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Agreement 111 the Marters of R E L I G I O N A

_ A L s G s H E W1 N G _
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READ E R,

Saw the World in a Flame, and among tbe refi, babe
I thrown in my {Bucket to quench it. Indeed I babe been

fometbing m Ira/2e; but where tbere or Fire in the cafe, ‘
the: muff not be called 4 Fault, but a Duty. 73ut I hope I
‘Irave not made fo muck Isa/be, or been [0 ill guided as to
miflake with finite, and fill my [Bucket wit/2 Oyl inflead of
‘Water. I ll aflure tbee I are»: it from a ver y Charitable
Fountain‘ and am none of tbofi tbat Iaaw either (Refine? to
(Perflrn-s or Q’arties: [But I think I need not make my Ex-
cufe for tbe en/uing ‘Difcourfi, for tbat Would be to [1170-
Iogige for doing my fluty. All tbat I jI/all def re of tbee
in, Tbat before tbou begin to read, tlaou lay afide all tbofe
Common Enemies to Truth and Teace, viz. Tafiion, rFire--
judice, Tartiality, 86C. or el/e we jball boll) of no lofe

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. . E L I GIO N (I 'w111 notfhy the True Rehgion)
. as men manage it, is become the grlevzince and
* V burden 0f the Nation; and 15 the proper Province

of the State to take 1|: into confideration1Wher1
the Mafia was born the holy Ange1s Anthem was, Glory
to God 1'72 the Highs/4 Peace on Eat/7,0001, Will toward:
Men; but 1111111311; and the Devil together, have ordered
things 11'), 11111: the fame 1s inverted and may now be faid,

   

Difb'mour to GM! 1911 High, Conflfo‘n an E4rt/1,I[l W 2/1 to~ *

ward: Men: The tr11th1s, men have been fo madly extras
Vagant, in the things they call Religion, and have made
fueh 11111111113 1nd {firs in this World about the thmgs of
another that notwnhf’tandmg I “contend earnei’tly for a
Toleration, as the Only remedy to heal them,yet tis not for
a Toleratton to do mifehief; and I can willingly fuberibe,
after all I 111111 fay in behalf thereof, that no fort or party
of men 1111111111 be indulged in any of their Religions or Per~
Fwafio'ns, of What denomination foever, but thofe that are

be,-

be’haViour and .peaceable living. Now the .concern of Re-
ligion is to ‘ make menhappy here, as wellns hereafter;
and after all firms taik, hasbuttwe—PartsrTa lauelba..Lard
oar Goa! wit/2 all own/yearn, 8:0. And our ch'ghéaur as our
[elves .- But men have been {0‘ mad, that they have almoft va-
cated borh, by over zealon‘fly and indif'creetly: endeavouring
to perform the {it-Pt; and have thou ht they Could not love
God :enough, unlel's thfl hated an defirdyed their Neigh.
bour : 'That thefe things are but too true, all Chri'fiendem
by fad experience can atteii, ' and in particular this unhap-
py Nation ; which like a Ship atISea, has been long a fink- .
' ing: The Captainirtdeedlabours to fave‘her, havingfound
’ out ‘her leaks, and'cflls to hi$l men-for aififiance; ibtit‘they
like madmen, even?" one endeavour to Tecuré‘fomething of
her Cargoe, nor confidering that when the Ship is gone, an
is gone; and inflead-of afli Pring,do unreafonably oppofe him 2‘
So that he muff firvetheml-agaififl their wilds, or they will
inevitabl“ I periih.’ i .z. ~ j .. i z: ' g .t «f. n.
; “Indee it is a lamentable thing; to cmfiderhlthat gt’hat fame
Religion which was given by Heaven on purpefe to the Sons
of Men , to make them happy, fllould by an unhappy con-
currenee of evil accidents, make them mar-able; .and I
think to find out ‘t‘hofeevil accidents, ’tis the duty of eve-
:3: man, efpeciaily of every Chrifiian; and therefore I will
lay down'tny ‘Obfiervations thereof, although Imeet With
the common fate of Ritcon-cilersno have ”blows for myufiains.
Then Firfi, I take notice men make a falfe Cale tion
of the DiffereneesamdDifl‘entions. of men in the points of
Religion, and oal-lthem eriminal, when they are-mot 5 and
endeaivou-r‘toinewncile them, when ’tis impofllble ; andput
too great a valneon Agreements», that is, when. men do the
fame t'hings‘together ; net regarding 1b much, the Truth,
Unity and Sincerity (if their Minds, as thevCompany, Pres
fence and Congregationei their Bodies imam: Place, and,

perfOrming a thing after the fame manner. A’i
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All the Work} will» acknowkd‘beWith me, that What is
impoffibr‘le to be (lone, is net nece. a‘ry tobe done; ;, Now as"
long as men have variety of Principles, fevera’il Ed'ueations,
Confiitutions _, ’Tempers, Difiempers, Hopes, Fears, De-
greesofLigh-t, and Degrees ‘of Underltanding, {Ever-a]. Ca-
pacities, Oflices and. Imployments; ’tis impofllble ( and.
therefore nOt neceflary ), they lhould be all of one Mind:
And- therefore he that attempts it, doesliike him that claps
his Shoulder to the ‘Grou’ndxo 'l’t-op an «Earthquake ; that

would flop the courle of the Sun, item the raging Ocean,

or ptill doWn the Pillars Of the Earth ; ’Tistoolilh thene.
\_ fore to ‘Wilh it or expeét it, and they that endeavour it,

do but vex and trouble the‘Worfld .3 and thinking to pro— .
cure, they but fpoil all itsHarmony, which eonfil’ts in ft

great variety of Dil'cords.
" It has beenfaid by a learned Prelate, that-in the large-ins
terval of fixteenhundred «and odd years, fomuehjuggiing

hath paff‘ed in Chril’cendom, “That the obfcuritytot Tome.-

“ Qlel’tions,the nicety' offomeArticles,the intricaeyaoffome

“ Revelations, the variety of Humane ~vUnderfianding, the
,“wmdings of ‘Logtek, the tricksof Adver-faries, the :lub-.

“ tilt-y of ‘Sophifiers, the ingagement of , Educatims, per...

“ fonal Alfeé‘ti'ons ,‘ the :portentous number of "Writers, the

' "‘ infinity ofAuthori-ties, the vafinefs of fome Arguments,

“as con’fifiing in the enumeration of many Particulars, the:

“ uncertainty. of others, ' the l’everaladegrees OEPtohabili'ties,

"‘ the d‘i'fi‘icdl-tyof "Scriptures, the invalidity of . Probationnf '
“"Tradition, the eppofition of alléemerior; Arguments : t0-
,“ each Other, and their open -¥Oontefiation , thepubliek:
”Violence done to "Authors and Records! ,. when-private;
,“ 'Arts and‘Supplantiéngs, the fa’lfifycinigsaaindrindefatigahhc
"" 'Inflnfiry; of‘ Tome "to-abnfe all undexiftandingsagamdx

““~‘all‘PerFWalions ~’into~their Own 0pii1iohsrThelE and ;a

"'-‘ modem-more, even'zall the difficulties. of. Things, all"

“ theflveaknefl‘esof Man, and all the Arteef the Deviil,tha§e
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"“ made it1mpoflible for any man in {'0 great variety of '
‘.‘ matter not to be 444144; And fay I too have made it
- equally impoffible for men to agree, or be ail of one mind.

It hath been made plainly appear, that Rites and Ce-
1emonies, that fuch and fuch Vef’tments, fuch and {uch
Ofiicersor‘ Minif’ters,‘ {nah Difcipline, Government or way
of Admxnlflranon f1lch Dl laces or Tunes, dw. are things
of an indifferent nature, and nor of abfolute neceflity to
Mens Salvation, nor belong to the Being or Effence of
Gods Church, bur are things alterable according to Con-
tingencies and Emergencies, to be retained or difallowed
according to the enliofm of Places or NatiOns, or as they
are made plainly to appear to minilier to the Ends of
Peace and Charity, for the Edification of Gods Chu1Ch,
and Mt Deliruéiion.

And that the effential and fundamental qualifications that
111ake a mana Chrifi-ian and a true Member ofjefus Chril’r,
are Holinefs, Purity, Piety, Charity, Belief 1n GOd, and
Faith 1n our Lord Jefus Chrifi; and our Warrant herein, 18
What St. PM! mid the Romans, Th2? i4 the W 074 of Faith
.vhtth We Breath, Th4t if thozt fh4lt 0017f fl With t1} mouth
the Lord Steffi/1 Chrzfl 4224 hehez/e with thine heart th4t G04
htth mifed himfrem the 4e44, thou [halt he [47/64 , as alfo
St. 30h”, For every Spitzt that confejfe: that Ste/w Chrifl 2:
came 2» the fiejh, :11 0f G04, G04 4welleth in him, 444 he in
1Go4; So that fiJCh a hehef, with fincere and hearty endea-
’vours top leafe God according to the beli notices a man can
get, will fechre aman his Salvation; if it w1ll n0t there
is no Salvation to be had at all

Now :the bel’t 11Qtices we can get, and only Rule to direEt
. *ouri1veéand:A&10ns, are the Books of the Old and New
1Tef’tan1ent, Wherem are tranfinitted the Tranl‘aé’cions of
Heaven with: the Sons of Men, and are of an inefiima-
bie value, teaching all things fully that relate to GOd or

4 Men, as to the Nature and Worihip of the one, or the Duty;
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and Salvation of the other. NqW thatmencan uncierfland
thefe Books, is 31 thing withent all contravenlie, and only

3ifputed by them whofe interefi 11 is’ they lhould net, I mean ‘ '

men of ordinary and mean Capacities , for 1f 1101, to what
end were they wrote. 7’ Or why to them diheé‘ced. ? And why
are aliqommanded to read and feaireh: 'thm, if. they were
‘not capable to underfiahdithem. ? And how icem Inch men
who deny it, be able to Vindicate the VVifdiom, Goodnefi
. or Jufiice of Almighty God, in delivermg his Creatunes a
Rule to walk by, and exaé’c: a,- due cnnformlty 11mm, if
they were not capable to underfiand'it Necertainlygthe
Good God, as he has condefeended to giee'ihi‘s Creatures at
Rnle, f0 he has Calculated this Rule to all their CapaCIties,
and fo adapted the one for the other, that they have the

greatei’c Reafim 1n the World to Adore ami Admire (his: Wdfi-
dorn and Goodnefii‘or- the fame . . - = .5

