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           reverend
           esteem
           thereof
           ,
           confine
           her
           practice
           to
           
           their
           prescriptions
           ;
           not
           one
           of
           which
           but
           they
           all
           hugge
           as
           close
           as
           ere
           Ixion
           did
           his
           Juno
           in
           the
           Fable
           ,
           being
           none
           of
           the
           true
           Juno
           indeed
           ,
           no
           goddesse
           descended
           from
           heaven
           ,
           but
           a
           mere
           cloud
           of
           their
           depraved
           fancie
           and
           proud
           conceit
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           read
           of
           Socrates
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           Oracle
           of
           Apollo
           had
           pronounc'd
           him
           the
           wisest
           of
           men
           ,
           though
           his
           reverence
           was
           such
           to
           his
           god
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           plainly
           give
           him
           the
           lye
           ,
           yet
           was
           his
           modestie
           likewise
           such
           ,
           and
           mean
           conceit
           of
           his
           own
           worth
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           take
           it
           
             in
             terminis
          
           to
           himself
           :
           and
           therefore
           indifferently
           to
           preserve
           both
           ,
           he
           gave
           this
           reason
           of
           Apollo's
           Oracle
           ,
           
             Quòd
             hoc
             esset
             una
             omnis
             sapientia
             ,
             non
             arbitrari
             se
             scire
             quod
             nesciat
             ,
          
           Because
           this
           was
           the
           onely
           wisdome
           (
           and
           to
           this
           he
           could
           lay
           a
           most
           just
           claim
           )
           not
           to
           suppose
           he
           knew
           that
           ,
           whereof
           he
           was
           ignorant
           .
           I
           wish
           these
           men
           were
           of
           Socrates
           his
           mind
           ;
           or
           if
           not
           of
           his
           ,
           because
           an
           Heathen
           ,
           of
           devout
           Anselm's
           ,
           
           whose
           speech
           it
           was
           ,
           
             Quanto
             ampliùs
             quis
             superbiâ
             involvitur
             ,
             tanto
             lucem
             veritatis
             minùs
             intuetur
             ,
          
           The
           more
           a
           man
           is
           involv'd
           in
           pride
           and
           self-conceit
           ,
           the
           lesse
           he
           beholdeth
           the
           light
           of
           truth
           :
           Or
           if
           not
           of
           his
           ,
           because
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           at
           least
           of
           our
           blessed
           Apostle
           S.
           Paul's
           ,
           1.
           Cor.
           8.
           
           
             If
             any
             man
             think
             that
             he
             knoweth
             any
             thing
             ,
             he
             knoweth
             nothing
             yet
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             know
             .
          
           Surely
           then
           they
           would
           humble
           themselves
           and
           become
           obedient
           ,
           
           laying
           the
           same
           ground
           to
           theirs
           as
           S.
           Basil
           did
           to
           the
           obedience
           of
           his
           cloyster
           man
           ,
           A
           perswasion
           of
           a
           possibility
           to
           learn
           from
           their
           Superiour
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             knowledge
             of
             
             piety
             and
             sanctity
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             not
             asking
             the
             reason
             ,
             but
             performing
             the
             duty
             of
             the
             command
             .
          
           For
           ,
           as
           Origen
           saith
           of
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           observations
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           
           Some
           such
           there
           are
           as
           must
           necessarily
           be
           practised
           by
           all
           ,
           though
           the
           reason
           of
           their
           injunction
           be
           not
           clear
           to
           all
           .
           He
           instanceth
           in
           two
           :
           Kneeling
           and
           turning
           to
           the
           East
           in
           prayer
           :
           
             Nam
             quòd
             genua
             flectimus
             orantes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           For
           why
           we
           bend
           our
           knees
           in
           prayer
           ,
           and
           turn
           from
           all
           corners
           of
           heaven
           to
           the
           East
           ,
           
             non
             facilè
             cuiquam
             puto
             ratione
             compertum
             ,
          
           I
           think
           not
           any
           one
           can
           easily
           render
           a
           reason
           :
           
           (
           though
           for
           the
           later
           S.
           Basil
           was
           of
           another
           mind
           ,
           taking
           one
           out
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           recordeth
           that
           Paradise
           was
           planted
           in
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           by
           that
           posture
           signifie
           we
           have
           respect
           to
           return
           to
           our
           old
           countrey
           :
           )
           Yet
           if
           they
           cannot
           be
           so
           satisfied
           ,
           but
           a
           reason
           they
           must
           have
           ,
           they
           should
           require
           it
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             decently
             and
             with
             due
             reverence
             ,
          
           I
           make
           no
           question
           but
           they
           would
           have
           their
           answer
           .
           But
           if
           they
           will
           take
           no
           rationall
           answer
           ,
           the
           Church
           is
           then
           enforced
           to
           put
           them
           as
           hard
           a
           scruple
           in
           their
           own
           practice
           ,
           and
           may
           justly
           silence
           them
           in
           our
           Saviours
           words
           to
           the
           too
           too
           inquisitive
           Scribes
           and
           Elders
           ,
           Mark
           11.
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             I
             tell
             you
             not
             by
             what
             authority
             I
             do
             these
             things
             .
          
           Lastly
           therefore
           (
           to
           conclude
           with
           the
           Father
           )
           they
           should
           not
           onely
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             be
             asking
             the
             question
             ,
          
           and
           hearing
           what
           may
           be
           answered
           to
           the
           same
           ;
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           too
           ,
           
             be
             instructed
             thereby
             ,
          
           and
           for
           the
           future
           satisfied
           .
           Which
           rule
           if
           it
           were
           duly
           practised
           
           by
           all
           our
           homebred
           schismatical
           Sectaries
           ,
           I
           make
           no
           question
           but
           their
           irrationall
           prejudice
           against
           the
           present
           Discipline
           would
           soon
           be
           removed
           ,
           the
           desired
           union
           of
           the
           Church
           restored
           ,
           and
           many
           seditious
           practises
           in
           the
           State
           happily
           prevented
           .
           
           For
           as
           Doctour
           Covell
           ,
           who
           had
           to
           deal
           with
           these
           men
           ,
           writeth
           very
           well
           ,
           
             That
             which
             in
             different
             opinions
             maketh
             contentions
             to
             cease
             ,
             is
             when
             men
             are
             perswaded
             of
             their
             betters
             that
             they
             are
             not
             easily
             deceived
             ,
             and
             of
             themselves
             that
             they
             may
             and
             do
             easily
             erre
             .
          
           And
           thus
           much
           concerning
           
             Pride
             ,
          
           the
           leading
           vice
           in
           the
           production
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           
             Humility
             ,
          
           the
           vertue
           opposed
           by
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             all
             humblenesse
             of
             mind
             .
          
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           
             Anger
             ,
          
           to
           which
           
             Meeknesse
          
           is
           opposed
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             meeknesse
             .
          
        
         
           Lactantius
           saith
           ,
           Anger
           is
           one
           of
           the
           three
           Furies
           which
           the
           Poets
           feigned
           .
           
           Patricius
           tells
           us
           that
           Discord
           which
           attends
           it
           is
           Alecto
           by
           name
           ,
           and
           gives
           us
           the
           morall
           of
           it
           :
           
             Haec
             est
             discrepantia
             ac
             contentio
             illa
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           is
           that
           discord
           and
           contention
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Ancient
           Poets
           thought
           all
           things
           in
           the
           world
           to
           be
           dissolv'd
           and
           destroyed
           .
           It
           is
           such
           a
           Furie
           as
           frights
           a
           man
           out
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           takes
           violent
           possession
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           putting
           all
           the
           faculties
           upon
           hot
           service
           :
           the
           understanding
           upon
           a
           misguided
           apprehension
           of
           every
           word
           and
           action
           ,
           how
           generall
           soever
           ,
           as
           maliciously
           intended
           to
           injure
           his
           particular
           person
           ,
           or
           crosse
           his
           opinion
           :
           the
           will
           upon
           a
           tyrannicall
           resolution
           
           of
           revenge
           ,
           to
           be
           terminated
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           no
           otherwhere
           then
           in
           the
           conceived
           Authours
           destruction
           .
           And
           this
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           the
           tongue
           must
           be
           the
           Herald
           to
           proclaim
           ,
           his
           own
           hands
           sometimes
           the
           instruments
           to
           execute
           .
           If
           that
           cannot
           be
           ,
           then
           ,
           as
           Saint
           Chrysostome
           saith
           ,
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             There
             's
             most
             deadly
             feud
             ,
             and
             warre
             without
             end
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           what
           a
           convenient
           subject
           for
           Schisme
           is
           this
           ?
           What
           bond
           of
           peace
           is
           like
           to
           hold
           him
           and
           the
           Church
           together
           ?
           the
           Unity
           whereof
           ,
           Aquinas
           tells
           us
           ,
           
           consists
           in
           the
           connexion
           or
           communication
           of
           the
           members
           one
           with
           another
           (
           and
           this
           Gordian
           knot
           his
           fury
           will
           not
           afford
           him
           the
           patience
           at
           leisure
           to
           untie
           ;
           but
           the
           least
           thwarting
           word
           that
           proceeds
           out
           of
           another
           mans
           mouth
           puts
           a
           sword
           in
           his
           hand
           to
           cut
           it
           in
           pieces
           )
           or
           in
           the
           order
           of
           all
           the
           members
           to
           one
           head
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           dispose
           not
           of
           all
           according
           to
           his
           ambitious
           desires
           ,
           we
           know
           then
           what
           noxious
           fumes
           the
           heat
           of
           his
           passion
           presently
           sends
           up
           to
           disturb
           the
           severall
           operations
           thereof
           ,
           what
           solicitations
           presently
           ensue
           tending
           to
           a
           perfidious
           revolt
           ,
           which
           discovers
           it self
           either
           in
           seditious
           tumults
           ,
           and
           seditious
           fames
           (
           which
           two
           differ
           no
           more
           then
           as
           brother
           and
           sister
           ,
           masculine
           and
           feminine
           ,
           whereas
           if
           they
           once
           become
           incestuous
           and
           engender
           together
           ,
           prodigious
           is
           their
           off-spring
           ,
           which
           can
           be
           christened
           with
           no
           better
           name
           then
           downright
           rebellion
           )
           or
           else
           in
           the
           inconsiderate
           deniall
           of
           due
           and
           necessary
           nourishment
           to
           that
           chief
           part
           ,
           the
           starving
           of
           which
           must
           
