NoPeacewith Rome. A and abidesrhe fi10ck ofboth ; Neither may it ever fuc(eed emerto rhefe kinde P/Jillpimt which will be bringing rh!s Arke ofGod into rhe houfeofD•~on. And for us, fine~ we muftneedsbepUt to it, we !ball not here (as itoften falls out in ot~er quarrells) ftrivc eo our loffe. Ahraham fared well ~y thediffenuons of Lot;all thenulk and bonyofwhole Palejline hereupon befell to htm;wpereofhe thouId elfe have !bared but thehalfe: Doubtleffe thefe contentions (through the goodne!IC ofGod) !ball enrich u; with agreat increafe bothofTmrh and Glory. SEcT. IV. B 'thaltbe CO!Jfiflion of the fame Cmd18 not with themfufficient for l'e~U. IT isnot Cnffa!Jdus(peech only, but every wife andhonelt mans, thatthe Creed' ;;/'•ffi<·l•rn is thecommoncognizance of our faith; and we all doewith one voycewillingly profeffe it. Surely Th<odoret, when he would by afavor•ble report allay the bitter Thtcd.Hift/.J . contentions oftho(e ancienrChriftians of Astioch,writcs thus:Bothparrs (faith he) <•+ ~~~:~;u~~~l~~~~~;~~t~~~~'1,,ft~~:~J~~~~~~~~~:ig~a~:~~~~f~:~~,~~~,: ~;~d: .. ~'~• and can (carce drawbreath fince his !aft fuipes: What care we (faithhe) for the f:une Creed?Faith is not in words, but in the feofe: And indeed, I remember what RNjfimu r"fJJrt! done by Arritn: Thatworthy Conft•nti1Je had charged him eowritewhat faith he held l he delivered him aCreed, in wordsours, in fenCe his owne i and how C right his wicked brood tooke after their father, in the enfuing times of tlieChurch, let Hiftoties witnefie: fore I am, whofdever. !hall read the Creedsof their feveraU seas, !ball hardly fetch out any thingwhich an Orthodox Cenfurer would thinke · ~'""""'· worthy ofreproofe: How ofr doe they yeeld Chrilt to beGod,yea, God bfGod;aod H•t'"'""'"' · yetperfidiouOy referve to themfeh·es, in rhemeane time, chat abfurd conceit, That hewascreated ex ~•" entih•s! As therefore l!cveri•nws the Syr/4N in Theodoret,(pake Greek$ as aGrec14~ , but pronounced itlik~ a syri•": fo there may bemany, which I,., ,, ~,, 9. may fpeake rrmh;, but pronounce them,her~ti~ally ~ For all HereG01 (faith ImuHs) P<r~chryf. ' ' ' talkeofoneGodsbut marre himwirh tfieirmifcon·certr; ye:1, for themoll: parr,aii He· !?o~~r;;;~:~~~ rcties(faithcl>ryfo/oglls) feta face ofthe T<inity; To little purpofe; Itwas notill faid """'· of Gr4ti41J, That no man inocare for wordsifince that not the meaning tbould ferve f,;~-:,~.1·5· the words, but thewords rather themeanin!(; Let us grant all this, and more: Let ir D beta id ofthe Creed,asJ~tolilt uid ofthe Booke ofJoh, that every word abounds with 8 ;,.;, pt.{. fenfes: There i> no Divine Word(aoTerJII/I,an fpeaketh wifely)fo diffo!ute and de- rm.1tpuJ<. fu(ed,that only thewordsmay bedefended, & not the true meaningof the words fer downe. To put the Cardinal! outofthisneedleffe feare,The proper and native fenCe ofthe Creed may be fercbt out; and I addt yet more (exceptbut that one Articleof Chrifts defcenGon intoHell, which Rufliipu confeffes he couldnotfinde, either in the Roman or Eaftern Creeds) is openTy confeffed on both pans : And yet for all this, we are never the neerer to peace: Forfrom rbefe common PrinciplesofFaith, the fi1btle devkcof Heretical! pravitybath fetcbt ftrange and ttroneous confeqtlences, which by thtir fophifticall and ~bftinatehandling, are now improved into Herer,; lies, anddare now threaten not onely oppoGtion, but death unto tho(e very principles from which they are raifed: Ofthis kinde are the mofr ofthofc Romifh opinions which we undertake wcenfutein thisDifcourfe. . But, ifby thcuniverfall con(enr ofall, it fuould appeare that both word and fenfe are intire; t!w bOth theprinciples,and neceffary concloiJOns thencededuced,are ondeniably found: yet (faith B<llaro;ine) there can be no peace with L~tther•m. Let •!! N•lld """' theworld know rhis,an.dwonder; Our ~i~g(be it fpoken to the en~y oftho~c ~hich ~:;::.-;,:;;!Z' c.annot emulate lum,an mcornparable D1vme for aPnnce, yea, aPnnce ofD1vmes, a 1 ~.19.s1a.4.. King ofmen,and awonderofKings,mightyboth with his Scepter and his Pen)going ' 1 about in that leamed&ponderous Difcourfe to cleere himfelfe from theafperfionof Herefie, which that foulh•n<l hadunworthily cart upon him,profeffes folemnly&hr>- 1 lily, that whatfoever iscontained eirherin the facred Scriptures,or the three f•mous I_ Creeds,
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