upon the EpifUeof J A M ·E s. / VERS.I6. about·us with terms ofHere!ie and Er.ror, cloth but prejudict mens mirides, and -exukerate them againfr our Tefiimony : None but fools will be afraid of hot words ; Dijcoveries do far better then JnvefJives: ufu~lly that's apeevifh :<.eat that fiayeth ingenerals; 'Tis obferveable, JVJa.t. 23. from Verf. q. to 33· our Savionr denounceth never aWoe, but he prefent-ly rendereth aReafon for it, Woe untoyou,forye jhut the Kingdom ofHeaven; and again, Wo unto you, for ye devour· Widows hou[es, &c. You never knew a man gained by loofe flings; the bufinefs is to make good the charge, to d1fcover what is Herejie, and what is ~michriftianifm, &c. z. This is an ea!ie way to blemifh the holy Truths of God: How li>ften do the Papifis fpread that Livery upon us, Here ticks & Schif– matick,{.'They jpealuvilofthtngs they do not k,zlow,{ude Io.When men a_re loath to defcend to the trptl of a way; they blemifh it ;· .AfJ. 24. I4· The \\lay which they call Herejie, we worjhip the God 6f our Fathers: Men condemn things fuddenly and rafhly, and fo often Truth is mif-called ; If matters were difpatched by Argument.r rather then Cenfures, we fhould have lefs differences : The I 2.! \ mail: innocent Truths may fi1tfer under an odious imputation;* the "' Cam. ; ." Spoufe had he-r vail taken from her, and reprefcnted to the world -~<Tacir.Anna!. as a profiicute: * l'he Chrifiians were called, Genus hominum fu- !. 1 >. Suctun. perftitioni& .,utlijictt, A wicked fort of men, and ChriH:ianicy a in Nero. ea. Id. Witchery and Superfrition. ' . _ Oh then, that. in this age we would practice this ! Be lefs in pafVfe. fton, and more mP:Zrgument . 1 That we would condemn things by rcafo74ing, rather 'thenmi(-calling! That we were lefs in generals, and would deal more particularly! This is the way to jfftblijh men in the prefent Truth.In Morals theWordfeldom cloth good,but when 'ris brought home to the very cafe: Thunder at a difiance cloth not move us fo much as a clap in our.own Zenith, that maketh us fianle .! General In'!!eUi?Jes make but fuperficial tmprejfions; · lhew what is an Error, and then call it fo; truly that was the way * ~ee uifer de in ancient times: at firil indeed, for peace fake, *fame have ob- Britann.Ec.d, ferved that the Fathers declaimed generally againfi Errors abou~ primord iisJ the power of Nature, not medling with the perfons or particular pag. :ux•. Tenets of Pelagim :md his difciples; but afterward they faw caufe for being more particular: Loofe Di(courfes lofe their profit; :munt Iron, that toucheth many points at once, cloth not enter, but !lla~e ~ bruife ; but aNeedle~ that toucheth but one point) entereth · - - ·- ·- · - R · to
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