I'will allow that Raine: can better underfiand chant than  

(fliers, and that they are net equally underfloor! of all be-
caufe of the difference ofmens Capacities anelAeqzuiteniente,
and becaufe they ihould have a dependence, {anchhe behold:-
ing to one anorher, winch mimfiers 1111 Chanty b.1111 .then
p01hing 15 more certain than that all men of the itiieanefl'
_. Capacities, may unn 11.15.1313 them {efficient and ena‘ughior
Salvation, ii they 001111;. with a meme a§e&1on of beingim-
fl?u&ed,and of finding out. 1 ”ruthmthenWife they. Wonidimt
anf'wer the. end for which they tVeee defened 5omexhingp
indeed the nee peii Heads eahhet reach:mciethers the weak:-
eil:_l.1nderl’randi11g can hately poiiihiiy 1111l’111ke, rand thofe
,too, are all 01 the g1ea1e 11 111111 101111111313. .11:: . 1 11:.
If only one fort 0f men. we “:11 gale: twendeflhanei. IhEm,
as fome wanld nave it, we iheuldi hhee' hhchmotihefiwh

Heaven, who thofe ihouhi 1113111111111 himiximfllifiedlwld that

in fuch plain Charafiers, 111311.11: nouhi mmhewflihié we
flmuld mif’cake; but there .13 no‘meh thing And if anyJeit
of men claim this Arcmmm. abegu’e when, ikiemiafhnflt
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to the Underl’tandings of all the ref’r,and their-words ought
no: to be taken in‘t'h'eir own Cafe. And indeed, ’tis a thing
too great to be trufied with any one Iortof men: Some
indeed will only have Learned Men capable of underfland-
ing them, but then if this {hould be, what a lamentable
cale the W'or‘ld would be in P - Truth would then be
a precarious thing, and we fhould have no more of it than
thefe Learned Men pleafe, and if they fhould be byalfed,’
corrhpted, or be difhonel’r, what muft the Other three parts
of . the World do? Mull they lie at their Mercy, and their
Salvation depend on their Honef’ry? No,God forbid ! And
blelfed be his Name, he has taken caremen {hall not lie
liable to any fuch Impol’tures. Butgif thefe men will needs
be in the right above the red, and nnderl’rand for them, let
them do their duty for them too; for ’tis net reafonable
they lhould be charged with a duty,that do no: underfland
it. But having found their own failings herein, and that
they are but men like Others, daring not to be f0 confident ’
as nfual, they betake themfelves to lhifts ; and to counte-
nance their fallibili‘ty, fupply the defeéis of honefiy, and
filve their impofition of their fence ; they fet up a flrange
fort of Infallibility, which indeed would put an end mall
the Difputes and Differences in Chrif’tendom, were there
any fuch thing. But that which they have invented to put
outthe Flame, ferves only to increafe it; for where the
{power of Infallibility is lodged, Heaven has given us no
" notice; which .it would certainly have done,had there been -
any fuch thing: And ’[iS‘ certain, that thofe who pretend
molt to this Infallibility, have been mof’t deceived of all. ,
Indeed the Catholic/e5, as they call themfelves, have drove
furioufly, and forced all their people to do the fame thing,
and worfhip God the fame way ; but this cannOt be called
an Agreement, no more than Sheep are faid to agree,when.
they are drove up and Pounded all together by the Shepheard.
And there is greater Agreement amongfi' thofe (though
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the foolifh World think to the contrary) who worihip their
Maker under the Adminifiration of feveral Difciplines,
andConduE’tion of feve‘ral Guides: For Forceand Violence
may make a Congregation of Bodies, butno Unity of Minds.
’Tis only a Hearty Intention, Sincerity of Mind and Affecti-
ons, Simplenefs and Identity of Addrefs to the fame Ob-
jeé}, which can be called Unity and Agreement; and no-
thing elfe; for other things, though they may. feem dif-
ferences and diiagreements to men, yet really they are
non-e at all ; for the circumf’tances of Time and Place,_Pub-
lick or Private, Day or Night, the feveral Infiancesof Re-
fpeéls, Methods and way of Worfhip, are all one and the
fame thing to God Almighty; He only looks at theilnity;
of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace ; Differences. with men
are not lo with; him, if they agree in fincetity of Alieétions
and integrity of Spirit; that’s the Agreement he looks after.

’ I“ is true again,that men underfland the Scriptures diffe.‘
rently, and to different fenies ; but why thisdifi‘erence of
Underfiandin lhould be objected as a Crime,I know nor:
. For ’tis impo ible it fhould be orlierwife, {0 long as there be
fuch great variety of Humane Underl’tandings;and as long as
they underf’tand not differently and amifs on a bad end and
delign, they cannot poflibly be criminal}; for no man is ob-
liged to underi’tand better than he end. Then again, ma-
ny men may be tOtally ignorant of many things in Scri-
pture, and yet be very innocent ; and certainly if their To.
tal ignorance be no fault, their underfianding diflerently
thofe things, which they might have been innocently igno-
rant of, cannOt make them guilty of a Crime ; if it lbould,
it would highly advance Ignorance, and very much de-
preCs Underl’tanding and Knowled e. But further, if they
underi’tand them diiferently ( whic 1 I contend for the mall:
part they do l? in order to promozea Virtue, encourage =3,
Grace or fupprels‘a Vice, orianiy Immoralityin themlélves,
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theif- ovim‘ Interefifbflh‘értjgg And Wh'at'g‘the Paijifls ,O'bj-efl‘,

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Péetfffafidi‘fddd Hie}! {fp’ 1&5ij )5“ “and that the divifions "of
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hav-i-fig? tlgreg’fui’e‘idf" ‘tlié *Sefiptfireég Whieh admi; pi 11g ‘toflbe
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hetée‘f?§%*‘*ffie73%8}ftftfifiii'i’féfieel Agreements or Confpira;
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fiiE’fér e11 tfiéglflegiflgfities in the World. "t " ‘ 5‘ ;
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mi“ are-agreed on’, {mac it has been made to appear then-6V6? ‘

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j'uree-héiieineeefl’ar meme Salvation’jfi’g' fince"tisg‘impo;ffi7
bfie‘fiéfi moera‘eé‘e ' iflEtiafi‘c} Hifag’reefis alfo in mofi thingé.
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ments ; that a certain Punifhment ought not to be inflicted
for an uncertain Fault ; that mol’t Spiritual Faults are un.
certain; thatif a man was puniflied or killed, he was cer-
tainly, puniihedor killed; but that it was not f0 certain‘he
» was .in- a Fault; that Conclufions ought net to be flronger
'thanthieirPremifeS ; thatno man ought to be Judge in his
own Cafe; that Reafon, Difcourfe and Arguments are the
, only Proper Methods and Infiruments to Convince Men,
and no Other ; that if others of‘an Heterogenial-{iamp were
tiled, they might make-Hypocrites, but no Profilites, and
that they were never accompanied with fiiccefls ; that the
generality of men are difpofed to live quietly ; that Op-
preflion, Tyranny and Penal Laws,are occafion of mol’t of
the diflurbancesin-Chriflendom ,- that fallible men ought
. not to call their I-Opin'ion‘s Articles of Faith; that they
ought not over~haflily to iinterefi their Maker in their un.
certain Caufe ;* that Gods. Glory doth confil’t with the Good

of Men, andrmay be maintained without their deftruét-ion.’

Further it hath been 'made evidently to appear againlt them,
.that‘fay, ‘We‘ have 4 Law T hat Law cannot make a
Truth ; that Truth is as old as the Eternal Veracity, and
{ufi‘ers no Degrees; for what was yel’ter‘day, will be true to
clay, to marrow, and to the end of the Word: And there-
fore to force People to be of their Religion, ‘becaul‘e .El’ta-
blifhed by Law, is a great piece of Vanity andNonfence :
,That neither Fathers, Councils, no Individual MangorCom.
. .pany'ofMenmo Power or Force upon Earth,are¢able to make
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by way of Promulgation, Declaration, or EXPlanation of '

,Truth, but nothing byway" of; Creation; ‘- they may illue
flrate" indeed, and make Truth appear to be,{o,-,bautj they can
{neither add nor diminiih :, What was Truth,and agreeable to
.Gods Will, was, f0 before, they undertook the Difquivlitiongor
before they came into the-World,,and will be to when-they

