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t all Airs fo~llawcrs of one confcnt, amid Amind;
we 5 yet I Immv not from what mifl:, orimpo.1’;cnc¢,lodr-as
ged in our nraturc, with whom Errors and Miftakcs doc
‘for the mofr pan: prevaile more then Argumcms or Dc»

be fpoken, or in w hat fhapc 0r drcflb fmw r

~' this ufiiting , peaceful! quality with Air;

monflration-s 5 and with whem our owne mif-cjonceiptsM4’ A
(conveyed intcausrfrom fuchwhom WC§ri-«think rtoo holy A 

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Vh Teachers ofi‘t,:md according to thcfcw:-.ra11_fQrmshan?;1
jihapcs, into which they have cafi it; hath alwaycs bun
" lookt on as fo many fcvera1lhTruths 5 And to the difcrg.

dit, and dif advantage of it, h3.l'.h* in h‘alI* Ages bcenh as féa

flvcra1Ly«4cntertained and hhfgllohwcdgr has aggnogug thc
"Heanhcn“Phi1ofophcrs ,” ‘we End‘: the nuhmhef of 'Se&%“s,

to be much greater then thr: number of Scicncésh. Every
rycw famous Teacher, who profcffed fcverity in his
looks, and aufierity in his manners, had the power to
draw a cloud ofDifc:‘ip1é_s after him, and go crcét a. new

f.Truthf w‘ir'hhh a; ‘nI‘e"""V‘ Sclloole. ; And hthusmhing the very

' A hCbL1%I5Ch‘:_(_f)“f God it fclfc, the Gofpel no fooncrh began to

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he pr,é:achc_d tothe w_or1d,hut it began to have his ‘Sccfts _

°ian,c3“'Shchi{ri1'csh, ahnd fidrings too. The Apcgftles t;1Jh?ghc’but

' 536nh7ch* Fafiihh,  B aphtifm ct, oneC hrifi, ‘ kc-hn¢, piaiflfi Open

way of falvation to men aye:-:1: thcyzwmfc:mjfl-‘hunhdsrftood
by fem;-, as if they had preached many. Oras ifthc
:numbc1*.. ofthcir:fev*e1'a11 Doétrimes ,; had cqu;a1l‘cd* thé
~mAl1I1¢ berofth‘ei“r fcivhcrizll p”erfoI;'rs, and fmcyhhadhh gévcrry
pnc v§r,herc”The:hhwcnt)fcattexcd a ifcvc:r3.i~1~~"Gofpc1..,%h, ;@ 

.Tohfp‘eak yet rnorc: plainly to yam, and necxuzr home,-
;oltheHif’c_ory ofchis Text ;TI‘he fiarinrbidnsh (to whom“

tE}—1iévEpih[’chlc:‘“hvvas written) as iffroxn evcry new Teacher A

t~i?1:1“th:;;ha:m¢§3thhith”cr,t.h”cy‘hiad learned‘ a new RCILK-§iOHg" be-3
‘gan atilength to”hav::;ash many Rhcligiqnhs ammng them
asthcy hahdflhcarsd Tea.c11crshh.h You hmight~Vhav~e: dhifiinat

guhifhcdhhd’i»vérs C h'urch’cs‘ inmthch f ame Ciryg anV::1hai'c dhia-"T
A gldcd xhciri cficleefs wand Creh:c:;dsb,ythcԤr Faamiljcs and
fi1‘eets.h ihhhWh;e1'c,h¢hb“ ha ltallmcic ‘and  dccfeit of the N “e:£rc;.“+*

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T :ii;hHen.ce,.,.iintime, dii¥ercnc:e‘and difaiigré

the Pryle of the feive1i'a11ipipes~and channels, by A which

ihiigwas conveyed eahnoadiiniro theiwotld. he .
,; z   iThis.di;verfiiityoif namee, and fides, ‘grew? at firft from
;mhei1f,; diver :fityiof’~opini0ns? , and. minds; A <W‘hen the
:lea{§53ed “‘w;re{ting fifihfi Scripture eewihich'th~ey had heard
iip3:eiae13eidit0%an Apoffles; fenfé] I Tiwoulidiprefume to imi-
A§Pfl9.f€e§;11at fenfe;,<wh:icI1x~vas;-., indeed, not an ApoPc1es,on
«rOCi1w€1‘S,,_f3_kii£2aCi tho fee othfe rs.,equf2Ilywizsiuhlearned ,though7r:
’ iii‘. as reeafonablc,f0;iti1ey could en'ciE{ieit to axmthieri pow-
Mfi1e,toimp0fe their interpiretation of: Scripture on the

A AA Thistidivex-figyiofmiinds 5 hfproceieded at length to di-
fvierfity_oI~‘_IangLm.g¢ mid fpe§ech.~".»i .iCongre>gation fépofke

ceVnfioriou.fl»y hot iC0ng;reg ationgasiif-none ha.dxbeien in the i

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'4 yourea.d4;atrhe I2. verfe ofthis Chapter) {aidi,1I min of V ~
,.Paul, anotheir, am afxljral/0:; ah third; am of Cepéw, ‘a .
fourth, I am afcbrzfl .- V Asfif Chirifz I had either been di-‘
 vided, orelfe were to {iand with the -raft as the name-of
AeadiPcin6’ciReligien. Or atiileaih as if the Gof'pe1,which
hat firfi fprung from   him, likeftreamies .b.rqken offfrom
i their fpring-hiead,wereno‘lsonge’ii toretaine thename of
A the Eountaineyfromi whenceit rofe", blilt were to weare

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_bQot,h_.,and V C‘/my‘/l againftall thr:e.e..4; iV\7h0ie Sermidns,~ii“kc

gthofe Chan gee: b1Jé»figiuztei$ whi;eh»i1*i*e4:meholyi men ffiaimc

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, men; in focirsty and convcrfation too. i.Diffcrcncc of o-9

ilVPi;,}i,pn hreldrfgparation  companies :3 '1‘ arrclthar which 

:W=15’“a~_tl_=firft buria ircighbcurly diifpurc,;byi~ degrees rook

.fl}11°fl€ 2. and grcwto bcjmoritall hacréd , divificml and

A V fchifme. Mcrnofrhe next doors were no longer neigh.
 mugs two one anothcr. All the bonds of Charity became
Wutgtc:-Arly bcrdkcni. ;éAll chrifiian cnrcrcourfc, and familiari-

% ~Cy,;afld“COfl'1fn€rCC cca ft-between them. Hcwas thought

to be fi’il‘?'fC.', and to betray his fidc, who offered to {haw
;him fclf affable or civill to oncofalnothcrparty.

In fliorrl, the: breach lbccamc fo wide, that “he was
vrhcirzghti to be rhc-only religious man» who could mofl:
ccnlarge tllcirlcntific could bring mbft fucll to the prcfcnst
combufiiion whichiwas thus unhappily kindled amen

 them. To compofc thcfc Differences therefore, (Dill-
.;fc1'cnce5, not like chef: of our mifcrable, ciiftraétcd
times) and to make the Knorandflcconciliation asiftift ‘.

and firong,as the Difagrccmcnr and Rcrrt: was large and
fwidc,Saint: Pgmliihcre in this Text, prcfcribcs a {cverall

Cure, for icvicry particular and fcverall breach. ¢ Firff,
to rcilmlfeavc .chc;idiiEcord which rofc among thcmgby cal-
«lir1g't'hscmfc;lves by fcvcrall namcs, and to banilh the ill
«iilrwnfcqucinceslrofallfiichfaétious compcllaricms, which

jfO;l7 the rnofi pairrare bitter Invcérives, and lharpe arr...

mwics icifdctraétion lhurld at oncanorher, he perfwadcs
{them  bro? A unity -of language and fpccch , and cxhorrs

tlacrnrto call thcmfeLvcsla‘ll by thcfamc name 5 in A A
- irhcfe words, 1\’ow‘ I éefeealy you, Bmbrm, t/Mt ya: all

j}>eak_t£rcfl:metfl2ing's. Next, rorcmovc thcirwant of
_mcct,ings,i and C,ommuniolntogcther:lir1 the famc; pladc

V‘ of Gods Worlhipi, he pcrfwadcs c»hélnt»outiit§7 of

' iAll'emblic$d,iahd Congrcgationgrin thcfe words‘, ~iNm 4

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be nn;Dimrifz'én:, Th?aAtis.," A

(as Ifhzil, in the progrcflic of this “Scrmc~>n, mike? LLL “it A A

 clean‘: to Aymn fmm ihc Origénal) mat them be no Sepa;

rations, ma1:_i~s,;(as our En4gliefl1w0rddozh mil cxpmflh $  
in) that thtift be no private: fequc4fircd%meetingé,am fuck &  

thingsns Convenmlcs among you.   Thirdly, to re»;

mmrc the R0011? and fpring ,mf‘a1“l timfe 2unAc‘hariz:ab1c%<
firifn-s,,y and dmfions, and, fcparations, he pcrfwadcs

thcm tm unity ofAOpimons and minds, in 1th.¢?fQ words ,A A

NM ,1 iwfm:/2 you, Bret/am: ,% 154: you 5: pcrfefily joymql A
wgctlver in tin jam mind, and in the fame jugdcmmt.
Laflly, that bar: might with rrhe greater fucccffc do this,
a.nd,¢l1.;kq a 4skilft1l1. me wmzilcr, might ~win upon all fidcs,

, he for awhileklaywcs afidcthc Auchoricymthis Apofile-«- ‘A
% A {hip 5 and 1niwg;lin~gRequ&cfi and C.onVjm‘ati0n, with Ex-;
,  ‘hmtationwand A+v&«cc,;hc1&s the spa»rt»ofan A;poftlc”A, in

the form ®fAa%%:ic&%om m',ir1 t.hc:fc we rds,,Naw I bcflseclryau,

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t=hw:fcA parmthc Apofflcs rrlfifl-'d.C infirmation, and a&ddrcfi"c

of himiicifc, and zthc fcwerafll Dcgr»ccsnofh unity and cans A A

cm:d,4.in fpeech ,in aifemblies, and Aim%opini<ms, mo Awhicdh‘
ht: hcixe cx;hor*.ts the ~C:minthians, will build my future

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« pwwaf Text, F»i«rfi,¢ Mvwili he _=%«neccfl"ary that Ifpczk S

1Tbrmmhingtoyou»of :Saint,,Muvl-swerfcznn, inhc Prscachcr
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'it1tolAthe mindes eftoo many unrl"eatnedf, Vlllg¥fLl:‘ titeni»ti-*:
mtotng us : Which is, That Illttiveriities, and Books,ancle ~ 4
Studies, and Learning, are ft: fat from being neceffary 
preparations to tnialte a. Preacher of the Gofpel,that any A
A Lay-mat: , though perhaps brought up to a manuall
Trade, or 21 vocation of Husba.ndry,or attendance upon

Cattle, it hefinde by himlelfe that he is Called by the

Spirit of God, may puthimfelfeAinto Orders , and take A  
the Miniftery upon him . And thus enabled from above; M
without the formteAof'OAArelit1ation, or thofe »otl-let flow, t

tedious, lazie helps, of fitting twenty yeares in a C01.

* ledge to Lmderfmttd the Bible, mttyin the few minutes A

 oft. powerfuil Infpiration fpring lupmt A poftlc, and go A 

_' forth a Preaeherof the Word of God. ‘  A A  
if A To thl-5. perlimtfion they havebeen invited by two

forts of exttmples in the Scripture «.3 one in the OldeTeA- 

fianjxent, the other in the New. “In the Old Teflamettt,
Doe youttot reaeie, ffiy.th<fy5 that God calle;d;Elz]7mA

from thePlough to be a Prophet ?A And cloth not Amer A

tell you in the 7. Chapteriofhis P1‘0phcfiti‘, at the 14."

verfe,that he was 3. Herciman,A and 3. gtttheremf Sycaa A

more fruits.’ Then forAl examples in the New Teflaa
ment, pray What were the Apoflles to were: they great

Scltiolars .9 ordid Chrifl feintl to At/am: for them t’ were A
theynotFifhermet1 , men altogether ‘lJfl1C.‘.EfCI’d,_..mlCfl AA

call’d from mendingnets to preach the Gofpel 2‘ If this

were (0, That God according to his tgemd pleafure, A
without any conficleration of ftudy ,_Aor heightof.ptu:i“ts, 
A chofe fim ple-,unIearned.durtl’tudAyeAdAmen,t0 be Prophets,

A l and Apoflles, and Teaclaers, then WhAyfl1ould any think A

V hhehath Afo;cottfinegt;l,or entailed hisFree Spirit, or voca,-all
!;1Qn;0f men» uepongreatrpartstarttirftudyes, that he mAAay 

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from the Plough, or Fm'll.;‘l‘.—ifJC)3t; or Stall, or Shop-J

, board, to he Mlniihsrs oflm. iaoipcii, mi ‘Teachers of A

' his People now :1“

 My Brothrocl, you fete Ihzivc not prevzlricatcd, r

dimimlht ought or the flrcngth of the Argumg1"n; whicfh ;  

is urgod in favour of Lay-mctns prezlchigng. In anfivcr

go which, laying zzlidc ailpartiality roomy feimahd  
A pmjudxce againit them, illhali. with the fzmnc: i‘g~»i:’luoE

mcckncffe, and Candour,witl1 which SiilIIl‘l*”i&!¢3li1Cl'(3ll1

this Text: bcfpofkc his Corinthians, bofécch you, who
I hear: me llhléi day, to ohferve, and weigh, and coofi-3

gdcrwell this which I {hall fay for a Reply. A   4
Firfi, Fmrrc, fame be it from me, to W flrllitter the

place ‘Vol’: my Edupation, or to to bialI'c“myb<:lclc:lf‘cr, my —
 anyfalfcoovervlaluing of humane Indultry, or great

par:s,thatIfl1ould pinion , as it wcre,or put limi::.s clothe ‘i-

pow.er of the Almighty 5 Or {hould beifo irrcligioufly

bold,,asto”gain-fay that piece of his Goipell which
compares his holy Spirit toithc mm’, which Hamel}?

A mbcrelit lfllctla. If’ they who thus pretend to ,1 private

Inlpiration doc meanc, that win: evcrytiod did inrhc
timcs l1c:rct_oforc, he is able to doe now, I {hall cafily
gram it ; And here in the pro-fence ofyou all, confeife
my felfo robe oftheir opinion. ’Not lh:tllI make any
doubt, or Scruplc at all to f~zy, thfigt, if viva ilookc upon

A what God is able to doe, by the fame power by which
hr: was 4 able to rail}: up Children to Abraham out of i

A Stones, orfto fpcake you more ncérlylto tlhe.Argu1-non:
Aigxthaudj “by this-fame power that he was able to make
_.aHcrd--mania. Prophet, or a. Fifhcr-man an Apofile, he
is. able, incur times alfo, if he lplcafc, to make the

mealncit Tradcfmaln’ one of the groate£lLuminaries of ‘

f_h is iCliurch.” A A Since to an   Omnipogcnjg Agegt,wh%ofe  

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gifas arc‘mea=:riy Arbimry,a.ndi depend wimity upcmthé

pleafure ofihis owns Will, tilncgreiatcfi Endioawmmcs of ~

1‘m':n,and the I:-“:af’c,arc: alike c:iafie.But though he be able“
t”o»doct1‘xiis, and; the am:i4s:nt times of the Scripture

1-nave i»m:mc“d hiisi Gifts‘ witi1o>u=: 1‘eipec€t o‘fPerfoinis, yet:

A wliietiwr he naiw will, or whether in our times he doth

- fiiil thus sxtraiordiaariiiy -rawife up Teachers toihimfclfc,

is c:<rrcmc‘:ly mibie doubted . For here with all the

Chrifisiani Gvcsnizismceiiir, and ‘rcafcm, which may potfiu

my conwace to the clearing of thiis doubt, were I I0

argue n11isi=ControverfiAe w‘iti1 one of thwfc men who im-

vadc our funéi“ion~, and from gati1c:1"i~t1g of Sycamore

fruitei flap up in-tothc: Pulpit, I would ornclyewke him

‘thisi Qg1e£'iimii;V"L’h:1vit Cmimmiifiionihc hath thus to

Q ‘    ufurp<'i' uipmmoiiur officc-2‘; Orr who figncd liim his patent ;
‘W §a=fi‘1:;5“""“"L Since the? Picvfclr: tells us i’t1‘v’tI]€i fifth Chapter ofithe

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Be,,? that Gad héifi‘~i‘1,i"C3iglIed him toihis flfliicc by the fe--1

crét »Ihi’éitWcg afidmmufiibni dams If-Ioiy S*P;3riit.w But, then,

he  nmicaa up im, i’f7iI*Wt i:i=r*thér &s1ée—»him , by what:

figx%ic:~:':~3i, dr i%r11afrk«::'s‘,  .tc{iii1w?hi&s5 O1’i)it0ii¢IiS;’ he can

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  Hi Tiavzimifinf  iiiyi ~3»pi‘rii  "’¢Ezz]bn;i*ivé  ‘Rum, ma4&¢
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m bexApo:fi1@s. Emmy ‘?0:faUhfi‘l'f€_;iYiE'€i§1,:~‘¥V»hi3 dcriarc tii{e;{;‘~ A
warraint ifrom thtigfamc [acted «fpringgcan &n1akci.Ir9;i&

'fw:im_., or li1iccEiZij?m, r¢main4i£1gi;gl:i¢r¢;i1::their Vcwng
~§I[l'“a-Cl‘, :iC£-M1 teliiius :Wh;3it the iKir2g¢afi Syria fi;ye%s;i,n.hi.S
V Bed-ycmmbfir ;O;L1‘i1k6 Sainit Aflgtcr. £hcy.$ can icu;i1ac
_i'f€VCI‘5 and d;i1f¢‘.aifes ibyVith*::~1r iii>1m:»:*=-, fhzsidoiwcs paiiing

rover x:ihc:m~3Oirif”, i‘1>iik.fi',tE},& ‘xfc:-ii of the Apofiles, i,ha¥ .

»i:s/iingincver iibicfiarc [knowing Le:1t::crsi%, ifchcy can Qfafud.
.da-inc {peak a1lLaug'aages, the Controvcrfie Wis" iazaiin
jicmd;-,-,.It;wouid sbfi 9. very great finnc againfi the “S{pi1'ic
of':.God to d.<.:~:.nyb that he is in the:-mi0f'a Truth. Butif
ail it:hC ip.1’O()‘i“t:‘i.;2lIT2(Ii fignr: they cam giveus that«t11eiy;havic
him, be 0niyiafirs.;i>11gptrfivafion ofthemfciiviies 5 Nay,

ii iiifby an infa,iiibii‘é IiiLi-II°liflé1‘E:‘i-Ctfl E11€,y«COLIIdafli.1fC them."-

;fCg.1.VCS,.tha.t tihcyihavc him , yet as many asha we next Chc
iAlikie ,i.ntaliible iiilliiuimination to aflhrethem foitoo, iwiil

i not beg-ui1tyii.Qt.»an ur1p2L1*dot1ablcofF»cnce, if-'thcY fu fpeét

i:i.thcijz have him iinm.   AA iFo,r .hc*1've, iI-muf’c om;,g;4iiirnoriieLiire—
e;pca_.te;myforn1cr cfii0m,and askeebywhat; cifFc:,éis,ogr
jyfigncsicafthci fpirit, men {hall knowathcmi t.o.b¢ iiicgllcd i 2.’
.£yi,wha.:t.:’ will fame maniifay,wh~y*.’ Dmyouiict hem:
menu’ preacbi, expound ‘Scripture, unf'oldiProphccics,

initcrpret Paraiibles, nayipluck the yeiicand cloudfrom V
A 3r1thieiB0okc of miiftery¢s;it f<:1fc,the ivery RewlatiM?iCain
» amnyiof you grcat;Sch@llers, with aIlyouri“fi:u<{y_of Phi«-
 lofophers,  Fathers, Councellfi; irSchooI- m,cn, A H:iftori-

wansg, Oratoiursi, Pacts, cithcrilmldyouir Congrggations
ilonger, or fend thcmaway~morc‘ cdificd .6 And williiiycm
yet asjcc }.€fli0nS 2.’ Or ii doiubt,ofathe ‘certainty ofthcir
iivocation A 2' I-mufit not idiiifémbilzcz with imyau ;If. I could

”~mect =w:ich.an unlgarned   -iHaindicrafn~maiin who without V

f.ifi‘udy,i can,Ld;ev:this to thc fagmic hcighr, and iMcafurc cf i
i;:'fruth;iias theft ;unjiui’ci1y~cryicd d9WI1‘¢a ;l¢3I:fl<=€L 3113 A
  i B 2   _  W? fl

r V (1o)'   .