           needs
           be
           accompanied
           with
           the
           finall
           dissolution
           of
           all
           .
           For
           ,
           alas
           ,
           arms
           and
           legs
           will
           have
           much
           ado
           to
           perswade
           the
           soul
           to
           confine
           her self
           to
           their
           corrupt
           and
           rotten
           habitations
           ,
           when
           once
           they
           have
           forced
           her
           out
           of
           her
           marble
           tower
           the
           head
           .
           She
           hath
           a
           better
           mind
           to
           be
           mounting
           upwards
           ,
           to
           seek
           there
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             an
             habitation
             not
             made
             with
             hands
             ,
          
           nay
           and
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           too
           ,
           an
           habitation
           never
           yet
           ,
           not
           ever
           like
           to
           be
           ,
           pull'd
           down
           and
           ruin'd
           by
           any
           such
           Schismaticall
           rebellious
           hands
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             eternall
             in
             the
             heavens
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           let
           a
           man
           consider
           with
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           thus
           transported
           with
           passion
           ,
           when
           his
           reason
           hath
           taken
           her
           flight
           ,
           what
           a
           competent
           judge
           he
           is
           of
           any
           enormity
           committed
           by
           the
           Church
           ,
           which
           might
           move
           him
           to
           forsake
           the
           communion
           of
           it
           .
           
           
             Mala
             lex
             peccati
             indignatio
             est
             ,
          
           saith
           Saint
           Ambrose
           .
           Indignation
           or
           wrath
           is
           but
           a
           bad
           law
           to
           reform
           sinne
           by
           .
           
             Perturbat
             animum
             ,
          
           it
           raiseth
           a
           cloud
           of
           dust
           in
           the
           mind
           ,
           which
           may
           sooner
           put
           out
           then
           clear
           the
           eye-sight
           .
           Me
           thinks
           a
           man
           in
           this
           case
           is
           as
           it
           were
           turn'd
           inside
           outward
           ,
           so
           that
           whatsoever
           malice
           and
           rancour
           lyeth
           at
           the
           heart
           ,
           whatsoever
           prejudice
           possesseth
           the
           brain
           ,
           what
           ignorance
           soever
           might
           occasion
           both
           ,
           is
           now
           exposed
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           his
           eagle
           eyes
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           should
           spie
           what
           is
           done
           abroad
           ,
           are
           cloth'd
           in
           mists
           ,
           involv'd
           in
           darknesse
           .
           Which
           darknesse
           may
           be
           best
           dispell'd
           by
           a
           beam
           of
           that
           Sunne
           which
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           the
           good
           Intelligence
           ,
           
           moveth
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           him
           to
           that
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             meeknesse
             .
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           it
           is
           S.
           Chrysostomes
           similitude
           ;
           As
           a
           beam
           of
           the
           Sunne
           appearing
           soon
           chaseth
           darknesse
           ,
           so
           a
           good
           and
           meek
           man
           soon
           turneth
           trouble
           and
           contention
           into
           peace
           and
           quietnesse
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           he
           makes
           musick
           of
           them
           ;
           so
           that
           then
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           Empedocles
           his
           opinion
           may
           passe
           for
           currant
           ,
           The
           soul
           's
           an
           harmony
           .
           
             Si
             commotionis
             hujus
             ,
             quae
             ira
             dicitur
             ,
             impetus
             retundatur
             ,
             omnes
             hominum
             contentiones
             malae
             sopientur
             ,
          
           saith
           Lactantius
           .
           
        
         
           And
           so
           I
           passe
           to
           the
           third
           productive
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           
             Impatience
             ,
          
           which
           hath
           its
           opposite
           vertue
           set
           down
           by
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             long-suffering
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           a
           vice
           of
           an
           ancient
           house
           ,
           being
           that
           whereby
           the
           father
           of
           evil
           came
           to
           have
           his
           first
           claim
           to
           the
           kingdome
           of
           darknesse
           .
           Insomuch
           as
           Tertullian
           disdaineth
           ,
           
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           to
           propound
           this
           Quaere
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Angel
           of
           perdition
           were
           first
           possessed
           of
           Sinne
           or
           Impatience
           ?
           or
           whether
           he
           hatched
           them
           not
           both
           of
           an
           egge
           ,
           and
           cherished
           them
           in
           his
           bosome
           .
           
             Palam
             cùm
             sit
             impatientiam
             cum
             malitia
             ,
             aut
             malitiam
             ab
             impatientia
             esse
             auspicatam
             .
          
           To
           be
           sure
           he
           hath
           brought
           it
           up
           to
           his
           hand
           ever
           since
           ,
           and
           imployed
           it
           as
           his
           chief
           and
           choicest
           instrument
           to
           disturb
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Whereby
           ,
           as
           by
           anger
           ,
           he
           first
           puts
           us
           out
           of
           possession
           of
           our
           souls
           (
           for
           Patience
           is
           our
           tenure
           ,
           saith
           he
           that
           gave
           them
           us
           .
           
             In
             your
             patience
             possesse
             ye
             your
             souls
             ,
          
           Luke
           21.
           )
           and
           then
           out
           of
           possession
           of
           the
           Church
           too
           ,
           which
           is
           easily
           done
           ;
           that
           being
           no
           other
           then
           a
           spirituall
           building
           made
           up
           of
           our
           souls
           cemented
           with
           
           love
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           so
           Saint
           Chrysostome
           .
        
         
           Now
           that
           which
           makes
           men
           become
           so
           impatient
           is
           their
           tender
           conscience
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           which
           cannot
           brook
           the
           least
           touch
           of
           Authority
           commanding
           that
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           their
           opinion
           ,
           inclineth
           any
           way
           to
           innovation
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           I
           said
           ,
           
             In
             their
             opinion
             ;
          
           for
           well
           it
           were
           if
           they
           made
           not
           that
           the
           mistresse
           of
           their
           judgements
           ,
           if
           they
           confin'd
           not
           themselves
           to
           that
           as
           the
           touchstone
           whereby
           to
           trie
           the
           Antiquity
           of
           all
           the
           Church-Constitutions
           .
           They
           may
           find
           a
           farre
           better
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           in
           S.
           Austines
           119th
           .
           Epistle
           to
           Januarius
           ,
           where
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Omnia
             talia
             ,
             quae
             neque
             sanctarum
             Scripturarum
             autoritatibus
             continentur
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           All
           such
           things
           as
           are
           not
           conteined
           in
           the
           authority
           of
           sacred
           Scriptures
           ,
           nor
           found
           decreed
           in
           the
           Councels
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           nor
           confirmed
           by
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           
             ubi
             facultas
             tribuitur
             ,
             sine
             ulla
             dubitatione
             resecanda
             existimo
             ,
          
           When
           power
           should
           be
           given
           ,
           he
           thought
           all
           without
           doubt
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           and
           rejected
           .
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           they
           like
           it
           very
           well
           ,
           if
           themselves
           may
           be
           the
           onely
           interpreters
           .
           And
           herein
           their
           errour
           is
           the
           same
           with
           that
           which
           the
           Father
           otherwhere
           discovered
           among
           some
           of
           his
           time
           .
           
           
             Errant
             homines
             non
             servantes
             modum
             ;
             &
             cùm
             in
             unam
             partem
             procliviter
             ire
             coeperint
             ,
             non
             respiciunt
             Divinae
             autoritatis
             alia
             testimonia
             ,
             quibus
             possint
             ab
             illa
             intentione
             revocari
             ,
             &
             in
             ea
             quae
             ex
             utrisque
             temperata
             est
             veritate
             ac
             moderatione
             consistere
             :
          
           Men
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           erre
           ,
           keeping
           no
           mean
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           begin
           to
           be
           
           propense
           toward
           one
           part
           never
           regard
           other
           testimonies
           of
           Divine
           authority
           ,
           whereby
           they
           may
           be
           recall'd
           from
           that
           inclination
           ,
           and
           fix
           themselves
           in
           that
           truth
           and
           moderation
           which
           is
           made
           up
           by
           the
           due
           temperature
           of
           both
           .
           When
           they
           come
           to
           the
           second
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           admitting
           their
           Canons
           ,
           as
           instead
           of
           that
           they
           cry
           down
           their
           functions
           ,
           scoff
           at
           their
           titles
           ,
           accounting
           them
           Ecclesiasticall
           solecismes
           ,
           
           as
           Buchanan
           their
           forefather
           did
           those
           honourable
           phrases
           of
           Majestie
           ,
           Highnesse
           ,
           and
           Lordship
           ,
           
             soloecism●s
             &
             barbarismos
             aulicos
             ,
          
           mere
           solecismes
           and
           barbarismes
           of
           the
           Court
           .
           Tell
           them
           of
           the
           third
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           then
           all
           their
           Theologicall
           knowledge
           is
           nothing
           but
           Platonicall
           remembrance
           ,
           extending
           no
           farther
           then
           their
           own
           memory
           ,
           or
           the
           monuments
           of
           some
           few
           Reformed
           Divines
           ,
           such
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           as
           were
           rather
           Deformers
           ,
           Authours
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           renouncers
           of
           our
           Ecclesiasticall
           Discipline
           in
           the
           first
           Reformation
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           their
           impatience
           ,
           when
           it
           hath
           made
           a
           Panicall
           flesh-quake
           at
           their
           hearts
           ,
           breaks
           out
           at
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           like
           a
           storm
           which
           scatters
           the
           true
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           chaff
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           had
           better
           endured
           the
           fire
           .
           For
           I
           think
           I
           may
           use
           the
           words
           of
           S.
           Austine
           against
           the
           letters
           of
           Petilian
           the
           Donatist
           ,
           changing
           
             Evangelium
          
           into
           
             Ecclesia
             .
             Quae
             mitiùs
             pertulit
             saevientium
             Regum
             flammas
             ,
             quàm
             vestras
             patitur
             linguas
             :
          
           The
           Church
           better
           endured
           the
           flames
           of
           Tyrants
           ,
           then
           the
           tongues
           of
           Schismaticks
           .
           