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are eXtinfitand gone out of it, notwithflanding all, their
endeavours tor, or againft it. " ' ’ ‘ . ' a
’ Again, Noching is more certain than that Mencare Men, ,
and uncertain; that they are and have been prOVed fallible;
That General Councils have erred and contradifled one
an0ther on Record ; that Fathers have been miflaken ; that
what has been may be again rand therefore that all refpe.
{lively may he died with reverence and refpeéls as occas '
lion may require, as the befl H umaneGuides and Direélors;
bur always with deference, and an eye to their Fallibility ;
that their Opinions ought nor to be prelTed as Articles of
Faith, nor their Determinations have the weight of Mao;
thematical‘ Demonflrations. - Methinksthefe Confiderati-n
/ ons lhould make men look a little amicably on one another,
- and a little come to themfelves: But-I findthey do not, and
may be the Scene is laid too far 0H; and therefore Iwill
bring it nearer home, and let themfelves judge. \ 7
A certain number of. Pilgrims: weregoingto the H017-
. Land, had equal defires and affections for the‘Plaee, and all
moved by the fameLove and Good Intention; none-indeed
had been there already,and therefore they were the more to
feek for their way ; and indeed all were very diligent to
find out the true Road ; and as they, go along, they meet
with feveral Ways and Paths; upon which. the Company
divided; fome go one Way, and fome another, according as
they thought it lurerand more probable than the Other;
but one of: the Company, of hotter. Confiitution than the
rel’r, asked fome of their Fellows, why they {hould not go
their way, fince they were firm they werein the right 2‘
{To which they anlwered, They could not be fure, becaufe
they never were there 5 that they. had the fame Charts and
Direflionsv'which they had, and had as honel’tly and. fin- ' '
cerely peruledi'them ; inducedby the fame, if not greater
Love and Afl‘efiion to the Place“ ;and that they did net think
that way to be right, but that the Path they were going in
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, " But a man {hall quickly he raifed fromhis wonder,_when
he confiders the mifiakes under; which they lie. " .
They greatly mifiake in calling their Relpefiive Opini-
ons, Several Religions : Iafiirm there is but lone»;God,and
one Religion ; and that they may as well call, the feveral
Counties in England feveral Nations, as togiVe feveral .
Opinions the denomination of feveral dillinét Religions.
We ask a man what Country man he is ? . If heatells us Dar-'- ,
bjfbire, Stafirordfbire, ‘or Chef/fire, é‘c; allis; Well, there is '
no hurt done ;, bUt if we ask him what Religion he is of 2
And it prove to be differing from ours; prefently an animo-
fity arifes, and we look on him with flrange thoughts, and
reckon him almoft‘fornething elfe t‘ha_n.:a'man,anda rather
a Heathen than, a ,Chrifiian ; and; when we have made him
_ {uch a Heathen, then we thinkqlike the Ifraelzter, that ’ti:
lawful to ale/fro}! fut/J 4 Canaanite from among]? #3 ; never
,confidering all this while the mans Confiitution, Educa-
tion, Prejudice, the Books-he may have read, the Compa-
ny he may have kept, é‘m‘. whichmay make him have dif«
ferent thoughts and-apprehenfi’ons of things from ours,.and
that his Honef’cy and good Intention may make x his Senti-
ments (though differing from ours) -yet altogether as in-
nocent. , ' _ — 7f . ’ '
-,,_A;gain, ’Tis afirangeVanity that men have, in "valuing
themfelves f’oextreamly for ,bein‘gbf'this‘Or that perfWafia
on or party of men, and brings a great deal, of trouble to
the World. , One. faith he is a Catholick and no Heretick; .
the Prot-eflant Hereticks fay they are good Prorefiants and
no Papifls; and the Church Of England man faith, he is of
a Religion el’tablilhed by: Law, and no; ,Dili'enter ;‘ as if Law
could make a Truth ; and fo they go on, Upbraiding one
another, fuppofing every Divifion Zof Chr’il’rians that has
. a “difiim‘l name, is a dil’tiné’t‘ Religion.;: .' fNDWAif wefhould
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men are no Englzfla men; or theMmkmeuflm-z tell the
Mercer: they are no aCitizens, would not the :Azfl'erters be
eXpofed tnderilinn? Further, if a man calls not jhimfelf
by {time namelnr other, as Catholick, ChutelLofi Eng/ands
man, PreSbyterian, independent, m. heis look’d upon as
a piece of. Defaced or Antiquated Coin that is not current :
If he lay he is aC/Jrzfliw, that will act fatisfie; he runs
fome hazard :in callinghimfelfgby that Name; but little or
none,:in not departing ~ from iniquity : Ifjhe £33115 himfelf
Last/term , Calvimfl .,, Zeta Jim, 16%, all will he'Well, "he
is forted,and hath Fellows, i all be refpeéted and ePtee-med .3
but if he will elpoufe none ol—t‘heir Fafiionspr interefl him-
felf in their fimple @arrels, he is branded'with the odious
Nameof Atheifl, ortorbeof no. Religioniat all; At Inch
:1 high pitch of Extravagancy :is the V‘World come to, that
a Jew in a :Chrifijian Nation {hall have more refpeét than
*a Chriflian ; andthat for no ether Reafon, but becanfehe *
calls himfelrf f0. Should a man be To hardy as to leave“
Paul, 400110: and Eepbm, andlcall himlielf by that Venera-
ble Name, which requirestfome courage ; ’tis odds but” he,
maybe called to an. account for railing a New Religion ;
,his imitation of his Holy Lifefliould not fatisfie the mad
World ; if he came: pronounce Shiéoletb plainly, and herd
himfel-f with a Party, there’s none will take him into their
Folds, but-out "he 'fhall lie in the Fields, emailed to the men;
ey of the Elements. But all this might be cured in a great
meafure, if the State Would make it Felony or T reafon for .
any man to call himfelf by any ether Name, than that of
' Chril’tian. For ’tis incredibleto think what mifchiefs go,
along with thefe New Names; 0, he isa Papifi,‘{ays one ';
he’s a Fanatick‘, fays another; they are Words of reproach,
and their meaning is, he is an ill man ; for {'0 every Side and
Party aec-eptsthem one againfi another : And fome, when
they would go a lhorter way to work, call but their Ad.
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, Conviétion and Condenmaeien; then feeflre him Gha‘ler‘."
But it will be asked, and ought tobe enquired into, How
they came by fuch falfe Notions of things ? ThenI fay,

' That Cufiorn, Chance, Prejudice and Confiitution,give
molt fitnen' their way of Religion, and- creates their Confc'h
ene‘esvtoo 3 they think; this on than to be finEul-, not which
is really andtnaturallnyzfo; but what they fec fame men ab-
her andzdetefizaand: what they have been taughtis lb; and
Youth genenally take their Parents word; and fwallow all
infinitely and implicitly; andhiaf onebe-miflaken', ’tis hard-—
IySpoifihle hue thanrheorhergwillr b‘e m’iflvaken too: , And
his certainlthat the undut‘ifnlhefe of difobeying.Parents<in-t
junflions, and thereproaehsand lhame of being fingular,
and doing. things-contrary. to their Country Qufiom'st and
Ufages, aregneat'Obfiaeleseo Truth and Peace. A Theifm
dians-eat their‘deadLRiends‘and-Relations, and thought: if
agreat piece of Piety, and-the- mol’t honourable way of Se.
pulture ; but the Greeks they burned: them: all: Alexander
asked. each of them, what helhould givethemtbzenchan’ge
theie Method ?- Theybarh, anfweredz with the igrea‘tefl" ab.
hornence- imaginable, and}. declaimed again‘l’t eaehl Others
Ufages ast-he molt barbarous and: undecent way- in the.r
World. Cuf’rom makes good things to feern evil, and‘e‘vili
thingsto feemrg’ood; And I' have read of a Shepherd? on
the Mountains: of Napier, who-inthe holy time of Leno;
‘catnewithlearsein his-“Eyes to hi‘sConfelll’m andle'amefla
ly-defired Abfolu—rion, in that; he hadéfwallowedibv chance

a little Whey, which leaped into his: Mouth from the '

CheefeaPrefs :: The2Father asked? him, Whether he knew?
himfilf guilty of no other Sim? He an‘f’weredgs Nanny-no- lie“
knewv-ofirl-le againxaskedihim,‘ Wherirer helwdfiflot‘dtl‘efidr}
1210‘ on}: of the Robberies, and Murderx’ \wmz’ttédfioné’ th’ei‘fi
Mountains? Te: indeed, (Moth he; the! Tom ;~o‘uflt/Jfi"we
névér‘ efleem‘lofirime; ’nk- a thing daily? prnfizfllolléy all? of
m, and» More needo no 'confeflion for fad) Magaszy Ithifi
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maybe ’feen. what Cufl‘om'can do: But Education,‘ Pre-
judice and: Cullumhaveallill‘further flrange Operations,
F013 ,_ ~ -
They firangely/dil‘pofe men to be refolute and tenacious
ofltheir firfi-tahghté-Pri‘nciples, and make them Deaf torho’
mol’c..Weighty,‘SOher and Convincing Reafons"; and'when‘
- a. man is linked 'to 'a Party, there is no unchaining of him;
he delights in his Slavery and Chains, and reckons him an
finemy thatwould frechim: He. will .be of th‘e’Religion
he was'b'redeto, whether Tar/e,jem,'0r Pagan ;1 and thinks
that always the bell: Come ’toundeceive' him; and’he looks
on you as anIm poflor,and all-the Arguments you? {hall bring, ‘
fignifie no morethan’ArrOWs againl’t a wan of'Braf's ; he
isrefolved, fay what you Will, you.{hall"‘not move him ; he
will-nor confider any thing that is lalledg‘ed againl’t him ;
will laugh atyour Reafon's, lhift them" OH“, and doany
thing rather than be convinced ; may he cames with a Re-‘
folution to‘Difcour‘fe, not to be Overcome; and to fay“
fomething for his Side, rather than the-"Truth ; and what is
” worf’t of all, ’tis imspoflible fome fhould be prevailed Upon,
who el’teem all Arguments to be Temptations, and there-
fgre look upon themfelves obliged by all means to fliun
t em. g ' ' ,

U..So that this fort of' obfiinacy and perverfenels, this par-
’tiality, this refpeél to Perfons and Sides, and want of fin!-
cerity, and indifi‘erency to Troth, keeps a foot our Difl’eren-‘.
ces, obflrué’cs. mutual Compliances andTOleration ;' eve-
ry one calling his Fancy his Faith, his Opinion his Religig-
on, and entitles God‘to all ; and when Godris concerned,
then they think theirZeal cannot be. too much , and out of
anhatred to .Lukewarmnefs, endeavour-to make it. as hot/
as they can; fo hot, t-hat'it del’troysCharity, Burns and:
Preys upon their innocent Neighbours. ' ' ' ‘ ,
' But a further AccelTary (and Aggravation too) 'of Chri-
ftiian Dierrences, is the Method and. Adminiflrationéiftheirt
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' appointed f a .part-iculaic. ' Difcipline *andsuRi‘e‘giment for. " his
Church, and then fall- out about :it"; every-”one maintain:
ing that their own particular fence; is the. fame :. Then
again, they {hppofe that'IDifcipline and Regiment .15 abfo-
lutely. nec'eii’ary, ;' bOthgwhich‘ air-e. italic For :..GOEinIl€lthCI"
hath appointed - any particular: Way-V neither-is; any. ne caf-
fa‘ry, no flirther than. for» the nece‘alfary .Regulavting fc'uch Al-
iernblies as {halltmeet together to’worfhi—p their. God, or to
Excommunicate a man out of fuch their Allemblies for
his evil Life ; which are"thing‘szveryicafifiim bezdogfle, 390’
need no great Wit Orr Learning to Perform -: __ And any man
may be Honefi, Ju’l’t, True, Sincere, fiharitable, Humble,
and, Exercife any Chriflian Graces or ‘Vertues, without the
help of Ecclefiafiical POIicy ;, he Tmay pray to, »- or praile
his Godin Spirit and Truth, (which is all the way which '
ever Chrif’t appointed) withoutl thehe'lp' o'f-Church-Poli-
cy. Chril’ts Kingdom? is .‘of another ,W‘orld, and requires
none of the Policy of thiS’to manage it ;-itou-ght to be
kept pure and unmi’xt; being clear of anOther nature : We
fee Oyl in a -Vefl‘el~of.Wa»ter will act mix, but keep its 30--
dy intire to itfelf; no moi‘ef ought Spirituals to be mint with ’
Tem’porals.‘ But theie -‘ Spiritual Politicians have- mixt‘

Heaven and ‘ Earth together , confounded the World‘_
with their Policy,-~ and f0 jumbled things;- together, that

Chrifiianity is almofllofi in the 'Compofi-tion, fogthat men:

know not where to find it, , Inihould think that the. ill fue-i

'cefs‘ and bad _,efl’e€’ts fuch Policy” hath 'hithertoghad ring-the

World ,“ iho‘uld make themafliamed,‘ and endeavour by elk

means to leave fuch methodsgwhieh did always-rather di-

fiurb than any Way beautifie thefiChgurphpf 360d. And let:

them fartherigiveme leave-:tortell therngi-‘That if all the
Hedges and - Enclofiires in EhghM:W€fi5PUlkd dawn. and
levelled5-that it-“wo'u-ld beEnglasnh‘flill; ;’;tis..Tr.ue Property;
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7'MBthOd“ of "Worlhip, he would have uakencare; that. none
*flaouldjmil‘s it, and prevented all‘Differenoesi-about it. But
Fihe ha-smappointed none at all, as I know of, but“ that" of in
Spirit and-21:2 Irwin Amt had anypattioular‘ W‘ay. been
uabfolutel‘y-neceflz’éiry, our Saviour would-have told the W03-
man of Samaria, when; {he did assgood as ask him the quez.
“ili'on, How or where-they fbould mar/biprGod-f VV/yttber atje;
Lrufalem or Samaria i" (‘ For there was a great contel’c about
:it- among-Pt the Inhabitanvsof. each ): But he told,her,.Tbat
the time 121%!» mine», the: the; fluid neither War/kip bib: at
jerufalem: nor Samaria ;that is, not at either‘of thofe places
in‘particular, exclufive of Others, but zimsz'rzt with Truth;

As if he hadrfaidf, The‘t’imes of‘limitanionof Gods Weir-{hip

'ii'snowv over: jefizgflzlem: indbediwas the: place appointed,
and particular Ritesf and Ceremonies were: enjdyned’and
:maéle obligatory, but nOWthofe times are pafi; all Rites,
Types and CeremonieSéare‘abolifl‘led; andorher' times are

come, that GOdimufi .bezworfliippedafter another manner.