" » well Ptudyed men doe, I fhould begin to alter my opi.
nion 3 And fhould reckon him, as he deferves, in the
number of the infpired. But alas, my Brethren, as I 1
‘am not come hitherto difparage the gifts of the holy
Ghofl, in what pcrfonsy foeverl finde them, or to per-
fwade that Scripture rightly expounded, is not one,and

the fame, from the mouth ofa Priefi, or an infpired  

Lay-man -.;,io* this I rnuii: freely fay to you, That as
many ofthole ftrange Teachers. as Ihave heard, have
expounded Scripture indeedfand have ventured upon
Tome of the hardefi places of the Prophets. But}, then,

ifall my [indies of the Biblegaffifted with all thofe holy,  

tuncorrupted, learned helps, which might enablerne to
underfiand it aright, have not deceived me, their eatpo-«
fitions, and Sermons, how paflionately delivered, or
how long foever, are evident proofes to me that they
l have not the Spirit. If they h:td,they would I1€VCl',ccr....
tainly, expound Scripture fo dire étlyt contlrary to his
meaning .3, Or make the writings of the PrDpl'1’€tS,..t or
Apoflles, weare only that prelent fliape, not wlhtichlthe
  A holy Ghoft hath imprinted and 'fiamp.t upon them,but
tzmf-3 3e;;.n~.¢m—;zzr2;t which tends to the divifion ofiaKingdome,and the con-
~;»”‘ia’7'~«« tr" :7’.-(‘;*,’.*I>‘;f~::+ ~ fi.‘:fi0I‘l of at Chi-1reh,5 Nor would they, as they doe,-what
. ‘S  u ever the Teextlbae, prelfe that fenfe fromit=, not which is
in genuine, land natural}, but which tends rnoft to the de-
 firuéi:ionlof"'a party,orthe fornentation of a mofl: unnaru- t
* fa!  Cir}rillt~lW;trre. Saint Paul tells us in the Hit Chapter
*ofthe’EpifiIetto the Galatians, at the 2;. and; 3.ver1"es,
tlmit‘ the frtdts, or tifierfts of the Spirit, arc~L'oruc,i peace,
“laflgwfnflitrirtg, A gcntlrnqflé, meckncflz, Tempernncu. He t

.tufethiilmilipe1ake.tto menin the voyce,= and figure of l  

  *3. 1)ox.rc :-But “ to entitlehirn to all tholetforbidden
yvorkes of thetfleflyofp variance, hatred‘, feditiotg He-

4.

A ‘relies, f

 (II) y

up in the precedent verfes of that Chapter, isto make

him {peak with the voyce ofa Raven. i y t   x   A
In 1hort,my Brethren, the holy Ghofl isnot the Au-

thor offuch Doétrines as breakGodsCommandements

 in the Pulpit. Nor is ita long Prayer, or a zealous two-

houres reviling ofthe foot-{teps ofthe Lords Anointed,

  latheirlawfull Soveraigne,“ which can make their Ser-

mons to be any otherthenfo much Libell, or holy De-V

traeiation, Or which can make their Interpretations of

the Word of God,how moderate foever in other cafes,
if they be not agreeable to the fcope,an mind, and in-
tention of the holy Ghoft,to be any other then fomany
zealous mliftakes, and {'0 many illegitimate births, and
creatures of theirowne deluded fancies. , ‘ V

i Next, in purfuit of this ifoafonable Argument, give

- tneleave, Ipray, withall the plainnefl'e I can, ( for I

well know where I am, and to what Auditory It fpealt)

i to make it yet farther evidentto you, that if I fhould
grant whatthefe 'AU5‘5M£yV of "AMI, as S. Befil calls them,

theft: Saints of a dayes growth,challenge to themfelves,
who thinker that all that is required to rnakea Minilier

of the Gofpell, is -:3 Céaefigaonely to be willing, and to
i tflart up a Preacher. lf,I fay, it flioiuld be granted them,
that they have the inwardeallingof thespirit, yet God i
A is fo much the God ol:order,that unleflie they will c1‘.I-   y _ 
ter themfelves into his fervice, by undergoing lthofe   *

Rites of Confecration,and Itnpofition offlands, which
God hath pre fcribed in his[Chureh, to {land for ever as

 theioutward formes and, fignes of their vocation too,
  everyeafisof the Minifiery whichthey performe,,istbut a
 facrifice like theirs who offered Rrange fire before the
Lord ,and miferablyperifht by theirowne: forbidden ;

B 3 Cenfors.

  re{ies,Envyings, murthers, and the like, there reokoned,  i

  'Cenfors. Ori£,ym:wiA1l

A %knc3:wne ‘»vhifper and*inf’tiné‘cvo%£‘the holy Ghoft «: Tm..,

(1?)

of it by a VjL1dge;rnen1t a“s**t%er=rib»L.-2. films to %putth::ir"ha—:1d
to the Ari-«:6, thus%to~fuVspporwc1t,.1f’t W611; ready to fall,
»isfuchanrmwa»rm?nted p%1CC<‘.‘ of o~ff1c.1»0uim-rife , as will

~(cc1f‘ta~1i’::-Ily)t1nfcpen%t¢4d, at=fomc~timc cm‘ (gather, dmw

the ;punifl1;.nt%nt otuzgg/4 um: them, provoke the abu-
Afczd Almighty ”to*br:.:ak forth m a £1:z2~r1¢: of fire upon
wthem,and confum :2 them for their tmnc-:cefi‘ary4 dA2Iig::*ence.

Forhere, allthe Scripture «examples which imboide:n% 4
’ themm this vxrorke, docrretumc upwm them, as fin many
Ainfianccs and pgsacfcsoftheirincmszchmcm on our of» 
~fice. 4Fdrhc1"clecmeomce more zzaskathezn, How was

VElzflmc:al1ed%to be :1 Prophet sf’ %mec1'ly by thé‘ {carat ,,.un-

ly, ifhe had, yet this would not make much for them;
Abccaufc God never tycd himfelfc prccifcly to theft:

outward formes in the choice wofa. P1'0phet , which has
A then did, and‘ fizill doth inthe cholcc of his P%ricfl:1s. Ycx:

thcca1li:.1gofrhis Pxophct was not wichcaut fits vifiblc
fi‘g‘ne. Gae,{ayees God to Eli;//J‘,inA%the 19. Chap. ofchc

afirflbaok Of‘.l:('i1gg'5,“at7t11c 16.. vcrfcr, Amzim.‘ Elzflm tl2»:_:,,: '

—AVAfimwc cf 3*/mg»/mt to lve+Prop/Bet in tizyramme. And whether

I"'nc-&rifi ‘.....€~?""4u¢nv;r *5
 121;:   1%


V ch~::1ikc Cert-manic cf powring oyle am his head, were

notflfopcrformed by fume elder Prophct upon Amos

as the younger, as tis not affirmed, fo tis; not dcnycd in

wficripturcg, butléfc probable. In the Conf@cra1:ion;of

y%rh‘“q=:Priefis ofihofe times, the cafe is much more evi-“

«d§c:"nr:.* iflead atvyourlcifure the V’.2'9..«(:‘h'apf‘€17QfExodpI4'5
A there you fl1all~find’e, thac‘bcf'0reA God would r1cAceivcA

, %'t‘h”Em i7n%t%0 that:facredrfun<fi:ion2, firfl: , qdivcrs ‘Sacrifices
A   ware to  b‘ctvoeffered4 foxfithem ; A it hcn«*chc.y *Mw:cr¢ to be
 b*rm1g“hrto chVc:adoorc ofthc Ta;b~eArna4cI:e fof AA th:c;Cengrc-

Agatiion, ~ and merez nob: wafl1It;_%1:h:cn  1:h*e ipricfls %.Ga;.r-
A     A , ments,

‘have me cxgurefiiauhe dtzzngrcr A

  % (I3)   *
miems, trfm Coat, the Ephode, mi BWRVA-%p1’at.e:'¢ and: M‘L:’re+;
wen‘: to be put uwpon th~e‘m%. La.fi1y., f'aHoszvcd t¢he aI1g>in-M
ting oyzle,» which was~;pou»,md .u1.;_:»oan_At,%l1eirwhcacI;s
t:h«is~ Awavs the eC.on£‘?ec;_mc£oz1Va’i' ;;h—c %}Z?’ér;ieftas;: oi. nkm:fc§r’
gimea.   ‘ A  - c  4 V %   M t W V A 3
' The Ceremtcmicfsfl0f%Confc<:ra:ion in the New% Tc-+
fmmmt, Wcrediffcrcnt, I«confc£Te, fkcvm thofcofthc
OM;  yet: equivalsenn, amsl; a.nfwe'ra.hTl%c to thém in
fiht;-:%i¢%1%* kindj. Thcfe Vwvm: , a puflblikc: meeting of mg
Cl1urc%ht:oge~ther5 3, prefcmation. there made oftheper-
fomo be made a.~P riefk; folcmnc prayers and f=..3pplir;a..-
tions put up no God, to make him ufczfull to his
C’h»uL:c%hV: and fora ft;-ale o~fa1ltheVw1:efi, thelmpfitiorn K

of‘ the Bifhops hands, aflificdf by his Pmsb=yV:c1:'s. Now,

mybr¢th-_ren,Aapp1;y this to clw Pcramge Pric{’cs of om:
z:imes,w ho wit1m%unvvravfl3r f:*C.‘!: t?h&ruA*fithemfc1w:s inta the
'I‘.:z~bcrnac1e.;notafézcrifice, not fa) much asa h%andé*ul%l
ofmezvle, or graimér oflncenfcr, or drop of Qyle, {pent
to4wards Vtheiir C%onfecrarion; No falcmne afi"cm.b1y,
no prefenrattion ‘ofthcm{c1vcs%made to God, no impoli-
tion of haxuds, not fo much as a fh0xtPra.:ycr, or b=cn-ediw
won, or God {peed you , ufed towards their =fc:£ing
forthintethc Lords Vineyar.d&,~and you will finds sxghaaz
there are the t~hec:vcs and rLobbAe:rs. ( pardon the .;hardV;_1yesA
Auf the ?Ml2;ngiAu-age, I camnmt make nhc§Scripturef fpeajc
mi“icTly'.c«r thm iVtdarh)whiVc*hourSmzimut Ch1*ifl:%fp¢ak:_s
of in that 10. Qluapter @fS.¢AAf}*3w/2n3at%*theaV fi‘r%& AvcI§f§:*,.Mct1 )
‘WI-ya Veiitzef not w 6y #9: do0”r%e% ~i;¢t0flta&a1fkeep<e~fal5l, ~é:at.al;im6e

uj2fc3me at/yer w4y..“InV bri~cfc,»m cn,w—hQfe. Saczmons a.z1d;D»i)$-«

find vwh~c<1m=s t4h&e?m*arkc and Qh:m&ex:;,, c)‘_faI1,;t*h.e time

&frim:s~ cowef to4t:heir céfiscraitions.By.fic:a1z:hA.they' /iv  , 1
Aentéi‘ intxa the m;1ni{tc‘1‘y,,~and by? PceawchAey.;cxc1:c1fc 

 ’9**Minifiers* ofthc Gofpcfl i~s~ w‘fkénd, hwifig 41/mfrfdet/790%’ Epbefisn an;

rvzjfé

z.%'zL

(I4)   4*‘

witbtlad pnpuratim of the Gafjvel tofpeaagthcfe men wan.‘

der, and gee a‘tmut, having their tee: thud with tile prc- I
A paf¢i£iOIl of the Guipel Offiflfé. ‘Men, who never think

themielves lufliciently Apoltlesy till all the world doe

M 4 call them the fonnes of thunder too. Men who i {peaked
 Fire,and throw Lightning among the peuple; and

thinke they havcthen onely done the workc, and bufi- A A

‘neife ofan Apczfile, when they have call the congrega- A

tion whichtheyleavc behind them into a combtnfhon
and flame. I {hall trouble ytxur patience but with one
Objc:étion,which may poflibly bemade agztinft what
Ihave hitherto faid; that is this: Here, tome: oncof
thcfe moderne, felfe~inipiting Teachers may fay, Sir,
you tell us of Ceremonies, and Ctanlecrations, and I

“ know not what, Impofition of hands; but either yea

have ftargot your fclfe, or wifely diflifliiilbltd the vocati-
on of the Apoftles.Werc not they Wlthout your forma...
lity of laying on of hands, wnzhout all this ado: ofc<;2n-
vcying Orders, and the holy Ghoft by fingers , imme-
diately called by Chrifi 1.’ What impoiitton at hands
went to change S.Pctcr from at Fifluelman inn.» an Apo-
yftle 5,’ or what Bifhops Ceremonies pail to m alte Saint
that .(in whole perfon ycnihave all this while preacht
‘ag‘3.ilflfi.' us) of a perfecutor (bf the-Church to bc~mmc a
."Doc'tor ofthe Gentiles .? Doth not ytmr owne Tertuflum
fay, Norm: é-' Lam’ S4cerdate;_[umw,'I'h:tt any Layman,

" » %if‘“thc pleafe, may bctayPryici"t?y

 V of hands weqttotheir .C0nf¢crationy,l before they were

  To thisl reply, firll, A~sf0rtthé.Ap0lilCS, tis true, in--
~-dccd, we doenot reade that they wereconiecrated to
their Miniltery by fuch Rites and impofititzm of hands
as were   afterwardsly “rece‘ived and praéticcd in the
J Chyurclh;  lY'ct.fomething -anlwerable to the impofitiem

i in:

(rs)

gmvcnce vAvith full Au‘thotiAty to preach the carpet to the
world. For befides their firft vodatien by Chtift to be
his Dilciples,from whom they ilicarnt thatGofpel  

‘which they afterwardspteacht ,, what {ayes the Scrip-

his Relurtcetton,ti/I 1'_[ma’t/ac pramzfi:Aof my F4;/yer upon

jaw, wdye be indeed with power firom Above. And, pray,  

what was mat _pf:0tflllC , end what was this power :.'_
Cetrtainly, that which you read of in the fecond Chap-

ter of the x1é‘r’:,uwhere at the time prefixt by Chrifi, the «
A holy Ghoft ldeicended on them. And how did he de-

fccnd? in a .£till,1"oft, fecret, invifible perfwafion ofthe

i t ,.Fancy '.' Orin the filent whtiperofaniunperccived Illu-A V
A minntion t.’ No fuch matter, ‘gzgoaicpzfcopm elixir, flbiritm 
 flmfiaar Ape/lain, fayes at learned men. The holy Ghofi:

A there ftzpplyed the office of a Biihop: defcended upon

tthetn in an audible rufhing winde, which fignified his
election of them to the Eare,-, And fate upon their heads

in the ihape ofclovcn Tongues offire -.5 which fignzfied t 

[his eleétion of them to the eye.
.Th<:fe   were his ceremonies,
hands, {ayes that Author;

Hi ritw, fmr impafirio ;
this his Impofition of
So that all the dill‘: rencc

betweene the Adrniflion of the Apoftles to the Mini-
 fiery, and others , was oncly this : In other ; Confctcratie
.ons the Bifhop onely granted the power to preach, but

beftows nnt the Gifts 5 Here the holy Ghofl beftowed
both. He firft by vifiblc, outwardfignes, teftified to
the world whom he had chofen , and to whom they

~ gwere to hearken -5 And then flltnifllt them with

ATt:n:guesl, and Languages, and knowledge, and parts,
fitto bethe guides 8: great Infituéters of the world . Let

..the{e~ men maize it appcate , to me thatthe holy Ghofi

hath thus defcended upgt th cm, thus furnifht them

  W3

A ture .? T terry yg at Jitrnfltlem, {eyes Chrift to them, after Lul<.2.4. 4,9.’  

  (MI

  %%  withparts;,A»amdIwi1i4 _m.m wimtngly refigne my place

to them in the Pulpiz.-. .

  Ncxt’,asfor S.PmZ,ti$ cleare by tixefiary —of'his4€on»a A

V verfion,:hat%h4crcccivcd snochis COmmi‘flionto preach

.452: 9A 6. (M.

M A

%% Azvim  Véveiwé 2‘?/ayjig/%9t,a79&I éefi/Zea’ witig five/jaly G[’€’fi.$.
-~ Ti~l1A his Itnpmiitiozm   of hr.mds,V the holy ~+’G110{’tAW*aAs n?o‘t.

ma him, yet he h»a~dnot l~1is«f‘u1r~1V Comtniifidn 5+-1*ew:1sA»
  burgyeéWaDifcip1e mnfec"41~acedbAya Dimple. To A:makVe:~
  t>, a higher, fecomd,.4audAm~0re.-«
falemrie cv:-r1‘fc‘c%i*at~i0m pa”f’c upon him. which you may
i¢eaé1;i~n%th¢ 13?.*?c~ha;:54ter ®f*tl"i4E: V%A&s%, where, fa-Lies the-~
A h01  * V’*(»3ImI~’c t‘® the  i*op11¢1ersV,«avnVdVT«:i’achers ofV:h~e M:
bf mioVch, fi*p%ara*te%“¢¢e Bnrfz2zé>.w,w¢d .S'wt‘ul:, for 21:: 

from that which,Ch.rii”’c {poke to him in1m.,€iat,ely% from.

Heaven”. But what faycs the place -A.’ After-he was fals.