             Nam
             illis
             incendentibus
             
             unitas
             mansit
             ;
             vobis
             loquentibus
             manere
             non
             potuit
             ,
          
           For
           while
           they
           burned
           ,
           unity
           remained
           ;
           but
           while
           these
           rail
           ,
           the
           Church
           must
           needs
           be
           divided
           .
        
         
           Now
           let
           them
           make
           use
           of
           S.
           Pauls
           remedie
           ,
           walking
           worthy
           of
           their
           Christian
           vocation
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             long-suffering
             ,
          
           or
           
             patience
             .
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           saith
           Antiochus
           one
           of
           the
           lesser
           Fathers
           ,
           
           
             In
             long-suffering
             the
             Lord
             doth
             inhabit
             ,
             but
             the
             devil
             in
             impatience
             .
          
           He
           therefore
           that
           would
           have
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           dwell
           within
           him
           ,
           must
           himself
           keep
           the
           
             unity
          
           of
           that
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           continue
           with
           patience
           within
           the
           pale
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           saith
           Blessed
           Ignatius
           ;
           
             Lest
             any
             of
             you
             be
             found
             a
             desertour
             or
             run-away
             from
             the
             Church
             .
          
           Let
           Baptisme
           be
           your
           armour
           ,
           Faith
           your
           helmet
           ,
           Love
           your
           spear
           ;
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Patience
          
           capape
           ,
           your
           whole
           armour
           of
           defence
           .
           He
           must
           not
           separate
           himself
           with
           Korah
           ,
           and
           tell
           Moses
           and
           Aaron
           they
           take
           too
           much
           upon
           them
           ,
           or
           make
           themselves
           Princes
           over
           the
           people
           .
           He
           must
           not
           murmure
           at
           Moses
           his
           stay
           in
           the
           Mount
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           cast
           in
           his
           eare-ring
           to
           the
           making
           up
           of
           a
           calf
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           He
           must
           not
           envy
           the
           leaders
           of
           the
           Church
           their
           free
           accesse
           to
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           those
           gods
           upon
           earth
           ,
           
             Dixi
             enim
             ,
             Dii
             estis
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           their
           mounts
           ,
           their
           erected
           Thrones
           and
           stately
           Palaces
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           contribute
           any
           trifling
           principle
           (
           which
           it
           may
           be
           some
           Presbyteriall
           Divine
           hung
           at
           his
           eare
           at
           the
           last
           Exercise
           )
           towards
           the
           making
           up
           of
           a
           new
           
           imaginary
           Discipline
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           Nay
           ,
           I
           'll
           go
           farther
           with
           him
           :
           If
           the
           Church
           should
           set
           up
           a
           calf
           of
           her
           own
           (
           as
           God
           forbid
           )
           that
           is
           ,
           be
           so
           farre
           corrupted
           ,
           as
           to
           command
           the
           practice
           of
           idolatrous
           worship
           ,
           that
           's
           not
           sufficient
           to
           justifie
           Schisme
           ,
           or
           make
           good
           his
           desertion
           .
           Here
           's
           room
           still
           to
           make
           use
           of
           his
           passive
           obedience
           ,
           though
           I
           advise
           not
           his
           active
           .
           He
           may
           ,
           he
           must
           here
           suffer
           the
           punishment
           ,
           whatsoever
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           inflicted
           for
           the
           omission
           ,
           and
           be
           guilty
           of
           no
           commission
           at
           all
           .
           (
           Not
           that
           I
           would
           hereby
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           any
           reverend
           Prelate
           ,
           Priest
           ,
           or
           Deacon
           ,
           entrusted
           by
           God
           with
           the
           souls
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           whose
           then
           unseasonable
           exemplary
           silence
           may
           be
           interpreted
           by
           the
           ignorant
           at
           least
           connivence
           ,
           if
           not
           encouragement
           to
           communicate
           in
           the
           sinne
           .
           I
           think
           him
           bound
           to
           rebuke
           the
           same
           by
           what
           authority
           soever
           countenanced
           .
           )
           But
           if
           his
           conscience
           yet
           be
           so
           farre
           mistaken
           ,
           as
           to
           perswade
           him
           ,
           That
           his
           not
           renouncing
           of
           an
           externall
           communion
           in
           things
           either
           indifferent
           or
           commendable
           ,
           implies
           a
           guilt
           of
           positive
           communion
           in
           those
           corruptions
           which
           are
           absolutely
           sinfull
           ,
           I
           pity
           his
           case
           ,
           he
           is
           like
           a
           serpent
           between
           the
           shadow
           of
           the
           ash
           and
           the
           fire
           :
           but
           let
           me
           tell
           him
           ,
           It
           is
           cooler
           being
           in
           one
           then
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           must
           be
           a
           little
           more
           subtil
           then
           with
           her
           to
           skip
           into
           the
           heat
           of
           contention
           ,
           the
           fire
           of
           Schisme
           .
           
           
             Flagitium
             Schismatis
             constat
             gravius
             esse
             quàm
             scelus
             idololatriae
             ;
          
           It
           is
           manifest
           that
           the
           haynousnesse
           of
           Schisme
           is
           farre
           greater
           then
           the
           wickednesse
           of
           idolatry
           ,
           saith
           an
           ancient
           Authour
           
           in
           his
           Tractate
           concerning
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           he
           draws
           his
           reason
           from
           the
           difference
           of
           punishments
           allotted
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           
             to
             Idolatry
          
           the
           sword
           ;
           to
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           the
           strange
           opening
           of
           the
           earth
           and
           swallowing
           up
           Korah
           with
           his
           contentious
           company
           .
           And
           thus
           much
           likewise
           concerning
           the
           third
           productive
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           together
           with
           its
           contrary
           vertue
           set
           down
           by
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             with
             long-suffering
             .
          
        
         
           The
           fourth
           and
           last
           is
           
             Inordinate
             zeal
             ,
          
           the
           opposite
           vertue
           to
           which
           is
           not
           named
           ,
           but
           implied
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             supporting
             one
             another
             through
             love
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           we
           are
           got
           under
           the
           torrid
           zone
           of
           unruly
           passion
           ,
           and
           illimited
           ambition
           :
           among
           such
           a
           nation
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           walketh
           righteously
           and
           speaketh
           uprightly
           must
           be
           a
           cohabitant
           with
           devouring
           fire
           and
           dwell
           with
           everlasting
           burnings
           ,
           contrary
           to
           that
           the
           Prophet
           Esay
           promiseth
           ,
           Esay
           33.
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           saith
           S.
           Paul
           in
           his
           fourth
           Chapter
           to
           the
           Galatians
           .
           It
           is
           a
           good
           thing
           indeed
           to
           be
           zealously
           affected
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             in
             a
             good
             matter
             .
          
           And
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           Apostle
           bears
           record
           of
           some
           who
           had
           the
           best
           of
           zeals
           ,
           
             Zelum
             Dei
             ,
          
           the
           zeal
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           them
           too
           there
           was
           somewhat
           wanting
           ;
           they
           had
           it
           ,
           
           not
           
             secundùm
             scientiam
             ,
          
           not
           according
           to
           knowledge
           .
           I
           will
           take
           a
           step
           into
           S.
           Austines
           path
           ,
           and
           adde
           a
           third
           possible
           defect
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           in
           the
           qualification
           or
           condition
           of
           the
           persons
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           he
           observeth
           zeal
           to
           admit
           of
           a
           directly
           opposite
           specification
           
             in
             bonitate
             &
             malitia
             :
          
           
           and
           therefore
           he
           commends
           it
           as
           good
           in
           David
           the
           King
           ,
           
           who
           saith
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             The
             zeal
             of
             thy
             house
             hath
             eaten
             me
             up
             ;
          
           but
           on
           the
           other
           side
           condemnes
           it
           as
           bad
           and
           misbeseeming
           the
           Commons
           ,
           an
           ignorant
           multitude
           (
           the
           arm
           of
           whose
           discretion
           and
           judgement
           was
           not
           able
           to
           wield
           a
           weapon
           of
           that
           size
           )
           when
           it
           is
           said
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Zelus
             occupavit
             plebem
             ineruditam
             ,
          
           Zeal
           hath
           possessed
           an
           unlearned
           people
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           take
           it
           a
           while
           in
           its
           pure
           naturals
           ,
           without
           those
           severall
           circumstances
           and
           different
           limitations
           ,
           I
           reade
           it
           defin'd
           as
           abstracted
           in
           it self
           ,
           
             Desideriū
             vehemens
             ,
             quo
             quis
             incitatur
             ea
             tollere
             ,
          
           
           
             quae
             rei
             sibi
             dilectae
             videntur
             adversa
             ,
          
