Good counsel to all those that heartily desire the glory of God, the freedom of the commonwealth, and the good of all virtuous men.  
YOu are most earnestly entreated to take notice, and to be warned of a most pestilent and dangerous design lately practised by some hellish politicians, tending to the dividing of the honest party amongst themselves, thereby to weaken them, and to give advantages to the Common Enemies.  
The ground of their design is, The difference of judgement in matters of Religion amongst conscientious well minded people, occasion being taken from thence to make them not only to despise and hate one another, but as odious to the generality of good men as are thieves, murderers and harlots.  
The means they use to promote their design, is principally to broach some gross and foolish errors; and then to father them on all those that are called Anabaptists, Antinomians, Brownists, Separatists or Independents:  
Persuading and possessing the people:  
First, concerning the Anabaptiss, That they hold all government in the commonweal to be unlawful; which you are to know is most pernicious delusion, for they approve of, and do submit unto all government that is agreed on by common consent in Parliament; and disapprove only of arbitrary and tyrannical government, usurpations and exorbitances in Magistrates and Officers; and have disbursed their moneys and hazarded their lives as freely for their just government, and liberties of this Nation, as any condition of men whatsoever.  
Secondly, That the Antinomians do hold, that a believer may live as he list! even in all licentiousness: which is most grossly false: there being no Scripture more frequent in their mouths then this, namely, The love of God bringing salvation to all men hath appeared, teaching us to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live righteously and godly, and soberly in this present world.  
Thirdly, That the Brownists, Separation and Independents do hold that all other Protestants are in a damnable condition, who do hold fellowship, Church society, and communion with grossly, vicious and wicked persons: which also is most notoriously false: for they do not so judge of any; but do judge that themselves having (to their apprehensions) grounds in Scripture, proving the unlawfulness of such mixed communions, may not, nor dare not so communicate: And as concerning others they judge (as themselves would be judged) that they exercise their Religion in that way which appeareth to them most agreeable to the Word of God.  
When these sowers of division have possessed the people, that these and the like absurdities are held by them: Then they advise them to fly from them as from Serpents, and not to hear them or discourse with them, as they tender the safety of their souls; & make them glad & rejoice when they hear any of them are imprisoned or silenced; or their books (though slightly and absurdly) answered: and when they hear that many of them are forsaking the kingdom, and betaking themselves to the West-Indies and other places for Liberty of their Consciences (as void of all remorse) they cry out, Let them go, a good riddance, it will never be well in England (say they) so long as these Sects are permitted to live amongst us; nor until the Parliament do set up one express way for exercise of Religion, and compel all men to submit thereunto, and most severely to punish all such as will not.  
But you will find that this is the very voice of prelacy, and the authors thereof to be the very same in heart, what ever they are in clothes and outside— And that it is not the voice of the Apostles, who required that every man should be fully persuaded in his own mind of the lawfulness of that way wherein he served the Lord; and that upon such a ground as no authority on earth can ever dispense withal, namely, That whatsoever is not of faith (or full assurance of mind) is sin.  
Our Saviour Christ did not use the Sadduces in so unkind a manner, and yet they held more dangerous opinions than any that are accused in our times; for they believed that there was no resurrection, and that there was neither angel nor Spirit; though they came to him in a kind of insolent confidence in these their opinions, which he knew sufficiently, He, nevertheless both heard and answered them gently; he did not revile them with reproachful language, telling them that they were not worthy to live in a commonwealth; nor did he warn others to discourse with them; he did not command their persons to be imprisoned, nor declare their lives to be forfeited: It is likely they lived quietly, and (in all civil respects) according to the loves of the Country, and were honester men than the Scribes and Pharisees who were hypocrites: and so, as the true author of his Apostles doctrine, he allowed them to be fully persuaded in their own minds, using no means but argument and persuasion to alter or control their judgements: He knew that men might live peaceably and lovingly together, though they differ in judgement one from another: himself was composed of love, and esteemed nothing so precious as love; His servant and Apostle Paul was of the same mind also, affirming that though he had all faith and all knowledge, and understood all mysteries, though he could speak with the tongues of men and of Angels, and have not love, he is nothing, a mere sounding brass or tinkling symbol: he desires that who are strong in the faith, should bear with those that are weak, adviseth him that eateth that he should not condemn him that eateth not: where one observed a day to the Lord, and others not (though a matter of great moment) yet he alloweth every one to be fully persuaded in his own mind: Now if our Saviour and his Apostle, that could infallibly determine what was truth, and what was error, did nevertheless allow every man to be fully persuaded in his own mind, and did not command any man upon their authority to do any thing against judgement and conscience— What spirit are they of, whose Ministers are they, that would have all men compelled to submit to their probabilities and doubtful determinations?  
The Apostle persuadeth those whom he instructed to try all things: These allow not things to be compared, they take liberty to speak what they please in public against opinions and judgements, under what nicknames they think fittest to make them odious, and write and Print, and licence the same, wresting and misapplying the Scriptures to prove their false assertions; but stop all men's mouths from speaking, and prohibit the Printing of any thing that might be produced in way of defence and vindication; and if any thing be attempted, spoken or published without authority or licence, Pursuivants, fines and imprisonments, are sure to wait the Authors, Printers and publishers.  
And though experience of all times under Popery and prelacy, have proved this a vain way to bring all men to be of one mind, yet these men are not yet made wiser by the folly of others, but suffer themselves to be outwitted by the devilish policies of those that put them on in those compulsive and restrictive courses, as knowing it to be the only means to obstruct the truth, to multiply opinions, and cause divisions, without which they know they should in vain attempt the bondage or destruction of the honest party.  
Be you therefore wise in time, and speedily and freely unite yourselves to those your brethren, though reproached with never so many nicknames, and use all lawful means for their ease and freedom, and for protection from reproach, injury or violence, that they may be encouraged to abide in, and return unto this our distressed country, and to contribute their utmost assistance to free the same from the bloody intentions of the common enemies, and give them assurance of a comfortable freedom of conscience when a happy end shall be given to these woeful times: you cannot deny but that they are to be trusted in any employment equal to any condition of men, not one of them having proved false hearted or treacherous in any public employment: stick you therefore close to them, they will most certainly stick close to you; which if you do, all the Popish and malignant party in the world will not be able to circumvent you: but if you suffer yourselves to be so grossly deluded as to despise or renounce their assistance and association, you shall soon perceive yourselves to be overgrown with malignant's (the taking of a Covenant will not change a blackamoor) your bondage will be speedy and certain: The ground upon which you renounce them is so unjust and contrary to the word of God, that God cannot prosper you; you have therefore no choice at all; but if you join not; you perish: Your destruction is of yourselves. (Complain of none else) your pride and disdain of them will be your ruin.  
Thus have you the faithful advice of him who is neither Anabaptist, Antinomian, Brownist, Separatist or Independent: But of one that upon good ground (as he conceiveth) holdeth fellowship and communion with the parochial congregations, who observing with a ●ad he●●● the manifold distractions and divisions amongst his brethren about difference of judgement in matters of Religion; and finding the same fomented and made use of to the destruction of the common freedom of his dear Country: He could not forbear to give warning there of to all sorts of well-affected persons, hoping that they will labour to inform themselves more truly of the opinions and dispositions of those their too much despised Brethren; and (as himself hath done) resolve henceforward to join heart and hand with them in all offices of love and mutual assistance of the Commonwealth.  
FINIS.