Icfn to,tl1e Earth Lind, Arzfé, fayes Chrifi mi) [him 5 1.
dim! gaeizmt/2: %City,am!JtlJc*re itflm/J5e*1‘40lo'[ me what tlzow;
  when he came inm thw: City, 21 Acert?ain/e
Diikipdle named Aizaniaa , p%rc-infiruéfited by ‘C hrifi in a%
vifion, was (em: to him,~VWhopu‘t:i11g his HandAs on hirn,

mufi ~doe.%

{ayes t!1eTéx‘t, {hid ‘whim, A B»r¢i)t:’aer»Saul, flue Lam’ (mm

§3éfm W‘: ggzppvmd  tbez in ét/ye my) maria few! we, tI9;tt“‘

bcflowed hiri\+1A.4 And Whchwhc wVas»b:*fi:owed up»

1

him  ounrigh: Apofi

A + wbé‘r£:!u’r1ta /mw mll*tm’!1bei;z 5 fim'*.2.¢Azad ihow Wérc théy

9- 3I'ef3‘a4r~&bed,fI pm}: *3 Tht3"tl1i~rc*14v&:4rfe ceiés yam‘ Wl.r%nfl1‘e~ A A
~  my Tewciyam, therc mentioited, ‘/Md faflefi; ¢mJ.:f
Wijafil,  lay! g/my ?lyz1nA*?:A*b’n4;V2é‘/2%?» 5 ”i"a‘.ye*sA the Tcxtstha 
A jfmt«s%rI1em 4h2ay;ti«li1rhenthey w&nte*tip%oW*¢r; fl Tovwhicfz

  g f‘p"3* agé vof‘ "l=?1is vfltatifitfl , m#ta‘l»14irfg :23 ‘the ‘m’iniflActy;..g¢iv‘¢c'

' V  l%savc~"te%aM**&t¢h‘is»fb»r+1«h~is %pam:s.'r’hat ih%a“h1it‘r3ar3%vay~
 AA ‘3a4¢q1£1‘~*i&r%dA L:?caArifin“g,V ‘he  %+gi‘ta5m?fl,V‘SchoIT@Af: 
 *«;Air%1*t‘:, b«red  at‘%thé?f%eAet~df Vaaifialicé, A9221; “great L*D‘Q
A V%¢0mgu‘¢§?¢..: atffirred by;  

Mzfiv-»,_.i {imke'¥imdre~%  V M
T: Z 4 A  % dufiryav

 

 

‘dufiry,thch all hhe och

 A Heathen Poets.

  an     

gr Apaazm whiciz _a1mo"fl: %  

all Languages infcillcd intca them by infufion; In fllorg A A h
he. was, vc"rf’c, and mad, and flrudyed, ho: 0n,§yh.in4thhe *

Scriptum, hufltin the hhighefl partsofifehcularhlearnhingg 1

of Mem2m’cr,h Epimenidn, and Arazfm,
A Which is furs fign to us,th.-at fiudies,2md
learning, and paztsacquired in Um’vcrficies,h“harcn0; hin-
drances, or Iz'npedimc11cs,' if mm: helps to the Mimftery,
Laftly, aShf0rth3.t faying of rmzzzm, that Laymxehq
may be Priefts, he tells you, in thc fo£lowingh%%xvqrds, in
what cafe this is to be undcrflood. Wiccclefia/fzci ‘or;

In the writi

 

dint? sum :1]? confeffi'tJ5‘VVh::r¢ chéhconditican oi"tm~: ti:-E16, ’

arzdvplacc ishfucgw, thatEcclcfiafihic3.l1 Qrdcfrs canhmazrbrs:
had 3 Ifa ‘Chriflhizm Lay’-man fhhould coane imro 3. pagan
Iland,o1j into a Cm’-ntry of‘Hcz2themhpt:-hhplczyvhcr: camrc

is no true hM.1n1ficr.4 Hcrcwfirzgms, ér éfers, @- ,/Eaperdas ::,j V

every man is 21 Pricft, and mayB,a.ptize,z1nd adminiffet

the Sacrament, andprcach as much otthc Gofpcllas

he knowes. But“Wh£:*rc this neceflity ishnoir, .tofnat1Ch

téhr:Serm0n out of the mouth, or the Sacrament ucof

thehh hmeds, or the Child out ofthe armch of the thrtlit:

Minifh:hr,' is: termini ' r to bfiin ‘ aha numhrcn ofthofc um
Y

iézallad Teacht:r$,i~0f whom  conxplaincs the :2 3:.

Chhaptérhof yferemy, at the  I. vcrfe; where he faycé;

I hhbacve not flmt tbcfé Prhapbqtsflret _t/My ran; I bum natflraken 
4 _to*tI2em,yet tbeygrapbecied.  And farthcrkthcn this I will 

not piurfue the: _rhPcthingI»prc1>o4fe'd no you; which was,
byi’hoChafii0h "of Sahifnt =‘Pi;m1.c7 Calling tr)» he ‘an 1! Ap0ftle;,:t?d

.:mj=move an errohur‘E‘1atetak¢iti intoithchminds of fomc,
‘ Wéhatwchrafts-men

may cxcrciéfe, the pl4aflce% and funficion
@‘fahPri¢fi.h    A A   ”      
W 7 =The' next rhhin gm I:'fhasl€h obfervc to=yo_u,x;s,Athchholyh 

aipd inflnuatxom  hich S M»! hm: Math no wim upontheh

Ca" V  mindsh

7»; Z rrzm»;

_’-2: “ ‘
The artificial!
Infinuation of
himfélfe,  V I

“ minds ofhis difagreein

i(t8):

" not to the with that part ofan Orator about him, which

i contfilis inithe excellency offpeech, or the entifing
words of mans wifedome (leflit he hafldone fo, hee

 

‘r it?   ‘re  
be  41  f*//

might perhaps, have gained much glory to himfelfe,

but th'eenhisl\/lafier muft have been in danger to loft his, a
and fo the Gofpel have fuffered from his Eloquence 5- it
And his Epifllesa might , perhaps, have pail: for ah A

good piece of Rhetoriclc, but not for good Sermons)

yethe every where carrycd this other, equally prevaim t   A
  ling part of a good Oratour with him, that, by complye-L
h the affections of thofe to whom he wrote, he  

mg W11‘.

39% (Lyn £'3iwfl(.fi1'l’ce transformed himfelf into their fhapes, and became.

all things to all men,_ that he might the bctte.r,.ttrans-

iformelthemrainto his, and make all menabecorne like i

A him,l'elfe.Thus to the Jewsihe became as ajewgand

, “certainly, inthat-deferiptionofhimfelfe he was infpia; l
red tofptealt Truthas w~ellasll1nhis' otherlwritingsjtas, .

_ currence of natural], acquired,_ and inlti-fed abilities in: 1
 My him, which rendterd him though not one ofthc,twel~ve,,,.
i =  yet”of7equall%g1fts,:;and cndowmentsl”tot~heem all. Lafi-

put himfelf: awhile with them undertheLa.w, : that by

infenfible degreiesihe might take their yoke from them,
and might beget theitlriking-, and entertainment ofthe a
«~Gofpell.. And thus to the Gentiles- , who were with-»

out the Law , he became as a Gentile,‘Withoutthe Law.

rfoo, that he might unite_fithem to the gijevys. ;If~I.may.A

fpealt of him by his owne defcription ofihim felfe, (and

hewas not chofen, like the ref’: ofthe Apoftles»,out~of
F;ifher«men,-or men unlearned, nor ca~l_l’d«to preach the;
Gofpell from mending Nets ;,aBut as,tt~li,e;:e' wasa cor:-g

  ly, as.his~ taskc, and patc:nit;t~o.lpr~eayc;h "the Gofpell ‘W335;

g Corinthians. Thoughhc pro:  
fell?-l‘:,i in the beginning of the nextCl1apter,thathc came

A . A i A (19) A
muchlarger then the rel}, as much larger, as the refl of
mankind was larger rah en the N anon ofthejews; So. in

the performance of his taske, he never fayled to "ex- A
preffe all this. Like the Beaft, ofwhich P/inyfpeakes, 
which puts on the likeneffe of every thingnext it, and
‘ihowes like a flower before a flower, like arflreame be-

forc 3 fi.ream_.,and like a flame before a flame; fo ’c'was a

piece oft-his Apoflles (Art {hall I fay 2.’ or) holy corn»-”

mi{Iion,t0 be all things to; 4llmm..Strong with the ftrong,
and Weake with the weake. To part with his Liberty

,.o.a-nae,

atothefcrupulous, and tonic it with the in 1 ercnc. To

eat allthingis with thofe that did -eat all things,_and with

_ ‘thofethat didnot,to keepe himfelfe to hearbs. Will

you heare him inhall thcfe ‘particulars expreffe him-"

felfe rt-'1-‘urn: to the eightChap.of this Bpiltle,and'toA A

the 19. verfe , where fetting downthe end , and aime
which he propofed to all his holy Arcs,he fayes, T/Jmgb

Ibcfzfeefrom afl men, that is, no way obligedto cloeiasll '

I

 doe,buti for my Mafte rs lervice, yet,/mrue I madcimyfegfis

afmmmt to 4/1,:/mt I might mm t/7:: mare.Now ilihumili-uy,i
and the cafling ofhimfelf below hi-[I1fClf3lfC0bCfCCCh,8C

lcntrear, <3: petition thcre,where he had fufficiem: aurho- i
rity and comm1H'1on”to enjoyn écircommand, be to Wear A
the form of a fervant ,-,.and if all difcrcet Behaviours,

cotmpliances,‘ and applications, take their meafure, and
ufe,and ‘p'railc',fi‘0m thegood end to whichtheyare,.di-

reé°ted,8tthe good-fuccefle whichtheyare.likely.to"proa-A A

icurc,in all hisfipifiles I find “nor thisApo{lle more expe-

diently making ufeof hisArt in the.for.m of a fupplianr, .

lthenin thisText.A For eonifiderithefe Corinthianstitoi

whom be here applies himfelFAe,,divided,t and ‘broken
into} Fafiions-gand thefe Faéi:ionsl.t feverally deriving

 l thcrnfeIves,Afomefroiml him,iothers from Cepbm, others i

A C3 i i from‘

  from ’Apal!a,s~, (Names, in their €)pimions;h as hofy,

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ii:

gn’:a.1~: as his) and to have dczflt im pcriczmfly with them,

or 1:9 have ufiad his Apoflzolicall power ,4 and to have

commanded than to .agt:eem.cnt,had not beans to make

pcacqhru: to anim ate, and hinflamc that party which ca1- h

lcdhthcmfelvcshis fidcdthad been tQ,£9,I0 call up op-

pofirim, and difdaine, in the others, who were not of
that  ' Whc, cxting Apollas, or Sam: Peter againff



¥«/‘f/‘W9’

him, and thinking it tohbehmme c0nfefi'i0n_0f:l1ci1' er»
rifidur and we%akncfI'«:“,hh :0 yccld firfi, c>r to gate over to

them who {aid I;hCy'WC‘1‘€ cf Paul, it bcinhgas rcafohnablhcr V

th=atht:’;ey ihould come ovcr tmzhhhcm who {aid they were
of‘Cepb¢af, or Apallnx, might: have ask: the fame quicfiioa

which the firivxng Ifraelitc askt Mofes, Who maxim/wee 42,

gfmlge over new 2.’ And might have fecmadéd this qm::£t1on
with anmher, and have askt him, How onc:intw:fl‘cd,.
amdvingaged, may the head, (as they conceived) ofa
Fafiion, could heprcfumcd to be an impar»ria}l recons-
c;i"lcirh:' 'T\h€‘~"‘bett€'r ,hthercforc,»to cftabliflaa peace and
concord among them, S.Paal, in this Cbapprocceds by

3...condu¢cib1c Waies of Reconciliation. Ar the I 3 .mr.he 1

clears himfchhlf fromhallhintcrcflch car‘ engagezncnr to a, fidei;
Aanhd xequafly blaming th‘of”e who fahidhthhcv were of Paul},
as thhoihc whhuyfaidh they were of Geplmr hr Ape/!o.ch,he haské
fthemhowivthcamhe tapaffc, chat thcy deal: with the Go?-

A fpell ofChrifi, which wascnthigra-and feamleflé,‘ likchis

Coatc,»as tfhch Souldicrshdid with his 0:11:-r Garmmtsh,
divided 1: 53721 kind of blindé Lottery» amhanng thhem.,hdnd

* cvery one takehis flaaref 1..~cm/z divided *3 Saycs he.

W45 P.eml»bru«&ifi:dfar you  A O r were ye B4ptzZ7‘:ed in the mm:

afgmz4lh.? Ifhyoh w¢rehnh;h:;,:t, why doéyVou ;;~a:.1.e a {i:ré’c.,—and 
  VI5a:<5ti~om frhcimhhfaim  doc Lyon). @1414 :)%*¢it1’r~* f&lVC§‘By h
way A of r-xfmrfie hhranhd dihftin6tion;»hP4:4l:/iv   wio  burnfe

the

A {]“f)‘

  then«am‘c 0f y‘omrPrreachm* .1:ndApoflle,4 into me mama’ A

o“£4aSchi¢fmae‘and Ia'dci'   A .      “
* 4 Ncxét, = as he vwcll knacw mhm: the Ar‘eady&c£t swayto Ire-

  cozv1c;i1»»ea}1Ifi<<;I4cs , was to Amanifc~f’cAA~h4imi"cl%f7c tubccxf %_
none gfb ‘be well knew too , *Ehat: h;«c::tVhat would knit,

V and Tm-unite  difag'recing mimds,,wasAmmt "Pm dca1er»eugh-
i>y.;,ao‘r% magiflcrmlly with.nhe.m:, (fox that MwVere¢ hIfm':‘.%1“®f£‘

b<at1~1 -.;,.a;5d t chime rt~he_ enmity and hatred V which thcy
had beltwccn nhrcm%fe1ves,. upon Ath%e%Reconci1er, who
fh*ivw t»o;t:hem fr1e<‘nd~s) but was 1:0 Aqucnch fuch

ifcords wi:;h»fofi; +langA.u1a»Igac, {Sand to cure fuch rents and V

Wounds A<::»rf me» ~VCVhgrch _:by A apmuring oyie ¢ into. thgcm.
T‘ia@>u gh , Ath~ctefort*, b-éiemg armed fiwkh ithic %a:utahoVricy as
l1¢rfif?hirzf:;fe?1f¢, ht‘ igsbt, with  u>fi'iLce enough, Jha«v..c
 De+Ca*e%es and ()rd1n.avnc:es m fbinisd "tthfcm to agr¢e..
 1*, ye: ma 4i*mhe1i' ~€a1514@Wéb‘f€€E+h«%t0 m“ccam:i?}e tlrmm. to « one

Jéénwther~Wifth~'t4hci%rA ow‘ne~c0AnafenrsA%.. :I%n;ami1AdA,and hum-

‘=b1¢c~*a+dd%r:s:.*£Fe »of>1%z«im {?<:~lfI, %tAlr1Vsr»9af{m:e%., ;=nost:em<n&t»1win gwhvi  [elf

moré to wane *fiVdeathe»n A=an‘mvh::r ,. he .eq1mAl’ly 4 mFe2src4h'ct*h-
Mifih‘e4m 9.li,'*tha‘t he ~might*the.‘m‘ore mgar&1fully%be liwflned’
amby Mi. «And he b‘ef§:ecAha-ch c%hd*m% for ‘things which
little concerned*hiimf@1*fe,‘bu“t.fm*rt%l*ze‘i:r wne good. H: V

per~ir4ions&them ?m?hAa’t«they would be A-f:1ve4d.,a«nd.[pmds ina-

t'reVAa”ties*fl1at mhry =w.ouid‘?vdu'th“faf%e to Atgm to hhreavcm.
P1‘4»€"1*€'~t‘_jfFLI~ti*'FC°StI1%t“‘I*1*1 mat may wwlv be woirfc Ghri-« ‘

ians,V tV?hat-is*,"~S chi‘ifta4xat~»iqwcs and  2.‘:,parati&s , than they A 

A 'Wer& VAV:Heéchen%s,4w«that%is, :uh%ahAimaus A*Ido1aAterAs.

‘V ‘Lamy, he begsoifthfem ehaztftlwy would once mm:
%*”é‘%“a“Cht3rchA4é:M City; *tVhat‘i%~,»a;lacc of Vcommuhmz,

 ‘focierjy,andA‘CvhriflianA~c0n‘v‘cr:fatim1. \Ana$cha: “h~c<e
*Atr1i‘g!~ht*f"he*rAmorc p%rcv4ai1ing1yAobraime fihxs Q‘f«*t*Y1£3fI1., he

addreffeth him fclfc to them in a«£°’cyIcxandVeompc1lation

  %%4f%the*grea*£cItand vgerjtlcfi*9etfwafio~nacoépeaae-thatean  

  A c

cm)   A  

A l he ufedi and calls then: Brrtlrrm; A word, which to re»

move all opinion of Better or W orle, or of Interiounor

Superiour,(the-ufualllgrounds or difcord) not onely 

. V zfignifies an equality between the Beleecher and the

A N ,befeech’d,land thebefeech’d among chemfelves; (For

 Fratre: eff relatia intern azquales, {ayes the Lawyer as
~well»as Logician 5 Tobe brethren, carryes a reference

. of equality to one another ) but it irnpslyes all the natu-A at  

ml and religious grounds for which men might to mains
taine League, and Agreemenmnd Peace with one ano-
ther. For in calling them Brat/arm, he called them men

of the fame fociabie kind, %eeqaailyolefcended from the

fame common originall and Pcoclc, and equally wearing

aintheirnature‘, one and the fanne common image of
a God .e And,the1'efore,for this they were not to dilagree,
or quarrell with one another: Sincellszkenefie otkind
e or-naintaines Agreement betweene fayage rbeafta-, and

"Tigers, Lmmm eritazs inter je nonidimicat, f;?rpenrumei%; V

marfw my pemnr érpemcs; What ever heard 0l}at:Lyonliis’il~il

edevouredaby a Lyon 2' 0 r_ who ever heard of a ferpent ” Al

\ flung by a ferpent much leieliefliould men, then, bite,
~ and devoure, and prey upon one another. 

l ‘\ Again,in calling them Brethren, beficlcsathe natnrall

ii on aflinity that was between them afsmen, the put them in

- ininde of their fpirituall alliance, as they were Chrifii-,4

anstoo. Thatis, men allyed to one another byoner

common Faith, one coinmon Iflope, onecommon Re-

 demption, and therefore tomeet in one  common bond A A
f;of'Peace., and Charity tool Rtxarggé-‘fa inwcemlcanrwtiti. cc 

Iecejjerelnfideliume/fl; .’ Tis rotor‘ Infidels , amndf men not . A

 converted to the Palsth‘, to provoke, or ebrawle, or quartile:
‘i tell Withoneafloither.   A  ‘    ~   
     Thirdly», lefl; all this fwcetneffe of sadtdreffe andelztné-all

 ewe:

hflocks,as this Apoitle dealt with his

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  guage fhoulclnAotprevaile, the joyneé Conjurationto"

Petition, but veyles it in the ityle and forme ofa Petiti-4
on too, and beieecheth them; to tmityhy the Harrie of
his, and their Lord t_]'::fus ChriPc.Aaaame,by whic.h,as:

he had before difpo1{eildevils,4 cured fickneffes, and re.- a

fiored the dead to life againefo he requefis t‘hat he may
dtfpolfeffel opinions, curedtvi{1ons;, and reitorei agrec..

men: by it too. Itbcing that name into which they were‘

all baptized, and to :which they
miles” and lvows, Laftly, a name by Wlllcll they were all
to be faved; and byewihich they, by rwhofenames (to
the blemiih and difparagement of this} they calledl
themfelvhes, were, w.ithllAthem, equally to AbeWcalled,thac
is,=Chriflians. f   A  A A A  , i

Here, then, ’tw-eremuch to be wilht, that the Prea~
chersiofourtimes would deale with

had all pai’t“their pro-2

A : Thatlis, that they
would imployftheir holy, and religious msiaad endea-

A vours, by fweetneffeiot“ language, and indiferencie of
or behaviourto all p;arties,to Areconcile them: For fince. it   A
4 may betruly. {aid ofPrcachers, what was once {aid of

