dii1ratied by Divifions ; and much, if not molt about Religia'n, (we with it were not againfi lzgió , by fume that indeed kave 7-1-s Rt -w ligion :). Teachers againft Teachers, inDifcoar fesj Sermons, Books, rendringeach other defpi- 4àb1e, and unloye3y,, and time ;calling out alo:d; to-Rulers to draw the Sword againft their Bre thren ; fo learnedly and induftrioufly pleading the Gaufe againf each other: -with the Laity, high and low, as'if the deftroyfbgof their Love, and kindling Wrath and Hatred, were the Evan- gelical neceffary work; and without this zeal, and kill, -and diligence hard to be acco-tr plifhed. No wonder', then if we have, ;'people againft people, families divided, and all confounded; and this grievous Sçhifin carryed on by crying out againft each other as Schifmátiäks, and im- placably cal: fig it while we loudly inveigh a- g,á rd it. The cáfeis lamentable, that diftra- ¿fion íhotild he thjis evpreffed and promoted , and when God -hath waned us by the mifchtefs ofañ odious Civil War, and 'bath tryed us again vi;ith peace with all Nations about us, when ,molt Of them are involved id"grievous Wars, that yet we vvillnät give peace to one another, but live as if Peace were the Plague which, we molt defire tq,ofàape. Yet as it` is the good providénee ofGod, that the Names of lVifdom, Godli;z fs, Truth, 7r4fice, 17/1e cy, Honefly, and Verrue, are äll. fill honour- , able even among thole that hate and oppóf them ; and the n4_ es ofFolly,: Úiagodlinefs, Ly-- ¡hg, Vnj4fi ice Vnm'ercifrdnefs, Dífhonefty and Vice, are all difhonourabte - whs:re the things themelves are followed and prevail ; fa Love; Peace,
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