Catholick communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state of that communion opened, and the questions discussed, whether there be any displeasure at sin, or repentance for it in Heaven : with a parallel of the case of using a faulty translation of Scripture, and a faulty lyturgy.
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             Catholick communion doubly defended by Dr. Owens, vindicator, and Richard Baxter and the state of that communion opened, and the questions discussed, whether there be any displeasure at sin, or repentance for it in Heaven : with a parallel of the case of using a faulty translation of Scripture, and a faulty lyturgy.
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             Catholick
             Communion
          
           Doubly
           Defended
           :
           By
           Dr.
           OWENS
           VINDICATOR
           ,
           AND
           RICHARD
           BAXTER
           .
           And
           the
           State
           of
           that
           Communion
           opened
           ,
           and
           the
           Questions
           discussed
           ,
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           Displeasure
           at
           Sin
           ,
           or
           Repentance
           for
           it
           in
           Heaven
           .
           With
           a
           Parallel
           of
           the
           case
           of
           using
           a
           faulty
           Translation
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           a
           faulty
           Lyturgy
           .
        
         
           
             Gal.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           When
           Peter
           was
           come
           to
           Antioch
           ,
           I
           withstood
           him
           to
           the
           face
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           to
           be
           blamed
           .
           For
           before
           that
           certain
           came
           from
           James
           ,
           he
           did
           eat
           with
           the
           Gentiles
           :
           but
           when
           they
           were
           come
           ,
           he
           withdrew
           ,
           and
           separated
           himself
           ,
           fearing
           them
           which
           were
           of
           the
           Circumcision
           :
           And
           the
           other
           Iews
           dissembled
           likewise
           with
           him
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           Barnabas
           also
           was
           carried
           away
           with
           their
           dissimulation
           .
        
         
           
             Acts
             11.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           They
           which
           were
           of
           the
           Circumcision
           contended
           with
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           Thou
           wentest
           in
           to
           men
           uncircumcised
           ,
           and
           didst
           eat
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Jud.
             10.
             
          
           These
           speak
           evil
           of
           those
           things
           which
           they
           know
           not
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Parkhurst
          
           at
           the
           Three
           Bibles
           and
           Crown
           ,
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           Cheap-side
           ,
           near
           
           Mercers-Chappel
           .
           1684.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THat
           the
           Primitive
           Churches
           had
           some
           Responsal
           Forms
           (
           which
           our
           Psalms
           in
           Meeter
           ,
           and
           Tune
           ,
           do
           now
           supply
           without
           offence
           or
           disorder
           )
           and
           that
           it
           is
           the
           declining
           of
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           the
           badness
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           is
           become
           their
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           forms
           ;
           for
           the
           use
           of
           men
           of
           both
           extreams
           (
           passing
           by
           
             Cyprians
             Sursum
             Corda
          
           )
           I
           shall
           recite
           an
           evidence
           out
           of
           Chrysostom
           ,
           on
           1
           Cor.
           14.
           pag.
           652.
           
           
             When
             we
             begin
             to
             say
             —
             the
             People
             answer
             [
             with
             thy
             Spirit
             ,
             ]
             shewing
             that
             they
             so
             spake
             of
             old
             ;
             not
             moved
             by
             their
             own
             Wisdoms
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Spirit
             .
             But
             I
             speak
             not
             now
             of
             my self
             :
             But
             the
             Church
             is
             now
             like
             a
             Woman
             ,
             which
             is
             fallen
             from
             her
             ancient
             prosperity
             ;
             and
             in
             many
             places
             retaineth
             only
             the
             Symbols
             (
             or
             tokens
             )
             of
             that
             ancient
             felicity
             ;
             and
             sheweth
             only
             the
             Cases
             (
             or
             Boxes
             )
             and
             Cabinets
             (
             or
             Tills
             )
             of
             her
             Iewels
             (
             or
             Ornaments
             ,
             )
             but
             is
             deprived
             of
             her
             Riches
             .
             The
             Church
             is
             now
             like
             such
             a
             Woman
             .
             And
             I
             speak
             not
             this
             only
             as
             to
             (
             her
             loss
             of
             )
             gifts
             ;
             (
             for
             if
             this
             were
             all
             ,
             the
             matter
             were
             the
             less
             ,
             )
             but
             also
             as
             to
             Life
             and
             Virtue
             .
          
           When
           in
           the
           fourth
           Century
           the
           
             old
             Custom
          
           is
           thus
           reported
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           very
           ancient
           :
           And
           this
           sheweth
           that
           Zeal
           then
           caused
           the
           peoples
           Responses
           ;
           And
           were
           they
           now
           used
           by
           
             good
             men
          
           with
           the
           
             like
             holy
             Zeal
          
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           less
           scrupled
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             THE
             Vindicators
             healing
             Concessions
             and
             Silence
             .
          
           
             SECT
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             What
             Catholick
             Communion
             is
             ,
             which
             I
             plead
             for
             in
             40
             Positions
             .
          
           
             SECT
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Our
             Doctrinal
             Differences
             .
             
               
                 I.
                 What
                 knowledge
                 Souls
                 in
                 Heaven
                 have
                 .
              
               
                 II.
                 Whether
                 those
                 in
                 Heaven
                 (
                 yea
                 ,
                 God
                 )
                 be
                 not
                 displeased
                 with
                 sin
                 .
                 Aff.
                 
              
               
                 III.
                 Whether
                 there
                 be
                 no
                 repentance
                 in
                 Heaven
                 .
                 Aff.
                 
              
               
                 IV.
                 Whether
                 it
                 be
                 true
                 that
                 
                   doing
                   what
                   a
                   Law
                   requireth
                   so
                   far
                   as
                   the
                   intention
                   is
                   moved
                   by
                   the
                   Law
                   ,
                   is
                   a
                   justifying
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   submitting
                   to
                   any
                   Law
                   on
                   consideration
                   of
                   its
                   Penalties
                   ,
                   is
                   so
                   far
                   to
                   justify
                   the
                   Preceptive
                   part
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   so
                   great
                   an
                   Evil
                   as
                   the
                   Penal
                   .
                   Neg.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             SECT
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             Short
             strictures
             on
             his
             words
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Vindicator
             .
          
           
             SECT
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             A
             Parallel
             ,
             or
             Comparison
             of
             the
             Case
             of
             using
             a
             faulty
             Translation
             of
             Gods
             Word
             (
             as
             Christ
             and
             the
             Apostles
             did
             the
             Septuagint
             )
             with
             that
             of
             using
             a
             faulty
             Lyturgy
             .
          
           
             SECT
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             An
             Expository
             Advertisement
             about
             naming
             Men.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         The
         Consent
         of
         Dr.
         Owens
         Vindicator
         to
         the
         Catholick
         Communion
         ,
         defended
         by
         
           Richard
           Baxter
        
         .
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           1.
           
        
         
           SIR
           ,
           Your
           Book
           called
           ,
           
             A
             Vindication
             of
             Dr.
          
           Owen
           ,
           I
           find
           containeth
           four
           distinct
           Parts
           or
           Subjects
           .
        
         
           
             I.
             A
             Vindication
             of
             Dr.
             Owens
             Personal
             Worth
             :
             which
             you
             and
             I
             agreeing
             in
             ,
             I
             have
             nothing
             in
             that
             to
             say
             against
             you
             .
          
           
             II.
             Your
             Consent
             to
             the
             main
             of
             the
             Cause
             which
             I
             defend
             ,
             and
             your
             dissent
             from
             the
             Persons
             whose
             words
             I
             Confute
             :
             Of
             this
             I
             shall
             thankfully
             take
             notice
             .
          
           
             III.
             Your
             blaming
             of
             me
             for
             my
             naming
             the
             Dr.
             and
             for
             my
             manner
             of
             defence
             against
             his
             Arguments
             .
          
           
             IV.
             Your
             dissent
             from
             me
             in
             certain
             Doctrinals
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           dismist
           the
           first
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           second
           ,
           I
           thank
           you
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           you
           profess
           your self
           a
           
             hearty
             friend
             to
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             Peace
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           thank
           you
           that
           you
           say
           ,
           p.
           3.
           