A Orators, that thepeople are the waters A, 4 and they the,
windes that move them -._-. to be thus the winds to them,

asto fpeak, and move, and blow them into? waves and

, billowes,lwhichhffhall roll, and ftrilte,A and dalh, and“

breakthemfelvesagainfteach other; 01: tohethus the
Winds to them, as to rob them? ofrthcir Lcalme, andh to
trouble the peacefull courfeg and fireame of things well

Mfetleid, and to raife at Ptorme and temepeft there, where

thcyhfhoiuld compofe ~a.nad~_a.llay one, his not to afithe
pattoufeain Apoflle, or of a preacher of the Gofpe-ll, but
of an E-rynmkgor Fury,‘,,who afcendihg fromYHell with a

when“

an!

theit difagreeingi 

fircbrand in her hat1d,,ancl Snakesltoin her Head, fcattjers Af

  Warres;

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Wareres; and Strikes, and Herreds, l and Mnrrhers, and ii
A Treafons, and Betrayrngs ofone another as the pe{i"e‘t.h,

Every hayrenfhereheadflhnrldamong the peoplebe
comesa‘ fedition, &m~Cl.f€1‘p€I1t3 and every fhaking nf
hcrTorch, fets Villages, and Townes, and Cities, and

A Kingdorncs, and Empires in a, Combufrion. " T ‘l
  Alas, my Brcrhen, how many fuch fumes, rather A
than Preachers, have for fame yearges walkt among us 4:“ _

A callthis melt_ing,nandA rcformatinnr Are they notrmcn

Men who {peaking to the people ina.whirle~winidé,
,.and breathing nothing but pitcht-fiCIClS, and fieges,and
- flrwghtcrs ofrheirBrcthren,do plrofeffe noficrmon to be

a Sermon , which rcnds not the Rocks and Mountains;

before it : forgetting that God rather dwells in £till,;

{oft -voyccs, Tis true indeed, the holy Ghofl; once;

aflhmed the fhape nfclovcn Tongues of fire : Burthat

was not from thence to beget Incendiaries ofthe

Churchi-.;, Teachers W-hofe Dnéirine {hnuld be clovml

too 5 And which flmnld tend only rodivide cheircon‘-=3 »

gregarious. 4 ii H   %
If I fhould ask you,From whence have fprung ouriprem

fem: diflzraftionsr Or who are they who keep thewoundsl A

ofouriiidivided Kingdome bleeding t.’”Are thcyr-rot car-
A mini teinpeftueus, ‘uncharirably aéitive me‘n,who lmake
it their work -and bufineflfcito rob mien ofirhe grcateflx
temporall Blefling of the Scripture, and to preach;
every man ourofithe {hade of his owne vine,“ and our of
the fruitof‘l1is,lowne Figgeitree, andoiut ofrhe water
of hisownc Cifircrnc 2.’ Are they inoirhmen whowill
fione yonfor your Vineyard, and then urge Scripture
for ire: And will take away your field, your poffcliiong
ymirifi ndaiylyfimadi from you, and then repay you with.

a piece nlof?Ef£zy,’orA ;E{elciel,~ or cmcilofrhe Prophets, and; ~

Whoa» V

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with nine only profeffe to have the Amnnt wihaale, or r

clofe, orrecnneile, bntto inflame, and kindle fidest? A

Men, who bliow El Trumpet in the Pulpit, and there
breathe nothing but thunder, and mine, and defolzttien,
and tdefiruaétion 6 Wthofe followers "call themfelveis”

Bretbrm, indeed, and boat’: much of theirtcharity 5 But _ V

which was at firfl: irrnpofedyby Chrifi, to he the flyie_.,
and tnarhe or Agreement and peace, than to he the
word’ * and ntarke to knew afaétinn by: and make no
other nieof .their charity,which ihouid extend it felfe
toiall men, even 120 thtir very enemies, butonly

to keepeiythemiltlves together in a.Scparation,« and

confpiracy. ‘ t V t A - A
Lafily, theic are thtmen, who, when they {herald

firivc to quench the prefent flame with their teares, doe .

“conjure ascarneftly by -the name of Chrifi: to difcord
and confufion, as 8. Paul, here inthis Text, doth tn

order and agreement. Men who call it prophecy,

and cdification, and building up of the pcopic, when
they break, and divide them into Seéts and faétions.

‘As zcaloufly Aexhorting them to {peak divcrrfcthingms,

as Jsztint Paul here rcxhorts them to fpealt ali. the
fame. Which is the next thing to be confiderd ; And
the firft fteppc towards the reconciliation, andpeace,
here petitioned for, which is unity andagrcctncntin

V crompellaitions" and names, in theft’ wordsggflaw I éey-A-J

fiat/Jym Brztbrm, tlmt yeealljjéeakt/at firm: thing. A A V y A 
Whether the difperfion of tncn‘, after the building
of thcrTowcrtJof 7Bw5¢l, over: the fncerirofthe whole

cnrth,Twcrc aitpnniiflmncnt, o«ra;5 hleiiidg tfto inan-s-kind, I

A flmlti not imthit Auditory cxamineri,:i oritt«d»iipute.  i0,nc1y

they can only fuch as are of their owne Confederacy  
Brethren: and make no other uft: of the word

_ I
,;7g,M~/—g ,

Dz y  V thus 

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 hr thus much vve learne from the I-‘Iiftory of thatlplacc,’

thatthe occafion; of that difperfion and feparation of
men from one an-othtegyfprung firfifrom the confufion
which God threw among them ,-,i and that confufion

fprung from theirdiverfity of fpeech. for as fpeech i i

wasat firfi beftowed upon us by God, that weemight
hold League, and Society, and friendlhipwith one 3H0-'
ther: 10 you may reade inthe 1 r. Chapter of Gmcflr,
that as long as all the World was of one language, and
of one {pt-ech,they lived unanirnoufly together likcfmen
of one family and houfe. One heart, one foule feemcd

to move in them all. But when theyeioncetyceafe to-: be r 

xmim laéii /miziner, men. of the famelip, and fpeech,
when as many languages werethrowne among them,
as they afterwards poffefi Countries, then fociety, and
co-habitation, and ybrotherhood ceaft among them too.
They mm: flattered alérazm’ upon t/we fab‘: of will they eartbr,
fayes the Scripture. They who were before children of
the fame common ‘Ancefiours, and derived. themfeilves
from thefarne common parentage and Rock, as if they
had been borne in the adverfe Hemifpheres of the
world, or had takenrtheir beginning lfrona as many feve-
rall Parents, as they afterwards found V Irflandsr, of» one
great Farnil y and Ki1~11'ed,.ybecamc [0 many divided Na»-
txor-1s.tyt    
 ,Asthis divserfityyof Tongues at fimrfc broke the rworld
il1ttQ.“IhCf€VC1'?4n}CrUln%lDl€$‘ and p0rir.i~ons of men, who
from, thatjime to this have divided i it among them 52 fo
thcreis not any one thing which hath {in fatally divided
Kin_'gdom_es, an~d~-States, and Churches againfi; them-
felvres; fotmctimesl to an utter c;§zti.rpati0n,;m_a1'«1y timyeslto
an: ¢terna1—ln;:hreaCh»,l and Irrc,c0nci1iati0n,   as drivf-‘rfity of
Languag«e.,~,y rglidoer. notfrncanei .Wh€liV1Hl€fl. fpeak rdivcrs

tongues

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it tongues of feverall diétlefts, and iignifications, (as "when 7

they Carine buiiding ofBaéel {poke fotneofotheiinfie‘-2

ii brew perhaps, fonte of them Greek } but my mica-~ it t
inning is‘, that nothing more directly tends to the" divifiont A A

of a State, or Church, then for feverall .comp..2nics of

menttodiftinguifla, and divide and fepatate tthetmfclves

fromone another, by tcertaynei words and namcsof

marke and ediiference, efpeciaiiy if they bewords of
difgrace, and {caudal}, and reproach, mutuaIlyimpo-

fed, fend tfiucke upon each other 5‘ Or words offaétion,
and combinzttion, atiumed and taken by themfelves.

.Then,if hatred ofperfon, or difference of‘Re1igion do
accompany fuch words ofdiitincftion, that for the rnofl: t

part hefalist them, which befell the men of the old
world, they‘btetke fociety and Communion, and

crumble afunder 5 And of one people become fo many

divided Nations, and Churches to eachothetx This V
-is an Engine which the devxli, and t_vickedPoiititians“, %
have in ail ages of the World-made uie of,tto> diftuth the 44

peace, and trouble the happioefl"e of Kingdotnes, and
“Common-wealths. Making holy, vertuous words,
and name:-s,r-nany times the partition walltof feparation;

And the devictgand i-nci,tement,nott only to divideKin§g- "

dorms, A but Corporations, and private fatmilyes apgainfl

themielves. As long as the Jews called thetnfelves by ,

one and the fame common name of their Fatlter $4tab?,
Iftaelites, they made but one State,one Common-p

wealthamtongt them. ::Bt.1tf’ when. once ten Tribes iota ~
gtoffed that name to themfelves,'and“the other two for
diPcin5iion~ fake called themfelves by  the Tribe of W '

§?3ud4lI,the mofli united, happyefhneerlieft allyed people:
in the world, a pc(*)p1e_0f0nt:‘bI0ts1d', as well as one

“ CLanguagc,.telIiaI‘undet,t and divided themfelvcs, like .
 V   » D3   A »§’34ro5,

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  faoab, and Eflm, intorwo hoftiie, irrcconciloablc, nevcr 

more to be unfilled Kingdom_es.r Afid this was the cafe

rofrhefodifagreeing Corinthians, to whom Saintgaul 

rdirchkcftaed this Text; As long as they Calléd thcmfclvcs,
by one, and the fame common name of Chrifliaos, they

Armada but. or-xebciry, one Church, one place of Con-- i

  «cord. Butwhcn thcy_oncc,bcgan to difiinguifhthem-A

fclvcs by their fcvc-ra11Tca~chers : When fomcfaid,
We areafP4t:l§ hothzrs, we are of Ccpbwg Athird fort,

we are ofadpollosg And onljzafourth fort‘,r__11orc Or-J
thrordfox then thc rcfi, we are afCbr:f,’ir.;, Then, thcn,in~

deed, asifChrifi had been divided, or rhad been the
Authoroffcvcr~a1lRr:1igions, prCfi.(_‘.ht among them by

" rfcvrerall rApo'{Hes, they becamcbrokeo, and rent, and

‘ tome afunder, into {overall Churches, and Congrcga-

tions, » ‘Where thoir ufuallhcuftomc was,'not Qnlyto 

  

roppofc Sermon aga.in.{i: Sermon, and Gofpclla
Gofpcll, and Teacher agaim{tTcacher, bur:_‘c;,o’%r‘;bnc

Fin“  

inrhehdefence of their own Teacher, and l1h'i1‘S"(§o7tI’pcl,%

thought in part of their Religion fcoextoll, and quote,
and urge time purity, and infallibility of the one, to the
,dcprciT1o11, and rdifgraoc, and contempt of the other:
LTi1lr;aot lengrhrirocamc to rpaflfé, (aslroldyou before)
that thatowhichr begun in Religion, proceeded to ‘bad
manrnersr, and ill bchaviorm. Markos and words of di-
fl.irno”ti,ornrrr, rand differcnco, grew to bitter inveétivcs,

it;r«n1urrua11orrcproachcs ofone another. They who

wéno rhcr foilowcrs ofsaintfmlrJ)o&rinc,ca1Icd thofc

who ofollowcrd rdpaflar, by way rofmark-:3, and infamy, A

A ». Apallamfiy. And may who were thfi‘ fo1.Iowers of Apol-  

19:, byway; oof rctaliatiorgond brand, rcallcd the fol--

A or Iowcrs  Pwsl,Pa'ulzfl:,xhorugh 5a~int~Pa“ul and Afri-

larr  preach: rboth ‘rho rfamer Do&rin~c.  Hoard crmfurrds

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flew between them inas hard language; Wl1oAcverjWas‘ A
not ofa party, not enrolled of a iicle, was thought to ho”
_. A without chepale of the_Church.r The gates of rHea;-A‘

ven were {hurl agaainfc  him ; and raothing abut-regrohati+A
on, and ‘the lostofthe damned, iandhell fire, Wereall:
lowed to be his portion. A  ‘ A

I Here then , my ‘Brethren , let me make my ap-LA
pealm every one of you whohear home this day, hath

not this been our very cafe? Iirnuflz with forrowof 

heart ~cor1fefl”e~ to you», that as often as I have for

»~ fomeryeares , made to my felfe a contemplative fur-L A A

vey of this unhappy Kingdoms, I have beene able to
difcover n.orAcaufe fo pernicious for the mAa.ny "alienations
of r-ninde, or the marry feparations of Congregation

from Con of re ation hei htnedat lcnothinro:AtheAAtra-+~
or , 1 .  ta ‘ .
 geclyriiof an overtfpreadrng Crvrll Warre, as certame
  avail  or-_idri~culous, empry words, and names ofrdifl;inéi:i-»

   

% es 5 which have fprung from rforne  mien:
firiA"éier,Alolr. loofer carriage ofthernfelvcs“ incheir pAro—[

" ifeflion of the fame Religion. They of the morefree, A

and open carriagc,.aad behaviourg who call afevere A
regularity, and firAié'tn.eIl’e of life, precifenefle, and an

abridgement of Chriftian liberry,A have called thofc of
a more refer-ved, andllocktup, and elermiureAAcenverfaici+
on, Puritans, l and Rourrd-heads, and IlmowAnotwhat
other names ofcontumely, and reproach. .Ar1dthey
of the moreaflriéf behaviour, have equally as faulty,

i called‘ thofe ofa freer, and 1e{i'e lcompofedAconver£ari+

on,Libe1‘tincs, and Papifis;The ufoall words of 
famy madeto fignifierla Cavallier. Theft: two words,

A omyfirhethren, have alimofi deflroyda flourifhing Kirrg-

domc betweene them. A _ A . or iv _ or  Q;
i To t;his,i I cannxet but add: one molt pcrn1erouscaufeA

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may prefent divifions more ,which people, have derih‘

A‘ “v‘cd*to themfelves from making themfelves followers;
  too much of fcverell T€&ChC1‘S';»3I’|d.2;fiCétlflgit00 much I

to beiczgllied after their names: whilell; onefayes, I am

 

afhml, another, I am of Cepéw, a third, I am i of Apt‘?//0.5‘,
only 21 few neutral! men, We are afC/mfi. Nay, it we

needs mull ego feverall wa.yes,l could: with we head, fuch

tiacred names, as Saint Paul, «or Saint Peter, or Apogostob
divideus. I know not whether it wilbe ieafonable for .

me to fpeake itin this Affemhly : But we for fame late
yeareshave cshofen to our {elves names more rnodeme,

andefallible tod,itvi’dess our {elves by, whileifl; fome
havefaid, We are of Calrvizz, others, Wearz afArmim'u»:, '
others, Wear: ofsocinm. Thele, to the blemifh, and

reproach of»Chrif’tian Religion, have becneimade
names of firife, land fatfiion. Yet they have been:
great and learned names, Though fome of themlt

muff confefTe,havc been lyable to humane Errours. _

But if you confider the many rents, and feparations into
which the ordinary fort of people havefor fome yearcs

.. divided themfelves, either you awill fiade no names at
all for them,or names Io u.nlearne.d,‘f0 obfcure,fo alto-‘ A

gether ‘me(:hanicke,l and incotnfiderahlc; that ‘twill be V

your wonder how fuch vulgar, rude, untaught Tea-
“chers fhould draw Difciples after them. Twouldopofe

me very much to tell youby any Monument of lear-
 ing, ortpiety, which he hath l(‘l.‘ft‘bChi1‘l,d him tobe

knowne by, who was the Father, or firfi bringer upof
the feet ofthe ,Brownifts‘ 501‘ who was the firfi Author,
of the fee’: of the-Ana.baptifts.I know:-here were Ana.-
btaptifisin diverfe of the Fathers times gllifld know -too,‘

:'that theparent of that feet then, thOl.‘%gl') he twerean
M*H7C1‘€t2lCkCJ¥y»CC he was a Seholler. i But taster the Au:
 = A A i A e   thor A

V i thorloiofthe feet ofrhe Ana_baptiils of our itlml as; I3 ,5
 not well fay what he was... One who harsh writ;eniche~e‘iiiilei he
* lrlifioryi of t:he.ir wilde proceedings at Mm:/fer,” (where?

i

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they begun lwitlulie reformation of the   Chureh:of_Ie~.l‘
fusC‘l1rifi,an7d~ proceeded at length to thi~ee wives 3
piece) fayes, he wasa Dutch Bocche: 50316 who‘“re~i
payrd old qGa¢rmentsiunder 2; llalla1t:Ley*a’e;zin.thei Low-A 
Countryes i;;Another efayesihe was a Germajoe Coblfer g...
A third, that he wash a, Vve Pcphalia 7Needle-malcer 5 iliut
another controlls that, land fayeshe wasia Weflzphalia

Baker. _Buz: what ever he were, have not we in our

times., feene Patriarchsy and Prophiets, asvulg:1r;2.nd

I rne.chenicke,asi:iL1nflearned:aiidehal”e as =he=: Men who

halve iinvadlcd the Pulpit, I will not{"ay,i from mending

4 old breaches, or cabling old fliooes; ( pa[d.0I~1. the home-% A

linieffe ofthe iexpr:{l'1on,I hefeech you«,ftisl bun: izhefliflou-‘
Ilene «IL~l?at;ine‘itran;iIi;ited into my ifinglifhal béutfrom
,Tradese fomeene, fo difingcnuous, foilliherall, that I
would defile your Bates, and the Pulpit to defcribei
them : And yet, have not thefei modoerne fhadcs of
Mmztfigr, 3705» ofLeya’m, Ratmlm, Knippwéurge, Kisip.
pm/:al1zn_g, Melchior, Hofman, the great Enzhufiefts, and
iiiiilturbers of Germany ,to the Aflonilhmenti of all 
iudgingi men , dmwne Difciplcs after them,,IwifhlI
c0i?uld only fay, as means, and bafe, and vulgarqs theme

  [elves '3 Certainly, m y Brethren, confidertheparalliell

well between the infpired Troublers ofour Kingdome,’
and thofe, who by their wilde Doéirines did let We/L
p/zalia, S4xany,Mumfier, and all the noble-ft parts of the

A Germane Empire in a flame, andyou willfindc; that in

A C roe'wnc,and to be called by 3. Sapcdrim Iorprivy 'C011fl-3*%

this laid Ecliipfe ofMonarehyl~among us,th7‘erewants on:-1,
ly a.S1rcimtor,iiiox:Y‘Botcher,to affu me to himfelfc the

cell

 hm    rafwm rds gabm ttaingzs *aAs41?mal?