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3 no fiarticularrwayjsnppm‘inted ) we whistle:’-i-n.‘Ghnfingg
inl’taecesof R‘e‘lpeé’c to our Maker; our mifielces are; in.
vincible, and We’ihall never beewl‘werablemfor: them :_ But:
if we be, ’tisonly to ihimour‘Lmde :fanel‘mmvto Queenm
ther. Andthetefore ’tisthemofi memafonable shingimagia.

nab‘le,.for menito indgeoine .anmlier in tlmkipoineSLm-uch»
more to impale their relpcfiive Fanmemnd Models, with»
mfiafiTerable Penalties. one 711an another, when they... can/a3

hazeelbl'i‘ttle aflurance they Me lathe: Righte. , ,

I ;But while I-‘amie’ndeavam'mg mgz'eools'amicl "qualifie the:
mad World : 'zb'y Reéfons and Arguments; rdeteé‘ting ;, their 3.
mi'fiak-eg. and expofiug to viewthe unflatefl‘ary Occafionsa;
of their Difienemces, and-Umeafonablenefiof their. Deli-rue-

fiiveCoatmtm,3I3am Prefinfly enter-3 ’.

rupxed with :a:! Text pffi‘Scripturg lamly3 affilificigfxtanaé
Preached 1n. the C1cy..,; “(133mm33,35a Gem: MWWeGhappeh. _

tend came/917 for tfie iFaz’t/y ems oldie/meal éto-

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tend for the Faith ?* Would you not havens. 'Cflmefiififorz"

our R.eligion,.a;nd for: theftrut-h ? I replyxeeby} any means,
and thisaTexts «lath encourage. you. tocontendmtomly fore:-
the True Faith True Religion, but alfo for that Faith:
and that Religim . which you believe to be; f0 ~;, for:
that is the fame to you asthe True, and no difference can»,
orought to be made: :And then this TCXt, if mot duly3-

tampered tunic!~ moderated, : is fufinieni: to fet- all -:j,Chri-fiena

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their own way of Religion and Faith to he Primitive, Ape-
liolical and T rue; , and by confiquenee have a Commiflion
from this Text; to contend earnefllyngr it : And iome have
aé‘ted fo earne'fily, and depended fo {much on the? goodneis
of their Caufe, and truenefs of their Faith, that they have
Plundered, Impriioned, nay. Kflied and Murdered their fel’.
low~ Chrifl-ians ;Vto tel’tifie to the WOrld their Earneflnefs,
andthat they were in EaI'HER; shut. in my Opinion, they
had. much better been in Jeff, than to extravagantly Ear-
nelir ., Therefore this Earnelihel'smufi be limited, f0 that
it be not prejudicial’to our felves, or deliruéiive to o-
thers: It Ought tozhe managed with'the greateli Ca’uti-
oufn—ei‘s, Prudence and Dif'cretion; an'd‘byt no other Infiru-
ments, but t‘hOfe of PerfWafion and Ratiocination. - Now
left ‘Pe0ple lhould be fo much in earneft again as formerly,
The Wife, judicious and Loving Father of our Country i
would put Bounds to. fuch defiruéiive E‘arnelinefs,‘ which
hathirmadegfuchDevafiaxt’ions amongl’t hiS'Redple ; he would
take? their Wéaponssou’t'of' their handsfiwitlhnirhiEh they
have done fo much Mifchief : 'But‘ they like 'foolifh Chil.
dren, are Peevifh,‘and'Froward,‘and exert theirPaflion’s;

, grow Angry, and." are Sulien and" :Disl‘contented; run and

make their Moan to-ithe'i'riMotheif‘; whOféxroO ‘Ind-‘ulgent
Nature and Tender? Heart; i's.‘*>b'ut- too Lmn’hh :‘Grieved . to
Ice her ChildrenroUt of HUmour ; and 175:, atmon readyrto
Sacrifice their-“forum Happinefsrandfi Profperity, to their
preiént 03ietJandfCont'entment; But whatihoiildthe done
in this Cafe) is an‘intpertinentt‘maiion isfiorrthfi'uifcre;
tion‘ and Authority "of? theizFather; ought? :to: preVailagalin’l’c
the Over-fondnefs of the Indulgent'fMother} and the"?Pee4« a
vifhnefs of the hu-mourfome Children"; ifixtheyi cry for Knives
to cutthem, Candles tobum-them, -or;.Foodthat isgu-nt.
wholfo‘m‘e fortxthem ;. lthey mluPt. beliieflcedgand no netice ta;
ken (if their. ch‘ildilh demands; *i‘So-that after; What‘hasheen
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{al.0pppfifiion Imaginfiblexwhiieh fome.'go,,t.abou.tx it; make
againfi his' Majefigg; that whenfheendeariours to'imakeaan.
efiabliihment of la "tolerating, iand offers t0. put item of: .
the Power of. any one Party .to;.HurtxorfDifiurb anOther ,
and thatby «as good Humaneseerritr. afiépoffibly can. be"
matrix/M, they fhgpld ib ngf’tirgate} y and" thldifhlyreje&
it. . That when it has been; made {b plainly appear, that“
Perm! Law: arid Tea/fry have been t-hsiuRuin‘e,‘ and» do 'ruine .
. the ‘Nation ~; and will ruin‘e any_‘_Nation,. thatfmaintain
them} TJW‘ they are. {110% Unreannahle; {legiufi end um-
ch’aritableg‘and ,yet Maintaigeg andifiuntiq‘ued: g; Geod God;
that men'f‘flieuld be f0; Seupid QEjj-1Whatz» Qa‘n this; argue; but:
that Heaven has no kindnef's for-fech meni-A‘:I..Butfceing- their
Qbfi‘inatenefs 'and- Perverimefi, gig»); them-over ' to,;Court:
their. pfwn Ruine and trigefiryékien ham}, 115w :rLL M7 the
Red: re; marinated '“(m fade Eagésfiackfifincetlgey ~ tire fa-fond
of them; For my? part, I thigiteto bee-lappedgl‘m inpa; Goal,
to be Fined, Plundred,'qundedor, Killed,oni the {core
of meer Religion,.jand{o‘r having different T houghts and~
APPrehenficfiSvfi—Omé,,:9i‘here ms" :15 a .chfPrQ/aCh we the -
Chrii’ria'n. Wet-:13; ‘and;;,theg.mofiBrutdhfidrrational and
Shamefullefi thing imaginabiezglia-rid. *1 thinkit-every mans
Duty t9 endeavour to Excirpate fueh a wicked Principle. ‘