           [
           
             I
             do
             not
             pretend
             in
             what
             follows
             to
             maintain
             against
             you
             that
             it
             is
             unlawful
             to
             use
             a
             form
             of
             Prayer
             ,
             or
             comply
             with
             an
             imposed
             Lyturgy
             ,
             or
             under
             some
             circumstances
             to
             joyn
             in
             the
             use
             of
             ours
             in
             Worship
             .
             ]
             Neither
             shall
             I
             undertake
             to
             justify
             altogether
             the
          
           12
           
             Arguments
             you
             have
             printed
          
           as
           Dr.
           
             Owens
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             refuting
             them
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           am
           pleased
           that
           you
           expound
           the
           Doctors
           words
           ,
           p.
           24.
           as
           signifying
           only
           ,
           [
           
             It
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             us
             to
             go
             and
             joyn
             in
             publick
             Worship
             by
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             ]
             He
             doth
             not
             say
             it
             is
             not
             lawful
             for
             any
             :
             and
             for
             ought
             you
             know
             this
          
           [
           Us
           ]
           
             whom
             he
             concerned
             in
             it
             ,
             might
             be
             a
             very
             few
             to
             whom
             this
             Manuscript
             was
             imparted
             ,
             and
             they
             might
             be
             under
             such
             circumstances
             as
             your
             own
             resolutions
             oft
             in
             Print
             would
             discharge
             from
             that
             Worship
             as
             a
             duty
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Were
           I
           never
           so
           well
           able
           to
           prove
           from
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctors
           many
           printed
           Writings
           ,
           that
           he
           meant
           more
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           now
           do
           it
           .
           I
           only
           here
           desire
           the
           Men
           and
           Women
           that
           have
           been
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           profest
           that
           they
           thought
           the
           Doctors
           12
           Arguments
           to
           be
           unanswerable
           against
           
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           joyning
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Lyturgy
           ,
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           what
           his
           worthy
           Vindicator
           saith
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           You
           grant
           ,
           p.
           25.
           that
           you
           [
           
             Conceive
             that
             the
             Author
             doth
             not
             mean
             by
             these
             words
             ,
             [
             
               Because
               that
               Worship
               itself
               —
               is
               not
               lawful
               ]
               that
               it
               is
               simply
               unlawful
               ,
               which
               must
               render
               it
               so
               at
               all
               times
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               Persons
               ,
               under
               what
               circumstances
               soever
               :
               But
               that
               taken
               with
               all
               its
               modes
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               matter
               ,
               and
               the
               manner
               ,
               severity
               ,
               and
               universality
               of
               its
               imposing
               ,
               it
               is
               so
               :
               Besides
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               said
               that
               according
               to
               the
               rule
               of
               the
               Gospel
               it
               is
               Unlawful
               ,
               but
               [
               according
               to
               the
               rule
               of
               the
               Gospel
               it
               is
               not
               lawful
               ,
            
             [
             which
             may
             fairly
             be
             construed
             thus
             ;
             The
             rule
             of
             the
             Gospel
             doth
             not
             authenticate
             ,
             or
             warrant
             it
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             construed
             :
             It
             being
             the
             defect
             of
             the
             rule
             ,
             not
             its
             Opposition
             ,
             which
             he
             lays
             the
             great
             stress
             of
             his
             Cause
             upon
             .
          
        
         
           Remember
           Reader
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           mistaken
           that
           thought
           not-lawful
           ,
           and
           unlawful
           had
           been
           all
           one
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Doctor
           said
           not
           that
           the
           joyning
           in
           the
           Lyturgy
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           was
           unlawful
           ,
           but
           only
           
             not
             lawful
          
           ,
           not
           as
           in
           
             opposition
             to
             the
             rule
          
           ,
           but
           without
           it
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           are
           the
           20
           circumstances
           which
           I
           named
           .
           ]
        
         
           5.
           
           When
           he
           saith
           [
           
             It
             is
             not
             in
             our
             power
             to
             make
             use
             of
             any
             part
             of
             it
             as
             we
             shall
             think
             fit
             .
          
           ]
           And
           I
           maintain
           that
           though
           man
           hath
           not
           put
           that
           in
           our
           power
           ,
           God
           hath
           put
           it
           in
           our
           power
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           good
           part
           of
           tolerable
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           without
           owning
           the
           faults
           (
           or
           else
           we
           must
           joyn
           with
           none
           ;
           )
           you
           deny
           not
           this
           ,
           p.
           27.
           but
           say
           that
           he
           meant
           it
           of
           
             mans
             giving
          
           us
           power
           (
           which
           I
           never
           denyed
           .
           )
           But
           it
           is
           God
           that
           we
           serve
           .
        
         
           You
           say
           [
           
             When
             men
             pray
             ,
             they
             bid
             us
             pray
             —
             in
             extempore
             prayer
             ,
             both
             are
             required
             to
             what
             is
             good
             .
          
           ]
           True
           :
           And
           I
           may
           joyn
           with
           the
           
             good
             in
             an
             extempore
             prayer
          
           ,
           without
           owning
           any
           evil
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           you
           say
           ,
           p.
           28.
           [
           
             The
             Mass
             is
             not
             more
             twisted
             in
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             it
             by
             Law
             ,
             than
             the
             Lyturgy
             ,
             nor
             left
             less
             to
             our
             power
             to
             pick
             and
             choose
             :
             If
             this
             Union
             do
             render
             the
             far
             greater
             pollutions
             ,
             the
             Idolatry
             ,
             and
             Heresy
             of
             the
             Mass
             infectious
             to
             the
             whole
             Worship
             ,
             who
             can
             prove
             that
             the
             pollutions
             of
             other
             Worship
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             likewise
             commanded
             not
             to
             distinguish
             or
             divide
             ,
             doth
             
               not
               in
               their
               kind
            
             and
             degree
             diffuse
             the
             
               taint
               alike
            
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Ans.
           God
           is
           the
           Master
           of
           his
           Worship
           :
           I
           do
           what
           he
           bids
           me
           ,
           tho
           man
           contradict
           it
           :
           If
           God
           bid
           me
           hear
           and
           believe
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           man
           say
           ,
           hear
           also
           ,
           and
           believe
           the
           Apocrypha
           ,
           I
           will
           openly
           profess
           I
           obey
           God
           ,
           and
           you
           ,
           no
           further
           than
           you
           contradict
           not
           God
           :
           Rather
           than
           not
           hear
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           I
           will
           hear
           also
           the
           Apocrypha
           ,
           but
           not
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           Gods
           Word
           .
           But
           if
           they
           bid
           me
           also
           hear
           the
           Alcoran
           ,
           I
           will
           withdraw
           .
           2.
           
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Conjunction
           ,
           but
           the
           
             kind
             of
             the
             thing
             joyned
          
           that
           maketh
           it
           unlawful
           :
           An
           honest
           weak
           man
           ,
           an
           Antinomian
           ,
           
           an
           Anabaptist
           ,
           a
           Presbyterian
           ,
           or
           whoever
           you
           dissent
           from
           in
           tolerable
           cases
           ,
           may
           mix
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           faulty
           expressions
           and
           methods
           ,
           with
           his
           Prayer
           and
           Sermon
           ,
           as
           intimately
           as
           evil
           is
           mixt
           in
           the
           Mass
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           will
           not
           refuse
           Communion
           with
           him
           :
           It
           is
           lawful
           to
           drink
           beer
           that
           hath
           bad
           water
           mixt
           ,
           rather
           than
           none
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           drink
           that
           which
           hath
           poyson
           equally
           mixt
           .
        
         
           To
           p.
           29.
           
           I
           think
           if
           a
           Turk
           pray
           against
           Idolatry
           ,
           Murder
           ,
           &c.
           that
           Prayer
           is
           materially
           good
           :
           But
           as
           to
           Goodness
           from
           a
           
             Holy
             Principle
          
           ,
           no
           Hypocrites
           is
           good
           .
           The
           insufficiency
           of
           my
           answer
           you
           no
           way
           manifest
           ,
           till
           you
           prove
           that
           I
           must
           joyn
           with
           all
           that
           is
           in
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           or
           with
           none
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Pag.
           32.
           
           You
           say
           [
           
             
               Doth
               he
               say
               a
               word
            
             of
             owning
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Worship
             .
          