     9; 

g  % (3%1)*  .

cc! ofthc iikc Trades", Rex j1Iflitiz.¢,=€§" Ariovwé ficriufalem In} A
pmmr, King waif Rightc%oufi1c1Tr':, and Empfrrour M: ghé
Anc'wj~cVru“falcLn,&t0 make our cafcwzhcviery famcwich

thehs.4 .   AA“ ‘ ;%%; M. MM” -
Againc, inthis divcrfity of Guides an«.aIPa.&m's1,(Pa4

Pro-rs {catch fit to be‘ Ovcrfccrs 0;’: mreaflmnable Fiocksg

doewc not allo hcaxeas gr.cat_a;Vdivc.rfity of language

’fpokcn  The Lay aPrcacmer jaccufcth Asithcfl :1lmivi<‘::rIi««:y

man .with want 0f the ¢Spi%x<it~; :and:w:r.: M: the llmivct? {icy
doc back againe 4accoum inch Lay-—m«cn mad. Nay 3»-
moxmg, us 3 ch01ar5,;hcyWho prcmnd I:0:Cd[w"m do&rin¢.,L
dm:AbamVifl3a11*chofcWomnofzhc fta.te_ of falvatiungwwhm
deny abi2;>1u’te P mdVtiflination% -5 Or htald nae, that from

% all cternity, without any refpcéi to thcitr works or aA&i-
‘ om, wVhm:hcrt%hcy he go at ibad , G»aoadA hath pafl: this
.fa!.di1;'re*verfib1e ’{r:me%nce and decree, Ilka: fomc mall».

Mcjcffarily b4BfiWtd,. vothcrsfl1a’141asV..JAn4e.ccffariJ»sybe dzm~:~
 : ,M'I‘h::*y who’ mink mxs a piece of%$tuwc*ifme, on a

 ci‘o&rincA broughtéinfo the worl%d~Atio drive :p¢op1c'to dd»

‘{pairc3Vdgot'cquVa11y bauifh 1:11-oafc tmm the {fate of falzé

" vanian, Aw ho thus u_mchArwitab1yw4 mnifh <:vth»:rs But what
fpk I to you cuff this Cong_rc.ga::idn of fuchhigih, fchoé 4%

l:axljz§di{¥cnr:im1s  m% difi:ouLr‘:fe EA ‘yam; of difpAutes a~r?1.=d*-
c4mnJ:rAo§.r»crfi€ts .,nx:xt in the Vpoawar ofsc ripmré, y.mds,or
rG;tnm‘ra;ll%  Q1'1c;cls4. no r;d¢*CidLfl  That 1whic»hVhath %mor¢
€?mu%esc1;:¢i&b1c A A Aéza"cMev of: w4%o:;m‘- d»id1’:rafi’ccCIKinigdmr1‘e3:11atvh
 % A Aa»sCu:nm~i2a,V
dr.Aw1iace: And mom: that pwr.t of r‘h¢e V Kimgdomc of
hwzcavacn ‘which lyms gm: wrap: tip in  .iu;rtfc:arac:%11af1>lc A-

 

arec,.¢g'44Vm%écmmafl1% ~£t'ma;fi p%.e@iHGod*s e.CAA0I 1*C‘€31‘Cfd ‘ Whit}, '
“   aOf:mufl,m2d-%f¢c.d     ;*‘11tt11E',"€§g»ht,xi?rIdfiI?-

  m4%Cemmaomy»,.a®r3p%i2c¢.c?iAof€%i’pl»i£ié.A‘:Vne-~
    0beyfa“n:;e A  

 
  
 

Church 5. ~

4 v   A (aw      
Church ; another hath ca11’d it a piece ofG,ads %out+
wand Worflnip to doc for. One hath "itylcd the Cr0»fl‘e in
B4apr:i£me a. fignc of SUP¢ffiitiQfl...;@1fl0th€1‘ hathflfylcd

/1 its me: mwark-:,.«a;nd .badgc*, a11d%embl¢:me’of*4Vh£s Cghrifiiaq

nity and profcfiicmn. One caiIs;VaV11Pi:cSmresitI AVChirrch-«A
windawsé*, Idals ; another leaks on them. as {o much ho-

ly Vflory , brought im:o¢ Imagery and C“c>%1o$urs.A The V
4 vcryganmcnts we wearer have not efcapcd ca%n:;radiéi:i-2

cm.   Om calls t:hc#Surp1iceafiomiflivefltusre ,;a»mothdr

VcaA11,s.it at W'hicc“robc of Innocence, and Deceneic.%% Q Nay:

aux: vcry~ Praycrsanad Dcv'oticms4 have nan “been frcc

from-qu”arrclsV.%. Whilfl few: have: 4ca.11::,d the; Lémis V

Prayer, Aperfcfl: forme , cnjmyncd b%)i”’%%C11rifi%%A mbe

f1idu3Sf’tiS.5 athcrsmovft Airrcveircmzly have called it *3 ‘
Taylors Meafi1rc_, fit oVnAcly.to cut out czthcx" Peritig .

onsAbAy.   _ N‘     M V
In this mifcrable diverfity of fides,then,wherc%A(3;ouna-

trymcn,-andmcn 6f the fame fppecirh, due fa. orAdim1xily A

peak .4dAivers languages, what way  thwere left: 69 ‘h cgce
apcaccandunion amongus.:’ 5 A w   A % A  A A 

ru1y,my%bm:hrcn», I mow none: to ficas 1.=11atwh%ic"h
Sam‘ Paul hemprafcribes imzhisw Text; 3. way, which if

 were  px:a&ic.cd, or: if, mm would eichrcrhavc  
more charity, or leffe gall in filwfem, wjouldim uimcghcgcu A

an union and agtccmyéni:bctw¢c‘n.»a1l CVhut?chcs ; thatis,
rm. «:3 ¢<}w&%  ~7n#mvu‘ étlmta um 43: flzealrf 1120 fime thing.

‘V That is, firm ahatwcé lay afi~»die:~al1% thflffiif oidifius, hatcfull:

xgammazid wm*d9.o£ rcprua.ch;4which feirve onelsy tn.
proxmlwamd cngemiicfr A ftrifes,’ and to beget: Aa ;di{11kc off

«me «fmank cmnvtrfacian withanmihcrg that the honcflgz

firifi, 4   gwlaxghgfull, coanfcicnticusman, beno’long_cr:

‘I’

 pm1cmme,nmhisA  holy sutm:;~ Not“   
. fmg,‘ fogjgbwjeg: afablai op:¢n.,harm1cflyu;1fgrL11mI’au$;V4 T.

 H ? «mu

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" man;bcan"ji7-longer ca1Ied'aPapiff, Of?At‘hCiflf,"0r  M.

wayof reproach,a Cavallieh  {peak nocnVc.>wofchea

A ad u1tcrous,i fwcaring, riotous, lying, drinking, covecous ‘

mans; iathcfe are fuch,_that one of [116 waycs coxcformwc”.
them , is to Callithcm by their right nam..cs.. - 4

 " Ncxt,ithai: we no longer as our intcrcfis , or afi"e6ti-
omsi, or ipn:-judi::cs,or educat1on,or cuflzomcs {way us, pin

our Biclccfc. or Faith.» upon anyionic particular Guidcaior

T cachet, fo iirremovably, as. without com parifona or cxa
at-nitration to 1‘cj¢€}: and defpifi: all others. Iam of opi-
nion weihould quickly make one Church againc, if
thofencw-wborne names. and Words of Independent and

drresbyter did not divide us. And I am alfo ipcrfvivadcdg,

th:a.7to1_n: fcvcrallDifciplincs and D«o&rincs have "not
kept the Churchof Home atagreatcr diftancc with us,

A then” the Pcylc and compeilacion of Pratejhmt ands

Papifl.

  ii   iThird»ly,i,t1iau we Scf;,%pIars,' L1dof¢ahigl1:.iiim%yflccr'ious

points which have equal} argument and proof: on both
fidcs, and which both {ides (for pughtil know) may

i h0ld,yet r-ncctir1ahcavcn,docafaéiioufly or pcrcmpto- .

'riIyb;:cakci~our fclves. to neither; B«ut.cither*lay chem

A a.£ide,as lthi.~ngs.ofam.r:erc COI1CCTDP13CiQfli,Z;UOtTOfplifléaiffi.
W or ufeaa or die fpeak ofthicm to thc ipeoplc, onely in
that gmera1l.fenfciwhcrcin all {ides agree ,W, and" as that:

ggnerallfcnfs is iaiadiddwncito us iin:thcaaScript'u1=c.":‘   A >1  
  iLafi1y,i ‘tljatflifli ;ma.ttcrs*f1 of Ceremony and Forme ,i

things either a1togicther.indifl':'ciren.t , on: at; A mofi neither:  
i cnjoyn.ed,.nor forbidden in thin Scriptu1tc=,,thatiour. cam»

xiagei and words he alwayes asw viiaidiffércnti  That we}
cai1i1no:7ta.;tzhatfpandalouswhich-is dcccrmg m that dc-scent’;

which isii;fc;;anda<lous :    That we jfprefl:‘¢ in,o.tathin=gsiiasi:nea:r»
” gatfarya wi}xcih*ai_:gim§gaIy prngtip ggtalfgig  qorpofed fl1‘i:-3-:71

aamcnésa

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ntatments astthings of,nccefli2:y.t That: Awhcre no well. 5 ~ 

cfiab1i{ht.Laxvis brotkcwnby it, bo.:;11.in[Aélionatnd Lag;
guagc, wherccver; we; come, we mmforme our fclvé?s°itt,“@

A (the-‘l1tarm«e1cfl'ctLtihoutghcto us unuCualI)=,ctuAf’tome bf t$h“c

place: : Herein imitatxng that; furfe }Atc»x“:1mp1e of AS; APMVI;
by bcifigflrong with the flrong , and weak with the male ,
as ncerc-‘aswc.tcan , to hecametall thing: to all mm. In

 things meerly Cteremoniall, to“part wxth om: Chrmian

liberry,andtpca'cAeab1y to yccld 1co_1;hotfe,: who, being
Aotthérwtxfe perlwaded, will contemzioufly rcfufe to part
with their 5; And where ourfa.Ivation', or fthc falvatiou
of ourncighbour is nothconccrned, Chanitably‘ ‘E0 tcom:
Aply ,  :and* forth. with thcitf  infirmiticts‘ A.-, A ;_t néithier crofling
zhcmh by. our , prac-‘lice, though perhaps the bAeti:er,t.nox
perplexing them with out; difputcs,th'o{.3gh perhaps
the mtor;:rationa11 : But if it be pofl‘1blc,"as“ muchas
lits inns, « not only to htavrc peace i3vith+at11*men:in vvordfi
and fpcech; but in focihctyt and converf;a.tibn,; and

Churcth—Afi"cmb1ies. too: Which; is the next?! degree oft

Unity hcrcpetitzioncd. for, that is, an.L1nitcy~oftmec,ting A ‘

together in;_thc fame Houfc of God, fctttdowne Ainthcfi:
words A, I hcfieth tyau, Brethren, that there he nattdizrtfian:
A Thatlmaych  
tion I ofthtis: part. ofthch: ~Tcx:,;tI {hall dcfitet “you to _ob-
fervc, t:AhA2i§:AAAtAhtc word which we he§e:h‘intEngt1i{h*dtoch1:ra1i+-
flats 1)t‘rz2z?fi¢2?3£i':,h«tishiu;Ithc t0riginta';h1l  Jsrecltct. (by.fmW‘hiCh.We
ar;A :o{oifAderourtAexpofition;: 9£°zm'W,tt *tAword which fig»

 

e ; clearclier proceed  inthc interprcca.-5

4.
mzity of A
Afl"em&lze:.;

nifics not ev_cry; lcindcfof rclnt,t;otrttd:ivi{i@n, .or'difi1gr¢c-s _

men: among men .;,but fuch a divifion only as is accomsi
p7at}-Yfd Wsith mpervcrfcgtunreztfehéblé dcniall; oftfoCi¢ty-
 m;UtI1;i{<t>l1:  t§g€thCf:A hir1{1”:“t1A1e?: fanie  Church‘. 

E 3 upqg

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 djst;ifion::»Wl1jctha. carrycsi ~wi_t:ht ifi‘:~a.n ;-obfginatc -" feparation A

36)

  ua unneeéfiérye gtrountis.   Which unneceffitry fepa-4
Araticm upon weake, flight grounds, :5 that which Sam;

24%,? herein tthis Text, by way of, difl‘erence andVd-iftine
sétiohtfrem lighter Rents, ea1l’$t:¢3zwm,Schifm.es.A firme,

E n:1y,B,rethren, ofewhiChifIfhr~.::tu1d difc:oufrfi:A to yoeumat

large-, and fliould {how you the haintoufmefl'e ovfiz-, by its
dangerous effefia-5, I mizghttell you that tis nut only a, fin
agaiafl: the fociable nature of men, who are borne for

A Comfnzlunion, and Commerce, tend the mutual! helpe of
L one another 5 but tis at fitme dxreétly againfl that unity

 pcatcce, which Chx:ii°t,as his left Legacy, bcqueatlfd
tqhis Ch..urch..t A Afinne, Which, (befidefi theteumzha-

ritabelett opinion _ which ‘”aCCo.mpan},*’c$t it ,A,; which. is,7
m that thcty ~ who are—fepara.::ed from ,   muff there.-

'forc be feparatcdefrom, becaufc they ere wicked, A

dieplorably wicked men, menreprobated, and utterly
lofl: in the wayes oftlirrour, and with whotma-ll cam.
muniom is defiruétive At our Salvation ) doth not alweies

confinezit fclfc withintheretired, fequeltredtlimitstofa
bare feparation. A But, that which at firfi began from a
  fcruplc, hath mm-uytimes prczceeded to at Tragedy and A
maflhcte. 'IThcy.£v:hm at firfi ca;ufe1efl;y feperated them.-
fclvcs from their Brethren, becaufe they were wicked;

havcmany times, as their firength andt numbers have

V encouraged them’ and as the time hath firveurdi their
A  A Rcformatitm  theyhavte caflcde it)tptroccc d?ed’ from
the A retfihfying wfiimens zttfirmurs, tmzhee leifenaimtgeof their A
A tfo1¥.tur??1cs.t And:they onltyhwe atIengtehttebeentcalledthe
wicked, whohave be-en: rial-1,and“havc hadfifitatesto  

ltofc.

 A  :That ozfly whiehl  fatym you out, is_
this. j ‘Separation is  fiinlnee  hfetfih alwaefwestev V    '

, it fclfc inlthc difguife oHt'an6tity.‘tt ttThusMaxt4n“ug}£and
    L V his

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% €37) V
his followers, Lirotic MY Communion Awwinh the whole

Chriflian CIl:2urcl1%thxem4in»tlw “world, bVcca1i{“ ¢, f«:arfm)th,' A AA

Tizwas rcvealdato them by Divine illumimasjczm, that1:h¢'

"hwy ~Ghoi?cwWa.s Ian where ; 1:0 V bus: found ;but thyair
Cminvz:m;:1c1e.‘ An Hcrcfic, whichb:cgimaimg<in Sdmifmae, V

pr%occ&dTc.dac length to x;his m"cmf%4r()us% «;.:nccIiI among

xhem, Thatoncly the Ir-1oufeAof%mnt4nm%was thctruc %
4 C1*xurch,% and» xhm Mommm himfcfie was the lmly
Ghoft. »T'hu1sA aim ifthctm Dummyis. (-  *mmcr~{c12up%uiamusv

£¢«&mc%n)_r ;ciividcdArhcmibiv£s from ]thcVxh¢n”'Ca“cho+
liquc ‘Church, bccaufi: ‘ftwas not pure maugh 4fc>r inch
fan&ificd»ComAmumcants 5 nor zcomplyezd with the in-

fpircild dafitfines ofchc Eathar 01': than 8:63;. Andthis, it ~

Memes, was the: fault of‘th@EeVCarin¢&i4w: Marat: in this“

Text; zwhohaving entidsd:»hu‘mafciVvécstgyfcvergnTmw % A
chcrs,:pr:occcd<-:d by degnecsAtc3 divide t%hAcmfi::Aivcsinto A

Afcrvmzli VCh%urches and CongncgaVtimns: Evcryf (arm of

  £mhich:chiw'l.i<enging »to%¥»%:11em%A£t1v£sAA the tr,ur:4an»d right

'Reli.gic‘m ,‘ and, ch.:1rging>thc :«_o%%thca's with the man: 01?
the f;11fc,:thought at length 1:h:at*n0 way was lstrzfizstmé
%kctp-céchemfclvcs pureamd unfpmtttd, but by breaking
off al1Re1igious,nay Cfiviiil Com4mcrc.:and Cemmuw
:m&m withcach mh:::r... 4'Mc.nce," far _aAf¢,.%a%.rc: mf mfimftion,
‘flrwas held ya Crime for any but  Righcgzs , to
;afI‘crn bA!e,oAr gcorwcrfc with anybut thc RiAghcmusg:0r:for

any to %mcwt%m§~ge1t%hcr Am: a fpimu:a1Exc?rci<fc , but fuck  

who i fa‘ rfl: agreed in =%t‘he {mm ehpfuriw «of 0 pinios.

He re,thcn,I4may mace mom «take the liberzzy m parali ‘ \
  lemme pe«@p"»l=c with ainothcr; is not xh-ms our very mfa 1.’

 it mt been the vpra=é7ticc»ofmany, . any ymrasg for

A  t:lmfa:: Wm-tall themfclvcs wt%'wvc.4.gp.e1ly,‘:nhc4 rig?hnepusV;fh~¢

1chi'Id;r«'ejn armem » 

 

Hiigh," to +brca.kc ofl'fQci'cty, and

V ACommumi«:an&,Vmy almofi neighurly civie1ia:y,4 With

% thofa

(38%)   A “

; :thloTc"whorhitheyl’cal1thewickedf As there were a2

“ A imeng the _]ewescertaine uncleane places, and things,
arid pcrfpins, which w~hofoevertQucht ewcre for that

i time ulticieaneili zoo 3;, roe; hath not “the ilikeiii opinion paft a.

mohgusl, th_at‘the1*e haveibeenecettaine unholy, uinfaha

]étified: places, and perfons, which make thole who

touch ; or approach ncere them unholy too 2' Hayenot
fome pulpits lbeene thought unlfamitified, becaufe, for...‘
rfomh, the Preacher hathiibeene ungifceel 2.’ And Where»
in, I pitay, hath his un.gih:cdne{I'e appegxred 1' Becauie he
hath not exprefi himfclfeinthat light, fluent, running,
epaflionate, zcaleus Pcyle, which lhould make him fen:

 that time feeme religioufly difiraéied, or befidehime;
iefelfellf Ore bccaufe his prayer, orflSermon hathv beeine A
premeditated; and hath not flowne from him in {uch any 5
«Ex-tempura ioofe carcerc ef devout emprineifes A and um
i things, asferveonely tor entertaine the people, as Bub—-
rbllesdcae children, with athim, unf0_lid,i britrlie, painted
irblafl of wind andayre -;’  Or bccaufe,7perha.ps , :’thé:
A fanidseof his Glafli: have not fleeted fbr two tedious
hom-es togetherwith nothing but the bold, infolemf: dee-

famation alndreviling efqhis Prince 3- l 

Again, have there not been fomc whioilhave tiihcmght

cur: Temples unholy , becaufe the Common-Prayer

5Bc:>oke hath been read there 2’ And have renounced the‘

iC~engregm;ion, whcrepart 0f the Service hath bcene

fumed thr0u“gh“anOAriganfi Hath hot aldumbc Picfturc

 imthe Window driven fume; from the Church 1’ And,

in exchange of Oirai:orie;s, have not fome in the heatand

lzealc oftheir.Separation, tum"?c:l chcir Parlours, Chame-

hers ,f eDining»rooimesA;_e, f-into Temples,  find Houfes of

Ipfflyfi-_'LI~'?.;1\I3.y5 hathinoet§:l Chrifi been wdrfiiipt iflflpila. ~

*ieeslV-yetin‘1%e.orevilelandmeanie  In places _,which‘” have
 V  - A ” reduced V

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reduced him the fecond time to 21 Stable’ .5’ If I {hould 

aslte the people of both Sexes, who are thus given to

Separation, and with whom“ a Repetition in aChatnher ii

edifies more then a learned Setmott in the Church, up»
on what Religious grounds, or motives , either taken
from the Word of God, i( which is ‘fo much initheir

mouthes) or from Reafon, (which is folittle in their:

ptafliee) they thus affeéic to fingle and divideithema.
felves from others .9 I heleeve it would pofe them ve-4

ry much,to give a fatisfying Aniwer. Isit becaufe the A i

pet-foosfromwhotn they thus feparate thetnfelves, are

irreligious, wicked men 1' Menwho are Chriftians on-.-«_

lyin forme, and whole converfation catryes nothing

but evill example and pollution with it :'wl£I fhould  

grant this to be true, and Ihould allow them to be ou't-i,

right what they call thetnfelves, The Eleét, and God; M

ly, and Holy ones of-the eatthgand other men to be out;
right what they call them, The .Reprobate,the wicked;
the ungodly ,and ptofane,,yetis nostthis warrant enough
to divide or feparate themfelvcs from them. _ Nor are
they competent Judges of this, but God onely, who by

the mouth of this Sonne, hath told usin the Parable,  
that thewheat and come is not to be feparatedfrom V

thechaffe and rates when we lift, but that both are to
grow together till the great harveft of the world. Till
then tis a piece of the building of it,that there be a coma
meixtutch of good and bad. i ' _ i A A   i  
he  Be-fides, let me put this Chrifiianevilcmmu to: them:

Eithe;r~thc pcrfons from f whom they divide themfel‘ves~
are holy, or unholy : If they be ho1y,they_are not to ft‘:

rate“ the-rofelves from them , becaufe they are like

A ehemfelves; tIf"7they‘l:>e unholy, they are in charity‘ to
converfc with thcm.3.‘ that they may jrcfo-rme and eitlakei
      i A % F   M.  ._..,.. 4: MIA

L ».. ‘
Rtih‘-Mlhgl .

