havefondout a better. 379 than from Loyalty, Peace and Honefly. But I am fpeakingonly agaínft that partial,fa&ions, eed- lefs , diyidingi and pernicious violence; which is pretended to be thechief,ifpot thepnly cure ofalt theerrours or &fagreements in"the Churches, by thole that know no part of Chyrurgery but am-, putation. Some fpeak hutch of the many diforders whichwill be uncured , if Violence donot more than Teaching and Love : But I. humbly ask of them : Firft, are thofe diforders fuch as are cu- rable in this life ; or fach as are the unavoidable miferies ofour corrupt and imperfe&Rate ? Se- condly, will force cure them better than evidence of truth, and Love will do ? Thirdly, will they be fo cured without a greater mifchief ! God telleth the Sabbath-breakers of Ifrael, that when they were rootedout, the landfhotild deep her Sab- baths : Was that a mercy or a judgement? Would you fo core Sabbath- breaking and diforder ? and take a felitrede for Peace ? Fourthly, is not the work to be done, the favingof mens fouls ? And fhall any bo faved againft his will ? And then Ihould not all force be meerly fuch as is fabfer- vient to the ends of Love ? Fifthly, gill (tripes change the judgement in matters of Religion ? Sixthly, is he any better than a Knave or an hypo- crite , who will fay or fwear or do that through fear, which he verily thinketh God forbiddeth him, and is difpleafed for , and feareth it may damn his foul ? Seventhly, Is it the honour and felicity of fouls to befuck? or ofChurchor King dome tobe compofed of fuch ? Bighthly,îs not a çonfcienticu; fear offinnina againf God, a thing well
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