           An
           earnest
           desire
           to
           take
           away
           such
           things
           as
           seem
           opposite
           to
           that
           which
           he
           loveth
           .
           Now
           as
           there
           is
           nothing
           which
           should
           so
           swell
           up
           our
           souls
           with
           joy
           and
           delight
           ,
           nor
           lodge
           in
           any
           corner
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           as
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ;
           so
           can
           our
           zeal
           be
           imployed
           about
           nothing
           so
           well
           as
           the
           utter
           abolishing
           of
           that
           which
           either
           gives
           him
           a
           direct
           affront
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           Idolatry
           ;
           or
           stops
           the
           free
           current
           of
           our
           service
           and
           due
           devotion
           ,
           by
           intermixing
           the
           muddy
           inventions
           of
           weak
           brains
           ,
           and
           vain
           curiosities
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           Superstition
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           zeal
           ,
           as
           good
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           must
           be
           attended
           by
           three
           handmaids
           ,
           to
           bear
           up
           his
           train
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           Gerson
           are
           
             Benevolentia
             ,
             Discretio
             ,
             &
             Constantia
             ;
          
           else
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           it
           is
           like
           a
           two-edged
           sword
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           mad-man
           ,
           
             aut
             fulmini
             sine
             obice
             pervaganti
             ,
          
           or
           like
           that
           kind
           of
           lightning
           ,
           which
           makes
           way
           through
           all
           ,
           and
           will
           admit
           of
           
           no
           opposition
           .
           Upon
           the
           first
           of
           the
           three
           our
           Apostle
           seemeth
           chiefly
           to
           reflect
           ,
           the
           absence
           thereof
           being
           that
           which
           chiefly
           causeth
           the
           breach
           of
           union
           ,
           the
           disturbance
           of
           the
           peace
           and
           quiet
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           I
           should
           begin
           with
           this
           ,
           but
           I
           must
           first
           give
           you
           a
           brief
           character
           of
           such
           persons
           as
           are
           fittest
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           this
           businesse
           .
           S.
           Austine
           grants
           them
           ,
           
           whosoever
           they
           are
           ,
           a
           large
           commission
           ,
           
             Fac
             quicquid
             potes
             ,
          
           Do
           what
           thou
           canst.
           But
           what
           ?
           presently
           set
           fire
           on
           the
           Church
           ?
           No
           .
           
             Frigidum
             fundit
             ,
          
           he
           casts
           cold
           water
           to
           allay
           this
           heat
           .
           Do
           it
           ,
           but
           still
           
             pro
             persona
             ,
             quam
             portas
             ,
          
           onely
           according
           to
           that
           person
           which
           thou
           bearest
           .
           No
           mechanick
           put
           his
           profane
           hand
           to
           the
           pulling
           down
           of
           that
           most
           sacred
           and
           ever
           venerable
           Episcopall
           function
           .
           
             Tractet
             fabrilia
             .
          
           No
           women
           vent
           their
           impiety
           and
           ignorance
           in
           slandering
           it
           as
           an
           Antichristian
           Prelacie
           .
           Let
           them
           be
           silent
           as
           
             in
             ,
          
           so
           
             of
             ,
          
           or
           
             concerning
             the
             Church
          
           too
           .
           It
           was
           S.
           Pauls
           advice
           ,
           
             Discant
             in
             silentio
             ,
          
           not
           that
           they
           should
           teach
           but
           learn
           in
           silence
           .
           Nay
           ,
           
             non
             patiar
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ;
           
             I
             suffer
             not
             a
             woman
             to
             teach
             ,
          
           1.
           Tim.
           2.
           12.
           
           And
           this
           argues
           the
           irrationall
           licentious
           practice
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           wherein
           either
           sex
           and
           any
           profession
           crowds
           in
           a
           finger
           to
           the
           moulding
           of
           the
           design'd
           Reformation
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           if
           not
           with
           publick
           toleration
           ,
           if
           not
           without
           some
           contradiction
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           not
           with
           a
           due
           peremptory
           penall
           prohibition
           .
           Nay
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           Leaders
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           and
           teach
           the
           very
           Captains
           themselves
           of
           the
           Church
           militant
           their
           severall
           postures
           ,
           prescribe
           them
           a
           
           form
           to
           muster
           their
           men
           .
           I
           have
           read
           of
           the
           Ambassadours
           of
           the
           Sarmatae
           ,
           That
           attending
           Valentinian
           the
           Emperour
           of
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           telling
           him
           ,
           being
           basely
           clad
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           prime
           men
           of
           that
           nation
           ,
           he
           fell
           into
           such
           a
           passion
           for
           warring
           with
           so
           base
           a
           people
           ,
           that
           he
           dyed
           suddenly
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           if
           Religion
           in
           these
           dayes
           did
           but
           view
           the
           Grandees
           of
           Schisme
           in
           their
           mechanick
           habits
           ,
           and
           seriously
           consider
           with
           what
           a
           ragged
           Regiment
           of
           ignorance
           and
           impudence
           she
           hath
           had
           so
           long
           a
           continued
           encounter
           ;
           she
           would
           out
           of
           indignation
           desert
           us
           ,
           and
           leave
           her
           golden
           crown
           to
           be
           at
           all
           adventure
           usurped
           either
           by
           insolent
           profanenesse
           ,
           or
           blind
           Atheisme
           .
           But
           to
           leave
           these
           Bedlams
           at
           length
           to
           be
           well
           lashed
           by
           their
           own
           too
           impetuous
           spirits
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           as
           good
           as
           my
           word
           ,
           I
           think
           we
           are
           bound
           by
           the
           doctrine
           of
           our
           Church
           to
           surrender
           the
           first
           place
           of
           composing
           differences
           ,
           and
           zealous
           reforming
           what
           abuses
           soever
           are
           crept
           into
           it
           ,
           to
           him
           whom
           we
           acknowledge
           her
           head
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           the
           King
           .
           And
           good
           reason
           too
           :
           For
           that
           is
           true
           as
           well
           in
           Church
           as
           State
           ,
           which
           Salust
           in
           Tacitus
           suggested
           to
           Livia
           ,
           
           
             Eam
             conditionem
             esse
             imperandi
             ,
             ut
             non
             aliter
             ratio
             constet
             ,
             quàm
             si
             uni
             reddatur
             .
          
           Or
           more
           properly
           that
           which
           followes
           soon
           after
           ,
           
             Non
             aliud
             discordantis
             patri●e
             ,
          
           (
           We
           'll
           make
           it
           
             Ecclesiae
             )
             remedium
             esse
             ,
             quàm
             ut
             ab
             uno
             regeretur
             .
          
           Whom
           ,
           as
           the
           Anointed
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           howsoever
           we
           acknowledge
           to
           have
           a
           more
           then
           ordinary
           influence
           and
           speciall
           assistance
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ;
           yet
           being
           not
           bound
           (
           so
           farre
           
           as
           we
           know
           )
           to
           take
           away
           infallibility
           from
           the
           Chair
           ,
           and
           chain
           it
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           nor
           to
           give
           it
           a
           Crown
           instead
           of
           a
           Mitre
           ;
           we
           find
           it
           most
           consonant
           to
           reason
           ,
           and
           correspondent
           to
           the
           perpetuall
           practice
           of
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           that
           of
           all
           such
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           as
           still
           retein
           the
           true
           ancient
           doctrine
           and
           discipline
           ,
           that
           he
           assume
           to
           him
           the
           counsel
           of
           his
           Bishops
           and
           Clergie
           ,
           who
           ,
           if
           so
           qualified
           as
           their
           places
           require
           ,
           may
           be
           presumed
           the
           fittest
           men
           to
           moderate
           zeal
           ,
           to
           compose
           all
           different
           opinions
           ,
           and
           to
           pick
           truth
           out
           of
           partiality
           .
           Not
           to
           trouble
           you
           with
           various
           quotations
           out
           of
           severall
           Fathers
           ,
           I
           will
           onely
           fetch
           you
           one
           from
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           Blessed
           Ignatius
           ,
           who
           speaks
           to
           our
           purpose
           ,
           in
           asserting
           ,
           
           That
           whosoever
           doth
           any
           thing
           without
           the
           Bishop
           and
           his
           Presbyterie
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             such
             an
             one
             hath
             his
             conscience
             defiled
             ,
             and
             is
             worse
             then
             an
             infidel
             .
          
           But
           lest
           you
           should
           think
           the
           Prince
           in
           this
           case
           a
           priviledg'd
           person
           ,
           he
           otherwhere
           inverts
           our
           order
           ,
           and
           hath
           his
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           
             Let
             Caesar
             himself
             be
             ruled
             by
             the
             perswasion
             of
             his
             Bishop
             .
          
           Now
           the
           former
           of
           these
           seems
           to
           be
           grounded
           upon
           S.
           Pauls
           rule
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           zeal
           to
           be
           regulated
           according
           to
           knowledge
           .
           For
           ,
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           if
           the
           Clergie
           be
           once
           excluded
           this
           businesse
           ,
           and
           Lay-men
           (
           who
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           severall
           avocations
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           forced
           to
           take
           up
           their
           Theologicall
           principles
           I
           wish
           I
           could
           say
           but
           at
           the
           second
           or
           third
           hand
           )
           must
           have
           the
           perpetuall
           patent
           of
           this
           concurrent
           judiciall
           imployment
           ;
           if
           
           ignorance
           chance
           to
           incorporate
           with
           authority
           ,
           and
           both
           grow
           up
           strong
           and
           stout
           in
           time
           ,
           it
           may
           well
           be
           feared
           in
           the
           future
           age
           Divinity
           must
           be
           fetched
           within
           the
           sphere
           of
           their
           apprehensions
           ,
           conjur'd
           within
           the
           circle
           of
           some
           politick
           law
           ,
           and
           the
           maintainers
           of
           what
           truth
           soever
           (
           if
           either
           mistaken
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           not
           taken
           at
           all
           ,
           as
           being
           too
           profound
           and
           out
           of
           their
           reach
           )
           may
           chance
           to
           be
           dashed
           out
           of
           all
           their
           preferment
           by
           the
           seeming
           force
           of
           some
           old
           decrepit
           statute
           ,
           if
           not
           blown
           away
           by
           the
           violent
           breath
           of
           some
           zealous
           Patriot
           ,
           and
           Lay
           ill-affected
           Arbiter
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           shall
           serve
           to
           have
           been
           spoken
           of
           the
           persons
           ,
           whom
           I
           conceive
           the
           fittest
           to
           handle
           zeal
           ,
           and
           to
           reform
           any
           exorbitancie
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           As
           touching
           the
           three
           attendants
           thereof
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           out
           of
           Gerson
           ;
           the
           first
           of
           them
           was
           