, For file to be punifhed for beinga mam; for believing
when there is Reafon given, pr‘ap’Argqment which feems'
tome 'to' be Reafon, which-£5, thefame; thing, is- a thing I.
can think of with Patience. I know,-%AIQ¢; m Countenan'ce
their fueh Unjuflifiable Attions, there. :is ja; - Black Charger
advanced ; ”and that is Heretick, Schifmatiek, Turbulency
of Spirit, Unruly, Enemies to Government, ;P10tteifs,__Se-fl
ditious, Obflinate, Upgrat‘efiqifléio, ‘Theie arethecom~
monlrepieks of Searidflwhieh one Parry {chargee-thefmher .
With,7"wthen they have get themiunde‘r, or haveabufed
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themfiliiesluhbeéfitgfiancilits‘heéwei‘ld} would cty‘Ot-Jt on
them, thou—ldetheytnOt’éh‘avefli‘nieugly thififg’éto lay-fit) their
charge,-‘afterhavhig7fo unhandfomly treated them.“ ‘But
thcfe Afperfions have» been wipedOfF— over and over; and
it has beenglaid,» If it be enough to Arm/é, ’w/m flu/1 be In-
nocent ‘? .The- Charge aflfoha'e been returned time-the Accu»
{Ere-Head's”; to«vi>homoindjeed ' it belongs: For-Tyrants and
Opptelfors blow theCOalsfind then make Wonders at, and
aceul‘e the Flame: They wonder men will n0t be quiet,
and accufe theme? Diffurbance; when The]; are their only
Diflurbers, and eecafion- of all“,_the-1Comm‘otic’m; by‘ O’p-‘
pteflingi them, andPumlhmg them Without a Cal‘ufe,‘ They”
maltemultitudes oif‘B'eiédsli’Lam; th'd‘lhy’ Conlequen'c‘e Mal.
timde: _ofDeli/aquent,e .‘The few-er the Pam! Lam: are, the
more 1ie-tneffs.ahdf‘P‘e'a‘ee-always.there is in the World;
and t-l'iofe wete vhéiépyffig‘es; wh'gm ” ~- g Verb: minant’ia"
fixo aeregw'legeédhtwei’i ' "" "i‘efifei‘y l‘lTafi l‘i‘t‘igli‘t g0‘;bi1t_ to the
Market‘ICrofs; an&.,3fea'z“piel’éhtlyfhis Déuty; what he [Was-
to do... and"‘-what: to «avoid. The plain truth is, the mUlti?
tudes- of? Penal Law» do-v but mufler‘ up', and ”tow the
World" how flro‘ngfi they Late . in ‘ Delihquent‘s ; and. When"
they‘fe‘e their Numbersytlieyjtake‘ GdUra'ge, ahclrpref‘ent-
1y Confpire,animated by their. being equally Obnoxious, to-
throw of their Yoke and Government, that-"hath made.
them all; fiiclr Criminals, and fubjeétedlthem to 'Punifhs
ment, far-things»:in"theiriown,ngtflre.,»,.Iin‘noCen-t 5 and lhch
Lawsvr-prove generally; fatal-“t ”the. Makers. . , , , . '
' Further- it-.hath«beei1<-’m*'ade"terrie‘p’pea't, :tha't j’tis a mo‘l’t‘?’
untreafonableand Unjuf’tl T hing; that a Kin fliould'come“
to a. Crown; and'notto haste-the Benefit an Service-.of-all;
hisSub'i‘eé’tsz indifle’rentlypz That thefe‘L‘aws which quali-
fie one-fortaofi men onlyifor h‘iSSflVifim are tooPartialand
IinjuflJ-.:;v- andputitin‘to the Power of: thofe men to do“ with
him» what they; pleafe ; -- That ’tis not ' fit. n’or-fafe for a
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~ to defend himlélf anghat‘ .’tis,_§11nrealbnable and Unjufi,‘
that. my One: for-t; Ofcmem finder what -:Denominat'wn, {ee-
ver, fhould engrofs all Honoursgand :Prefermensts to them,
{elves ; and have all the Favour? of the ”Prince; and only
{it in the Sunlhine, and all the, ref: in the Shade ; whole
Fidelity and Integrity to their Prince, their Sufficiency and
Ability in Bufinels; their PcaceablexTem'per, and equal, if
nor more probable Argumentsyfor the truth of; their Reli-r
gion ; fet them on equal ground, and give themas large-
and jail a Claim thereto as Others: That :l‘neh Difcrimina-
ting and Partial Laws-,Kl do naturally tend to pntrthe Kings
dam in Confulion; and aslong as one Religion-(as they
call it) receives an filtablifhment; and anatherrdothhot,
that has equal Pretentious to'it, there will never :be'TPeace
or Qliet in Efighmd. . x . i. ‘
Again, It has been proved, that Laws areNa tutally Null
and Void, andgrowinto-Defuetude,and-need norforma-
lity-of a Repeal; after the Reafons for which theywere
Enaéted are taken away ; or when'they bring {'0 many in-
conveniencies , which out.ba;llvan.cegt‘heirAdvantages. A.
Law, for good Confiderations is made, That for the fpace
of Ten Years ,_ none fhallpnefumc. to Kill OrDel’rmy;
fuch a fort of Wild Beaf’cs ; ;-. but. in. thefpacfi QIFi‘Vé Meats
, they grow f0 numerous-and unruly, that athey1:.:cotfde:;-inm ,
the neighbouring Towns, and makegteatllaVOdk, and
defiroy the Inhabitants: Will anyhma-ngdeny‘the‘ men of
tihetplace the-privil-edge of killing-'t§11em,1an,dgchaxgethem:
with a. breach of the Law 3 . NO fure l. ": :Sueh' :mesloletheit-
Obligation,and ought to lol‘e their Denomination-too, and
to be called fomething elle than: Laws ,-, ratherr Grieo.
vances, or Nuifances, which they, really are, and ought
to do no Mifehief under their. {pecious :prifline Titleof-
Laws; “His Maiel’ry' is charged with breach of Laws, for"
taking fuCh'Nuifancesaway; methinksthey ,lhould ra-.
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,theScavengers Qfiic'e. :i-Jlfgiu‘nruly - Pirebréak out in our
«Buildings; .aaooar fisadmitted ttfifbé“ broken open, or“ a
vneighbouring“:Hen—Fe to bellb‘lo'Whv ? lip“; and no in j ufli’ce
xteh-arged‘; ’ I‘isHisMajefiyis-Cafe } 3- He pretehds not to’pu‘t
-..E.,l1€ Fires out of mens Chimneys, or'to Cancel any whol- _
former or necefl'ary Laws, lint to put a flop to the Outrage
.andNiolenee,‘ ito thofeé Fiery; Creel and Sanguinary Laws,
that“ have madeil‘u‘ch Havoeltamongfi his Pe‘Ople; and if
{omuchrPower :m'ult n’otibesaliloWed him, he has nor
Power enough to DefendHimfelf, or His ‘Pe0ple.- But
thisOppofition being made by Interel’ted and Unreafonable
Men, islel's to be taken notice of”: Andi-ghefiion not,
but; willébe .:o'ver-ruled by Him, i Who 2is not partial as they
are; abut'conl'ults the'GOOd of "the whoie, and will not‘let
any one fort of men have Power to Oppref's the reit. But
then" again as to tour Differences, ‘ ; _ . -

Iam utter-ly'aga‘inl’t -~reoonoilln'gi‘of ’theni by fuch Me;

thods, which " fomerme‘n'h-ake ;5 and: am. indifferent whether
th‘eyrbe reconciled 0r no .;, {Othey may bemade harmlel's;
and eafie; to the ‘ Publick-J: And I do protefi .I cannOt leefo ‘
much ,,.Iniq.uity in them,’ as-fome would iperfwade; and
_ hardlyfiknowhow tOj'c'allfihem:ilpifi'erEnees,’ but oblérve'
moref'theiriAgrcement than their? I'Diflcer’ence. Fer all- do
mutually agreeatO-Wor'fhiip [the fame Eternal“ Ever-Living
God ,and believe in his ever. BlelTed Son j efus Chril’r. The,
DifferenCesI mofizobferv‘e, aremens DiflVerences, and mu-
tual' Animofiti‘es‘about Differences. "And I afiirm, the {hit
Difiiere‘nCesvin—ithe V—AriOus modes of Worflrip,‘a‘re-moflly In;
nocent; but the feCOnd Dideren/Ces are Criminal ; that is,
mens differing tone with anorher, and inflicting Punilh-7
ments. one upon anOther about them ; and breaking the .
. Bonds of Charity ; hating and denying Communion one
to anOther, on the fcore of any way of Worlhip, differing
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make all mentobe‘of'one and the fame ‘mind,5t<')i'have"tlte
'"Iame thoughts, and apprehenfions70f thing's"; ;, to. “agree
and perfbrtn the lame things, after the fame Manner-and

Method, as fome men are over-fond "of, and lay out all their
endeavours ( but to no 'purpofe) to bring to pals; forthis

is neither pofiible nor‘neceflary ;- and therefore do rather

inocurage honefi and fincere Diflcer'ence's, than fuch {breed

and HypOcritiCal Agreements : For what fignifies a Con-
gregation and Prefence of Bodys,“ whenthere is a diffent

and abfence of Minds ?_ ’Tis the Unity of Minds makes the

agreement; and though Company and UniVerfalityf’ma‘y
‘feem fine and plaufible things tomen, yet "they cannOt be

pleafing in the fight of God, if accompanied with Error
or Hypocrifie, which are generally the Concomitants-of'
pack’d Agreements: But we know that he is well pleafed
With our‘lincerity and good intentions ;~ and :willra-ther

Pity than Punifh,‘ our unwilling and unfortunate m’ivflak'es;

in Our" various and‘difl‘ering methods'and inf’tanees of Re:
fpeé’t unto him. But my defign is from the im 'oflib'ilitie
of mens agreement,about the things they conten ,from the
innocencie of their firft Difl‘erences,from the folly and vanity
of their Contention ; all aiming at, and defigning the fame \
things, biszlae Salvation of their own: Souls, and the Glory of
God; to perfwade Men to calm, quiet and foften their Minds,
and to convfince them of the Unreafonablenefs of their Mu-
tual Severities'and Impofitions, and to-difpofe themton
tual Compliahces and Charity -: Alfo I would! dsifcou-nte-
nance, as much‘vfas pollible, the” f001=ilh and vain attempts of
thofe men, who with all the Art and Indufiry imaginable,
do endeavour to make the World'all of onemind ; and'are
impatient of any Contradiétion and ‘Difl’ent‘. ‘f "Tis ltrange.
that the 'ExPerience 'of f0 may Ages ’ {rhould nor School
them into a better Underflanding ; letathem quote the Age
wherein they all agreed: Has there net been Father againfihFa-

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nther, Council againfi COuncil, a continuation of Changes '

and Innovationsmnd have we not tranfm itted to us aiBlack
Ltd of Herefies and, Schrfins, as men call them ? And/’tis

l pofiible they may quote an Univerfal Force and Tyrany,

butnever an llniverfal Agreement. But why fhouldl go
on? Thefe are things paf’t'cont..radi&ion, é‘c- And what
hams is there now to make men all of one mind, more
than formerly?- Have we . n0t their Difficulties, and our
own too, to contend with? And to fay true, we have .0.
thing handed down certain, and not fubieEl: to difpute, but
the Good Being we adore, and his only begotten Son, in
whom we believe. Thefe things indeed arellniverfally
Credited amongfi us, andnot ‘d‘if'putedby any, But all .
other things do, and may challengea Difpute, fince they
have pafled through f0 many differing Hands, and ferved
{0 many different Interef’tsand Parties. Indeed fame Re-
Cprds I reckon more Authentickthan Others, I mean thofé
that teachandinf’cruél; us in the ways of Peaceand Holy-
Lrving; but in general, all lie more or lefs liable to exce.
pt-ion. For they have been managed, by men of various
and differing Underfiandings, Pafiions, Humours, Confli-
tutions and Interefls. ,And - have we n0t the fame fort of a
men? And isnot the World governed by the fame Methods
and Politicks, asformerly? We fee every party quote
Scripture, and Fathers and Councils one againfi another.
But to what purpofe? For none of them at this time of
theday, after the Revolution-of f0 many years, are com-
petent— or fufficient to decide our Differences : Every Age
brings up men of Prudence and Dilcretion enough togo-
Vern themfelves ; and what the Fathers did, ism-0t to be
drawn down for a Prefident for thefe Times: They lived
in A eswherein their CiviiCufioms were different from '
ours ; and their Civil Cufloms may as well be impofed on
us, as their, Ecclefiaf’rical; their Civil Cuf’roms did influg
ence their Ecclefiaf’tical, and fo doth outset; and that ifn-

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ereafes the difficulty: Befides,théy werebut men; audio are.
wetThey were good" men indeed, and livedi'Holy Lives;
and were Ornaments to" their re'f'p‘eé’tive Generations 3' and
as fuch' we ought to refpeé’t them. ' Butthere is t00 much
reverence-vs paid to Antiquity by fume i. and they are
apt to draw Very weak Conclufious; andifay, Such a Fa-
tl‘i’er'feid fulcha thing, ergo, ’tis true; ”and think this way
of Arguing is good:- and Authenticlr, never'ec'o‘nfiderin‘g the
Truth and Reafonablenefs of the the Thing, ['0 much as the
Authority of the Man. But further, pafling oVer the Ini.
quitie ofthe Times, and the Corruptions which they may
hia.ve-.;under‘g0ne 3 and fuppofing" them to“ be all trulyt‘ranil
; mitted’tovus, yet they will fignifie very little at bel’t,fince
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{peak-any, thing’ we' would have themgto fpeak‘3'and are
Weapons in: the Hands of ’eVer'y' one that plea‘fes‘ to 'take'_
them : And norhing is more commOn than" to hear all”

f Sides and" Parties fay, They have ReafOn, Scriptures, Fa-
thers and’ Co’uncils on their Side 3 but this {ignifies nothing
’ at all, becaufe they muff net be‘ Judges in their own Cafe.