F   (46)   ‘  %  %
them bettef. Did not our Sa.vi%c9u4r Chrif’c(a1f_xd tcrtain...
Iy his example is toogreatxo be rcfufed) uiualiy con...

verfc: w.ith P;ub1$icans and fingers ? Did he forfakc: the U

Table,b<r:c:1ufe.2x Pharifce made the Fcafi ? Or did he
rctfufi-2 a pérfumc , bccaufe a‘ harlot poured 1t on his

A head .? 0.1-Jdid he rcfufe togoc“ up into the Témplc, be.
"caufe buyérsa.ndfe1lc:rs were therca men wh0'hmd%t?ur-'~
ncd it imo a den of thccvcs 1’ Ccrramly, my BreLhrc;n,T

wAc1nay,r1i1<e Chrifi, keep company. with Harlm:s,and_

% Hypocrites, and Publicans, and finncrs, and yct4re-tainc

~ our .ixan*<>?cc:n:rcc«. Tis a. weak cxcufc to fay, I wi1lm:vcrA A

confortmy fclfe with-a fwearer, left I learnt to biz»-

fphclmfc: 0131 will utterly rcnoundc all ,fami~1iaritya.nd,_
Va%cqua%intancé wxtéh yfuch and fuch an Adxmcrer, 4 or with

fucn and fuch »sf‘Drun:3:ard,~~1ci?c I Alcamc to Acommrit For.
ta"i‘cAatiom fxom *thc cm-,% or Initcmper%aenc‘c fmm% theo-

t~her. % In aiel fuécsh ‘Con‘vcrfations,_Vwc are to imitate tha»
S1mn%é,% who (hints "into the bald’: puddles ,5 .and ye: firm. A
tumcs from thencbwaith a p11rc»:aIma»inrcd ;R.:»1y. Am ans;
4 vic::sth%en, and cor-ruptions, beam: 3 fu’flicient caufe ca;
warrant a AS‘eparacion, what eilfc can he 4?" Is it the wplaco‘
Qf matting ., car @lmrch%, or tWh7e th”in'gs§ .d*on~c theta,

whAicSh.uh::1th m~ade?the:n%Aflium mm; m.d*izaa.ry Congrcgan
‘tai-anrs%:? Yes, fayfome ,% “we have rsheid ‘it vcvry:u%m.aw.tu:1i1M

  (as we Vaonceimct)  m[1"rmb1e:in fuch a p1acc,:wherc we.

Ahavc «ftemc A%I:«a€rs¢»,_ ‘mjxd Wtmdaws “ ~w”orfl1ipt,.1'u¢perfliui-
ousAVgarmcnrs womc, andhave haeamdw t:ihcamorc‘“fu%per-h

A flmious QVomm’o‘mPraycrVbkzrfia:d, nhat%grczt;bxfl‘fier~

to flmékwfu 31 M.~ihii%c rs,  s*:wm 'b;r1oth?crtoruh§c Marc,‘

a”Lyt.u1r%gic wf   

   “this

 

4hargeVA4%eru#:, I03 Nhaavy :m%e, Irma-}

f%fl'c,*) *hafl€h.ci‘h- b*cen¢ may a:rmnrg»%u»s¢w:fo Mm‘ca1~{'0nfib¢lW  

 

% A0?

9 iffienfi AAA?‘t*»‘i:r:ei»r4 4%»dmmmn. A Qnhm ~[§z£t1?¢‘*of»égA13VfT&g.‘

    (4!)
or pay worflnip to the dumb, fenfleffei creature; of the
Painter, or adore the Comm unien Table, the wooden
ilfuc of‘t_hc; Axe and Carpenter, (as I chlnlithere were
none); Had there, Ifay, been very Idolazters among us,

Ayctunleffe they would hzwcjcom pelledthem to be Idols-A

latcrstbo, I (afteealltheimpartiallObjeciicions which

my weak underfianding can immee) canlee no reafon ' A

why they «flihuldlnor communicate with them in their
things whelreimihey‘ were no llclolzuers. I amfure, if
Saint mm! had not kept company with Idulaxters», wee

to this day (for ought I know ) had renminecl Infig

dels.

which ever=y child islahle to dilfcover- If fuchfuperfii-

ft,iOnS had beaczn phbliquely praéiiced among us, tisht:

'necefl'ary athat every one that is afpeftaltor toianotherl
mans finne, lhould prelently be an offender. Nor» are
21-lloffences ft; like the Pe&~ilence,ethat he that comes
within the brewthl, and ayrc of them, In uft riecldsldepart

iinfeéted. Thouhfeefileme, outfablindzcele, pay re-

v:erencleito.aip1i6tu=r~e;-,he hath the more to apfwer for.‘

A But why cloit thou, out oi areal: altogether as blind,

thinkthy felfe fo intaerleiled in his ‘errourjiaslto think they
felfeapamaker of his fault, unlfeflethou excommuni-+

A Cat: thy‘ feléefrom his Acwonverlation 3’

Againe, tell me, thou who cal‘le£’c Separation, S~e'cui-7

My brethren, deceive notlyoeur {elves Wlthfi fallacie, V

‘rity -,- what fclcliclllthlou in a Surplice, or lhearefil irithc ‘

Cqmmon-Prayer eke-,4 which lfheuld make thee ?fO1‘-
bcare the Congregation ewhete thefe are Alrctained -!

Isiittheweb; or matterl, or cololir, or fafljion of the W
vgaarment, oris1:i~thcifran1e,% or forme, Orifld€VOt10t'l of

«lvt-l-axe Book which.efF::-nds the-‘e ? 301: art thou troubled , M

becaufe rlicy behave both been burrowed from tlhé
    » Ez  l  Chul*ch

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rtchnrch of Rome  Thatindccd is thefgrcal: argument

t>f_exceptiot”i-5 which under the flyle» ofI°opery;, hath

A nlrnoft tumfld Religion it felfe out of the Church.‘ But,
1'-h€n,,£lS_l.Q_W€ak, to accidentally, fo vulgar an Argu- r L

“mer1t,_r an Argument fo fit for none to urgebut filly

women,. with whom the firft impreifion of things al--e

wjayes takes ftronglyeflrjthatrl muft fay in reply to it,

e That by the fame reafon, that thou poore, tender con»-
r ‘fcienc’dman, {Wh0a1‘tn0£. yet pal’: millte, or the food

of infants in the Church) makefl fuch an innocent,de--
cent vefiure, as Surplices ,. unlawful! ,. becaufe Papifts

wear: them , thou mayfi make eating and drinking l "

unlawfull, becaufe Papii-ls dine and (up. The fubjeél:

  is not high, or noble enough todeferve a more ferious A
tsonfutation... That, therefore, which I {hall fay byway ’
  of Repetition, is onely this: If to w.ea1‘e, or doc, what

ever~»yPapi{‘tsweayre,l or dee, be unlazwfull, as ‘twill pre-
fenrlytconcerrnerus all to throw off eur grarments, and
turnc Adamitm fo ’,CWiclI.V€l.‘y neerl y concerne us too,.to
lay afide our T ables, and betalte our felvesto. falling,

V astheready way to famine. Then: to ltéjfifithc Conn-

mon Prayer bookclabecaufe fame of the Prayers in it
-refcmble the Pray.ers.- in the Rorni£hrLyturgie, is as un-
reafonable, as if thou fhouldfl: make piety and devotion
in general}, unlawfhl, becaufeyPapi{ls fay their prayers.
Andifo, in oppofition the what ever they fdoe , fhouldll
thinkrythnu _art%tO yturne Atheiihbecaufe met’: in that
,Chur*ch» doe cenfelfe there i,s,_a God. 2 A   A V   
 Thetime will not give me leave to; faymuch inthe
defence of thatr excel.le*nttBoo1;l; Or, if I {hould,.tis not

A wanything,Iprefume,.which :ttcan. fall. frommy imperge
A fee’: mouthmrhicrh will be ableto recover the ufe of it _
rhaclcwagainirrto this Church. Yet thusrmuch, out of the

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juflienfe, and appreltenfion whichlhave 0f"thc”WiTc.§
dome,_as well was piety, and devotion ofit, lfl1allad._
  VCdI1tb1rc%%'t0t.fay,1 tThat Icannot thinke, that ever any
Chriflian Church, fince the time that that narnefirfl:

camera into the world,,hacl apublique forrne of Gods
;‘Wo.rihip , more Primitively pure‘, more Religioufly
grave , and more agreeable in all points to the Scrip-
ture, then that is. i ‘ * i v

t_i To which I fhallonely adde this one praife ofit

rnore, that there is not any A-ancient, Claffically con.

’ dcmned Herefie, to be found in the Records of Conn»

cells, Churcli-Hiitories , 6r the Confutations of Pa»

V thers, which is not by fomie claufe or other in that moflk

Orthodox Book excluded.

vi a Here,then,if there be any in t”hisAffemihly of that ill-

perfwaded mind,that he would not at this prefent make
.one of the Congregation, ifthe Common-prayers were
read,let meonce more ask him, what that great Antipa-

thie between him, and   that iadmirahle Book is, which “
fhould make the quarrel one another out of t~heC_hurch::‘ to

Is it becaufe it prefcribcs a Ring in marriage,or a~Crofi"c:
in Baptifrne *3 over-ferupulous man lwho would’it rag-
ther choofe to make a rent , and fchifme, and divifion

in the Church, then be fperétatour to things fo harrng-4‘

Ieffe, and indifierent. But thy iwcakC3onicience is woun-

ded. Weake, indeed, when a piece of marriage Gold,
or a little water fprinkled inthe figne, and figure ofa
“croflie, the Type,and Emblem of thy Chriflianity,

1-hall drive thee from the Church‘. I muft c”onfefl'e to
you frcely,.iffi2ch things, as the veneration of images,
or adorations of Aitars, or facrificesfor the dead,or the
worihipping of the Hoile, or th.e'Mafl"e-booke,with all

i i the unfignifi¢antA«wMarye:, andfuperflitiws prayfilfsgj

F 3 % n A which A 1”

  tea)

whieh ufe totravell round the Circleof anurmrous fer l A

ofVBeads, had hee-ne eflablifl1t- among us by publique
Authority 5 And had beetle enforcetd upon the praéhce,
Jan-d l‘ConI'ciencesiiiiofmen, and no Liberty ofperfon, or
freetliomie 0fEP(3.tc:S allowcl them, uniefle they would

conforrn to the prefent Golden Calfe of fuperflition let L

up before *them, a feparat«ion had not only been aliilowaa

 ble, but nece{‘i'ary.yVVc fhould have offended God Very
“much*t0~bc pattakers of fuch clroffe. And our befl;

Anfveer would have been the Anfwer of the Three
Clhiltdreng when the King would have had them fall

downe tothe huge Image, and Calaffw which hehad

“°‘11-3-I5- {etc up; 0 King, we are mt carefullta abferwve tbteirz tin’:
matter. But where no fuch things were eulfjoyned , where

every one wasfleft to the full ufeanel exercife of his

5 A A Chriflian libertygwhere nothing was lblarneable among"

 _ us, but the ridiculous, over-noted upoftures _and geftures
”  of fome few bufie, fantafiicail ‘men, whole Pwopery lay

in making difcreet men laugh, to fee them (0 artifitciall

devout, and ioa H-'etS‘tedly ceremoniousgto divide, and fe«- ’

purate, or togive us over for a loft Church,b~.:~‘:caufe the

Pfalmes of Dmrid, after his owne Muficallway, ufed l

to be fang roan Organ; As innocently,certainly, as

if they had been tuned through his owne loud Gym. ‘l
A “ball, or Ahead more foffltly been fung, and ‘v0well’d to
this H..«rpe: Or to renounce your folem-nee Aflemblies,

T01‘ {uch fleight,indifFerent things, as a piece of holy
rfiory in a glafle window,ot’becaufe the Miniflerwears
Whiite, or becfaufe rnarryed “people corne together by
a Ring, or bet:atufe‘th»e Lords Prayer is more thenonce
:1“t"pCj£lE€“Cl, is not onely_,Schifme ii, andl may fafely fay,

V Sehnifilneupon fcandall taken, not givetybut tis tdireeftly
 contrary tolf5."Puul~.t advice, here inlithis  ext 5 who {is
- i  to t 0

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[0 far from cplcrating any fuchnecdlefl‘c‘divifi0ns, and   
fepa:~ati0”/xgsllbf prefcnces and bodies, that he willniot all-.  
lowin the fault Chi!M'C.h and Cangrcgatian thcleafi:
Clifffint 01‘ diVifi0I10f minds; But makes'iVtlthe.lafi part
Of his Ptftitiflntlo his difagreeing Cbriiatéaiws, tllat they
would n0t Onely mcct ztogeclher in thi;-lfamc place of
Gods Worflaip, but that they would be perfefily jayzm!
together in I/Mfume mimlmdin :17: fame ;'mlgemmt,whicl:1k
is the lafi p,:.1rwflclhlc Text. To which 1 {ball one-ly
addc fame bricfe Application of fame things in this
.Scr:]no.n toyou my Heam*s , and fa commend you to
G0»;   .  A  

A ‘Twas Well {aid of on: of the lPlhil.@fophcrs, ( which
faying ofbis hath fiucc_almm"c grownc gate :1 A Proverb
of Truth) Niki! eff in Imtcflééfu, A quad mm fuit prizl: ll.”
finfiag, That tlhesrc is lnoxhling in vtlmel undcrftandixmg, or

r. ;
Unity of min:

V’ mind wixhllm, wlaich was;1no,; ;firfl.llin the {cafe without;

Ti_sa.s great, andl“m;:;1l1arcdl la l‘T1:u::h, that t;l'l£:l‘£‘~ ,isl 

thing in our .«I7pcech., or Wmrds,,or aims w:i~thout,:w*hic~h j

was not firfl: in our mind,.or will ,. or affcéfions wlthin;   1
For whatlour Saviour Chrifi faid, that out of the bear: Mat.Is'.I9.
Izrfacecd will ltboug/m, mmttbcrs, adulttrimf, 1/acfts, falfle wita A L
says’, g£lafl2»£:emi;.;s5, at-1.d,th£:*llkc 5% towcvery onaf w’hi,Ch 

fins ~without.:,b¢l.Qn gs lfomse 17ecret,imv:ifibllcIpring with-— A

in; As, I fauyma &cv<:ry l:Aldultc1z=yl wlnhorut, >bel0t~1gs folmc“
llilgldenllufl wvlixighin 5: and the llunclleammzifc;«ofth’c body y

is but the foulciffuc, and off-fpringl olthc fonle:;And

‘allsm evcry muruhcr Witlhéut, :E»c*l«n 5 lzfizxrhc fc=creLtUc:n-

* '.Wa%l0r :11atI‘;cd,oa:,§11irfl;ufmevc.ngg wimin; anfi the lm.

mfinof we ~hcar,tl0n.cly zclosheait llfelfin the violcnlcel and
;b.lQud~'{fl1€’Cl"‘0f,th*Cfhflllfld: ‘fo wclmay Efmy of our Divifi-
Qn~sl,an*d:ifagm.cm«cnus'tar0;  tlwfeLll“"adious words,
aI1d%n«afm.%c‘s-M mumall lmsy mid rlcpmachg all llchafe

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A iperverfccroffings,andthwartings,and contradiéiious of 
fpecch; all this duel}, and skirmiih, and quarreliomnes V

oflanguageg Lafitly, allthisdihunning and lothing of \
one anothers company 3 all this feparation, and deuyall  
V‘ of communion, which we fo ordinarily fee exercifed,

and pravfticedwithout, arebut fomany unchrifiian be-
haviours, which take their orxginaii and birth from as

. unchrifiiantgrudges, and prejudices,-and,jealoufies,and
Wmif-apprehenfions within. Never man yet diflented

from another in fpeech, but he firfi diffented from him

in opinion: And never man yet fepatated fromano-'

ther in communion, but he firfi feparated from him in

affefiiionu   and will. To remove, therefore, the root and “

fpring of all difagteetraents, as vvellas the current and
ftreame; and to beget a peace, and concord, and recou-
ciliation without ., by working a peace, and concord;
and reconciliation within , Saint Paul ,~' like a.” skilfull

Arttiff, who rcfervesthe hardefl part for the Iaf-ii, ~pro- .

cccds from rnens words and aétionsc, to their opinions
and thoughts‘: and like thofe who fer Watches, and
Clocks, where the Hand uponthe Dyall without, can-

’ riot moiveiregularlyt, iunleffeii‘ theweights and fprings

 which guide it , move orderly within, Athebetter to

iruledfanid governed. 1;‘

make us goe allialike, and {trike the fame time, " he en»

dieavours to Iettle and compofe more inward whcelcs," ‘ "a
by which our words and behaviours without, are to be

e The thing then for which he here fo earnefiIyPcti-=
tions, is Unity, and Agreemengando Confent of minds.;

| A ‘Which, in plaine terr-nes, isto exhort use, that as we are i

alliitrnen of one and the fame reafonablea kind , formed

andcreated Iikeeone another in the fhape ‘and figure
oifouribody, fotlgat we wouldapprovc our [elves to

iA be

be men ofgncéalnd the llunelrcafcnablc kind, in thgl
Mufique and Harmony of cmrlfouls too. «Wlhiclz would  
then come to p.all‘2:~, it every orlc of us would by the