             Benevolentia
             ,
          
           which
           I
           'll
           interpret
           good
           will
           or
           Christian
           charity
           towards
           our
           brethren
           .
           And
           this
           should
           be
           shewed
           either
           in
           preserving
           their
           credits
           ,
           or
           bearing
           with
           their
           perverse
           manners
           ,
           
             Supportantes
             invicem
             ,
          
           supporting
           one
           another
           ,
           
             ut
             alter
             alterius
             mores
             fer
             at
             licet
             rusticos
             ,
             licèt
             asperos
             ,
             licèt
             petulantes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           saith
           one
           on
           the
           place
           .
           Or
           lastly
           in
           admitting
           a
           charitable
           judgement
           of
           their
           errours
           ,
           though
           untrue
           ,
           as
           much
           more
           pleasing
           to
           Almighty
           God
           then
           a
           true
           judgement
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           uncharitable
           .
           Whereof
           how
           farre
           short
           come
           the
           writing
           and
           preaching
           zelots
           of
           these
           our
           dayes
           ?
           whom
           I
           have
           often
           observed
           (
           as
           in
           their
           pamphlets
           ,
           so
           likewise
           in
           their
           pulpit
           invectives
           )
           to
           gain
           ground
           on
           popular
           
           minds
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           a
           little
           life
           to
           those
           deformed
           pictures
           they
           make
           of
           such
           men
           as
           to
           whose
           doctrines
           they
           will
           not
           conform
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           obliquely
           draw
           a
           dark
           shadow
           of
           their
           impure
           conversations
           ;
           and
           no
           diversity
           of
           opinion
           but
           must
           be
           attended
           by
           some
           notable
           irregularity
           in
           manners
           .
           I
           confesse
           those
           men
           upon
           whom
           this
           is
           justly
           charged
           (
           if
           any
           such
           there
           are
           )
           as
           they
           cannot
           expect
           to
           be
           anywhere
           excused
           ,
           so
           much
           lesse
           to
           have
           an
           advocate
           in
           this
           sacred
           place
           .
           But
           I
           pray
           God
           themselves
           be
           blamelesse
           that
           blame
           others
           .
           Indeed
           those
           men
           at
           whom
           they
           glance
           ,
           have
           not
           got
           the
           trick
           to
           do
           it
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           but
           too
           ingenuously
           think
           the
           world
           will
           be
           as
           charitably
           affected
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           to
           the
           world
           .
           This
           I
           'll
           say
           ,
           which
           I
           confidently
           presume
           ,
           That
           were
           they
           not
           so
           bated
           and
           worried
           for
           their
           opinions
           ,
           which
           they
           think
           in
           their
           conscience
           they
           may
           well
           justifie
           ,
           and
           thereby
           driven
           as
           to
           a
           desperate
           neglect
           of
           their
           studies
           ,
           so
           likewise
           to
           a
           lesse
           strict
           guard
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           somewhat
           more
           regular
           in
           their
           actions
           ,
           which
           upon
           serious
           recollection
           and
           pious
           meditation
           it
           is
           likely
           in
           their
           reasons
           they
           condemne
           and
           vilifie
           .
        
         
           Nor
           doth
           this
           their
           uncharitable
           zeal
           extend
           it self
           onely
           to
           some
           few
           particular
           persons
           ,
           but
           encircleth
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           whole
           Church
           ,
           themselves
           exempted
           :
           upon
           which
           ,
           instead
           of
           praising
           God
           for
           the
           first
           happy
           conversion
           of
           this
           nation
           to
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           for
           that
           ,
           wherein
           they
           think
           themselves
           have
           the
           onely
           interest
           ,
           an
           after-Reformation
           from
           blind
           superstition
           ;
           they
           daily
           
           cast
           the
           foul-mouth'd
           calumny
           and
           undeserved
           aspersion
           of
           Pelagianisme
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           other
           wretched
           heresie
           they
           find
           condemned
           by
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           in
           her
           sacred
           Records
           ,
           and
           venerable
           Antiquity
           ,
           which
           they
           neither
           search
           nor
           care
           for
           but
           when
           it
           may
           furnish
           them
           with
           a
           few
           bare
           names
           ,
           such
           as
           they
           may
           cast
           like
           dirt
           in
           the
           face
           of
           those
           worthy
           men
           ,
           who
           drop
           better
           Divinity
           in
           their
           daily
           discourse
           with
           every
           crumb
           that
           falls
           from
           their
           tables
           ,
           then
           these
           men
           do
           in
           their
           large
           distributions
           of
           the
           bread
           of
           the
           Word
           ,
           as
           they
           too
           often
           emphatically
           causlesly
           term
           it
           .
           So
           that
           what
           Palemon
           proudly
           professed
           of
           learning
           ,
           they
           arrogantly
           conceit
           of
           Religion
           .
           
             Qui
             secum
             natas
             ,
             secúmque
             interituras
             affirmare
             audebat
             literas
             :
          
           They
           think
           it
           all
           shipped
           in
           one
           bottome
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           the
           rotten
           one
           of
           their
           own
           framing
           .
           The
           ground
           of
           which
           is
           a
           strange
           assurance
           they
           challenge
           to
           themselves
           of
           a
           more
           then
           ordinary
           peculiar
           assistance
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           outstripping
           S.
           Paul
           (
           though
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           and
           none
           of
           the
           meanest
           neither
           )
           who
           went
           no
           farther
           then
           his
           
             Puto
             autem
             ,
             I
             think
             also
             I
             have
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             .
          
           
           For
           howsoever
           
             A
             Lapide
          
           out
           of
           S.
           Austines
           37.
           
           Tractate
           upon
           S.
           John
           ,
           will
           have
           this
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             non
             dubitantis
             esse
             ,
             sed
             asseverantis
             &
             increPantis
             :
          
           I
           rather
           think
           (
           under
           correction
           )
           it
           argues
           S.
           Pauls
           modestie
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           Magisterially
           professe
           it
           ,
           and
           ring
           nothing
           but
           reprobation
           in
           the
           ears
           of
           them
           that
           would
           not
           readily
           acknowledge
           it
           .
           I
           judge
           none
           ,
           yet
           I
           suspect
           some
           instead
           of
           having
           that
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             that
             leading
             and
             
             true
             Spirit
             ,
          
           
           have
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             a
             deceitfull
             spirit
             ,
             seducing
             the
             people
             ,
          
           as
           S.
           Ignatlus
           said
           of
           the
           false
           prophets
           and
           Apostles
           of
           old
           .
           But
           whatsoever
           spirit
           they
           have
           ,
           this
           their
           confidence
           inflames
           their
           zeal
           ,
           and
           puts
           them
           upon
           those
           violent
           (
           but
           most
           impotent
           )
           expressions
           of
           
             Let
             us
             Preach
             down
             ,
             Pray
             down
             ,
          
           nay
           sometimes
           they
           'll
           venture
           at
           
             Dispute
             down
          
           too
           whatsoever
           is
           got
           above
           their
           intellectuals
           ,
           when
           indeed
           they
           do
           nothing
           but
           talk
           down
           all
           :
           when
           alas
           they
           are
           not
           so
           forward
           in
           the
           two
           former
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           twice
           as
           backward
           in
           the
           last
           ;
           in
           all
           having
           a
           self-deniall
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           indeed
           a
           deniall
           of
           all
           what
           themselves
           should
           be
           ,
           I
           mean
           discursive
           and
           rationall
           as
           men
           ,
           learned
           as
           scholars
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           worth
           all
           )
           truly
           devout
           as
           Christians
           .
           Whereas
           in
           their
           prayers
           they
           have
           oftentimes
           most
           uncharible
           ,
           if
           not
           schismaticall
           Devotion
           ,
           bold
           ignorance
           in
           their
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           ,
           instead
           of
           solid
           reasons
           ,
           a
           few
           new-invented
           canting
           distinctions
           in
           all
           their
           disputations
           ,
           calculated
           for
           the
           climate
           of
           their
           exotike
           Divinity
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           to
           be
           obtruded
           upon
           our
           Church
           in
           the
           place
           of
           better
           ,
           such
           as
           might
           safely
           be
           selected
           out
           of
           the
           School
           ,
           or
           
             de
             medio
             montium
             ,
          
           as
           Peter
           Lombard
           speaketh
           ,
           
           meaning
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           and
           reverend
           Antiquity
           .
           So
           that
           what
           Alexander
           Borgia
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           of
           the
           expedition
           of
           the
           French
           into
           Naples
           ,
           
             That
             they
             came
             with
             chaulk
             in
             their
             hands
             to
             mark
             out
             their
             lodgings
             ,
             and
             not
             with
             weapons
             to
             fight
             for
             them
             ,
          
           may
           be
           said
           of
           these
           men
           in
           their
           great
           undertaking
           and
           zealous
           promoting
           a
           new
           reformation
           .
           
           They
           mark
           out
           their
           conclusions
           whereon
           they
           may
           rest
           ,
           without
           producing
           any
           rationall
           premises
           which
           may
           force
           an
           assent
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           have
           digressed
           a
           little
           too
           farre
           from
           my
           text
           ,
           I
           may
           the
           rather
           presume
           of
           a
           pardon
           ,
           having
           been
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           such
           men
           as
           usually
           runne
           a
           great
           deal
           farther
           from
           theirs
           ,
           and
           of
           whom
           ,
           for
           all
           my
           hast
           ,
           I
           have
           much
           ado
           to
           get
           perfect
           sight
           .
           I
           was
           moved
           thereto
           by
           the
           equity
           of
           the
           cause
           ,
           heretofore
           (
           as
           I
           thought
           )
           injur'd
           by
           the
           silence
           of
           some
           worthy
           men
           ,
           whose
           eminent
           abilities
           might
           have
           better
           encouraged
           them
           to
           have
           been
           as
           well
           speaking
           abettours
           of
           truth
           ,
           as
           their
           abundant
           charity
           made
           them
           silent
           affectours
           of
           unseasonable
           peace
           .
        