Ihdeed‘ they fignifie3 as to: particular men- for" inflr‘uélioni

and? direction in" Holy’Living; and give Ekcellér‘it Coun-
c‘el'and Advice, afi‘dimin‘ii’ter to Holinefs and Piet‘y", bUt will"
decide few of our Controverfies, fince Parties muf’r manage?
them. "I‘is certain that Law, Scripture, Argument and?
Reafonfignifies-little amongfl 'Dif‘puters 3 each Part’y'ealli‘ng ;.
thatr‘ILaiw, which doth .fer‘ve their tums; that Seirip‘ture;
which doth“ fee‘n't‘t'o‘ chun‘tenafi‘ce' ‘ théitfl opinion 3‘ "'a’nd’
thatReafon and geod Argument, which favours and tends ~
to promote their Defign-3 and notvrwhat really [are To:
And this mifér‘y Will'fiill be. continued in. the Wed-d3 as
long, as we have fe‘ver‘al Interei’rs to manage 3 fevera‘l Part
ties, andfo few (if-any ) indifferent, and impartial Judges»
amongft‘ us 3 and all things will fuffer AggravatiOn 0r: Ex-
tenuatio-n, be great or .-li.ttle3; good- or bad 3 accordinghas"

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they quadratic withsmens Opinions, Brejludices ,gorln emits. ,

Butffitppolirig men to be Impartial,Diligent andHo’hef’c,‘
yet ,,’t,§i"‘s inipoifible they Would not. differ in their Send;
ments; {inCe their Underflandings are f0 variOus: And
fom'e Underfland more, feme leis than is meant; , iome Fie
gurativelyfi'f0me Litterally, fome Relatively, others Col-4

leétiiiely', i Diftribhtively, ,Prifvitivel y, Pofitivel y, AflirmaQ

tively, Negatively , and a hundred other ways, to the
wearying and Wearing outof all the Adverbs: Witnels all
thofe numerous and large Comments and Explications on

Law, andGol‘peh, both by Antient and Modern Expofitors, '

molt difteting one: from the other, thdfighh’on the fame“
Teth ;" according to the Capacities, Differing Acquire.
ments,_Educations, Prejudices, or Prior Notions of the
Managers, all which add to the Difficulties of 'mens agree-
ment‘. " fisThen again, AEeEtion being founded in-Likenels ;-

A the variousAuthorsAfind’Abetters,‘ according as,,they'find

Readers of the fame Humour and Conflitutions Q‘nefloves,
fucha Books, and fucha Man ; and faith, What. he Writes
is certainly the Truth and Right ; and why ? Not that-1t
reallyis {0; but 'belcaule he writes fornething fuitable to
his Genius” -a‘nd.;Comple&ion T.l1e',_Sang,uine loves the],
Chmtful‘andEncouraging; the Mela'nc holy‘,themto{t Dole-f
ful andTra'gical Expofition; and molt call that which
pleal‘es them the Truth. . . _ . ._ :

Buc further, Let them tell me what Good they. have
done; bylfuéh‘theiifl Endeavours of Uniting Men," asthey:
call it 3, Have "they not raiied more Devils than they can lay},
Has not one Book ‘begot‘f another,and one Difputevanother?

And (0 like is Truth to Fallh'ood‘, and one thing to anOtherv,
and itheregbe {0 many Plaufibilities and Probabilities,t "the
WilEft and malt Confiding Man may be deceived 3 andro
by Co-nfequefnce this Humour of Difputing, propagated

. to the endof the World; which in'flead of Curing and

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Charity. As toPublick Difpmes, ’twas hardly ever known
but they that had the molt Power, and the largel’t Interefi,
always went away with the Vic‘lory. And as for Private,
I fcarce eVer knew two Perfons engaged in a Dil‘pute, but
that borh came off worie, though bOth gotthe better: The
love of Vié’tory on one hand,and fhame of being overcome
on the Other ; their Paflion and Indifcreet Zeal, their Weak-
nefs or Intereft, hath made themgfo obf’tinate and refol‘ute,
* and put them on fuch Shifts and Artifices, that have made
them come off worfe men, Iam fizreiworfe Chrifiians. ,
Since then it mul’t be allowed me, that ’tis impoflible the
World lhould agree, or be all of one mind; and no means
found Competent to make them To ; to what. end then do
men Difpute? Do they think to Unite the Poles, or re-
concile Contradiétions ? Indeed their Endeavours may be
pitied, becaufe they may mean well; but nor at all to be
commended. But to fpeak Truth, they have feen the has
pofiibility of their Attempt long ago, and therefore laid
. their Heads together for an Expedient to falve all. Hence
came the concern of Infallibilty; a Poor Shift indeed,
which hath made all things worfe than they, were before;
and has been f0 often Baffled, and is fuch’ a Ridiculous
thing, fo much againft the ExPerience of all Mankind, that
Laughing at it is the belt way of Arguing. And to my
Apprehenfion, the more "Certain and Infallible Truth, of
the Impofliéz’lz‘t} of Agreement, is a much better Expedi—
eat to charm the mad World into an agreement, than that
of Infallibility. For when after fo'much Experience, and
fo many Attempts made, men find the impoiiibility of A-
greement; 'methinks they lhould at left agree, that is,
the fhould yield themlélves Vanquifhed; fee their Faults
an vanity of Contention, be induced to be at Peace one
with anocher; ceafe their mutual Violence and Severity,
and Amicably turn all into mutual Love, C ompliancccr: and
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Charity. And when. the Romanifls boa flT‘Of’ their‘Agreement
and Inl‘allibility, and objeé’t it to the. Pratefiants, that they
cannot agree ;\‘I would have them tell them again, thati’tis
impolfible to agree, nor- is it‘ neceflfaryti and that itis~ino
Crime to difagree in their Senfe.. Alfo that their Agree-
ment, however they may boat’s, is noAgreement; that
the FagOts may, as .well be lai‘d<to:’azgree,-when they are bound
up together,or Sheep when droveup tOgetherand pounded
in their.Folds ; andwthat it is~- rather a Conlpiracy, or any
thing-in the World, mor'eproper than an Agreement.zfi _
’ And let me ask the World: the queliion, -Where. the
Harm would be", ifme-nrvworflai'p-their Maker intheir‘own
way ; and have ..--.'various and differing; app‘rehenlionsz of
things. ; it all their refpeé‘t‘ive Opinions and=Sentimentsba
l'ecnred from having ill Efieéls on the Public’k, and from
dil’turbinggoneanather}: VVha‘ta’isr that to .me, if a man -
think a Tree to be a Man, ona Man-to beta Beal’t grit" a man [0
mifithought and" apprehended,"be feeured from being Bai-
red or Worried ? We are all to anl‘wer to Oneveommon ‘
Lord and Mafler'i’;. he isto be our Judge, ifwe have ferved
him not right :-=Indeed- I».- lOOk on it as my, gluty toinform
my Neighbohr, and infirué't himgif'he be out of the Way, if
I—tliink my wiayl the better, and {more plealing to my Maken;
But them-fince I‘maybe mifiaken, and out of theiway,
and he in the right way, my methodlwith him ought to
be no-Other‘ thanReaf‘on andDifcourl‘e; and that-in the
mol’tvlmoderate and difcreet way I can. . For if I fhould’ do
otherwife, I may bring a greater inconvenience on him,
than that I pretend to Regulate.- ~ .' V . ‘
But again, “As to the innocency of Differences, why
flmuld-any; man. be efiee’med a Criminal, or punifhed * as
fuc-h‘, whole Defiresand Intentions areto plealé hisMake'r
-ns.well aa-minehWe fee 'all'leivers, little a.ncl‘-*gre,at,’~iat
lal’t-difcharge themfelvesinto the Ocean -; andialerivilia
ons. and Sefls of Chrifiians- havethefameEndfia‘ndfT‘endenr
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ey,‘ and Terminatein the fameCente’r, We. in incleavourg
ing to Plelfe, toGlorifie and honour their Maker. ' Why
therefore flaouid the dil’tinél: Ways and Methods in Spiritu-
als, be more a Reproachthan thofe in Temporals; and"
men not to be’allowed to «choofefor themfelves their MB-
thod in obtaining a Manfion in anOther World, as well as
fieeuringa Polleflion in this» Their own Souls lies at (lake, ~
which if they have any apprehenlions of, mut‘t needs eh-
Iige them to be fincere? But this interpofing in other mens
matters , and being over-officious, I like not; and they ' .
that force their «own Inventions ”and Models. of .VVorlhip ‘
on Other men, under the «fpecious pretences of Right and
Truth, do.(I am aliraid) force a Trade rather than Truth,
which {lands in need of no Coercion. And indeed there
is fuch a myflerious Trade driven in the Concerns of Reli-
gion, and: fo much Gain getten by Tome particular Methods,
that’tiS’nO wonder men'contend lb earn'efll'y for; them. ‘

a. - And amongl’t Other hinderances of True Holinefs, and
Chrifiian Affeélion, and of the Efiabliflmrentof’l‘ruth and
Peace amonglt us, are the Dignities; Honours and Large
Revenues of Spiritual/\Me‘n: ‘And 1;;beg fome Gentlemens
“Pardon if I think amifi; when Inlay I believ’etheFla'mes‘
of Contention that are {af90t1,-and foJmuch,difiurb‘Chri-
fiendom, "would mightily ceale anglgaabate, were the Oylig

“anbllance of their Fat Benefiees, alittlediminilhed Oi‘f‘t‘aken
away a: And. that a great:- many. ntfiejngwwould"no-tVth‘ink it

‘ North “their-while to contend fo’abont :the“.\infwiftb*l,¢.;things
fol-7 another World, were there-not a 'fgxreavt‘deal :t-ol begot-
ten/by it in this. Butin order tea Cenelufion; '
.. VVemay hope and gwilfh ST'rti-thand 713429.935 toflouri‘lh. in.
«the , Wrflrld,-,b‘ll!: we neypnflia l l, fee i L35 (longing Elem pora-l S a re
for; mix: Wish: Spir'irtuals fifthfin Willinevet bea “prolternus
:0! blelfe‘dgilluej offiieh an unhallowediand :unlané’cifietl' mixe
(tiurefl 48m, yhengtherie 3152.3. divoreezplltto tilde; candl-Iail

