['491 XXXVIII. What harmOur Preaching the dof-: rineof falvation can do to the Bifhops or people of the Land ( while they may punifh us for any word that we (peak amifs :) And why we should not rather fpeak openly(where men may bear wit- nefs ofour errours,) than in fecret ( where men are tempted to too much boldnefs :) And what but a fpirit of envy, or a carnal intereft crofs to the intereft of Chrift and mens falvation, fhould grudge at Inch Preaching, while we are refponf- ble forall that we fay or do amifs,we cannot tell. XXXIX. Nor can we tell, ifour not (wearing, or not entering into the Bifhops National Covenant, be as great a crime as our penalties import,why no other mutt or penalty will ferve turn to ex- piate ft./6.h crimes, but our ceafing to preach the Gofpel of Salvation, while we are willing todo it under the ftriteft Laws of Peace and Order. XL. It is vifible that the Parifh-Churches of thofe Minifters (cæterisparibus) are fulleft ofAu-. ditors, who are moft willing that the Noncon formifs help them in due time and place, and delire to live with them in Love and Concord For all that have the fpirit of holy love andpeace, do love thofe that have the fame fpirit : And fuch ferious,holy Conformifts as Bolton, Whately, Fen- ner, Prefton, Sibbs, Stoughton, Gouge, and fuch o- ther, were formerly as niuch crouded after as Nonconformifts : But it is thofe that Preach a- gainft holy Love and Concord, and wrangle with the moft Religious fort whom they Mould encou- rage, whole Congregations are thineft (ufiially ) through the tepidity oftheir followers, and the .diftafte ofothers. XLI, When we read in the Cpuncil ofCaked, the
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