           ]
           Ans.
           If
           you
           or
           he
           say
           nothing
           against
           these
           ,
           we
           shall
           leave
           the
           Diocesan
           case
           to
           others
           :
           But
           if
           you
           be
           the
           man
           that
           I
           have
           lately
           privately
           written
           to
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           I
           have
           proved
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           Parish
           Churches
           that
           have
           good
           Ministers
           ,
           are
           true
           particular
           Churches
           ,
           and
           those
           Ministers
           true
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           that
           any
           Bishops
           holding
           the
           contrary
           ,
           doth
           not
           disprove
           it
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           When
           you
           recite
           my
           words
           ,
           describing
           the
           Cause
           I
           plead
           ,
           
             viz.
             [
             I
             have
             written
             over
             and
             over
             ,
             that
             I
             persuade
             no
             man
             either
             to
             ,
             or
             from
             a
             publick
             Church
             ,
             till
             I
             know
             his
             Circumstances
             ;
             And
             that
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             it
             is
             one
             mans
             duty
             ,
             and
             another
             mans
             sin
             .
          
           ]
           You
           add
           [
           
             I
             believe
             dear
             Sir
             ,
             that
             though
             this
             concession
             may
             displease
             those
             who
             may
             best
             bear
             it
             ,
             it
             may
             reconcile
             you
             to
             most
             of
             those
             that
             are
             called
             Dissenters
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           If
           so
           ,
           those
           Dissenters
           it
           seems
           by
           you
           do
           not
           much
           differ
           from
           me
           :
           But
           I
           think
           ten
           to
           one
           of
           the
           people
           accounted
           commonly
           Dissenters
           through
           England
           ,
           are
           of
           my
           mind
           ,
           and
           are
           for
           Parish-Worship
           rather
           than
           either
           none
           or
           worse
           .
           But
           by
           Dissenters
           ,
           I
           suppose
           you
           mean
           those
           of
           the
           Doctors
           mind
           ,
           or
           your
           own
           :
           And
           if
           so
           ,
           I
           thank
           you
           for
           your
           own
           Charity
           and
           Reconciliation
           :
           But
           if
           you
           did
           not
           know
           them
           better
           than
           I
           ,
           I
           should
           doubt
           that
           your
           said
           Friends
           are
           not
           altogether
           so
           reconcileable
           .
        
         
           Sir
           ,
           You
           add
           ,
           p.
           39.
           [
           
             And
             if
             (
             as
             you
             allow
             )
             the
             practical
             determination
             depends
             on
             the
             circumstances
             of
             the
             Persons
             ,
             you
             reduce
             the
             Controversy
             to
             a
             far
             narrower
             room
             ,
             than
             was
             by
             most
             supposed
             :
             And
             every
             one
             being
             best
             capable
             of
             understanding
             his
             own
             circumstances
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             bear
             great
             heat
             or
             importunity
             from
             another
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           But
           whence
           came
           those
           wrong
           Suppositions
           of
           the
           most
           ?
           If
           after
           20
           years
           Communion
           in
           the
           Parish
           Churches
           ,
           I
           venture
           on
           the
           Censorious
           so
           far
           as
           to
           give
           my
           Reasons
           for
           my
           own
           Practice
           ,
           and
           defend
           those
           Reasons
           ,
           and
           that
           Practice
           against
           contrary
           Writings
           ,
           and
           such
           wise
           Men
           as
           you
           are
           so
           reconcilable
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           narrow
           the
           Controversy
           is
           ,
           whence
           comes
           it
           that
           most
           think
           it
           to
           be
           what
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           against
           such
           frequent
           
           plain
           expressions
           ?
           You
           and
           I
           may
           conjecture
           at
           the
           Cause
           .
        
         
           Your
           Conclusion
           is
           a
           pious
           Profession
           of
           that
           Love
           ,
           and
           the
           main
           Principles
           of
           that
           Concord
           for
           which
           I
           write
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           You
           wisely
           leave
           the
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Doctors
           words
           ,
           when
           it
           cometh
           to
           the
           case
           which
           I
           oppose
           him
           in
           :
           As
           [
           
             That
             neither
             God
             ,
             nor
             good
             men
             will
             allow
             of
             ,
             judging
             our
             Profession
             and
             Practice
             by
             any
             reserves
             of
             our
             own
             ;
          
           ]
           when
           I
           have
           proved
           that
           our
           reserves
           against
           owning
           mixtures
           of
           evil
           ,
           are
           necessary
           in
           all
           Communion
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           You
           vindicate
           not
           his
           words
           ,
           that
           [
           
             He
             that
             joyns
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             the
             Common-Prayer
             ,
             doth
             by
             his
             Practice
             make
             Profession
             that
             it
             is
             
               wholly
               agreeable
               to
               Gods
               mind
               and
               will.
            
             And
             that
             to
             do
             it
             with
             other
             reserves
             is
             Hypocrisy
             ,
             and
             worse
             than
             the
             thing
             itself
             ,
             without
             them
             .
          
        
         
           12.
           
           You
           vindicate
           not
           his
           grand
           Argument
           [
           
             Religious
             
               Worship
               not
               Divinely
            
             Instituted
             and
             Appointed
             ,
             is
             false
             Worship
             ,
          
           ]
           without
           excepting
           any
           secondary
           sort
           of
           Worship
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           You
           defend
           not
           his
           saying
           [
           
             That
             there
             is
             nothing
             accidental
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             :
             and
             that
             every
             thing
             that
             belongs
             to
             it
             is
             part
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             of
             its
             subsistence
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           13.
           
           You
           defend
           not
           that
           ,
           [
           
             
               Because
               outward
               Rites
               and
               Modes
               of
               Worship
            
             Divinely
             Instituted
             and
             determined
             ,
             do
             become
             necessary
             parts
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             therefore
             such
             as
             are
             Humanly
             Instituted
             and
             Determined
             ,
             are
             thereby
             made
             parts
             of
             false
             Worship
             .
          
           ]
           What
           work
           would
           this
           Argument
           make
           ?
           If
           all
           outward
           Modes
           are
           false
           Worship
           ,
           when
           determined
           by
           Men
           ,
           if
           Divine
           Determination
           would
           make
           them
           necessary
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           You
           do
           not
           vindicate
           that
           [
           
             All
             Prayers
             and
             Praise
             in
             Church-Assemblies
             ,
             meerly
             as
             such
             ,
             are
             prohibited
             by
             the
             Lyturgy
             ,
          
           ]
           unless
           you
           do
           it
           by
           denying
           Parish-Churches
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           You
           do
           not
           defend
           [
           
             That
             the
             Lyturgick
             Worship
             was
             in
             its
             first
             Contrivance
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             its
             continuance
             ,
             an
             Invention
             ,
             or
             Engine
             to
             defeat
             ,
             or
             render
             useless
             the
             promise
             of
             Christ
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             of
             sending
             the
             Spirit
             in
             all
             Ages
             to
             enable
             it
             to
             the
             due
             discharge
             ,
             and
             performance
             of
             all
             Divine
             Worship
             in
             its
             Assemblies
             ,
             and
             therefore
             unlawful
             to
             be
             complyed
             with
             .
             That
             the
             very
             being
             and
             continuance
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             without
             which
             it
             is
             but
             a
             dead
             Machine
             ,
             lyeth
             on
             this
             .
          
        
         
           Doth
           this
           speak
           only
           of
           the
           English
           Lyturgy
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           200
           years
           old
           ,
           think
           you
           ?
           When
           next
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           [
           
             
               It
               's
               the
               way
               of
               Worship
               by
               a
            
             prescribed
             Lyturgy
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             insensibly
             brought
             in
             (
             when
             in
             several
             Ages
             the
             Church
             had
             lived
             without
             it
             )
             and
             that
             to
             render
             the
             promise
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             in
             the
             Administration
             of
             gifts
             useless
             .
          
        
         
         
           16.
           