:POW-firOf thfé Churnh :bjc devolved ’09.; the .State :5; and the
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men- be choien» in another manner, and their Allowances-
fetled 0n them per the State; and when Learning it better
managed and reformed. For the Poetfaith‘ but too true,
‘ W bat/0.87287 I'll-the State invades,”
The Par/pit err/yer force: or perflmdw;
Other-5 may 67mg tb’e Pavel to rile-Fire,
But the}! the Brent/9, which makes rbefir’nme a/pire;
And that wastbut an unluckyfo'rtqof Comment,» which‘onet
madeof thol‘e Words wrote-over the. Head ol‘our Saviour
by Pilate, in Heérew, Greek and Lat-in, that he filould be
perfecntedemofi by men skilfull inathofe Languages --: For ’tls
the Learnedmenare the Warriers, and manage .allour Con-
' tenti-ons; they Would-in amanner naturally Disband, had
/ they-not. fuch Leaders, who have? little elfe to do but to
raileteunneeefl’ary @arrels, and Yet the Werld together by
the Ears.The other three partsvof the World have-little lea- '
lllfifififld lelbwilland abilities to maintain. them ; I»:fay,.when
Learning is better-- managed, and twhennasperfeél: and unalte-
rable Toleration of all Perlwafionsin Religion is ei’cablifhed,
the-nuthe Eternal God will, b1ef§>the World with Truth and
Peace; batitis only the laf’t, I mean Toleration, which
we at :prelent may expeft; and“ that for the Reafon-s- afore-
mentioned ; as alfo for the unvaluable Benefits hereafter we.
{hall certainly reapthereby. 5 For in particular, .
_ What can. more contribute to the Security, Profperity and -
Plourilhing State Of this Unhappy; Nation, than by one joint; .
’ and Univerfal AG, to sAbolilh all th‘ofe Grievances which,
have fo long dif’turbed our Peace ?‘ I mean-Fem! L-zawr- and
765‘! 3 and-‘atithe fame” time to Settle and Eliablilh a Great
Paaifick Charter,that Hell it {e1f,nor all the United Force of“
Malicious Men {hall never be able to dif’turb2Wherein every. 5
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_ not fit-to be quieted or contented, becaufe they willnot be

fatisfied with their pmportion of’ Power, or good Livings,,
but. demand all.. But; leaving, fuchfl unreafonable. men-t0
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be managed into ‘COmp‘liance, by that Power, which I

‘ hope will doit efl‘ec‘lually, I. promife my fell, that all the

left will not betrayfo much Weaknels, as not to acquielhe
in fuch a Sovereign Expedient,which will certainly redouud
to the good of the whole. For hereby every one willhave
his Religion fecured to him, by as good a Title as his-Land ;
every one will be fecured from the Deflruétivc andFiery
Zeal of his Violent Neighbour: And fince bmmzzmm eff er.
rare, andmiflakes and errors will be, as long as there be
men; yetthistGreat Charter will proteé’t all from the evil
of one anothers- mif’takes ;. and'will put an end to mens rui—
ning and killing. one‘anoth'er for God’s fake ;. will make the
Lyon lie dalfiflWfi/Jv the Lame, and fi/eme the wire of Com-
plaint: in ourSrreez‘: ;.. will-check-the Infolence and Ill Na.-
ture of "Perverfe.Men, of all fleas; and let men Worlhip

their Maker fincerely and: truly, and prevent Hypocrifie; _

Will make His Majelly’s Government ealie, and pretgtfia-
fiions,Plots and Confpiracies againft it ;will give hi "l
to exert His Royal Vertues, and make as confiderable a Fi-
gure in Chriflendom as any of His EAnceflors; ; will take
away all thepretenfionsill- men-may have from Coercion Sc
Reflraint, andleaVe them inexc’ufabile if Turbulent and'Un-
quiet; fo that none dare endeavour to Patronize them, or
mitigate. their Condign Punilhment: W'l‘ll lay alleep all
Fears‘and Jealou'fies, and quiet the Pallions andAni-mofities
of men, or at leafi make them 'I7tr1poten-tland~1glneapableof
doing Hurt- And in fihe, thatby itsPrOvifions andSan-
étions, will qualifie things lb, that menof all PerfwafiOns

, {hall have an equal Claim and Title to Religion, Property,

and their Princes Favour and that no publick- Emoluments,
no Office, Interel’r, Benefit, Favour or Prefetment, lhall be

denied to any man-,en-the account of’his-Perlv’Wafion ; bug
purely on fome NetoriouS‘ Wicked Incapacity, Andfurf‘e

ther, by its Pacific'k‘ Namrewilfl gradually eEe&,.. that the
preféntr odious malignity- affixed to the difliaguiflting
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j Names ofChr’illians, {hall be mortified and made'innocent;

and to go under feéeral different DenOminatuiené”,-stihall be

no more a'ReproaTch- to them,fthan it is for Citizens to :be

a; free of fevenal Companies .5. or Country-.mento be called by

f the Name of the County theywere born in. Butvin an- A
' fwer to fame Objeé’tions. - > .i .. . , ~ -. .»

.g .f If :iitsbe nudged; ‘T aft/18 Papi/Z: oughtnot to battle. the

Bane/‘1': of Toleretion , hernia/e of their "fickednefi : To

this I anfwer, The fame Argument holds good againfi any

Side or Party ; for. they {have been .all wicked by j Turns,

when in Power; andhave been: pretty even one-with ann-

ther ; and f0; I think, havethe gre‘atefi Reafon ’to agree:

'Befides, if weifiay, and Will admit of 110 Religion to receive

an Ef’tablilhment,‘ till itsProfeflors have clearedthemfiélves

of all Real Crimes,- or pretended ones;;;. I am afraid we lhall

have no’Religion atall‘g F'onall Sides-have been really to

 
  
 

A B1 ' and real’lyEQriminal, though‘ejery Sideehdealtrour
to. te'nua‘te their Guilt; but being Parties, muff nor be

. Judge'sin their -own,Cafe“. Their denying their Faults, do’s
nor. "make them. lefi -.g;uilty, thoughfamé men? think {0- ;_ and
by an odd fortfof linferen‘C¢.--:_they‘reckan to make another
v man-a Criminal; is 1:6 m,akc-t-hemIEIVesInnoeent. And the
~ principalmhingurgedin their—,DifCOurfe is, To magnifie
’ mothers faults; and :le-flien 'iChCir..OWfl.‘ ';‘And this humour
“is. In Ep‘idemicak I; meet it‘ahlmof’t every where; And
‘ . if they: can} preveaor. make; M ountfany ; way, the. 'Perfwa-
.fion‘cf aucthergtogbefibfiltdrbr add; :they look. upon them-
felVes tobeWefy- good-:Ehriffia-ns 1; ‘ neVerar-cnnfigeringahnw . "
4, c-afie a thing it is tomakeanythingiabfiird ;:.no whatz dif-
* {great ways of FalflmOd' gthere axe; infume :of which ‘, “’tis
.cbh t-OlqnG; law they themfelves may "T1; 6931.»; . 4:; i a
’Btit-to.eém@‘.to aimoregingenuw5£ “feflign, ‘Hiafiflfl
Ind‘ifl‘erennzPerfon to 'fineaki‘the Truthfland giverall‘Sides
~ their "due '; “If‘prmeft'lgcannnt in.-»Confcienee"-.vi.ntlicaie any . .
Parties ptoceedmgs. Thc'ii’ipflfhamEaults’enonghaand
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the World isinqflifitivé to find out more ; not to mention
the mifiépreléntations and foul? charges,’ which-is infepara.
ble to difpnting; Parties :5 Norare the PrbteflwteDifl‘thers
altogether innocent, but in many things molt acknowledge
they have fa‘dly mifearried; efpecia‘lly inthofe late unhappy.
troubles, in the Reign .of King: Charles I. Much lels is the:
Church-.of-Englmd to be exculred, who by their Sev‘erities 1'.
and Prefihresol- Government, gayerbut too great provo’eag
tions to both ;' andtheir. Farrow Drivifigrlike 3'61)”, is thq
principal Caufe of ~ moPt OE our Troubles. TheyWe-re the

. oeeafion of the Seat: Rebelling, Arch-BilhOp Lau‘d‘impofing

the Common.Prayer-uponthem, (contrary to the Conllitutb
on of their Netionjand of the iquli/b former and: late
Rebellions, by T laying. fuch Loads oneDzflfemersyiwhick they
would not help to bear with the lea/l of their Fifigers; but.
molt" of- all to blame by efia-blilhing-Inigaity‘6},th -; and
after f0 much mifehief done thereby, yet vindicate: the, fame"
Law Hill, and by Confeque‘nce their Wickedfpmcegdings,
In: Calm Pits and Sobe'r- Hoursy‘theyflconfefs their: former-

, ill I r-eatment by DzZ/fm‘ter: haema‘de‘sthem over¢a&,|them.

{elves of Late. , And why will not they allow this to be a

‘good Plea in the "Mouths of- others, Who. overgaEted them- ’

felves : too in? their «late and formeanutr‘agge-sf ga releasing tot:
deeply andxunchreil’tianl‘y‘ -;their-~5 1:11Hfage.,a~nd»-Qppr¢gfion ?

, Tyrany and Opp‘refiiom is theGriginal anci‘fiqurge ofi‘mofi:

violent-Out1~agesn;aand whenever the :Baanksia‘re pull-"d down,
“16 Current: runs With;thengreatefl-v‘lmpetuefity: 1- ~’I‘is {well
know 11 .i the Papéfé! i have; 11,234; bufimkferable a“. Treatgmegtgm‘
Eeglmd, *- e-vet ‘fimerthe Refie‘rmas'sénr:butsletsialiy‘lime
Queen Marfi’wimea; andfikisalihewauas: welt-lathat;12ifl%zz+
”’5 have had'vli‘tttle-zbetME Md 1.9.9:Mnfigtfihfifieforfiithat
they have plottedaadtbeen Ingllblefomyrothsm tinnhate»
‘ke’Pfi-‘thflmaundfifis fiM-fih? Qhfifihfigbfifing the” W 1.16.5:
under>Hatqhes,-gab«rthe:Di smrsuiivssefletters to bring;
the‘m’felvesI théztheykcanfid it;afihfiflifigLihe-again Indeed

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they have not had lo many Temptations as others ; for fince
the Reformation, they have been mol’tly Regent, and in the
Sunfh‘ine ': Ilhall non: further object againf’t them, what
their Enemies have Objeé’ted ; but fay they begin tofhow
. themfelves men, and exaftly like other men too ; they-grow
angry and dilcontented; fometimes Threaten, fometimes
Flatter, then Reflect, {tart Jealoufies, and raifeBugbears;
and, ufe all-the little Shifts and Artifices which their repu-
ted E‘nemies, in much worfe Circumfiances, formerly-:ufed ;
and then were objected to them as Crimes. So that in Con-

‘clulion, after all, the noife and talk of Loyalty, and good ,

Principles, by every Party, I find none of them good, but
when they are plealed (which they fay the Devil is) and
{1036 much worfe than another, but when they are provo.
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But here, Iknow, Will come in an Objection, And that is
That tbePapifl: byvt/Ieir Principles-are fa far from thinking it
a fin to ale/hay- their Innocent- Neigklmur: , (which are Here-
tiéks, a: the} call gtlye‘m) that theft/rink it, matter of Merit
412d Duty form-do. Here is an Objection with a Witnels.

‘ - a. ' Pudet [we opproérizz ”obit,

- , E: diti potmfle, & no» fotm‘jfe refefli.

