. [ 4~5 j ' ' Sa~red Stripru·res ·which are . brolighc to 60'~ knowledge : This bath ~e~n ab omnib~JS,. iibirj; &;. fomper dceptum : All Chrtlhans agre-e herem: And . in the 'obfervati0n of the Lord's day ~s :i. fep'arated time for Sacred 'Affemblies. And .fome Cete.:. monies and other little things mofi ofthem agreed in, but not as neceffary io their llnity; .oi: Corn~ munion,,rbut fuchas fome differed aboutwi~houd violation of Chrifrian Love.and Peace, as So-. crates ·and Soz.omen !hew in divers InfianGes·, and of divers Countreys. . ·. .. , ,:. ;· ·. . At this day All tlie Chutches agtee in thefe ~ And this much confiituteth men trueChrifiians: AndChtifi hath commanded all Chrifihtns toL0vfi O'ne another, and Live in Peace~ and the Hrong to' receive the weak; and not offend the lean Be.;;. lievers, nor to pleafe thetnfelves, but others to'-:: their edification. The :Kingdom ofGod {which ~s his Church) i~ not m~~t and drink, but Ri~hte] oufnefs, Peace and Joy 1n the Holy Ghotl: ~ ana:· he that in thefe things ferveth Chriil,. ,pleafetb God, and is (or fhould be) approved of rnen·. _ . . I have proved all this fo fully in my BO'ok~ called The true and only Way of the Concord of all i he churches, that I h;ere difmifs it. , , .... ,.· :.: § 3. · But when this pretend~d tlni\rerf~l H~ lflane Jurifdic1i'on was fee up; 'ft quickly divided the CathCJlick Church, by n1aking ne·wLavvs and Confiitutions, as if Chdfi's: Laws had not been fuffici~nt for ·Univerfal Concord i and ·, as,if he· that made M·inillers theTeachers and·Expounders' of his own' Laws; had given them hi's Pterogative; of Unive'i-fa! l.egiflariion· and Judgment,. .. And ever Gnce cfi~·n the .Church bath;been rain in.;;· t tl thclfe fra·cUons "';h1cl] continue·' cut i11ariYe and:. Jf f i • · gde.l-
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