306 C n AP.4. An Expoftion upon the MI :VER.ì I.I2. matters of more weight, our loue of change ; & the Iliac- , r sarx.6.5. litifh humor i euiued in vs; in Church. guuer: tent, toabe like to other Nations. Though we haue f erne Gods ble fling on our Minifterie, to the enuy of Aduerfaries, and admi- ration of -N. 6ghbour Churches ; and haue demont}rated stir Difcipline to fuite with the Primitive and Apofloli- call flare of the Church ; this yet feemes wanting,that we haue not experimented forraine formes; nor fhaped our b s Kind. :6, Altar according to the b fa/bienfetched vs from Damafcue ; 10,1 r. from forrain Countries. I could with, our tumultuous and almofl mutinous ftirrings in that kind, had not made vs a reproach amongft Papifts, and a fcandall among(} the e- nemies of the Gofpd '. My prayer to God (hall bee, to fettle vs in vniryof mindes and affe{tions ; that wee may c ice: r .10. c fpeake and thinke one thing; f mdying the things that coneerne peace,and wherewith we may edifie one another. The meanes auaileable that way, the Apoflleprefcribes vs;Firfl, idta of Ow. To doe our owne bufneffe. The queflion is here, what we may call our owne bufi- nc(Te, wherein without ccnfiire of curiofity, and diflur- bance of peace, we may imploy our felues a There be that thinke, the wholefpirituall eftate ofanother, in euery re- d Gal 6.f. fpeZt alienum. d Emery man (hall heart his owne burthen; e Gen. 4.9. t And are they etheir brothers keepers? The truth is,there is in f .2dat.7 ;1;. this kind a degree of vnlawfull curiofiry ; f bufietoinquire into othermeni, too flothfull to corree their owne finnes. g /guilt. r947. Howbeit the charge is not vainly giuen, g To rebukea h Iaw. p,ty. ao brother, 6. not to fi ffer him to finne ;to h conmert him that goes. affray: Secondly, Nor bath Gods Spirit in vaine anima - i Mat.i8i5. red to the duty, by remembring, firíli, the excellency í of the worke ;Secondly , the good that comes toour Neigh. la I Ptes, s 2. bout : Thirdly, and the k glory redounding to the Grace of God. There are of a contrary fpirit, that with forne pretty diflinfl!ions can winde themfelues into all bufinc(Tes :In contentions, they deale as Neighbours; in 'State bufr- nef %s,
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