[449] ' - wouldbe judged, and daily prepare for death1 that_ We may be found ready. ~14. That ~e ihould ufe all \vorldly temporal things for fpirimal ever1a!1~ ing ends, kno~·ing · tha·t elfe they are but vanicy, vexation and dangerous fnares. I 5. That \~ie' ' ihould fetch our joy ,from th,e hopes of Heaven more than from all the po.lfeffions; pleafures and hop~s on Earth., . - Thefe, ana abundance more, we arecommonly as to Profeffion agreed on : And though this in finceriry wil ferve for our acceptanc~ wirh God and our Salvation, it will not ferve for our ac– ceptance or toleration with ·(ome men, nor to ;, avoid the cry of fcandalous , intolerable Schifm, I)tfobedience, Obfiinacy, and what men mind to charge upon us : Yea; though we are agreed that ·· Rulers in their fev€ral places mufi be obeyed in 1 all things,that are not againfi the Law of God in Nature or Scripture. . . . , . · . _ . But what now is the difference, I will add th;t if everyConfotmifi and Nonconformifi in Eng– land were of fo (unattainable) perfect know– ledge.as to be agreed of the fence of every Sylla– ble in the Bible; it woul~ not ferve tQ fnd our . Differences, nor keep us from Prifoils; Silencing,, and the-prefent heavy -Accufations. \Vonder not dtt it : Ic·s:anevident truth. Our bifference is, r. About the meaning of fome· Oaths, Declarations, ·and ft~bfcribed Profeffions and Promifes impofed by ·ACts of Parliament~ 2. About.th€ meaning of feveral Rubricks and , other Words in the Liturgy and Book of Ordina- · tion. · 3· About the meaning and prattice of fa.-., ver2l t anons; (;oJs Law b~th agreed us all that Lying deli~ . · . G~ · • tlfteJy
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