2g5 impofed : And that the Rulers then Ihould make their Lawes more ftri&, and that all the com- mon people fhould take up thefe opinions, and all that fort of men that firft were zealous for them, should turn againfi them, becaufe thecom- monpeople are for them ; and íhould call them Popifh fuperftitions, and Ihould fuffer impri- fonment rather than conform to them ; I pray you tell me if you fore-faw all this , what is it you would advife a fober Chriftian to do, in fuch a time and cafe as that?Would you lave the fame men that noware for thefe opinions, cry out a- gainft them, and cenfure all as fuperflitious who are for them : and feparate from them; and re- Joyce in their fufferings on that account ? Why I tell you that many of the cuitornes and pratiifes in the Church, which you now thus avoid as fa- perftition, were brought in at the firft thus, by the moil Religious fort of people : And yet at is now accounted by many, a neceffary part of Re- ligion to avoid them : And all becaufe that men take up their opinions of fach matters in Religi- gion, from the ef$imation ofthe perfons that are for them ; and avoid thofe things withprejudice and fcrupulofity, which are liked, or praaifed or commanded by thofe, whom they think ill of, and take for the adverfaries ofReligion. Y 4 DIRECL
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