EP I ST. VJI. I 3:59 ; A ch:efesdoth he atBill miferoble man? No fooner did the Chrifrian world bcfin w ~---f brearhe from perfecmion,bac it wasmore punifhed wich 1/rrianifme: when the rrrl !' Drogon cannoc devoure che childe,he cries eo crown the ~·!other; and when the wacer; taile, heraifeswaue. Your famous ']NnitH had nothing moreadmirable than hiS love ofpeace: whenour bufieSeparatilts appealed him,with what a fweec Cllmneue · did he rejell: them,andwith agrave importunhy call'd them to moderation !How le would have vexed his holy foule(now oot ofrhedanger ofp•ffions)to h>ve forefem his chaire troublefame. God forbid that the Church fl1ould finde aChallenger, in fiead ofaChampion : Who would thinke bm you fhould have been taught rhebe · oelit ofpeace,by the longwant? But ifyour cemporall lhce ( belides either hope, or beliefe) bath grown wealthy with warre! _likethofe Fowleswhich f~rren with hard weather: yet be coo fore, that thefe fpmtuall broyles cannot buc rmpo\'eriOJ rhe B Church; yea, alfamilb it. It were pitty that your HoifamiOJOuld beftill t~.e An p'litheme of the world,on whofeScaffolds all orherNauons fhould fir, •nd h:e vor iay of bloody thews; not without pity, and hmror. If I might cballecge oughcin that youracute and learned ArrniniNs; I would thus folicite aud conjure h.m: ALsthlt fo wife aman fhould nOt know theworth ofpeace; that fo noble • fonne of tl·cChurch fhould not be boought to light, without ripping the worube ofhismother ! What mean thefe fubtill Novelties? iftheymake thee famous, and the ChurchmrfcrJble, who !hall gaine by them? Is fingularity fa precious, that it fhould coil no Idle, tha~ the fafety and quiet of our common mother? If it be tnlth thou affecrrll; what. alone ? Could never any eyes (till thine) be bleffed with this objell:? VVhere lwh• that facred verity hid her felfe thus long from all her carefull Inquilirors, that!bee C now firll !hews her bead to thee unfought? Hath the Gofpell !hinedrhus long, ond brighr,and left fame corners unfeen? Away with all new truths; fairc and plaofible theymaybe,foundtheycaMOt: fame may admire thee forthem'; none0131lbldfe thee. But grant that fomeofthefe are no leffe rrue, than nice points: what doe thefe unfeafonable crochets and quavers trouble theharmonious plain-fongsofour peace? Somequieterrourmay be betterrhan fomeunruly truth. Wbobinde~ usro fpeake all we thinke? So the Churcbmaybe !lill, wouldGod thou werr wife alone. Did not our Advetfaries quarrell enough before, at cur quarrells? were they nor rich 'WPI1!lh with pur fpoyles? By thedeare name ofour common pl!ents,what mclneli t'f'lfmAmJittiHd Whitherrc:ndthefenew-rais'd di!Tenrions? who !hall thrive by thembutrheywhichinfultuponus, and rife bythefallofrrmh? who !hall be undone,but thy brethren? By that moll precious, and bloody ranforne ofou: Saviour, and by th.r awfull appearance we !hall oncemake before thegloriou~T ribunall of D theSon ofGod, remember thy felfe,aodihe poore dillrafud I imm'5of theChurch : Let ootthofe excellent pam, wherewithGod bath furnifh~d thee, lye in rhena·mw way,and caufe any weak one either to filii, or llumble,or erre. For Gods fake,either fay nothing,or the 13me. Howmanygreatwits have.Wughr no by -p~thes, and now arehappy with their fellows ! Let itbe'.no.difparagement to goe with many to heaven. What could he reply to fo plainea cbarge~N.odiftinltion t:a~ avoyd th' powcrofGmpl~ trQt~. I know he hears not this ofmefirll:Neither cbatlearned and worthy Fr~n:GotJ,.rHt, nor your other grave fratenity cfreverend Divines, have been filent in fo maine ac Jl(e. I fearerather too neuch noifein anyofthefe tu mules: Tneremay too many concend,not intrear. Multitudeoffurers is commonly powerfull; how much more in juli motions? But ifeitherhe, oryou, 0J>II rumme home, and bid me fpend mylittle moyliurc npon our ownbronds, I gllnt there isboth rhe fame caufe,and the fame need. ThisCouofell is nowhit farther from us,bccaufe it iJ E diret!ed to you:, Any Readercan change the Perfon: I l:lm'nt to fee , t!rat cirhy where peace bath nor many Clients,but fewer lovers ; yea, even many ofchore th.lt praife her,followher not. Ofold, the very N(J'l}atiall men,women, children broogbc fron<Sandmortar (with th~ Orthodox)to thebuildingof theChu"hofthe refarrection,and joyned lovinglywith them, againli the Arriam: ldferqumdsdivideo' ' I and every divifion ends inblows,and everyblow isrerumed ; and noncof;J!! ii~ht~ /befide the Church. E1•en the befi Apollles dilf~nted; neither knowledge, not hoi!n ~ffe
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