         
           I
           passe
           now
           to
           the
           second
           attendant
           of
           zeal
           ,
           and
           that
           's
           
             Discretion
             .
          
           Which
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           at
           the
           propriety
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           according
           to
           those
           different
           significations
           that
           it
           frequently
           admits
           of
           ,
           implies
           a
           distinct
           separation
           of
           one
           thing
           from
           another
           ,
           an
           exact
           view
           and
           judgement
           of
           the
           same
           .
           For
           
             cernimus
             animo
             ,
             videmus
             naturâ
             ,
             aspicimus
             ex
             improviso
             ,
          
           said
           Fronto
           ,
           who
           pretended
           to
           be
           an
           indifferent
           arbiter
           and
           equall
           dispencer
           of
           dues
           to
           words
           .
           And
           
             Quotcunque
             Senatus
             creverit
          
           for
           
             judicaverit
             ,
          
           
           it
           is
           thought
           the
           Romane
           Oratour
           said
           ,
           that
           perpetuall
           Dictatour
           of
           the
           Latine
           tongue
           .
           And
           indeed
           whether
           
             cerno
          
           be
           not
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           a
           little
           metamorphiz'd
           ,
           
             discerno
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           I
           desire
           the
           Criticks
           at
           their
           leisure
           to
           inform
           us
           .
           No
           Discretion
           thus
           taken
           disables
           those
           person
           or
           dealing
           with
           zeal
           ,
           whose
           weak
           capacities
           are
           overcast
           with
           such
           a
           
           cloud
           of
           ignorance
           as
           intercepteth
           their
           view
           ,
           and
           blunteth
           the
           point
           of
           the
           brightest
           ray
           their
           understanding
           sends
           forth
           to
           discover
           any
           errour
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           As
           also
           those
           whose
           judgements
           ,
           howsoever
           mounted
           higher
           ,
           and
           raised
           above
           this
           misty
           region
           ,
           are
           seated
           upon
           such
           a
           dangerous
           precipice
           ,
           that
           their
           first
           conception
           ,
           their
           first
           apprehension
           ,
           fixeth
           not
           there
           ,
           but
           rowls
           down
           to
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           and
           breaks
           forth
           in
           a
           clamourous
           storm
           of
           passion
           ,
           if
           it
           fall
           not
           lower
           to
           their
           arms
           and
           hands
           ,
           and
           vent
           it self
           thence
           in
           a
           bloudy
           tyrannicall
           persecution
           .
           For
           the
           first
           of
           which
           there
           is
           none
           of
           us
           all
           but
           may
           find
           a
           shelter
           ,
           
             Tulingua
             ,
             ego
             aurium
             sum
             Dominus
             .
          
           But
           if
           it
           once
           come
           to
           the
           second
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           following
           the
           sent
           of
           a
           fresh
           victory
           ,
           
             Nec
             temperari
             facilè
             nec
             reprimi
             potest
             stricti
             ensis
             ira
             ,
          
           the
           last
           step
           of
           their
           power
           is
           the
           first
           of
           their
           mercy
           .
           S.
           Austine
           sets
           them
           a
           better
           rule
           ,
           proposeth
           himself
           as
           a
           better
           president
           ,
           
             Faciat
             certè
             quod
             me
             non
             fecisse
             succensuit
             ,
          
           
           said
           he
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           had
           written
           an
           harsh
           epistle
           ,
           but
           received
           an
           answer
           in
           more
           bitter
           language
           .
           So
           these
           men
           ,
           who
           when
           time
           serves
           can
           sufficiently
           complain
           of
           hard
           usage
           ,
           and
           brand
           the
           due
           Ecclesiasticall
           Censure
           of
           obstinate
           Schisme
           (
           I
           may
           say
           Heresie
           )
           with
           that
           scandalous
           undeserved
           name
           Persecution
           ,
           should
           do
           well
           to
           mete
           out
           their
           own
           words
           with
           the
           measure
           of
           indifference
           ,
           and
           when
           themselves
           come
           to
           be
           actours
           ,
           putting
           judgement
           or
           discretion
           in
           one
           s●ale
           ,
           and
           power
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           make
           even
           weight
           without
           a
           grain
           of
           affection
           depressing
           either
           .
           
             Divide
             ,
             
             &
             impera
             ,
          
           you
           know
           who
           said
           it
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           too
           many
           that
           follow
           that
           counsel
           in
           the
           worst
           sense
           ,
           who
           might
           ,
           if
           they
           pleased
           ,
           make
           use
           of
           it
           in
           a
           better
           .
           Let
           them
           use
           this
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           this
           moderate
           discretion
           ,
           this
           judicious
           division
           ;
           
             ità
             dividant
             ,
             &
             tum
             imperent
             :
          
           Let
           them
           thus
           divide
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           them
           talk
           of
           taking
           the
           dominion
           and
           command
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           if
           they
           will
           rashly
           huddle
           up
           all
           together
           ,
           and
           not
           admitting
           the
           least
           check
           of
           a
           sedate
           judgement
           ,
           publish
           onely
           the
           impetuous
           dictates
           of
           their
           indiscreet
           and
           too
           precipitant
           fancie
           ,
           either
           yielding
           nothing
           ,
           or
           suffering
           a
           licentious
           practice
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           we
           must
           put
           them
           in
           mind
           of
           that
           State
           Maxime
           ,
           which
           is
           too
           often
           made
           good
           by
           the
           ruine
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           
           
             Periculosa
             severitas
             ,
             flagitiosa
             largitio
             ,
             seu
             nihil
             militi
             ,
             seu
             omnia
             concederentur
             in
             ancipiti
             republica
             ;
          
           I
           will
           english
           it
           thus
           ,
           Dangerous
           is
           that
           severity
           ,
           impious
           that
           bounty
           ,
           where
           to
           a
           Christian
           militant
           either
           all
           things
           are
           granted
           ,
           or
           nothing
           permitted
           in
           the
           doubtfull
           and
           distracted
           condition
           of
           a
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           Discretion
           ,
           zeals
           second
           handmaid
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           is
           
             Constancy
             .
          
           And
           of
           this
           but
           a
           word
           .
        
         
           And
           some
           may
           think
           a
           word
           superfluous
           too
           ,
           considering
           the
           firm
           immovable
           resolution
           of
           our
           obstinate
           zelots
           ,
           who
           will
           part
           with
           all
           ,
           their
           obedience
           to
           the
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiasticall
           Magistrate
           ,
           their
           charity
           due
           to
           their
           Christian
           brethren
           ,
           rather
           then
           one
           whit
           of
           their
           fancie
           and
           fond
           opinion
           .
           Therein
           following
           too
           near
           at
           the
           heels
           their
           
           valiant
           Captain
           Reformer
           Knox
           ,
           who
           resolutely
           ,
           but
           rebelliously
           ,
           writ
           to
           the
           Queen
           Regent
           of
           Scots
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           himself
           and
           the
           Holy
           Brethren
           ,
           
             That
             without
             the
             Reformation
             which
             they
             desired
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             be
             subject
             to
             any
             mortall
             man
             .
          
           And
           Martin
           Luther
           ,
           how
           eminent
           soever
           ,
           
           was
           in
           this
           case
           a
           little
           too
           obstinate
           ,
           when
           being
           upon
           his
           death-bed
           requested
           by
           Philip
           Melanchthon
           to
           draw
           near
           a
           concord
           as
           touching
           the
           difference
           about
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           utterly
           refus'd
           
             it
             ,
             ídque
             hanc
             ob
             causam
             ,
             sicuti
             illum
             dixisse
             aiunt
             ,
             nè
             ex
             eo
             tota
             doctrina
             in
             dubium
             vocaretur
             ;
          
           and
           that
           for
           this
           cause
           ,
           lest
           his
           whole
           doctrine
           should
           be
           brought
           into
           question
           .
           These
           zelots
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           the
           oracles
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           in
           some
           speciall
           manner
           inspired
           (
           as
           indeed
           they
           p●etend
           )
           do
           in
           effect
           thrust
           the
           Pope
           out
           of
           his
           Magisteriall
           Chair
           of
           Infallibility
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           sit
           in
           it
           themselves
           .
           But
           alas
           this
           pertinacious
           adherence
           to
           ungrounded
           principles
           is
           but
           the
           feigned
           model
           of
           constancy
           ,
           the
           foundation
           whereof
           must
           be
           right
           reason
           ,
           no
           fond
           opinion
           ,
           
             quae
             non
             aliud
             quàm
             rationis
             vana
             imago
             &
             umbra
             ,
          
           
           saith
           one
           ;
           the
           ground-work
           humility
           ,
           the
           main
           pillar
           impartiall
           integrity
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           prospect
           towards
           the
           even
           plains
           and
           champian
           of
           truth
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           loop-hole
           to
           any
           by-respect
           or
           sinister
           intention
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           obstinacy
           is
           to
           be
           declined
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           so
           must
           likewise
           levity
           on
           the
           other
           .
           Wherein
           howsoever
           they
           conceit
           themselves
           to
           have
           but
           little
           if
           any
           interest
           at
           all
           ,
           yet
           if
           we
           pull
           off
           that
           false
           vizard
           wherein
           their
           zeal
           too
           often
           personates
           ,
           
           (
           I
           mean
           their
           pretence
           of
           Scriptures
           authority
           for
           all
           their
           new
           started
           Divinity
           )
           we
           shall
           find
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           at
           their
           pleasure
           can
           fix
           on
           the
           same
           an
           unparallel'd
           non-presidentiall
           interpretation
           to
           usher
           in
           any
           new
           devis'd
           opinion
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           caution
           onely
           personall
           ,
           but
           best
           befits
           such
           synods
           or
           convents
           as
           assume
           to
           themselves
           a
           power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           of
           drawing
           up
           a
           form
           of
           any
           Ecclesiasticall
           Reformation
           .
           For
           (
           not
           to
           flatter
           our selves
           nor
           them
           )
           if
           they
           sometimes
           will
           be
           enacting
           or
           articling
           ,
           at
           others
           ,
           without
           due
           consideration
           ,
           repealing
           and
           nullifying
           ,
           every
           man
           cannot
           make
           a
           weather-cock
           of
           his
           conscience
           ,
           to
           be
           blown
           about
           through
           all
           the
           rumbes
           of
           Religions
           card
           by
           the
           confused
           violent
           blasts
           of
           such
           successive
           dissonant
           assemblies
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           at
           length
           have
           I
           done
           with
           that
           last
           productive
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           Inordinate
           zeal
           ,
           the
           opposite
           vertue
           to
           which
           is
           not
           named
           ,
           but
           implied
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             supporting
             one
             another
             through
             love
             .
          
