Baxter - BV649 B3 1670

41 Ca ctoth tend to infebt the hearers with the fame vices and kill their Love, and lead them into di vifions, you would take heed for the fake of o- thers. (U.nlefs you are ofchore who are fooliíh- er than the devil , and would buildChrias houle and Kingdome by dividing it Mark, 12.) One raileth at Luther, and another at Calvin,and ano- ther at Arminiud , and another at this maw, and another at that, for matters which are above their reach; and the people are taught to rail at all ; and to make it al fo their talk behind mens backs, toprate againf} this man and that manand the o--. ther ; and in time to thew it, by breaking into fe&s : In a word fuch carnal courses of their Teachers , do make or harden carnal profef- fors , to be one for Paul, and another forApollo, and another for Ceph.u, but few fincerely and prudently for Chrift : fo that inftead of Holinefs, Love and Concord, we have in almof} all com- pany little but ignorant cenforious wrang- ling, at the opinions of thofe that they never were acquainted with , or at tie controverted praaifes, or circumftances of worfhip , which arenot fuitable to their prejudice and cuf}on,and cf which they never d&fired to be the impartial hearerscf a ¡rift accoutit. If ever God will Phew rne:-cy to hisChurch, he will give themMors after his heart, who (hall abound in Light and Leve, and lead the peo- ple into Concordupon the ancient terms; and make it their work, to brine; this Love-killing fpirit into hatred; whether it work by the way of f }riving- difputes, or dividing principles or praetifes, or by reproaching others : by corpo- ra!

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