Al imparriall 1carch,l~4:md c*x.a.rIrli1ftat‘i0n§0f' his owne mind, A

diflodgc t~hol¢n1mts anal clouds. ofcrrour , whichblind

him lltowarcls l1irr1.llc:lllfe:-‘F, and bcnight him cowards 0.,

thcrs. Or, lf*,h€i"C§d.l'i~Fl0E doc: this by tl"1c‘€l:rcngth anddi-A

ligcnce of his ownc: natumll Fezrccs, that he would ha.lvc4
rccourlé :9 lthol”c~w«h0 are mall able to pluckthis ‘beam l

l out ofhis eye‘; and whole myth and bulineffc it is fo to _

  apply their Cilres, ‘as by pmp@~fing.tl1ac one, corlflant,

immutable, .¢:£crnall,DivineTruthl,co his mind,in which

l tispoffible for all minds well culighmcd to concctntcrl

and agrcc, by dlegrccsto reduce“ him, from hislbli1ad-
ncffc andl€rrour,la.nd~ to make him not ancly fpcalc, but

cemceive, and think the: fame thingswith him that

tauglat him. * A T

A 1: was well fa§.d4 ofhim, who compfired our mlndi

ta) Lclcakingglaffcs , or Mi.rr.ou‘rs%; For certainly ifwe

could but lcceplthem open, and unclouc-:lcd,thcy carry W

this property of Mirrours withnhem, not cmcly to re-
tumc tllcr illmagcs ., and fha.pcs., and truths “Of things,

lwl1ichVpafl'tllbc:forc them as they are ;llm1t¢all- mindsin A

a clcaregforlelfe clear: degree, have “a. capacity   to tea-
cctivc into them the truth of the fame things alike. As a.-
thoufand vGlafl'cs, if they betfué, fucccffiV¢ly1oqk:in,
will lhcwllus' the lhwmcl ~fac;csl:l Em then, l as ~.GlaiT€Sslll if

xhcy bcfalfc,‘will call falfc: l'CfC'lI’I1bl3_’n'ClCS; Mjorltifzhcyagbcl

ldifcoloured, will transform: agllthings which A flawgin-i
to rhem inw thtil.‘ owns: dye : So ltisl with us.‘ I kmw

«mt how it comes to palfc, Qf_.Wh€thfC§;I«gl1fly¥’3lpC[I:il?#€Ihfl A A
falullc Educ,a[i0nj_' régr lC;ufts:r1:ncll,llor 2:0 A Parents, or:

to our Affcétions», too much knit, and i>vc,cldedyco thc
     G g     Kg“

L. l ll‘,

2. Cor.Ir'>,Io.

‘ "&*I’%D”evizg,fi*mb*1ein&35?~1h*g1'!®tifmeflh  

  Rchlzigihnyor Doéirine, or pinion, for Tcachcr,whichh A
mofl co.mAp1y;cswithourh Fancxcs 5 but thchc are hcertafimc
ii;.:1-xzut, falhfe-r«epm*th1ng .hmmd5,_hwh1ch fiokch upon men,

and arhaingsh,sitahanothcxhhfihzét and figmrchthehn mthcy arc.
Ot'hTcr mmdsh theta are flayncd and dyed (as :1: were)

- ~withccérta;ine weak prcjhud?i«ces, and hcorr.upt opinions 5%
through which , as through fo many d.ccc+mng cm A
lnouhrs, they dzfccrnhe mo Wuths whnch whcahrcmm: that hum.

As he t?haitl00kSth1‘0LIgh a grcrcme Gilaflle , takc:shal‘lh
fi’h?»i'ngsvforgh1'.e@nhe5 anhd he that looks.th~rough a brew
giaifc,~tak«::5a11»—things forazuwre: And this wasthe vs»-
ry»c:1ie of webs Corimlaidns here in the Text. A They firft
addiaficd thcmfclves avhcr-partially to fcveralh Teachers;
and fimm their Ifevcmll Tcachcrs, took in {evc:ra1lappre-

hcnfiam-=,V asthcypleafed tolikc or afihfihhim a.boveo-
thcrs, whofe‘ D.ifciplc*s»:hey callcd thcmfelvesh. Samar,‘
than-ngh they did not well» undcrfiand what they held,

ifcfol-vcd ”’(Wi;t”h0u—th any hhcxaminacionh what they were)

to"*bc oncly hhoif Saint; Paul: op'i.nions: Others rcfolvcd:
to holdoncly-whaxthadhbeen ‘taught the-;m by Afpaflas .:~_
0thc*rs1=cfo‘Ivcdhh no hhhold; aamrlywhathhhahd hbhcen prracht:
by "Sxhhifietvr,   V wslziéizcla h‘thr»ce 1:a*x.:ght »md§ Jprcacéht 
and ‘“chci:+ fame G@f”i7p1e7l;é yne‘c«:h«a:“Go;IEpcl mhs»noca1iu¢h

cntcfrtahnédh by all hears-“rs;, ;hWhvi1R £o:x9r1cj'diflikcd 4 it in

S’;«Pzml,becaufe(ashimhfcflehceomplaxfimsshfi he was of‘7fan; V .

 gwrcfc-11C’7€;,_‘3.ndh 9¢f~a:n».«-umhh .hnarzafu:I1éuttce«ranhc§:.h 
“"t-bX_@i‘s4@%i+ ~ 6 “it, ?p*'wha@*s,h¢in:tit1«é mdumhhm f5;r§>q{1o:r«$aeca«:u‘feh-

 

‘i?t’%‘hh~*carr1‘e+:"3R?h4tt¢mihdafI1y  him,;> ¢::wr.:clL:%}hé.:‘c‘ was guilty cf

rh3at»*t;qc&§£‘5iin’g fmzime , fi‘e1*¥{?@’mh bf" «ibéiEr*“g3E:thqnezat in
 ;ePu1p§é.~‘;h Otlzrfers fbeaflgaps «“¢nt@r:n££m’:d  it ncf@:l:d~Il%y {mm

 ¥*éeziez«,?3:aéé¥e.Wc h’¢hi1iln;ditn’ec‘:%b4ae$i.1,Law.r¢*d¥ mé  h  “  

    

 

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 *Ingfl1Hort,% om: and th4a'famc faving Truth, far Wmt:oET
alix:t1c'rig‘hcju'c&gcmem'.‘in: the HearcrsA to comarc" it;
corrxmimg from  ficveirali   mouthes, pzzfli %into-.d%vcrs:opifiA-
aims firffh;a.nd.t,hen thefé: Qp.inio~nVs broke‘ f0V1‘th~ inm
divers tgétic>ns».» A Ami is mat this, my   Brathrcn, cur velry
cafe: 1.’ Doc buccmnfidcr trhfi” prefenc dift<:n:i%pers‘ of 01-13:

poms‘ , diMidcdA Kingdame; and, pray, what hath been

the true rocac andfpring of few mmsh“ .varian;cc,;~% and hw-
tred,% 2md%+7h.eafrt-burning among us; tfl what; hath 'cmm§~
bléd us a4fL1ndcr,%and: turn<’d mm of the purefl, A and mofl:
flourifhing Churches of the W021-d, inm a~h<:~:ap‘ of I-lew-
fies and conmfim-: Hath it at Abccn the very Word of
God itfelfeflc’ %In¢w°hic:h all minds, I confeflég (hould 3+-
grcc», ‘andywhich flavould be the rule to «compofc 21411 mi:

“ ftrifes ;_ andbe-fme whofe “dccifionsA thé grcateft T Scho-

lars Difpurcs, and the rneanaft mans Doubts, fhould
£3114 down: ,4 and mutually imbrace ,’ and kiffe each
other. How comes -it then to paflé, that Rc.Iigion,Wh»ich-
was ordained byGodco be the oylc to cureour wounds,

V .£hou1dprove.oncly the oyle to fecd, and nourifhour  

».comb*uflions»f Wliencc is it, that the Scripture , fhat
Swoxzd 9f the Spirigfhould mvcato us only Foam; .n£smo:,
a:;.two edgcd [word , and thatnocthcr ufaffaould Abe:

~-made of”it”by us, but on:-lyAA~to be the weapon} of out
A Aconfliéts, by committing thcedges, and %ma1cingkt:hem’

enter: d*uc1lA,% and clombatr with each other?» T;:u1y,— my

brethren, a411%théA »rc'a£"ori: that A I ican Agive  Yfér ‘4?fhis»;4V

is, That fame: (perhaps ‘well-mindr;-:d‘ ‘people, b«ut*n,or
of undm-i’caad%ings cithcrfirong, er~Ica1fncd%cuou gh to

reach; the‘ true fenfc and meaning féme placeéfi A

have ficptbcyond their mcafure ;  and; have -rfirefumcd
:9 intcxprett more when  they have  well »uadérfld¢ed;

;ti*xerVs, of a. mordycfi, but crcdwlous Compefitiéfis
     W ‘<3 2    have”

e   l($i‘?)‘   V e     A ll
have thought thatponcly 1 to be the right meaningofi:hc
}Norclot God, which they have heard from rhermouth?
lqf «tl1ePreache1'wl1it;h they rnoft afi‘e<5t.. Others, of at

hm”m¢”dangerous «policie, finding Chatjthe Scripture

rightly exipor-mded would extremely make againft the

plot-of their dark: proceedings, and that the holy l

Ghofii cannot be bribed to findc Textsto make covet-
oufnefle-,_p fcdition; or theflaughrerot their Brethren,or.
_Rebpellio”n againfi their Prmce,lawfull,.h ha ve, with form:

pformall helps of piety, and zeale, put to their expofiti»

ons, made the.Scripture {peak only thoie plaufible um»   A
truthcs, which molt complied with their ends,and the

peoples Fancy. Her~1ce._,the better to_ arrive to their
lEftatcs, by the hdifi1'-Mcrons ofthcrr mrncfs, they have

dealt with therneastrc;unningAng1crs doe with filly fifhes,
p ttroupbledrhe{":reame,;and blinded them, and then made
“them. thci1' prey, The way to doethis hwasto aflirontge

panddifgraceitr glamour downe all -the ‘ ptirimirivc lTruth?s
for fomelGenerat1ons taught among them l~ eandto

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fgeeall from theirfcplulchres, and dufi, all the old, irra-V
3r,ri"r;;ate,—;plongp fine: bur1edOpinions,jwhich were the

,;rrr:x§1«te;1_rf; crfleppcf thei f  wine times , tanpdlltheh ClVl:lll‘N"fl1‘I'¢- of  

péqursg ‘With which zopiniornsytheyhave dealtgas the

J.Niteh opffizzdar dealt with her ’I-lam-ili.:u', reifed’rhem.up
;,o;_,rh%epe;op{1e c.l0zhed;1r1 a-longmamle, and {peaking to
*%§hc¥F1£li“nw§1]GT‘Q ihaaae ,a:nd~ voycc ofaprophcr. Hence

,thi(?Af¢1,:‘f£:f.Ver31:lv:7[faCC‘ePti0Q‘3,._3.fld ilnterptetarions A A

V grgzgng youmeven inlrypour olrdinary dif'couries5,.ofor)‘e,

{arid the fa rrie plaine,rb pr £inifter1}%he:ulnden—{iood places of

-2 :5cril;42[turv::r..;  Ofltyfellowing theeprafiice ofafl-the purcft

 ;thee Cob arch, thinkcs  the esammene ;;;Ol" Bapt

pilpmee is t“ pbe adminifircd to Infam:s~..,u; r  Qther$»,rr.(r.who   1
  W bty‘oul§lcertarnly~be Ta flsrarogcfight tjothc Congregation,

  (xx)  A

ifthcy {h*ou1d-“appeare the fec%onéI timieila.;the"Flont)*o.£ A ll

laureate taught to: thinlcc .thatVn0nc arc to be »ibaptizcd,l,." A
but fuch asarc oldpnquglz to be rhcir owne Giodifathers,
and can enter «into CovTenVa_nt God, éncl«~ip’ro1:n.ifc;
for tlhcmfclves‘.   S0m€,.~lbc:cau.fcitsihath ibclche “‘c|a.l‘l€d= A ,

  9, binding ofthc fpirit, A to: fcpter theirifdcv<")r4io‘nsi in. afcitl

forms ol'Pray;x:,have baniflatrhat Prayer, which Chrifl;

A prcfcribcd tof'hisApofiles, om; Gftllfiif Ci0fCt5"*5.3;$ well

as Tcimples;  i Others; ofas iirccfilificd‘ apiety, (think: no

Prayer fo“1ikely%iiito find: acccpzacncawith God, as that  

which-was conceived, andwput inéol forms by his Sonnc.

‘If {hould tire your patience too much to give you an cx--

act Caitalgigtilfic Of 311% *§ih¢: rcatrcn opinions which _at,thi_s

A   prcifcnt (‘warms a’n‘1oingiu»s.l  One ‘who hath computcdr

the Helrcficfi, which havcfprung up in shisl" Kind gdame
witl1in.tlhcl"<: A live yeares, fajflss, they halw: doubled the
number. elf nhofcllfi which iwclr¢inl1iSaim: Atzflim, [iR'1.C.;.i

V gmd thicn,‘iiitih¢yi“W]érc}.vc1'y¢rrc§r¢ ifourf¢0rfic.,a Olnlc,,i$ all»

-C/aziliafl‘, and holds this kpic-rfonalil l\R-sign: Of ;C.“.hriPc"lup%+:

- on; Earth. Another is aichrporcalzfl, arid holds the
death ofth_cSoulc withitligc Body; A Na.y,asitisfaidin.
Afifivkeaa Lyon WfilC0uP1¢"TWirhal'1TYger, from whcncc
will fpring aiilaibbard glifc) cc;r;r¢;1»__ix3cfi figgngc, Aunhcarld;«l» Vol’, '

a0.ul5li¢”{éX’C Hcfr€ifi¥:s arefgiarung up among%us‘i;l-nib:-' \

ableiito undcrfiand what in: wouldholdi hilmfclfc.lYou

llmll fhavc an Am'zm%,V and S4173;/Iian lodged togethcrinl «
phi: fame pcrfon. NAay,_D;(Wh1jg.;hiisiyci; 1woirfc)lwAhat;cver A

Ctlfmr ifpokei: in fcorne, and Qérigcftilin ?ylindic£igignAiofour
Bécdeémm Chrift andhis Mothmihlanh oflarc: troddczl.

tlmlistalgéagainc, iandlaxwcared to   diifiurbc the Worlds  

we oI‘:remb1cto i';:5cal;c;it)_ Vv;l?3thi~Ca3,11edythc‘Virgin’

Maryeslchaflity into qflcfiifing 3And~Q;her5~l _h3V_C,{pO)(Cfl” 1

pfithc MS avioiar of  *ViV1,91-‘lid fu;fpAici9uflyi,~as;iif hlci had‘
  A     G  A .‘     been: 

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. (xi)   u  
bec11ea‘£hfi»n%ég,‘ “of aflzolnc, unlawfull Birth.  M ihort,

A   thcmwamt icmliy fame of tiirofc Mxwjhr men among us,

ofwhm Slcydamwrites, vllwhlerlel. one Called him felfe God

ti»? 1=4t‘bgr;:~ar1:ocheiilllGodlike Smme‘,  third the Paracletc, A

o1*:«rCéa22'l*t»6t:/Joly Gé:g(2r,lr~oma1<clour Babel and confufi-e
on: of wllzlcl loplnioxewsat the hcight. In ‘this mifcrable

dlltrafiion, ch.cn,where Hcrcfic, and Errour, lha:h~al-

  Amofl: eaucnll uxpthe true Re-ligion;Ahd whérc all that

light aflche Go{7pcl’,1 which {hints amcmg us,is but "like
that imperffifié light at the Crfeation, which flzincd be-
fore‘ Smmc was plwaccd in the filrlmament ;,A1‘i ht
cmping forth of adarkc Chaasand l;3lind‘l maffe, sand
fi:.1:ifcful'l heaps of jarring Elémcnts :13 this thicke fog

0:5 firange “Docftriin-cs,1fay, which hath A lclcmdcnl”cit

felfc“ imfolal cloud, which hath almofl @VEl.'fpl"(t&d this
whole Kingdom: ‘, from which Truth fizexrxes to
have taken flight, and mlajdcway: for Ignorance co {tylc
ilzfelfc once ‘lmorctbe Matéer ofdwatiaa; whgltl llwayis
there left to recoricile our milnld.s, or to lnlltgc,-C me right

knowledge, and undcrfianding of the waycls of Gm! l

amosng usm’ Truly, I know name but that Wh§Ch* Saint

  mat here: prcfcribefi i'11«tli:€:lTc*xc5; 4 which is ,; that Awe: en!-
l4db“avauAr as near: its wec"an,7to be M of o;w1m1rm’e, am’

#43: jizdgcmmt.”    

l L »Buahw {hall this bcgbmught to pzlffch, unhflfcall

"ll

jud lemcfints were alikc~cl»easrc, and unlataflkdf Organ-
la” yr:

 V ,l£i5llng~»a”part a-l17’lp:mtia*l*itfy .,~ ‘and alffwtionto their A

mwdc“?fid“c, and all V}:3re+j’udi£f¢, and A hatred Magdinfi ltlaofc
fréxh w’h?o’ni they,clifI?er, men would fubmit: chcmfr:-Ives
tit) him, lzwho i$,%bc*fl_4ablle toiriftrufi them 501' who can
bringwithlihim  theft falvirlg Tlruthlsllinrothclt Pull’pi_fi§‘ A

 we fay>iFlpcop1cl Maid‘

A llminlds1pn'I¢pé«,§éd*to»¢litertain¢ the Tru’;t:h°,~ whcrclis ‘A that A

HI-:

Ow)   m

A Vi;r1fir»u&_;cr:{’o ~«i1‘1’%Ta«:lxl1;<;-;”,,~ '.§aAr~%fo‘Aopin4i0natf¢d mfafihc flrefifgth A

of his; érwwnc gifts and knaowlcd gefihmt a1;1Aot%her~ preméldi
ing no the fame Truth, mzwnxot 'i‘ch4a11IAcng¢c ‘£0? himflclfc
.:h¢y%1ike infa1libility:'@ who fl1al‘17be.thc ]u1ge4-ofCon~A-

  fltmvcrfics 2* «orw,h”o‘ffha1lprc£3‘c:nt 'Truti1 :t~oQus withfmh

known xnarks and Antares %a%b<:a5»uAt it , that as forms as tis

‘ VprcfcAntVc:dV, ncvuery congxc-gaticm («of “What” meme cAa:"pa%-% ‘

citing f0c%vc;r) A *fl1aAi‘l Aprrwefcmly A a~cm10w1cdgc, ’and~cnAAtAc;r§~

étainem? A‘ you, Soir, %Awho ‘haw miAt.h~i»s'w»h=iA1eA%thus H

.bcmoam"n,g¢I4y sp1t:cy.cd our div;:fio»n4s4;%A? we avrdbound ta
%tha.nkyo.uVfior yoga: chariityfia Ms»; %:mdAfhc2au1d~be d¢fi-

% :;1'Dl<1$ mmxgh rm 1m;bra“cc a A»t1*u:LhAi wof y.(§2u1* .d*ci7cr[ipt?ionA._.