           You
           defend
           not
           that
           [
           
             Hence
             followed
             a
             total
             neglect
             of
             all
             the
             Spirits
             Gifts
             in
             the
             said
             Administration
             —
             Nor
             that
             [
             This
             produced
             all
             the
             Enmity
             —
             of
             the
             said
             work
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             the
             world
             is
             now
             filled
             withal
             —
             that
             it
             ariseth
             from
             hence
             alone
             .
             Nor
             that
             the
             Worship
             Treated
             about
             ,
             consists
             wholly
             in
             the
             Institutions
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             Authority
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             false
             Worship
             —
             and
             to
             renounce
             the
             Kingly
             Office
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           Nor
           that
           [
           
             It
             belongs
             to
             the
             faithfulness
             of
             Christ
             to
             appoint
             and
             command
             all
             things
             in
             the
             Church
             that
             belong
             to
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             —
             in
             the
             Forms
             and
             Modes
             of
             them
             —
             (
             Doth
             this
             speak
             only
             of
             the
             English
             Lyturgy
             .
             )
             —
          
        
         
           
             Nor
             that
             liberty
             to
             use
             gifts
             in
             Prayer
             and
             Preaching
             ,
             is
             ridiculously
             pretended
             ,
             &
             they
             are
             excluded
             in
             all
             the
             solemn
             Worship
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           17.
           
           You
           defend
           not
           that
           [
           
             
               This
               Practice
            
             (
             joyning
             in
             the
             Lyturgy
             )
             condemns
             the
             suffering
             Saints
             of
             the
             present
             Age
             ,
             renders
             them
             false
             Witnesses
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             blameable
             cause
             of
             their
             own
             sufferings
             .
          
           ]
           And
           if
           all
           the
           Nonconformists
           that
           1660.
           gave
           their
           Testimony
           for
           a
           Reformed
           Lyturgy
           ,
           were
           not
           Saints
           ,
           at
           least
           they
           have
           been
           Sufferers
           :
           And
           doth
           not
           this
           as
           much
           make
           them
           false
           Witnesses
           ?
           And
           if
           both
           you
           and
           we
           were
           mistaken
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           you
           will
           not
           justify
           all
           that
           we
           suffer
           by
           ,
           and
           say
           
             we
             are
             the
             only
             blameable
          
           Cause
           ?
           As
           if
           every
           such
           mistake
           were
           worthy
           of
           all
           the
           punishment
           undergone
           ?
           Nor
           will
           you
           think
           that
           every
           good
           Mans
           Opinion
           must
           be
           justifyed
           ,
           which
           he
           suffereth
           for
           ,
           lest
           he
           be
           made
           the
           only
           Cause
           .
        
         
           18.
           
           You
           defend
           not
           that
           [
           
             All
             the
             Promises
             ,
             Aids
             of
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             Prayer
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             whether
             as
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             ability
             —
             or
             the
             manner
             —
             are
             rejected
             and
             excluded
             by
             this
             Form
             of
             Worship
             .
             ]
             —
          
        
         
           19.
           
           You
           defend
           not
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           
             your
             Church
             Covenant
             is
             to
             observe
             —
             nothing
             but
             what
             Christ
             commandeth
             
               in
               the
               Worship
               of
               God.
            
             
          
        
         
           20.
           
           Nor
           that
           [
           
             The
             Practice
             inquired
             into
             contains
             a
             vertual
             renunciation
             of
             our
             Church
             State
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             lawfulness
             of
             our
             Ministry
             ,
             and
             Ordinances
             therein
             .
          
           ]
           If
           you
           do
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           renunciation
           of
           ours
           .
        
         
           I
           thank
           you
           that
           you
           defend
           none
           of
           all
           these
           .
           For
           truly
           they
           be
           not
           things
           Indifferent
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           be
           not
           true
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           confounding
           ,
           dividing
           ,
           unpeaceable
           Consequence
           .
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           2.
           
        
         
           III.
           AS
           to
           the
           third
           thing
           ,
           which
           taketh
           up
           most
           room
           ,
           viz.
           your
           blaming
           me
           ,
           1.
           
           For
           using
           the
           Doctors
           name
           ,
           2.
           
           For
           the
           manner
           of
           my
           Confutation
           ,
           I
           say
           distinctly
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           I
           confess
           I
           think
           that
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           its
           Honour
           is
           to
           be
           preferred
           before
           all
           mens
           :
           And
           I
           had
           many
           years
           ago
           heard
           a
           Conformable
           Preacher
           before
           a
           very
           honourable
           ,
           and
           learned
           Auditory
           ,
           charge
           the
           Nonconformists
           with
           holding
           that
           [
           
             A
             thing
             lawful
             in
             itself
             ,
             in
             Gods
             Worship
             ,
             becometh
             unlawful
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             commanded
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             .
             And
             that
             Forms
             and
             Liturgies
             were
             unlawful
             ,
             because
             they
             be
             not
             made
             in
             Scripture
             by
             Christ.
          
           ]
           And
           I
           have
           read
           too
           many
           such
           Charges
           :
           And
           I
           always
           answered
           that
           we
           were
           slandered
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           quickly
           heard
           that
           the
           Manuscript
           was
           commonly
           spread
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           brought
           it
           me
           ,
           said
           ,
           he
           believed
           a
           thousand
           were
           confirmed
           by
           it
           against
           going
           to
           the
           Parish
           Churches
           and
           Lyturgy
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Several
           of
           my
           Friends
           and
           Acquaintance
           had
           got
           it
           ,
           and
           told
           me
           they
           thought
           it
           unanswerable
           .
           And
           all
           named
           the
           Doctor
           as
           the
           Author
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           was
           suddenly
           told
           of
           a
           very
           able
           Conformist
           that
           was
           going
           to
           answer
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           feared
           he
           would
           lay
           it
           on
           us
           all
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           I
           made
           no
           doubt
           but
           Pulpits
           and
           Press
           would
           loudly
           say
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           Nonconformists
           Principles
           :
           and
           if
           I
           denyed
           it
           would
           cite
           the
           Doctors
           Paper
           and
           Name
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           I
           knew
           divers
           of
           his
           Printed
           Books
           have
           the
           same
           Opinion
           of
           the
           unlawfulness
           of
           Imposed
           Forms
           ;
           what
           now
           should
           I
           say
           against
           such
           reporters
           of
           the
           Nonconformists
           Opinions
           ?
           Must
           we
           all
           bear
           the
           Accusation
           of
           so
           many
           Errours
           ,
           and
           be
           published
           with
           Scorn
           and
           Contempt
           to
           be
           such
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           odious
           to
           all
           ,
           rather
           than
           one
           Man
           should
           be
           Confuted
           .
        
         
           I
           purposed
           at
           first
           to
           conceal
           his
           Name
           ,
           till
           I
           saw
           that
           all
           took
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           none
           denyed
           it
           ,
           (
           and
           after
           (
           I
           conjecture
           it
           is
           your self
           )
           that
           in
           the
           Letter
           to
           me
           affirmed
           it
           .
           )
           I
           know
           that
           multitudes
           of
           Men
           of
           Name
           ,
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           scorn
           us
           as
           they
           do
           the
           Quakers
           ,
           as
           believing
           them
           that
           say
           [
           
             We
             make
             all
             this
             noise
             and
             Schism
             as
             a
             distinct
             Party
             ,
             and
             suffer
             silencing
             ,
             and
             Imprisonment
             ,
             because
             we
             will
             not
             Communicate
             with
             the
             Lyturgy
             which
             the
             Martyrs
             owned
             :
          
           ]
           I
           dare
           not
           suffer
           the
           Innocent
           to
           lie
           under
           such
           a
           slander
           for
           one
           [
           or
           many
           ]
           Mans
           Name
           ;
           we
           gave
           them
           our
           publick
           Testimony
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           1660.
           and
           1661.
           
