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Epbeflana,Chapaz.
VE
R.
l7.
1
Vier.
A
Garder to
charge
it
with
unpeactablc-
nelle.
Anf.
Afts
z4ç.
Divicon mull
needs follow
theWordbelee-
ved.
Aas 4.35.
Ephef.
4.3.
God
faithful!
in accomplifit-
ing
allhis
word.
Beleeve
there
-
forefor time
to come.
that
were caft into this mould
,
it
is
faid
of
them
,
that
they were of
One
heart,
As
z.
46.
This anfwereth to the prophane Objections
of
fuch
as
load the
Gofpel
and
Preaching with imputation
of
unpeaceablenefle:
Neigh.
bours lived quietly
together,
lef(e
(pent
in
Law
:
When
there
was
not
fo
much
of
this which we
call
Preaching,
we
fee all
were
of
one
minde
;
now twenty
Sects and opinions
in
the world
fine
this come
up
:
They
fay it
breeds
difference
,
even
among thofe betwixt whom
formerly there was the
belt
agreement.
For anfwer, we may not marvel! at this
,
that
refinance doth
al-
wayes accompany
the
firft publifhing
of
the truth
,
fo
alto
divifion
of
hearts
doth follow
it
;
and to this end
is
that
fpeech
of
Chrift
to
his
Difciples,
Think
not
that I
carne to
fend
peace
into the
earth, (that
is,fuch
peace
as
the world dreameth of)
but the
fword,
Mat.r o.34. We
read,
that
when
Paul exercifed his miniftery
at
Iconium,
there
was
much
I
ado, and
the
people
of
the city were
divided, and
fame were
with
the
Jews,
and
forme
with
the
Apofiles.
This
made him
ro
be accufed before
the
civil!
Magiftrate,for
a
pef
dent
fellew,and
a
mover
of
(
edition; according
as
at this day
[faâious
and
humorous]is
a
corn
mon imputation.
Now
a
divifion
cannot
chufe
but follow
Preaching;
for
when
as
a-
mong the hearers, force mock, force
cleave
unto
the Teachers,fame
be-
leeve,and
others beleeve
not; and men fall
tohave great reafoning
among
themfelvçs
,
there
cannot
but
follow
a
kinde
of
divifion and fiding:
fo
that they which
in
their ignorance accorded together,
are by the
working
of
the
Word
fundred ;
and
force became zealous followers,
Ì
others
malicillus
oppofers,
and
force neuters, neither cold nor hot,but,
juft
of
deputy
Gallia
his
religion, who
card
nothing
for
thole
things,
Aéts 18.r
By this
it
appeareth,
that
divifion and
tumult
muff
needs
follow
t
e
foundneffe
of
fetled Preaching ; though thofe
that
are
re-
claimed to
the knowledge
of
God
are
all
of
one
heart,
and
of
one
foul,
proceeding
by one
role, minding
one
thing,
and indeavouring
to
keep the
unity
of
the
fpirit
in
the
bond
of
peace.
Here we
fee
the
fulfilling
of
that which
was forefpoken,
The
Gen.
tiles
(hold
have
hope
in hit
Dofárine,
Joh.
r
z.
When
I am lifted
up,
I
will
draw
all ;
that
is,
I will teach,
and
bring to
me
by
verme
of
the
Spirit, Jew
and
Gentile.
In
as
much
as
this
is
here
accomplifhed,
it
doth
teach
us
the
faith
-
fulneffe
of
God
,
in
making
all his
words good
in
due feafon;
This
Word
is
pare
as
filver
often
tryed,
Pfaj.
r
a. And,
Heaven and earth
may
pa
ffe ,
but not
one
jot
or
tittle of
this Word
(hall
paffe unaccomplifhed,
Mat.
5.18.
The
former things
are
come
to
paffe,
therefore we muft
learn
to grow
up
by
experience,
in
the
full belief
of
that
God
fpeak-
1
eth,
even
when we
fee
it not
yet
take place.
Men will
eafily,
if
they have
all
things
at
hand , fay, God
is
true
l
this way, and
that way
;
but when
we
fee
nothing, then to
hang
upon
his
Word,
yea
to
fay, Shallthe unbelief
of
man
make
the
truth
of
God
of
none
eff47
?
This
is
praife
-
worthy. When
we
croft
God
fo
far
as
we
b