Bugt ymuarat a. Sc%holax,% w1u;»£'e parts‘ q.»adalwi%i:cAics% lye -in
athcwhwmanc ..dr:l1, and building ofyour-Vown fcculwr

A »I’c»u.dics.AAAA We am whartforc ">b*i¢3 t0 a"mr?:bt very much ,

fw hnt.hcAr _ym1 ‘have Ama ‘~Spiz(it: A;A 4a;nd Me’ »t~0IdL by 
4wwhoy1arofc1flfc% cmm=«£e:1ws. izwpircd, ‘t7h3’t: all your +RcaA-

.din;gs,A,a;1;ad St:ud*yiAn.{gsA,A and uyA’rin;g«s efayour fei~feov»e«r.a, A % V

difficult piece ofScript:-:1 re, at ‘midnight, perhaps, ewhen

-all 0thtrS’fl?m:p.c, by Ma-%1cmAc‘, folitary, fiumbr: candlcj, 4
:m*::wbu*t fo many Lwbours %1n*vJamAc:;;* Since tis§%imp0H1~blc‘_

afamny ‘cc; A un.dcrfta%nd the 4ASAc¥rip-tu_?1;eA “ ar»i*gh‘t ¥, ‘b at; ‘ fuch

%-:[:nc{I,y *w&hoA have  1:‘cvca1ed‘~ tofwcm fby fiahc fame iélioly

Spiriwhat 4.       A      A 
   My *B.r m:sLhrtrn,A what fljzrll -I ~faAy ? to flyqu? A“4MQd%eft*y,,7
A~.and«thc;kmow1a.gc*=I’ have r<>f7tmy4~fc>wncA%~nampérAfé:&i@'xis,

rnomEa*1$lo%wmt rim fay A§ici*?emrptm“i*l’y,_g.%I:h:tt2‘*I ~hfaV:eA¥hc  

Sxpirit <:>.:-i*A'A God. «;Or*   cV~ou41dWVA ddficingluifla “his £ecrc:Aiini‘~1u-
~+aenac;s mmaifi  faso«xz:it*tvx%c*»opAer:azt'ian:s of my »wn:c
...f .§:1hI\'1 ;€;§"113:G0l1kZ1'mfiigtaligfly f2ty~I*ha4s}e fiim  Evgrhiirh ;A%~r£ul
fhimictwanunfi .mmuaybdefi13itiv¢:1~y7%) ¥3i<ét:£?’:v§rou*1A¢1A‘dc5nbc-
~Amimmme fr)vtovc,ormifi1a;w  mi» lrfgy £1*AAa«fié  iti»'a;r?i:p~%w M arts _.,

V gas  dfinyhim Tb ail  II-10:1’é 1caméd-flien myA%1‘e*1~fe.
    A A A   AA A % For“

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A Forth: fetling therefore, and compofing or your  A
vidcd minds,.iIi will not take upon me to be the _Iud_gcA%

of eCcmcrovc1jfies ,but you your fclves“flaa2.1 be. One.

ly the better to enable you to performc this chari-9.-

mb1e‘ofliee tdyour felvcs, and for ‘your betterAdirc<f{tii-

Won how not to be out in yourjudgement, as a fun: clug -_
xoguide you through thcpcrplexc windings of that la-
byrinth into which fome of you are falnc, fo falrne, that
they feem to me quite loft in a wood of mifiakesA,wherAe

every path is a guide, and every guide is an Aerror, ; give
meleave to commend to you that feafonable advice of

¢33 int 37012», which he delivefs in the {mirth C hapter of
hisfixrfi Epiflle, at time firft verfe, where (as if he “had A
ikperophecyed ofour times) he fayes, Beloved, éaleg-(1: 13-”

_ wary /birit,.6at try t/rtfiirjts mmr they be of Gad mm]; d

A fmsxnty falfiMPrapb:t: uregazwoutiinto :6: A world’. A‘ In whigh

  wojrdsgyouiihaye twp, uffithebefl:Ru1esi,aflignedfyoutoi A

A goe by,thatcaI1P0flibly he pxefcribediifmi thieifettlo»

%ment of minds.  

Firfhdbenot t00CredUl0i15;_'D£)C not prcfcnily be.

 1¢§Y¢ ¢V<51‘Y imatfi C1331 ;f11}’€ASr=h3i....1'1-‘iii! the Spirit; nor {suffer
;Yi‘?1Jiif fC1V§€.5fA'At91  iifiififft " 3-*11Id ;eCiaI:rycid faibout with every

~ windAWAofdo&fiuc4ii: FO1‘Ath;atfi$ not   the wziy‘ tag» be all A caf i

A one, but ofas many fcvcrall mi:_1d$,ee_Aas theart or cun.
nigg of fevmierall Teachers {hall pleat”: tio%Aw::>1“k ilpori you.
   Ai1;am;iip¢rfwadedsthisieafincffe of beliicfmthiscrcd ulity,
 iasthciAp£MJcle~i.calls \,iAc)"AI'thiASA ad‘{niAi.atil0flAA)‘ “rjhis ovi~i¢r_

§Av@!ui*ng of formic‘ mwsA pczff‘-ans, ihhacihiibeen  of;t:rhc    A

A great A parents of oiurp1refent,d‘i{f::m:ions  1 Whiijfl éfome

 yveqk,;bgg‘5zeet sg§re1lgm.indedipeo;p_le,ibuildiAngcihc.-mjudg; A i

 II3¢;¢rl"yi*i1pohni the ioutsivard appcargtncés at iimen,

‘V heave mif.—A,tAaAAAAk¢n"=.t~\i.1,A€A zcalc andI%fi&”1igt£‘e..of tgheirgpreaeher e
 for. his fflfiifitncy.  And taking their Logickée {mm   
  A A A A  the 

  rise)

ii the precifencfle cafyihis beheviour,l have frameci A thefe l   V

charitablgbu: falfe Conclufioas tcxtihernfelves: He is i ’ V
a man of a compofed countenance,of a referved fpeech,

w  bf agravecarriage, and of a devout elcutien, there-
  fore furely he is a holy mam. And becaufe he is a. holy

man,;theref®re whatevcerihe fayes, {hall be to lusl0ray-A A
sale; as cumming from the mouth of" one, {(5 much in 
theifavour ofGod, that iris impoffible he fhould deceive.
us, oryfpeak that which is net right. .

 be My brethren, Iihave no defigne or purpofe to bring
Helineffe intoycentempt‘; nor can I be f injurieusl to

piety, ora good life, where ever I fined it, as to expefe

* it to the {come ofthelicentious, by not givingit its due.

 am: foliier alfofrom lending encouragement to the
liveslel vitiems Teachers, (Teachers who are thelhame 
of their Mother, aradithe fcandall of their Flock) that
I could wiihtthat every Congregatien in England were 4

 

” ryilwliurniflatywith fuchlan exemplary Miniiter, that his life Q
 “Welles preaching miht be Sermon to the people.

Nay, give me leave-,1 befeeeh yougtoextend my ch,a.+. A
A rity yet: one degree farther. I amsfo far frem diflikieg

 

Holineife either in Preacher orpeople. ,, that I wiih we

all made bmuesle one united Kinlgelme of Priefis. Or, if

you willl”havepme. C§{[}f:Clr$.*I1’i‘jV ifelfe ineherwords ofcxne

ofthe holyef’cend meeleefi men ofthe came, I could :
wiihthatallt1zeLardsypeaplewler: Praplzm. But, then,you NW. 1! -29¢‘
gmufigive me {leave t—e:fayteo,Tlhat hlolixaefihand firi&- 4

 and auflicrity callife, ar«c~n4e infallible fignes thatl

tlneeis mofigzeeleus. l M -   A  
As‘ieilQfngs”aJsr1:i?1a§;l"ei~yaeg final irelmaerme uyen record; 

ilth7ey1?ii'e_echrer may net ~er.re.: Nmfhet.11 A Gad fe armext
the lund»eriiending of his Ward, to (the unfcudyed, iun--A  

learned piety, or fprcarriege of the Expeueder, that i

 flill bail méfi iai their right.

  

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1" 5 i ii”. A =.P1‘€i'21Cl1€I'5C6l.llCd every Doctrine, every Proofe, every 

confident Afferrion to the touch-Rome, and meafirred 
it by forne plaine, evident place ofScripturc 5 and exa-IV‘? i

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  That we hold rlrxisltrelzfaair-e.,tllriis~ knowledge ofGods wil,

-Ev ‘ll€—srerims M76“, in taxi‘!/Jm racsffilr ; As long as the Prea-
cher, how holy forever he be, is ifo much one ofthe pco-lei

pic, asro dwell in a frailea, weak Tabernacle of clay 9  

Lefrly, as-longas menare men, they will rbedllyable to
meals infi.rmities. And as the learned , «fcandalous

Piirurcher may be fomcrimes in the right; to tis rpoiliblc A
l‘.~l1£i.l; theignoranr, zealous, holy Preacher may be of.
renimthe wrong. How to knowlrhxs, and how to di- A

fiinguilh them, therefore, you are to make ufe of the
next: Rule prelcrihed to you by Saint 350571; that is ,

when you heare an Expolition, or a. Sermon, er a new 
Doélrime preacht to you, not rafhly, Without diftimftion A
, or choice, to comfent to it, till you have pal-‘c Ihe limp-at»

t--iall femence of :1 clcere judgment on it .5 compared and »

weighed Sermon with Sermon , and Prcacrheri with

mined whether the holy Ghofi, or his owne vainc, P0-,
pular ambition, have for thattirne infpired the fpcakcr;

or whether his Sermon have had l'ome»difl'embled, f:-- A

cular end, or Gods glory forirs markc. And this Satin;
350777;! calls, trying of the fjviritrg, which is then done,Wh.cm

A l('aslI faid before) youreducc what you he.-are f oikein by”
P the Preacher to vthe ~in.fallib1.e R'u1c_ofTeruith,t or Word  
of God 5 andlmake that, well vconfidercd," the fczlcs to ‘

weigh his do étrine in. Does he preach Charity; and
banilh flzeife from his Pulpit 1? Does he nor~flatreri Vice,

A rhoughihe find}: it clothed .iu7P urple, norfpeak ncglcfi-go 

fully ofVcrzue,though he finde it clothed .)?in rags ?

Does he firivc to plant the fe-are and loveof{God in his;
  Audit ory, the forgivcneifa «ofcheir enemies,‘ and “piracy

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towards the po6re*.filD'ares he arrriignc a publique linhegr   S   

 . M   though never fo fortunate '-S’ or fpeak indcfencér ofaf-  

flirfted Innocence, though overlbornietiby oppreflion 2’
Dares he maintaine his Chriftian Courage in tyranni-

  7calI*,e.doubtfull ti’:mesnnns.' And dares he cell profperous Se-S  

elitioigbut a more fucceffefull niifihiefe fl Lafily, does l
"he preach fuch Chrifiian Truths for whieh fome holy

A S men have d.-yecl‘,._a.nd to whichhe himfelfe would not be   vi

lafraidtolfalla lacrifice 2’ This, this man is to be heark-

tied to; this maiiisAfit robe obeyed. And this man {pea-

king the famethings which God hinnfeltfe cloth in the
  Scripture, (what ever hisqgifts ofpleafing, or not plea-

fing._.fick, fit-Ptidious, delicatefaricies be) isthus, at leaf’:
to be thought of, That though he fpeaknot by the

‘Spirit, (as a- thing entayld upon him) yet, for that time,

the Spirit fpeaks by him , which ought to be ‘all! one to

you, On the contrarytdoes the Preachers Sanétity
and Religion con{ift,el meerely in rhedevout compofure S '
of his 1001:-‘es and carriagei_rDoesh‘e Pcrive to preach
dowoe I..earning,. or does he call Study a humane FoI- S

S lyt’ Does he choofe his Text out of the Bi.ble,but make u

the Sermon out of his Fancy *3 Does hereprove Adul-
tery,lhut preach up difcorc-if Is he paflionate againfl

S fuerfiition , but tsmilde and calrne towards Sacri-A

ledge 6- ‘Does he inveigh and rayle at Popery, firridat
the fame time imitatethe worft of Papifis,_Tefuires,
Surge Texts for the Rebellion of Subjeéts againli: their

S S Prince, and quote Scripture for the depofings, a7nd*But-3

nchery of Kings -3 Does he Pcartle ataidumrb piflcurein a
Church-window, and at the fametime Preaehall good
order and riht‘ Difciplineout of the Church 1" Does an

V Oath provoke hiszt-ale, yet does! he count lying in the
V godlyno Sin :.’ Laftly, does he Preach fcparationl upon

Hz

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make:    

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  A '~‘wt3kc untempctd Ciroundst’ Ot_do,es"Iabourto divide
 the minds, winch he fhould ftrtvc to reconcile 2.’ Let

him bring what dcmurcneife, or compofurc ofcountc- A

A mace he plcaft: into the P019115 Let him, ifhc plcafc,

joync fanétity at department to earnetflncflb of-male;

 .=Letthimtf1ever fo devoutly tbewqyle the Calamities of
* this Country, which he hath hclptto makemiferahlc;

Or let him weeps never fo paffionately overthé Cott-
g,rega,tion,which he hath broken into .Fa.é*ti011s;In fltnort‘,
how fecmingly holy, how precifc, how unprofanefm

hcvér his Behaviour be-ffhough the Scripture doe f
  tcontinually overflow m 1115 Mouth, that he willnc-richer A
teach, nor dtt-mkc‘, near fpcake, nor fcarcc: flecpc but in N

that p1‘1rafCf».;y¢ta1S longas he thus forgetgthis ;Charity,
t11usPreachtcs,_ {trifc , thus Divifion, I flmll tfo fart:

miftruft whcthcr he have the Spirit, that Ifhall not 
dO*ub.£"tO reckon himin the number of thofe falfi: Pro» A A

phat: which S.§f3a/m faycs arc: game out into the world.

 AThc Conclufion thcnqfurthist Stc:1‘.xnontfl13.l1 be this.

M:-x1 -and. brcthtrcmu; I havhc with allthcfinccrity and

* tplainncffc which might hbcnefit your }fDu.l.C‘$ ,~ prcatcht

£I‘:mth._, and Peace, and Concord , and mutual! Charityt

toyu. =Itt;ha;vcalfo'f0r fmmctycertcs, nottbecen ib flcepy h
amV0bfg"rtvcr_,htuvthat Ithl1hav:ct pcrc¢ivt:d,fomc ofycm 4
;,(who havhc thought yourfzzlvesmorc Religious then

,Jth§hrcft) to be guiltyof thc(Itnightt fay Crimc,but
 ;xMflI_‘rathCr my ofthf) tmif-guidedhlcalc msftthtcfc Ca.-

ttwmtfiiuns hcrtélimtahvc Text.“ Tthcrc thasvc brcsttne ctrrtainc
Djvifiogns.,% and I know not) what ffeparations among

4' you-

a

l;c«fi‘e A-prcjudipcs and-hafpcrfions A name ibecn mifed A upma

A  tllnivaftfity,   ttht: gricfoftthistmmous :N*xJZ’i:—-

th tfictymoffiwdstrtilhutchat ~thhnmc.;, 6Il1t¢:1s.«t:fEChit‘_h}0fl.Ch»Of.it  

Ihttve‘fflrth¢mfervcd 5 that cctrtainc f:1Ifc-;,caufc- ‘

abroad,4‘ A

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ahfoa, areftill kept wakingagainfi usyby  of J V 
you, a*sifConfcienc’e and ‘Religion, as we1lasLearhhn~% A = A 
«ing and Gifcs.,had fo far forfaken "us, that all the Schools.

gof"t’he Proghets cannot: affordyou a fetof abie, vert‘u‘- A

ousymhecm, eT1tWt0%;beohthc ‘Lcflurers to this foubfamifhc
arifh. Howm flmould defervc to he thus mifiakeh by

yoque, or ‘whyyou ihoulei under-evalue thofeahlc Tea;-e
chers which you havealready , or rcfufe to takeyour T
rfupply from fo many Collcdgeswhich here Rand prey» A
eeiemt and readyto afford you cuhofce -. orywhyyoeu fhoulod  

iupplicace tdche great Councell of this Kingdome, in

piety to your foules , to fend you Godly Teachers,‘

~—( which‘,” perhaps *, is but a well-meaning Petition from

  you, but ycertairjyly tis a grcatfcyandall, and Libeleagainfl:
us)  know not. ‘ But whatever the myfieriouse cauieeebc, A

 am confident, that unlefle they willflecp overetheir

‘infamy and reproach, it will alwayes he in the power of

our defpifed llniverfiity-Divines, tomakeh: appeare,

”<cvhcn to thofe whom you intend   to PCititiOI’l,‘Th3.E this *
“is but a zealous en-our in you : And that they are as able

to edifie you, certainly, as he, whofe océupation ’cwa.s

4 to repairs the 01dfl100CS of ‘the hPx=ophets. eI yfhould

iihame ufomeofyoucoo ncilucly who weretyhycuDi‘fcipIes 
A e oft‘hatApofile, ifl Ihould defcribe him to you by ya 

elahrgerchaorafier. 

Inflead th_ere£"orc ofa farther hvindicafiou of M the res 

yproach thrown: upgyen ue, that which 1 {half fay of more
mere concerwnmentityo you, is this .3 If I. have ;n the pro-
’h:ghrefI’e‘h‘hof this Sermon , ripe open any wounds among

1 you, it hath not been with a purpofe,to cularge,or make 

‘them bleed, but to p 4 are Wiueoyanypi Qyleu iutothem5

¢au;dthohealee.yandclofcthcm         
A “A yN'e§<t, If I have ecieared any‘ ofyoyu;fyhfi*ght§y,or inyablcd

   

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yyouyattlength to tlifcernc, thatthc reafon why the motel
iyiht"fyo'urbrothcrs cyt: {cc-med fo big, was, bccauic an
 gxovcreifcrupuluus zcale had placcdra breathe in your own;
it and that in contributing tothe ruinc ofonc ofthe purcft

Religionsin thc world,» thcrcaion why you have fwal-

y lowed fo many monfixous Camels", hath been, bccaufc

t of our Churc“h,if it hadbeeu guilty ofa mole or two, 15

atfirft you made fcruplc, and Ptrain’d at gnats, I have

_whatlyintcndtcd; Which was, tolct you {c‘c,. That to i
divide, and fcparatc your ft-Ives from the communion

‘ V

has unreafonablc, asif you fhould quarrcll the Moon out.

iof her Orhc, or thinlthcr unworthy ofrthc skycs, be-
caufc fluciwcarcsafpotor two. writ on .a glorious ball
oflight. ~ A t

La{ily,if I have {aid any thing in the rcproofc of Dif-
corcl,or the pmifc of Charity, which may rt:--unite your
minds, and make you all men of the fame heart and be-
liefs, as w::ll.as ofthc fa.tnc City and Corporation,,.I
ihall think Ihavc done the work and bufineffc of a jufl:
Dividcr ofthc Word of God towards you, and of a.
faithfull Servant and Steward towards my heavenly
Mafl-cr.'W“hofcbltifingtofpcace be upon you all, to.---
jgethcr with the grace of our Lord Jcfus Chrili, and the
fellowfhip of the holy Ghofii. To which glorious Trini-

ty ,bc afcribcd all Honour, Praife , Dominion, and
Power, for ever. A» M an. A l

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