           If
           a
           few
           that
           would
           not
           come
           in
           then
           ,
           and
           be
           seen
           among
           them
           that
           pleaded
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           old
           Nonconformists
           ,
           have
           now
           by
           our
           distempers
           got
           so
           many
           of
           their
           mind
           as
           that
           we
           must
           be
           )
           thought
           intolerably
           to
           wrong
           them
           ,
           if
           we
           (
           necessarily
           )
           give
           our
           reasons
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           shall
           pass
           their
           Excommunicating
           Sentence
           against
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           old
           Non-Conformists
           ,
           and
           yours
           ,
           I
           cannot
           be
           one
           that
           shall
           betray
           the
           Truth
           and
           Cause
           of
           Catholick
           Communion
           ▪
           by
           silence
           ▪
           at
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           the
           Erroneous
           expect
           that
           their
           Opinion
           should
           be
           so
           necessary
           to
           our
           Union
           ,
           that
           none
           must
           contradict
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Therefore
           your
           saying
           that
           you
           have
           met
           with
           none
           that
           approveth
           my
           writing
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           for
           the
           Cause
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           my
           faultiness
           ,
           will
           make
           me
           see
           the
           greater
           necessity
           of
           bearing
           my
           Testimony
           against
           them
           ;
           Epidemical
           diseases
           most
           need
           Physicians
           ,
           if
           not
           to
           cure
           the
           sick
           ,
           yet
           to
           preserve
           the
           sound
           .
           Paul
           wanted
           not
           Love
           nor
           Prudence
           to
           Peter
           ,
           when
           he
           not
           only
           reproved
           his
           Temporizing
           Separation
           to
           his
           Face
           ,
           but
           left
           it
           with
           his
           Name
           on
           Record
           to
           all
           Generations
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           both
           dead
           .
           Christ
           had
           immediately
           before
           abundantly
           honoured
           ,
           and
           praised
           Peter
           ,
           who
           yet
           for
           his
           miscarriage
           speaketh
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           
             Get
             thee
             behind
             me
             Satan
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           Mat.
           16.
           
           And
           yet
           the
           miscarriage
           was
           done
           in
           Love
           to
           Christ
           ,
           by
           a
           prime
           and
           dear
           Disciple
           ;
           and
           his
           name
           must
           be
           thus
           left
           under
           this
           most
           sharp
           reproof
           ,
           to
           be
           read
           from
           Age
           to
           Age
           by
           all
           .
           Iames
           and
           Iohn
           were
           choice
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           yet
           their
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           their
           Uncharitable
           Zeal
           for
           Christ
           ,
           must
           be
           recorded
           with
           their
           Names
           ,
           as
           men
           that
           desired
           they
           knew
           not
           what
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           what
           manner
           of
           Spirit
           they
           were
           of
           .
           We
           are
           not
           so
           much
           better
           than
           they
           ,
           as
           the
           Passions
           of
           some
           Applauders
           intimate
           :
           Christ
           will
           not
           be
           more
           tender
           of
           our
           Names
           ,
           than
           of
           his
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           Souls
           .
           If
           David
           will
           cause
           Gods
           Enemies
           to
           blaspheme
           ,
           his
           sin
           shall
           be
           punished
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           though
           the
           sharpest
           part
           of
           the
           punishment
           be
           pardoned
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           for
           my
           naming
           the
           Dr.
           and
           your
           intimation
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           long
           of
           me
           that
           he
           is
           named
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           those
           Arguments
           ,
           I
           further
           say
           ,
           1.
           
           Is
           not
           a
           Man
           named
           openly
           ,
           till
           his
           Name
           be
           Printed
           ?
           Was
           not
           the
           uncontradicted
           report
           ,
           (
           still
           continued
           )
           a
           publication
           .
           Was
           there
           no
           publication
           of
           Names
           till
           224
           years
           ago
           ,
           when
           Printing
           was
           invented
           ?
           2.
           
           All
           that
           I
           yet
           desire
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           able
           to
           deny
           it
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           that
           the
           next
           Man
           that
           hits
           the
           Non-Conformists
           in
           the
           Teeth
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Doctors
           ,
           may
           but
           be
           told
           it
           is
           not
           his
           :
           If
           you
           can
           and
           will
           but
           tell
           me
           that
           you
           believe
           it
           not
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           have
           but
           so
           much
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           thank
           you
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           publickly
           known
           .
        
         
           Either
           the
           Cause
           and
           Arguments
           are
           true
           ,
           or
           false
           :
           If
           true
           ,
           defend
           them
           .
           If
           false
           ,
           are
           they
           not
           dangerous
           in
           so
           great
           a
           Cause
           ;
           and
           at
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           they
           tend
           to
           drive
           hundred
           thousands
           from
           all
           Church
           Worship
           and
           Communion
           ,
           and
           to
           persuade
           Men
           into
           scandalous
           suffering
           for
           ill
           doing
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           it
           laudable
           in
           you
           to
           honour
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           be
           the
           Man
           I
           conjecture
           you
           are
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           's
           specially
           incumbent
           on
           you
           ;
           As
           to
           your
           hints
           of
           suspicion
           of
           my
           sense
           of
           old
           differences
           ,
           if
           I
           know
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           forgave
           ,
           and
           fully
           put
           up
           all
           Personal
           Quarrel
           long
           ago
           :
           But
           the
           National
           Concerns
           made
           so
           deep
           a
           wound
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           as
           never
           will
           be
           fully
           healed
           in
           this
           world
           :
           But
           this
           leads
           me
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           your
           reproof
           .
        
         
         
           II.
           I
           do
           but
           tell
           you
           my
           reasons
           for
           naming
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           but
           I
           undertake
           not
           to
           justify
           either
           that
           ,
           or
           the
           manner
           of
           my
           writing
           ,
           from
           mistake
           ,
           imprudence
           ,
           or
           other
           such
           faultiness
           :
           I
           suppose
           you
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           whom
           I
           take
           from
           my
           heart
           to
           be
           far
           wiser
           ,
           and
           better
           than
           my self
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           as
           I
           thank
           you
           for
           your
           gentle
           ,
           friendly
           reprehension
           ,
           so
           I
           profess
           that
           my
           very
           esteem
           and
           reverence
           of
           your
           judgment
           maketh
           me
           suspect
           that
           I
           have
           done
           amiss
           ,
           when
           I
           see
           it
           not
           in
           the
           Cause
           itself
           :
           That
           I
           could
           have
           defended
           the
           Cause
           of
           Love
           and
           Communion
           against
           those
           Arguments
           ,
           without
           taking
           notice
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           without
           wronging
           the
           Non-conformists
           who
           will
           be
           charged
           by
           his
           name
           I
           did
           ,
           and
           do
           wish
           ;
           but
           I
           thought
           it
           could
           not
           well
           be
           done
           .
           If
           in
           this
           I
           mistook
           ,
           I
           ask
           pardon
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ;
           for
           so
           I
           must
           do
           for
           my
           sins
           known
           and
           unknown
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           my
           writing
           again
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           am
           convinced
           that
           all
           that
           I
           do
           is
           faulty
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           have
           some
           favour
           of
           the
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           imprudence
           ,
           and
           forgetfulness
           ,
           and
           other
           faults
           of
           the
           Author
           .
           I
           read
           over
           your
           Animadversions
           ,
           and
           ,
           1.
           
           I
           see
           at
           present
           some
           words
           of
           my
           own
           ,
           that
           I
           much
           more
           blame
           my self
           for
           writing
           ,
           than
           you
           for
           blaming
           .
           2.
           
           What
           I
           yet
           see
           not
           to
           be
           faulty
           ,
           your
           Authority
           shall
           make
           me
           yet
           suspect
           ,
           and
           further
           consider
           .
           3.
           
           I
           see
           very
           many
           passages
           ,
           where
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           mistake
           is
           yours
           ,
           sometimes
           mistaking
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           sometime
           my
           words
           .
           What
           good
           will
           it
           do
           the
           Reader
           ,
           or
           you
           ,
           or
           me
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           world
           an
           account
           of
           all
           these
           ,
           and
           to
           drown
           the
           Cause
           in
           abundance
           of
           
             self-defending
             words
          
           ?
           Indeed
           I
           have
           neither
           time
           nor
           mind
           to
           write
           a
           Book
           now
           for
           my
           self-defence
           .
           The
           greatest
           Affliction
           I
           have
           by
           this
           Controversy
           as
           Personal
           ,
           is
           this
           diverting
           of
           my
           thoughts
           so
           near
           my
           last
           hours
           from
           things
           more
           agreeable
           to
           my
           Case
           :
           And
           far
           be
           it
           from
           me
           to
           be
           confident
           in
           justifying
           my
           (
           faulty
           )
           writings
           ,
           when
           I
           am
           going
           to
           the
           Judge
           that
           will
           take
           that
           for
           an
           aggravation
           of
           my
           sin
           .
           But
           I
           durst
           never
           forsake
           publick
           Communion
           ,
           nor
           my
           own
           work
           ,
           because
           I
           cannot
           have
           one
           ,
           and
           do
           the
           other
           without
           fault
           :
           I
           am
           suspicious
           there
           may
           be
           more
           faults
           in
           me
           and
           my
           writings
           ,
           than
           either
           I
           discern
           ,
           or
           you
           ,
           or
           any
           such
           have
           told
           me
           of
           .
           And
           if
           I
           could
           prove
           that
           your
           mistakes
           are
           the
           ground
           of
           your
           Accusation
           ,
           I
           see
           by
           your
           noting
           my
           numbring
           the
           mistakes
           in
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           in
           the
           private
           Letter
           to
           me
           ,
           how
           you
           would
           take
           it
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           ,
           instead
           of
           writing
           for
           my self
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           the
           Reader
           this
           concession
           and
           advice
           .
        
