Chap.q according to S t M A T T H B vr. 93 faith he, may bepardoned through faith in Chrilt, 6tit the d/fcord. Errer aondana we cannot expiate Void) the dearet and Warmef bland in Bur r; pore ¡i,m >o10 hearts. They on the other fide ( in their fyngrame or anfwer ) fiet aditt i, handled thatmoll innocent man focourfely, Zt t non oójurgatione, ch. : dif fed execrations dictumfit, faith Zuinglins, that they defervednot ceraiam, nef , f: tobe confuted, but to beabhorred of all men. This was as good Janguineac /un. fport to the Papas, as the jars betwixt e/Ibrdhamand Lot were l exps I. i4bi. to the Amorires. But that one confederation ( that We are bre- thren ) fhould conjure down all difagreements ('as betwixt them) and make us unite againft a common advefary. The Low- councreytufpefting the Englifh. (Arno i587.) (tamped money CamdElif with twoearthern pots, fwimming in the tea (according to-the i 35 s 'old fable ) and wittily infcribed, Si collidimisr, frangixnur, If ' we clafh, we are broken. The Thracians, had they been all of. Roraduabed one minde,they had been invincible,faith Herod ttu. And Corne rribu/ve crvi- lituTacitua(who had been here in Britztny with his father-in -law rarir, sonven. Agricola) reportethofour fore fathers, that they fell into the hands of the Romans, by nothing fomuch as by their diffenfions nacute pu7. Y Y navt, un:verfz, amongachemlelves. Pliny telleth of the tione Thyrræut, that vincuntur. thoughnever fobig while it is whole, it fioteth upon the waters : Tac. but beingbroken,it finketh. And who hath notread of Silurtuhis bundle ofarrows? To break unity, is to cut atunder the veryveins and finews of cfe myfticall body of Chrift, as the Apoille intima- '?i 4vot. tech, i Cora. a o,.tohinder all true growth in godlicrefle,l;ph,4.16, Prs fensa lodo, and inward comfort, Phil. a r , to drive away God, who appear- treeions, ed not to ,Ibra6am till the difference was made up, Gèn. 13: 14, Deus nor, anpg. &c. and to undoe our felvcs. As the dragon lucketh out the ruit.p3r incos. bloud of theelephant : and the weight of the falling elephant op- 8.c.iz. prelleth the dragon, and fo both perifh together. To prevent all which, and tocompote. all quarrels in this e/ ypt of the world, , let it beremembred, as Mofes told the two ftriving ifraelites, thac . we are brethren,An.d ohhow good,ard how pleatanc it is for bre- Pìal.a 33.1 thren(tn the Miniftery efpecially)to dwell together in unity. ' Verte a2, eAnd they immediately left the Jhip and their fa- ther.] Thefe were uifemerchants,tharparc :d with áil to pur- chace the pearl ofprice. So did many Martyrs, and knew they- made a freers bargain. Nicolas Shetterdsn writech thus iJt a Luter to his mother; What {tote foever your fathers be in, leave that to God, and let us follow the counfell of his Word. Dear tnm,ther; cmbrace it, with hearty affer ion > read it with ebedienee g let it ; í . á be,
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