2 divide the q'roteftants, plainly enough thew their Sentiments upon this Head. In how many Shapes have they ap- pear'd ? What Pretences, what Intrigue, what Difguife have they not employ'd, to begin or carry on thofe Animofities, in which they have found too great Succefs ? 'Tis rather to be wifl7'd than cxpeted, that all who have feparated from theChurch of Rome thould agree in the fame Opinions, or the fame ex- ternal Rites; but in mutual Forbear- ance and Charity they may all concur. 'Tis more than time they thould: Duty as well as Intereft oblige there to it. While Popery is gaining continually upon the declining Intereft of the Re- formation ; while our perfecuted Bre- thren feel, in the moft fenfilále manner, the daily Progrefs of this ern-el 'Super- ftition upon the Continent and while the 7Emiffaries of Rome are fo far from being ina&ive in this I, jland, at fuch a Juí ure'tisextreamly unfeafonahle, and may be very _prejudicial, to kindle or revive anyDifputes among thofe of the fame Faith. No Benefit Pure can arife to the general Inter& of 'Proteflantifm,, from endeavouring to convince its Ad- verfaries, that different Parties of Pro- teftants have treated one another as feverel =y as Papifts have treated them all,
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