, If this could be“ prov’d', ‘(whi‘chl never yet Yaw) and if they
clear nOt themfelves from this, and give the World fetis-
fafiion; I am fo far’ from extenuating fuch a wicked Prin-

 

ciple; t’hatI think what-'O‘ppofition'their Adverfaries have \

already, 0r hereafter‘m‘ay make againfi them, is all but too
little ; and“! think itmyv Duty, “and Ought ’to‘he‘t'he Duty of
every Hond’tMah, to' extirpateffuch .a*Race of Men from the
face of theEatt‘h ;' and "to refisefl them as ‘a' ‘fort of. Wild
Beafis, that'wou-ld Deveur‘and Prey upon Mankind. God
forbid I-fhould argue fm-‘fuch a fort-of men. WhatI argue
for, is only for ‘an' Ihdttlgenee-iof thought Einthi'ngs of an In-
dif’ferent ”Nature, and Principles which terminate in Specu-
lation, and \ptoduceno Wiéked Adi-ion. And I here declare

i again,

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again, as at firft, That ’tis an unreal‘onable thin , that aey ‘
fort of men, under what Denomination (never, ould have
the benefit of any Government, much l—el's be admitted 21351
Member, or Adminil’trator in it, unlefs he do his endeavour
to Encourage and Proteft it, and give Security for his quiet
and Peaceable Living under it. _

But then as, our Saviour commended the ‘Dnju/l Steward,f0
I cannOt but cOmmend all our Parties, and mutt needs fay
they’do wzfély in their Generdréan,..ahating their .‘Honeljty and
Integrity. For to begin with the ChurCh-of- England ;‘ Her
Sons‘AEt as Pr‘udently as can be imagined ; for they have
get all into their own Hands,all the Spiritual Preferments in
the Nation ; if any of them ihoultl turn Papifls, that is f
madnels, for they have get all already; and the Pa 1]}: have-
noching to give them: They know, that, if eithert eymove
to the Right Hand, or the Left, they {hall be L-elfened, fince
they are craving needy People on both Sides them: There-
fore their interel’t confif’ts in being obfiin-ate, and handing
out againf’t the Kings Demands: They may be made leis,
but cannOt be: Made greater : Therefore by all means
poliible they endeavour to keep thofe under that would
come in Snacks with them ; alfo on the fcore of their Abufe,
for they are Confcious of, the Injury they have done ,
and are afiraid of Retaliation. ' -

Then as they cam-0t be blamed to keep their Wealth and; .
Power; f0 on the Other hand, the Endeavours of Others mul’c
n0t be blamed in getting what they can :» And,‘who in Con-
fcience or Equity can accufe them, whobeing Pour, Indi-
gent and ready to be Starved, do endeavour to {upply their
Wants, and come in Partners with the Puffelio-urs ?' t’Tis"
natural for every man that hasbeen Opprefledt,’ to rid‘him-
felf of his Yoke, and endeavour to fécure himfelf for the fa?-
ture; and that man deferves to be hang’d, who -‘ Branding -
condemned by an unjul’t Law, and gets a Reprieve, will a
not endeavour to get f0 unjuf’t'ai: Law to be Repealed. gut

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, than the Inj-ufiice of the: firl’c; or the irieg‘urfarfity‘ of the Mes
» chads of phegLafl, I'ca-nnd’t confe‘nt fo c’ommend;.w Audit
gEifitvmesz me;.;.~t9 Con lid-oer thew Religion is 41. made "a: Staik’ifig
. ' (Hodge; ;/ 44:15:32 taken: up. {01:329. Pnetenee arrd Cloekyto ewe:
omens béfedfifiglisn1-:and.;i‘n,deed as far. asaéVér E e-outdobfeive;
two thirds of‘that which menfcall by thawenerable Name;
. is nochingselfe but] aTr‘i—ck to, geteMoneyw. “And the Holy
Scriptures are] ,l‘ike‘Qri-gifialgDced’syg. by which “any man-that;
has. but aglitetleflmore;Wit- thanflonefly , may lay—claim} *
" to an Ecel'efi-efiical.Pofleffiozmi, ‘x. , ....; . r ~ I
_» Butl‘eai’g I Jhould bezathollght : to fpeak i‘rreverentIy-of'
. thofe HolyBOoks, (I acknowledge, That if a man be fincere‘:
-. and-bond}, and look for Truchas if: he had a'mind to find:
it ; ,anhave‘; no other ends; in his Search, bwcfto pleafefhis'é
- Maker. andfave his Sidul»; he may eafilysfimd, enoughtol
~make him- borh happy hereand hefeaftehfi' Eutasfar as I"
(an fee, men feem‘t‘o underfiand mof’croftheScriptures?
‘ '«baekwardy For whereas the Prophet faith,‘ fie hathfhewedi
_ thee; 02224222 \gwhggtihe; Lord 494225211462.1444940 fifty/Eire,
  4221,1432}; .Meigex, 422414.10" mlkHamh/ywiththy God.“ Andi
. th?a§A?°W¢ tell-synthc'm, Th4: 1MB Rehgiah‘ before God-4m!"
_ the Fatheif, conhfl: 2'22; wfitiingethe. Fatherlej} and W idem. in. '
:54234231224204444 to heepxihehz/elwesluyfpotted. from the
World ; Valfo another, That the} fhduldifa/lbm Peacewz‘th all?
. mm, 4224! 44122296,:42’4042 which Q2202 222472. [hat/1‘ fee 5’the' Lord :‘
BythdrAfiipns-andfLiving, theyfeemto underi’tand them .
he‘lear contrary, as if; ieh-‘ad been‘faid thus, He hath [hem-
" ed the 0 22244; what the-Lord requireth of. thee,”'ta do In.
iejliiqe,310-}.102262Perfemtim‘, 41249.0. 22241361 4: Em‘hg‘ty‘ 422d De-
finite with'thj Gad; Trifle. Religion. before-760d and the-Fab-
t~h£tis§ this, To negleclffhe Imam, 422d nfliifh the.VVid"om,..‘
4341.. to conform themfi/zrek: to the F4fhz'am of the W arid; 422d"
fallow Cohtwtionfmd erzfe with 4/] men, wit-how Which 220"
majhgzlligomHewem Trudy. men‘s'Aétions-ffeemgtofa- “
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.1 And {natty o‘ther‘"placésr0f Scripture-I;could-quote, which:
‘ex‘ltort‘ to“ Love, and Peace, "and: Mutual Compliances and -
:Cond‘efee’ntiony which men, either “do, not, «or. will» not no;
delta-ad 3 "and u’tis a‘rdeplo-t-abslething to aconliderahow parti}
altt‘heyearoin ~ut‘iclerfiand.in,;g’the Scriptures.» Some-”Texts
are great Favourites, when they feein to countenanee their
Intereli or Defigns 3am! othersthatwill nOt vote‘for them,
are ca fliiefid,‘ andva hundred Objeagions railed againl’t them.
That of,.C‘022tem';earfi€fl/} for the Edit-h mace 'delgz'ty62jed’ to 3/76
Snizz't‘sfi warrantyon at. this time o’th? :day’ is a. apgr‘ec'iousaone 3-.
_ for here peevithature is gratified, andwhere if I have a
"mind to keep any thing that? is dear- to me, I haveaCovet
. for my Difh; ’tis but cal-ling my iEaEiion, my Paliion; Hu- ,
mour, Prejudice, Interefi, tgefivp. 'byvthe Venerable Name of?
:rrue Faith 3 and then Ih-aveaCommiflion to..ac'0ntend.' Ear-«-
Refily for it. ,Cmtena’ came/2:1)» with mfg)" 0142? Liar/g5: afla’é -
Benefits, once delivered as by the Laws, would not look well 3,. ' .
But Contend- E:z-riz'eaft‘l){~fort/se.._Faith).~ that’s plaufi-ble; and».
goes d0wn glib» .I, will readily allow the Objeétion which»
Ifee is ready to come-upon me, that is; 2' 124'! meagreoblig
ged 2'22 Con/5362256 to come/id for, the Faith; nor that which they.
think to be true 3 yet this Contention ought nor to proceedw
further than to Edification 3. audit any other Methods he:
ufed "befidesi calm, Reafoning. and? Argument, , that defirfop
Charity, an Indifference" is better than ,fu‘eh (Multantion;S
And when men exhortgtheir Auditory; toerontentionszg;
however innocent their Meaningand-Intentions may beget; 3,
their Diferetion‘xmufi be blamed, and they will never: be,
able to clearsthemfelvestof Plubl‘iqk Cenfure, if they do:
not ...,qualifie the-in tDifizourfevgwithaal,l. the; Limitations and a
Refiriétions imainable, 3 fanmen are; 1095a 9(1th- contend,
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é'ter can poflihi}! ‘ find an Expedimf; or make it poflihle, amiql/I
f9 ‘rnany variom .andoll' incompetent medium: , The: red-men
fhonl‘d he of one .mincl, or that the} fhould not Di/hgree, not
he Deceived, or not have Dfirences and Contention: ; ’I [a]
fince the/e thing: are impoflihle to he done (Salvfi veritate,
and allowing liberty of judgment ) The attempt it Vain and
FOoli/h, and/not to he profecnted hut h} Foo/c or Mad Men.
And {ince it is (o, the next thing which naturally come: under
‘Confideration is, How to make all things no Innocent and Eafie,
end fnjitahie , to Government 4: poflihle. ~ All which thing: Hi:
Grecian; Majefly having dniy Weighed and .Confldered ; ant of
Great Experience, Dee-p W ifdorn, and Prince!) 'Compajfz’onEto-
nude hi} rnifirthle contending Suhjec'fc, hath found out and
pitched 1420;: the only Expedient in order thereto. I mean 4‘
Great. Patifick’Charter, whi‘chthongh it cannot fnho’ne rnem‘
nM Natnre and? W 211, yet wifl put it out of the _ Power of any
one Contendiilg Party to hnrt'anOther. "’13: thi: Inflrnrnent
and onb' the? (with 9‘ God: chieflingu)can make our Mi erahle,
Contending Arman" Hep”. 5 And he either do’e‘ not truly an.
“o‘er/Zonal his Inte‘re/i; or ie no True-Englifh-nmn, who doth not'.‘
heartily defire it and h} 411 {hone/2 ween: endeevour. to promote '
it. And I donht not, rn‘angre call-the Oppofition 'ofplnt‘erefl‘gd;
and _7)nreef0nehle Men, hot that Hz? Mojefiy will duly Efleiie’ .
' it. The Almighty, all 600d and Wife God, who phi-it in hici‘
Heart, no donht hni wifl‘ ofli/i ”him in it; ondiffo,‘ Camem-
' 618‘ mm 1': pertinent? in‘the 641er ~ TOR-rive“ againfl the A14:
Itii-ghty will be to no purpo '6‘ ;- They hut in win prom/é:
themfel'vec fncccfi' again/3’ the King ofHea'uen and Earth. It;
feem: to he an Honorir and .5 Blefingf refir'ved h"; ‘Pieeéren-on?
pnrpofe for Him ;-' and 13'- 4"»- Jacob and- Performme ten/f
north} of fly jadiciom, fo Staci, cndfo Confagiom a Prince :9
and will rczfi Him gqNarne, and eMonn‘anent,‘ not to he De-
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