         
           Readers
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           is
           little
           of
           thy
           concern
           to
           know
           whether
           I
           be
           wise
           or
           unwise
           ,
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           or
           whether
           I
           did
           well
           or
           ill
           in
           naming
           Dr.
           O.
           or
           whether
           the
           manner
           of
           my
           writing
           be
           much
           ,
           or
           little
           to
           be
           blamed
           :
           On
           condition
           you
           will
           agree
           with
           me
           in
           the
           cause
           of
           Love
           and
           Concord
           that
           I
           defend
           ,
           Lonly
           then
           intreat
           you
           ,
           that
           what
           imprudence
           ,
           unskil
           fulness
           ,
           rashness
           ,
           or
           
           other
           faults
           you
           find
           in
           me
           or
           my
           writings
           ,
           you
           will
           the
           more
           carefully
           your selves
           avoid
           them
           ,
           and
           do
           better
           :
           And
           if
           you
           judge
           me
           to
           do
           ill
           ,
           when
           I
           do
           my
           duty
           ,
           and
           think
           very
           hardly
           of
           me
           for
           being
           against
           your
           way
           ,
           I
           unfeignedly
           forgive
           you
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           forgive
           not
           me
           ,
           I
           can
           bear
           that
           .
           I
           was
           aware
           that
           I
           should
           be
           ill
           spoken
           of
           by
           many
           whom
           I
           love
           :
           And
           I
           am
           not
           Ambitious
           to
           be
           ill
           spoken
           of
           :
           If
           Folly
           make
           me
           exercise
           self-denyal
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           somewhat
           that
           I
           thought
           had
           been
           better
           then
           all
           the
           Love
           and
           Praises
           which
           I
           deny
           .
           I
           flatter
           no
           Party
           ,
           and
           I
           look
           to
           gain
           by
           none
           :
           I
           have
           gathered
           no
           Church
           to
           depend
           on
           for
           kindness
           ,
           nor
           is
           the
           fear
           of
           displeasing
           them
           a
           by
           as
           to
           my
           judgment
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           otherwise
           with
           any
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           were
           they
           like
           to
           have
           need
           of
           men
           in
           this
           world
           as
           short
           a
           time
           as
           I
           ,
           they
           would
           make
           as
           little
           of
           mens
           good
           or
           ill
           thoughts
           and
           words
           as
           I
           do
           ,
           except
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           other
           men
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           Reader
           ,
           think
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           what
           you
           see
           cause
           ,
           so
           you
           will
           but
           agree
           in
           the
           Cause
           that
           I
           am
           defending
           :
           That
           is
           ,
        
         
           
             I.
             That
             GOD
             IS
             LOVE
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             dwelleth
             in
             LOVE
             dwelleth
             in
             GOD
             ,
             and
             GOD
             in
             him
             ,
             
               1
               Joh.
               4.
            
             
          
           
             II.
             It
             is
             the
             Prayer
             of
             Christ
             that
             all
             who
             shall
             believe
             may
             be
             one
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             may
             thereby
             be
             brought
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             Father
             sent
             him
             ,
             
               Jo.
               17.
               21
               ,
               22
               ,
               23.
               
            
             And
             that
             they
             must
             love
             one
             another
             ,
             even
             as
             he
             hath
             loved
             them
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             that
             all
             must
             know
             that
             they
             are
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             
               Jo.
               13.
               34
               ,
               35.
            
             
          
           
             III.
             This
             Love
             must
             extend
             to
             all
             that
             are
             of
             one
             Body
             ,
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             one
             Hope
             ,
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             Faith
             ,
             one
             Baptism
             ,
             one
             God
             and
             Father
             of
             all
             :
             And
             this
             Unity
             of
             the
             Spirit
             must
             be
             kept
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             Peace
             ,
             
               Eph.
               4.
               3.
            
             
             And
             if
             it
             be
             possible
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             in
             us
             lyeth
             ,
             we
             must
             live
             peaceably
             with
             all
             men
             ,
             
               Rom.
               12.
               18.
            
             
          
           
             IV.
             Christians
             must
             love
             one
             another
             with
             a
             pure
             heart
             ,
             fervently
             ,
             
               1
               Pet.
               1.
               22.
            
             with
             a
             Love
             which
             suffereth
             long
             ,
             and
             is
             kind
             ,
             envieth
             not
             ,
             is
             not
             easily
             provoked
             ,
             thinketh
             no
             evil
             ,
             beareth
             all
             things
             ,
             believeth
             ,
             hopeth
             ,
             endureth
             all
             things
             ,
             
               Rom.
               13.
            
             
          
           
             V.
             Yet
             must
             they
             not
             be
             so
             tender
             of
             each
             others
             Honour
             ,
             as
             of
             Gods
             ,
             nor
             justify
             the
             sin
             of
             any
             ,
             nor
             make
             mens
             names
             a
             snare
             to
             draw
             the
             weak
             to
             sin
             ,
             nor
             think
             that
             Love
             and
             Peace
             can
             be
             justly
             vindicated
             without
             gain-saying
             the
             Errours
             which
             oppose
             them
             ,
             nor
             that
             Christ
             broke
             the
             Law
             of
             Love
             by
             his
             sharp
             rebuke
             of
             Peter
             ,
             that
             tempted
             him
             to
             forbear
             the
             work
             of
             Love
             ;
             nor
             by
             rebuking
             the
             hurtful
             zeal
             of
             James
             and
             John
             ,
             nor
             by
             being
             angry
             with
             those
             that
             forbad
             little
             Children
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ;
             nor
             Paul
             by
             withstanding
             Peter
             in
             his
             Separation
             .
          
           
             VI.
             Christian
             Love
             must
             extend
             to
             those
             that
             differ
             from
             us
             ,
             though
             faultily
             in
             Cases
             of
             tolerable
             infirmity
             ,
             so
             as
             not
             to
             judge
             or
             despise
             them
             ,
             but
             to
             receive
             them
             to
             our
             Communion
             ,
             as
             Christ
             receiveth
             us
             ,
             
               Rom.
               14
               &
               15.
            
             
             Approving
             all
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             serve
             God
             in
             that
             which
             his
             Kingdom
             doth
             consist
             in
             ,
             
               Rom.
               14.
               17
               ,
               18.
            
             
          
           
             
             VI.
             All
             Christians
             must
             earnestly
             oppose
             Divisions
             ,
             and
             Sects
             ,
             and
             sidings
             with
             Strife
             and
             Envy
             as
             a
             sign
             of
             Carnal
             Men
             ,
             and
             must
             labour
             to
             be
             perfectly
             joined
             together
             in
             the
             same
             mind
             and
             judgment
             ,
             and
             to
             glorify
             God
             with
             one
             mind
             and
             mouth
             ,
             
               1
               Cor.
               1.
               10.
               
               &
               3.
               3
               ,
               &c.
            
             And
             must
             not
             forsake
             the
             assembling
             of
             themselves
             ,
             
               Heb.
               10.
               25.
            
