theEpi/lk te the ÿetlati.tnt. Chap.S. 43 7 manner. In matter , when mencontend for things,for which . they Ihouldnot contend,as thedifciples for Primacie..Luk. 22. or when contention is without forgiuing , forbearing, or fufe- ring; and that in trifling matters. i.Cor.6.7. Contention like- wife is faultie, in refpeE ofmanner, when men wilfully defend their owneprivatecaufes, no regard had,whcthcr they be right or wrong,true or falle: and by this meanes theyoften oppunne truth, or iuftice,or both. Ofthis kind are tha wanes ofthe !Re- bell in Ireland : thewanes of the Spanyard in the lowCoun . Io ' tries: and the fuits of many quarrelome and contentious per- form amongvs. The vie. Doenothingby contention. Phil. 2.7. And therefore wemutt forgiue, put vp, asmuch as maybe, and yccldc of our right. I5 Seditions) The origiinall word fignifies fuch di%rations in '11x4'«° which men feparate one from another : and that is done two wales , either by fchifine in the Church , or by faction in the Commonwealth. . fie(fion. Why are not we fchifmatiks in England. Scotland, 20 Germanic: confidering we haue diffcnted and fepararedour felues, from the Church ofRome ? Al: We ind'eede have fe- parated our felues, but they of theChurch of Rome are fchif matikes : becaufe the caufe ofour feparation is in them: name- ly, their Idolatrie, and their manifold herefies. The cafe is the 25 ! like : Aman threatens death tohis wife: hereupon Thee reps rates. Yet not fhee, but he makes the reparation : becaufe the caufe of feparation,and the fault, is in him. For the auoiding of fchifrne, and (edition, remember two rules. I. So longas a Church, or people, doe not feparatefrom ; 3o Chrilf : we may not feparate from them. I I. Prou. 24..2 r. j Feare the Kind, andmeddle not with them that varie, that is,make i alterations againft the Dawes of God, and the King. Indeede f fubieds may fignifie what is good for the five , and what is a- mitre: but to make any alteration in the eftate, either ciuill,or 35! Ecclefratlicall , belongs to the fupreameMagif}rate. Ensie] It is a compound of carnal! gride andhatred. For it ' makes men gricue and repineat thegood things ofothers, and tohate the good things themfclues. Thus the high Prieftsof Fouie hated Chrift, and all hismolt excellent fayings, and do- ings. Matth.27. 18. At this day , they which haue any good l i i 3 thiñgs
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