        
         
           If
           I
           should
           now
           enter
           on
           the
           duty
           by
           it self
           ,
           and
           draw
           it
           off
           from
           the
           lees
           of
           my
           former
           discourse
           ,
           I
           might
           find
           matter
           sufficient
           to
           double
           the
           time
           allotted
           for
           this
           businesse
           .
           I
           will
           give
           you
           onely
           a
           touch
           of
           the
           chief
           observables
           ,
           and
           so
           conclude
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           shall
           be
           from
           the
           first
           word
           thereof
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             endeavouring
             .
          
           Which
           shews
           how
           one
           unity
           is
           prerequired
           to
           the
           inducement
           or
           conservation
           of
           the
           other
           .
           First
           a
           conjunction
           of
           every
           mans
           powers
           and
           faculties
           in
           himself
           ,
           composing
           one
           individuall
           inclination
           ;
           and
           then
           a
           concurring
           
           with
           others
           to
           a
           generall
           union
           of
           wills
           and
           affection
           .
           (
           For
           
             Pax
             hoc
             in
             loco
             est
             voluntatum
             unio
             ,
          
           saith
           Catharinus
           on
           the
           place
           .
           )
           And
           therefore
           S.
           Cyprian
           renders
           it
           well
           ,
           
             satis
             agentes
             ,
          
           as
           if
           it
           would
           sufficiently
           busie
           ,
           and
           take
           up
           no
           lesse
           then
           the
           whole
           man
           to
           do
           it
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             Endeavouring
             to
             keep
             .
          
           For
           it
           is
           not
           sufficient
           to
           search
           it
           out
           with
           some
           pains
           when
           we
           are
           at
           a
           losse
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           we
           must
           keep
           it
           with
           the
           like
           when
           once
           we
           have
           found
           it
           .
           
             Nec
             sufficit
             eam
             quaerere
             ,
          
           
           saith
           S.
           Hierome
           ,
           
             nisi
             inventam
             fugientémque
             omni
             studio
             persequamur
             .
          
           It
           is
           with
           this
           great
           part
           of
           the
           kingdome
           of
           grace
           ,
           as
           our
           most
           reverend
           and
           pious
           Prelate
           worthily
           terms
           this
           Unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           with
           civil
           states
           and
           dominions
           ,
           
             Iisdem
             artibus
             ,
             quibus
             parta
             sunt
             ,
             facilè
             retinentur
             .
          
           Labour
           in
           getting
           ,
           and
           no
           lesse
           labour
           and
           endeavour
           in
           keeping
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           Nor
           is
           it
           every
           spirit
           that
           will
           serve
           the
           turn
           :
           for
           there
           are
           many
           that
           keep
           the
           unity
           of
           a
           spirit
           to
           a
           contrary
           purpose
           .
           Such
           were
           those
           Prophets
           whom
           Ezekiel
           speaks
           of
           ,
           
           foolish
           prophets
           ,
           against
           whom
           he
           denounceth
           a
           wo
           .
           
             Vae
             prophetis
             qui
             ambulant
             post
             spiritum
             suum
             ,
          
           Wo
           to
           those
           prophets
           who
           walk
           after
           a
           spirit
           of
           their
           own
           .
           And
           they
           keep
           it
           
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
          
           too
           .
           For
           as
           Plato
           said
           of
           injustice
           ,
           That
           without
           justice
           it
           could
           not
           stand
           ;
           the
           like
           say
           I
           of
           Schisme
           and
           Division
           ,
           It
           is
           impossible
           for
           it
           to
           subsist
           without
           union
           .
           S.
           Hilarie
           thought
           that
           term
           too
           good
           for
           it
           ,
           
           and
           call'd
           it
           by
           a
           worse
           name
           ,
           
             Combination
             ,
          
           because
           that
           unity
           
           is
           in
           faith
           and
           subjection
           ,
           but
           Combination
           is
           
             consortiū
             factionis
             ,
          
           consenting
           in
           faction
           .
           It
           must
           therefore
           be
           no
           unity
           of
           any
           such
           spirit
           ,
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           with
           an
           emphasis
           on
           the
           article
           ,
           
             of
             that
             Spirit
             indeed
             .
          
           The
           fruit
           whereof
           is
           love
           ,
           joy
           ,
           peace
           ,
           long-suffering
           ,
           gentlenesse
           ,
           goodnesse
           ,
           faith
           ,
           meeknesse
           ,
           temperance
           ,
           a
           goodly
           train
           of
           Christian
           vertues
           ,
           Gal.
           5.
           22.
           
           That
           Spirit
           which
           before
           it
           came
           down
           to
           the
           Church
           upon
           earth
           had
           concurred
           to
           the
           like
           good
           mysterious
           work
           above
           in
           heaven
           ,
           making
           an
           exact
           Unity
           of
           the
           blessed
           Trinity
           .
           For
           as
           S.
           Austine
           saith
           ,
           
           
             Societas
             est
             quodammodo
             Patris
             &
             Filii
             ipse
             Spiritus
             Sanctus
             .
          
           We
           have
           two
           other
           presidents
           for
           this
           godly
           union
           from
           the
           two
           other
           persons
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Trinity
           .
           From
           God
           the
           Father
           first
           in
           mans
           creation
           ,
           who
           made
           him
           one
           ,
           to
           the
           intent
           that
           we
           all
           knowing
           we
           came
           from
           one
           ,
           should
           love
           as
           one
           .
           
             Vt
             dum
             cognoscerent
             se
             ab
             uno
             esse
             omnes
             se
             quasi
             unum
             amarent
             ,
          
           saith
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Sentences
           .
           From
           God
           the
           Sonne
           next
           in
           mans
           redemption
           ,
           
           who
           (
           as
           S.
           Hierome
           observes
           )
           would
           not
           suffer
           when
           the
           Priesthood
           was
           entirely
           in
           one
           ,
           but
           under
           two
           ,
           Annas
           and
           Caiaphas
           ,
           
             Vt
             religionis
             corum
             scissum
             monstraret
             errorem
             ,
          
           That
           he
           might
           shew
           their
           errour
           of
           Schisme
           in
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             .
          
           First
           in
           peace
           .
           Men
           are
           commonly
           very
           observant
           and
           carefull
           of
           preserving
           the
           least
           relique
           left
           them
           by
           a
           deceased
           beloved
           friend
           ,
           especially
           if
           he
           bestowed
           it
           on
           them
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           about
           the
           time
           of
           his
           departure
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           
           our
           Christ
           deserveth
           surely
           as
           much
           at
           our
           hands
           as
           to
           have
           his
           peace
           carefully
           kept
           by
           all
           such
           as
           pretend
           the
           preserving
           any
           the
           least
           memoriall
           of
           him
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           last
           legacy
           he
           left
           to
           his
           Church
           ;
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
           B.
           Mountague
           tells
           us
           S.
           Basil
           calls
           it
           ,
           
             his
             farewell
             gift
             ;
          
           I
           'm
           sure
           he
           calls
           it
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           largesse
           dropt
           frō
           a
           higher
           world
           ,
           worth
           the
           keeping
           .
           
             Peace
             I
             leave
             with
             you
             ,
             my
             peace
             I
             give
             unto
             you
             ,
          
           John
           14.
           27.
           
           He
           gave
           them
           peace
           ,
           promis'd
           them
           knowledge
           ,
           but
           that
           was
           to
           be
           sent
           after
           his
           ascension
           .
           The
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           whom
           the
           Father
           will
           send
           in
           my
           name
           ,
           shall
           teach
           you
           all
           things
           .
           As
           if
           peace
           and
           love
           were
           to
           have
           the
           precedence
           ,
           the
           first
           place
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           .
           The
           onely
           order
           observed
           in
           heaven
           ,
           where
           the
           first
           place
           or
           degree
           is
           given
           to
           the
           Angels
           of
           love
           ,
           which
           are
           termed
           Seraphin
           ;
           the
           next
           to
           the
           Angels
           of
           light
           ,
           which
           are
           termed
           Cherubin
           .
           First
           love
           ,
           and
           then
           illumination
           .
           But
           our
           Enthusiasts
           invert
           the
           order
           .
           They
           will
           have
           first
           light
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           revelation
           ;
           then
           love
           ,
           and
           that
           but
           to
           such
           as
           will
           come
           off
           to
           their
           own
           faction
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           In
           the
           bond
           of
           peace
           .
           S.
           Anselme
           saith
           ,
           This
           bond
           of
           peace
           is
           an
           externall
           profession
           of
           peace
           and
           concord
           ,
           which
           is
           
             quasi
             vinculum
             &
             nexus
             interioris
             unitatis
             Spiritûs
             .
          