             
          
           
             VII
             .
             It
             is
             by
             Love
             that
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             Christ
             must
             edify
             itself
             ,
             and
             win
             ,
             and
             overcome
             their
             Adversaries
             ,
             even
             those
             that
             curse
             ,
             and
             hate
             ,
             and
             persecute
             them
             ,
             as
             God
             doth
             good
             to
             the
             just
             and
             unjust
             ,
             Love
             being
             the
             most
             powerful
             Conquerour
             of
             Hearts
             ,
             
               Eph.
               4.
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               Matth.
               5.
               44
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             VIII
             .
             No
             excellency
             of
             one
             Party
             above
             others
             ,
             nor
             no
             faultiness
             of
             any
             Christians
             ,
             must
             be
             pretended
             against
             any
             duty
             of
             Love
             and
             Communion
             ;
             But
             we
             must
             not
             sin
             for
             Communion
             with
             any
             .
          
           
             IX
             .
             Though
             we
             must
             not
             by
             profession
             ,
             word
             ,
             or
             subscription
             own
             the
             sin
             of
             any
             Church
             ,
             we
             must
             join
             in
             their
             Communion
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             those
             whose
             Worship
             is
             mixt
             with
             sin
             in
             matter
             and
             manner
             ,
             so
             it
             be
             not
             sin
             that
             is
             by
             its
             evil
             predominant
             against
             the
             good
             of
             the
             duty
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             work
             rejected
             of
             God
             (
             like
             Poyson
             in
             our
             food
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             hurt
             greater
             than
             the
             good
             )
             because
             else
             we
             must
             neither
             Worship
             God
             our selves
             ,
             nor
             join
             with
             any
             in
             the
             world
             :
             All
             the
             works
             of
             sinful
             men
             being
             mixt
             with
             sin
             .
             To
             deny
             this
             ,
             is
             virtually
             to
             separate
             from
             all
             the
             Christian
             world
             .
          
           
             X.
             Therefore
             our
             bare
             presence
             is
             no
             signification
             that
             we
             approve
             all
             that
             is
             done
             in
             that
             Assembly
             .
             The
             very
             nature
             of
             Christian
             Communion
             is
             a
             profession
             of
             the
             contrary
             ;
             we
             being
             bound
             by
             God
             to
             communicate
             in
             good
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             own
             the
             evil
             :
             And
             if
             men
             command
             us
             to
             own
             all
             that
             they
             there
             do
             ,
             their
             command
             cannot
             bind
             us
             against
             Gods
             ,
             nor
             make
             our
             presence
             a
             profession
             that
             we
             obey
             them
             against
             God
             :
             It
             being
             God
             that
             is
             the
             Master
             of
             us
             ,
             and
             our
             work
             .
             And
             Christianity
             itself
             being
             a
             profession
             that
             we
             obey
             God
             before
             Man.
             Else
             Man
             by
             commanding
             us
             to
             own
             some
             ill
             word
             ,
             or
             circumstance
             ,
             might
             drive
             us
             from
             all
             Christian
             Communion
             .
             If
             Men
             should
             command
             us
             in
             our
             private
             Meetings
             ,
             to
             do
             it
             for
             an
             ill
             end
             ,
             or
             an
             ill
             Principle
             (
             as
             in
             Obedience
             to
             Usurpers
             )
             we
             must
             not
             therefore
             forbear
             all
             private
             Meetings
             ,
             nor
             will
             our
             bare
             meeting
             signify
             our
             Obedience
             to
             such
             Commands
             .
             If
             the
             Pastor
             of
             a
             single
             Church
             (
             or
             many
             Associate
             )
             tell
             the
             people
             ,
             your
             meeting
             must
             be
             to
             own
             
               e.
               g.
            
             Anabaptistry
             ,
             Antinomianism
             ,
             Presbytery
             ,
             Erastianism
             ,
             Separation
             ,
             &c.
             this
             binds
             them
             not
             either
             to
             own
             it
             ,
             or
             to
             withdraw
             ,
             without
             some
             greater
             reason
             .
             He
             is
             no
             Master
             of
             their
             Faith.
             
          
           
             XI
             .
             Nor
             will
             the
             bare
             knowing
             beforehand
             that
             the
             Pastor
             will
             say
             or
             do
             somewhat
             unlawful
             ,
             make
             our
             presence
             guilty
             of
             approving
             it
             .
             We
             know
             before-hand
             that
             we
             and
             all
             Men
             are
             sinners
             ,
             and
             shall
             sin
             in
             what
             we
             do
             :
             And
             we
             may
             suppose
             Men
             will
             speak
             as
             they
             think
             :
             And
             as
             we
             know
             not
             but
             any
             Man
             may
             speak
             amiss
             till
             we
             hear
             what
             he
             saith
             ,
             so
             when
             we
             know
             that
             the
             Pastors
             have
             tolerable
             Errours
             ,
             and
             will
             vent
             them
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             make
             us
             guilty
             of
             their
             sin
             ,
             nor
             bind
             us
             to
             depart
             :
             We
             meet
             to
             
               own
               Christianity
            
             ,
             and
             not
             all
             that
             the
             Man
             will
             
             say
             or
             do
             (
             known
             or
             unknown
             )
             I
             know
             before
             that
             I
             shall
             have
             many
             faults
             in
             my
             own
             Prayer
             (
             disorder
             ,
             dulness
             ,
             &c.
             )
             which
             I
             do
             not
             own
             ,
             though
             herein
             I
             am
             guilty
             .
          
           
             XII
             .
             Yet
             no
             Man
             should
             prefer
             worse
             before
             better
             ,
             if
             all
             things
             set
             together
             ,
             it
             be
             better
             indeed
             to
             the
             Person
             at
             that
             time
             .
          
           
             XIII
             .
             God
             hath
             by
             his
             Son
             Iesus
             ,
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             instituted
             all
             that
             in
             Doctrine
             ,
             Discipline
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             and
             Conversation
             ,
             which
             is
             obligatory
             ,
             or
             necessary
             Universally
             to
             all
             the
             Church
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             ,
             what
             is
             required
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             .
             And
             no
             Man
             or
             Men
             have
             power
             to
             add
             any
             thing
             of
             universal
             obligation
             .
          
           
             XIV
             .
             God
             hath
             by
             Nature
             and
             Scripture
             obliged
             Men
             themselves
             to
             choose
             and
             determine
             divers
             subordinate
             expressions
             ,
             significations
             ,
             modes
             ,
             circumstances
             ,
             or
             accidents
             of
             this
             universal
             Religion
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             themselves
             meet
             for
             an
             universal
             ,
             and
             unchangeable
             ,
             obligation
             ,
             but
             local
             ,
             temporary
             ,
             and
             mutable
             :
             Some
             of
             which
             every
             Man
             may
             choose
             for
             himself
             ,
             some
             the
             present
             Pastor
             must
             choose
             ,
             some
             the
             associated
             Pastors
             may
             choose
             ,
             and
             some
             the
             Magistrate
             may
             choose
             .
             These
             
               must
               be
               added
            
             to
             the
             universal
             Duties
             ,
             so
             far
             is
             such
             addition
             from
             being
             sin
             :
             I
             have
             often
             named
             many
             particulars
             ;
             As
             the
             Translation
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             to
             choose
             :
             The
             version
             of
             the
             Psalms
             in
             rithme
             ,
             or
             metre
             ,
             the
             common
             use
             of
             new
             made
             Hymns
             ,
             the
             dividing
             the
             Scripture
             into
             Chapter
             and
             Verse
             ;
             the
             words
             of
             Sermons
             ;
             their
             method
             ;
             the
             particular
             Text
             to
             be
             chosen
             ;
             what
             Chapters
             to
             read
             ;
             at
             what
             hour
             to
             begin
             ;
             how
             long
             to
             Preach
             ;
             in
             what
             words
             to
             pray
             ,
             whether
             the
             same
             oft
             ,
             or
             changed
             ;
             whether
             fore-studied
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             whether
             written
             ,
             or
             unwritten
             :
             whether
             studied
             ,
             and
             written
             by
             our selves
             ,
             or
             by
             others
             ;
             where
             the
             place
             shall
             be
             ,
             where
             the
             Pulpit
             ,
             Font
             ,
             Table
             ,
             &c.
             shall
             stand
             ;
             what
             Ornaments
             they
             shall
             have
             ,
             Linnen
             ,
             Silk
             ,
             silver
             Vessels
             or
             otherwise
             ?
             Whether
             we
             be
             bare-headed
             ,
             or
             covered
             at
             Prayer
             ,
             Sacrament
             ,
             &c.
             