           I
           like
           it
           well
           if
           he
           means
           a
           united
           conformity
           and
           conjunction
           in
           the
           outward
           service
           of
           God
           .
           You
           know
           when
           we
           go
           about
           to
           bind
           up
           things
           close
           together
           ,
           we
           usually
           lay
           them
           in
           the
           same
           posture
           ,
           not
           some
           doubled
           ,
           others
           at
           length
           ,
           but
           all
           having
           a
           due
           correspondence
           one
           to
           another
           .
           And
           thus
           it
           is
           
             in
             Ecclesia
             fasciculo
             .
          
           
           If
           in
           our
           outward
           religious
           performance
           and
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           some
           be
           kneeling
           ,
           others
           standing
           ,
           a
           third
           sort
           ,
           in
           a
           worse
           posture
           by
           farre
           ,
           uncivilly
           sitting
           ;
           it
           will
           be
           a
           hard
           matter
           to
           bind
           them
           so
           close
           together
           ,
           but
           some
           will
           drop
           out
           of
           the
           bundle
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           I
           will
           use
           another
           familiar
           similitude
           with
           your
           leave
           :
           When
           we
           bind
           up
           a
           bundle
           ,
           we
           lay
           not
           the
           parcels
           at
           any
           great
           distance
           ,
           but
           as
           close
           and
           near
           one
           another
           as
           may
           be
           .
           And
           therefore
           if
           we
           be
           at
           a
           distance
           one
           frō
           another
           ,
           come
           not
           to
           serve
           our
           God
           together
           ,
           but
           while
           there
           is
           a
           Congregation
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           there
           's
           a
           Conventicle
           in
           a
           chamber
           ,
           a
           Meeting
           in
           a
           barn
           ,
           and
           a
           Ring
           too
           it
           may
           be
           in
           the
           fields
           or
           woods
           ;
           it
           's
           a
           hard
           matter
           to
           bind
           al
           these
           together
           ,
           the
           bond
           I
           fear
           wil
           be
           somewhat
           too
           short
           ,
           and
           we
           had
           need
           have
           a
           little
           to
           spare
           to
           make
           a
           knot
           that
           it
           may
           be
           the
           surer
           .
           
           For
           
             Charitas
             nodo
             Vnitatis
             astringit
             ,
          
           saith
           S.
           Austine
           ,
           It
           is
           the
           knot
           that
           does
           it
           :
           If
           Unity
           have
           no
           knot
           it
           is
           easily
           dissolved
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Ancient
           English
           (
           who
           were
           better
           united
           as
           in
           their
           affections
           ,
           
           so
           likewise
           in
           their
           devout
           Congregations
           )
           called
           this
           holy
           service
           of
           God
           most
           significantly
           
             Eanfastnes
             ,
          
           as
           being
           the
           onely
           fast
           binder
           of
           the
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
             Religiosae
             vinculum
             pacis
             ,
          
           the
           onely
           bond
           of
           a
           Religious
           peace
           .
        
         
           S.
           Chrysostome
           observeth
           three
           things
           that
           unty
           this
           knot
           ,
           
           unbind
           this
           bond
           of
           Unity
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           
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           ,
           
             The
             love
             of
             riches
             .
             The
             love
             of
             rule
             and
             sup●riority
             .
             The
             love
             of
             glory
             ,
          
           that
           is
           popularity
           .
           I
           need
           not
           shew
           you
           how
           
           all
           these
           have
           conspir'd
           together
           to
           unty
           out
           knot
           of
           Christian
           charity
           ,
           produc'd
           an
           unhappy
           Schisme
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           case
           is
           clear
           .
           What
           else
           mean
           those
           whispers
           of
           some
           grand
           plotting
           ,
           and
           a
           strange
           mysterious
           working
           to
           commit
           sacriledge
           ,
           to
           rob
           the
           Church
           of
           her
           poore
           patrimony
           ,
           if
           not
           that
           which
           God
           himself
           hath
           given
           her
           ,
           at
           least
           that
           wherein
           many
           ages
           since
           his
           Saints
           and
           Servants
           out
           of
           their
           ture
           working
           piety
           have
           enstated
           her
           ?
           What
           else
           those
           loud
           aspiring
           cries
           of
           
             Down
             with
             Episcopacy
             ?
             Vp
             with
             a
             Presbyteriall
             Superintendency
             ?
          
           What
           lastly
           means
           that
           truly
           mounting-Lecture-Language
           ,
           and
           most
           irreligious
           Pulpit
           imposture
           ,
           whereby
           too
           many
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           once
           drawn
           the
           yielding
           hearts
           of
           weak
           people
           into
           those
           open
           and
           unfenced
           fortresses
           of
           their
           ears
           ,
           there
           chain
           them
           to
           their
           own
           motions
           .
           Thus
           leading
           captive
           to
           their
           own
           vain-glorious
           (
           though
           but
           low-descended
           )
           spirits
           not
           onely
           silly
           women
           ,
           but
           men
           too
           laden
           with
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           led
           away
           with
           divers
           lusts
           ?
        
         
           It
           is
           time
           for
           me
           now
           to
           have
           done
           with
           my
           text
           ,
           and
           ease
           you
           of
           your
           trouble
           .
           I
           will
           onely
           out
           of
           charity
           adde
           a
           triple
           rule
           for
           those
           either
           malitious
           or
           mistaken
           souls
           ,
           against
           whom
           my
           whole
           discourse
           hath
           been
           intended
           ,
           whereby
           they
           may
           be
           happily
           reduced
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Spirit
           restored
           .
           And
           that
           's
           ,
           in
           brief
           ,
           first
           by
           Reason
           rightly
           weighed
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           Scripture
           rightly
           interpreted
           ;
           Thirdly
           ,
           by
           the
           Constitutions
           and
           Canons
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           that
           purpose
           rightly
           assembled
           .
           To
           which
           three
           if
           they
           deny
           
           to
           submit
           ,
           much
           good
           do
           them
           with
           S.
           Austines
           character
           ,
           in
           whose
           opinion
           they
           are
           no
           other
           then
           mad-men
           ,
           infidels
           and
           Schismaticks
           .
           For
           saith
           he
           ,
        
         
           
             Contra
             rationem
             nemo
             sobrius
             ,
          
           
           
             contra
             Scripturas
             nemo
             Christianus
             ,
             contra
             Ecclesiam
             nemo
             pacisicus
             senserit
             .
          
        
         
           
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           .
        
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A65268e-250
           
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             ad
             O●ig
             .
             Eccl
             6.
             
          
           
             ●om
             in
             Ho●●
             .
             5
             
          
           
             Advers.
             haer.
             lib.
             4.
             c.
             43.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             D●
             Simil●
             .
             c.
             98.
             
          
           
             Con●●it
             .
             Monastic●
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             In
             Numer
             .
             c.
             4
             Hom.
             5.
             
          
           
             De
             Spir.
             S.
             c.
             27.
             
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             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Modest
             and
             reasonable
             Examination
             ,
             &c.
             
               chap.
               5
            
          
           
             De
             Ver.
             cult.
             .
             c.
             19.
             
             De
             Regno
             &
             Reg.
             In●t●●
             .
             l.
             4.
             tu
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             
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               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             22.
             q
             39.
             a.
             
             ●
             .
             c.
             
          
           
             Offic.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             21.
             
          
           
             
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             ▪
             
          
           
             Lib.
             De
             Ver.
             cult.
             .
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             De
             Patient
             .
          
           
             l●b.
             De
             F●d
             .
             &
             Op●●
             .
          
           
             Ep.
             Dedic.
             Iacob
             .
             6.
             
             Reg.
             Scot
             .
             ante
             Dial.
             De
             Iure
             Regni
             apud
             Sco●o●s
             .
          
           
             Hom.
             110.
             
          
           
             Ep
             ad
             Poly●●p
             .
             Episc.
             S●●in
             .
          
           
             Veneric
             Vercellens
             .
             ut
             putatur
             lib.
             De
             Unit.
             Eccles.
             conserv
             .
             p.
             ●
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             2.
             
          
           
             Lib.
             20.
             
             De
             Civ.
             Dei
             ▪
             12.
             
          
           
             Gerson
             ,
             part
             .
             3.
             
             De
             Consol.
             Theolog.
             l.
             3.
             
          
           
             Expos.
             in
             Evang.
             Ioan.
             Tractat.
             10.
             
          
           
             Annil
             .
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             2.
             
             Ad
             Trallian
             .
          
           
             Fp.
             6.
             
             Ad
             Philadelph
             .
          
           
             Corn
             .
             à
             Lapid.
             Chilling●
             .
          
           
             1.
             Cor.
             7.
             40.
             
          
           
             ●●
             .
             6.
             
             A●
             Philadelph
             .
          
           
             S●nt
             .
             l.
             2.
             
             〈◊〉
             16.
             
          
           
             De
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             Epist.
             111.
             
          
           
             Corn
             .
             Tacit.
             A●nal
             .
             l.
             1.
             
          
           
             I.
             Armin.
             Declar.
             Sent.
             ad
             D.
             D.
             Ordin.
             Holland
             .
             &
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             Lips.
             De
             Constant
             .
             li
             .
             1.
             c.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ad
             Res●●
             .
             M●nach
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             13.
             3.
             
          
           
             Enar.
             in
             ps.
             140.
             
          
           
             De
             Verb.
             Dom
             in
             Evang.
             
             Matt.
             Serm.
             11.
             
          
           
             com
             .
             in
             E●ech
             .
          
           
             Apparat.
             2.
             
          
           
             In
             loc.
          
           
             Prolog.
             ad
             Tract.
             1.
             
             De
             Doctr.
             Chi●st
             .
          
           
             Camden
             Re●●
             
          
           
             
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             ●ib
             .
             4.
             
             De
             Tr●n
             .
             ●
             .
             6.