             Whether
             we
             shall
             kneel
             ,
             stand
             ,
             sit
             ,
             or
             be
             prostrate
             at
             Prayer
             ,
             &c.
             what
             distinctive
             Garments
             Pastors
             shall
             use
             .
             By
             what
             signs
             of
             consent
             and
             obligation
             Men
             vow
             ,
             and
             swear
             ,
             whether
             by
             putting
             the
             hand
             under
             the
             Thigh
             ,
             lifting
             it
             up
             ,
             subscribing
             ,
             laying
             it
             on
             the
             Book
             ,
             kissing
             the
             Book
             ,
             &c.
             what
             Catechisms
             to
             use
             ,
             with
             many
             more
             such
             .
             God
             hath
             commanded
             men
             to
             choose
             such
             things
             as
             these
             by
             the
             Rules
             of
             
               Edification
               ,
               Love
               ,
               Peace
               ,
               Concord
               ,
               Order
               ,
               Decency
               ,
               winning
               those
               without
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             XV.
             These
             may
             be
             called
             Worship
             in
             a
             sense
             subservient
             to
             Gods
             Ordinances
             of
             Worship
             (
             as
             we
             Worship
             Men
             ,
             by
             putting
             off
             the
             Hat
             ,
             kneeling
             ,
             bowing
             ,
             &c
             :
             )
             But
             if
             any
             will
             not
             call
             it
             Worship
             ,
             they
             must
             not
             call
             it
             false
             Worship
             ,
             nor
             pretend
             that
             the
             Controversy
             is
             any
             more
             than
             about
             the
             bare
             name
             .
          
           
             XVI
             .
             They
             that
             feign
             such
             things
             as
             these
             to
             be
             sinful
             additions
             ,
             and
             an
             invading
             of
             Christs
             Office
             ,
             and
             denying
             his
             faithfulness
             ,
             &c.
             condemn
             the
             Scripture
             that
             commandeth
             such
             determinations
             ,
             and
             contradict
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             practice
             of
             all
             Churches
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             would
             exterminate
             all
             Gods
             Worship
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             performed
             without
             some
             such
             determinations
             .
          
           
             
             XVII
             .
             As
             God
             hath
             not
             tied
             us
             to
             words
             in
             Prayer
             or
             Preaching
             (
             though
             he
             have
             recorded
             many
             forms
             in
             Scripture
             )
             but
             left
             all
             to
             choose
             what
             words
             ,
             time
             and
             circumstances
             make
             fit
             (
             by
             Book
             ,
             or
             without
             ,
             )
             so
             the
             conveniences
             ,
             and
             inconveniences
             both
             of
             set
             forms
             ,
             and
             of
             free
             speaking
             ,
             are
             on
             each
             part
             so
             great
             and
             undenyable
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             no
             cause
             to
             censure
             that
             Church
             which
             useth
             both
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             which
             agreeth
             on
             a
             set
             form
             ,
             to
             shew
             what
             the
             Church
             professeth
             to
             own
             ,
             if
             the
             Minister
             should
             blutter
             out
             any
             Errour
             or
             Undecency
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             restrain
             Ministers
             from
             the
             due
             use
             of
             free
             speech
             .
          
           
             XVIII
             .
             It
             is
             a
             great
             sin
             out
             of
             a
             fond
             Conceit
             of
             the
             excellency
             of
             either
             way
             ,
             above
             it
             's
             due
             value
             ,
             to
             think
             &
             speak
             with
             unjust
             vilifying
             of
             the
             other
             way
             ,
             when
             God
             hath
             tied
             us
             to
             neither
             alone
             :
             It
             is
             contrary
             to
             knowledge
             ,
             love
             ,
             peace
             ,
             and
             concord
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             self-conceitedness
             ,
             peevishness
             ,
             or
             false
             prejudice
             received
             from
             others
             ,
             to
             think
             ,
             and
             speak
             worse
             of
             other
             mens
             words
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             than
             they
             deserve
             :
             and
             to
             frighten
             the
             ignorant
             from
             lawful
             Communion
             ,
             by
             calling
             that
             sin
             ,
             or
             
               false
               Worship
            
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             so
             .
          
           
             XIX
             .
             Not
             medling
             with
             Ministers
             Subscribing
             ,
             Declaring
             ,
             Swearing
             ,
             nor
             with
             the
             Discipline
             ,
             By-offices
             ,
             Baptizing
             as
             by
             our
             sort
             of
             Godfathers
             Covenanting
             without
             the
             Parents
             ,
             Crossing
             ,
             and
             undue
             application
             of
             words
             at
             Burial
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ;
             I
             know
             nothing
             in
             the
             common
             Lords-day
             Worship
             spoken
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             a
             godly
             Christian
             may
             not
             joyn
             in
             ,
             with
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Prayer
             with
             faith
             and
             comfort
             ;
             if
             prejudice
             ,
             and
             false
             apprehensions
             of
             it
             ,
             affright
             him
             not
             ,
             or
             put
             not
             his
             Soul
             out
             of
             relish
             with
             it
             .
             (
             As
             on
             the
             other
             side
             prejudice
             distasteth
             many
             too
             much
             with
             the
             faulty
             methods
             and
             words
             of
             many
             mens
             extemporate
             Prayers
             .
             )
          
           
             XX.
             There
             are
             so
             few
             Churches
             on
             Earth
             that
             Worship
             God
             without
             all
             set
             Lyturgies
             or
             Forms
             as
             are
             next
             to
             none
             .
             And
             there
             are
             very
             few
             in
             all
             the
             World
             so
             good
             as
             the
             English
             Lyturgy
             ,
             and
             that
             have
             so
             few
             faults
             :
             Which
             Martyrs
             composed
             ,
             and
             joyfully
             used
             .
             And
             it
             is
             unchristian
             to
             renounce
             Communion
             with
             any
             one
             Church
             ,
             for
             a
             reason
             that
             is
             common
             to
             all
             ,
             or
             almost
             all
             .
             It
             being
             contrary
             to
             the
             Communion
             of
             Saints
             in
             one
             body
             ,
             and
             far
             worse
             than
             to
             slander
             any
             single
             man.
             
          
           
             XXI
             .
             It
             is
             great
             self-condemnation
             in
             them
             that
             cannot
             bear
             to
             be
             censured
             ,
             nor
             scarce
             be
             contradicted
             ,
             yet
             thus
             to
             censure
             almost
             all
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             XXII
             .
             They
             that
             think
             that
             Conforming
             Ministers
             are
             guilty
             of
             great
             Sin
             ,
             must
             consider
             what
             diversity
             of
             Education
             ,
             Company
             ,
             and
             Interest
             may
             do
             ,
             even
             on
             men
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             have
             all
             our
             sins
             .
             And
             it
             's
             sinful
             uncharitableness
             to
             think
             ,
             and
             speak
             worse
             of
             them
             than
             they
             deserve
             ,
             and
             to
             talk
             against
             all
             ,
             for
             the
             faults
             of
             some
             .
          
           
             XXIII
             .
             So
             great
             is
             Gods
             mercy
             to
             this
             Land
             ,
             in
             yet
             giving
             many
             Godly
             able
             Ministers
             to
             the
             publick
             Churches
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             sinful
             ingratitude
             to
             overlook
             or
             deny
             it
             ,
             though
             many
             others
             be
             never
             so
             bad
             .
          
           
             XXIV
             .
             The
             Religion
             that
             keepeth
             possession
             of
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             will
             be
             the
             National
             Religion
             :
             Mourn
             therefore
             before
             God
             ,
             that
             ever
             any
             men
             professing
             
             Godliness
             ,
             should
             either
             labour
             to
             get
             all
             sound
             Protestants
             to
             desert
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             or
             that
             any
             such
             have
             been
             against
             the
             restoring
             of
             Nonconformists
             ,
             by
             that
             called
             a
             Comprehension
             ,
             which
             was
             but
             the
             withdrawing
             of
             such
             Impositions
             as
             these
             very
             men
             thought
             sinful
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             ,
             lest
             it
             should
             diminish
             the
             number
             and
             strength
             of
             the
             private
             Churches
             .
             By
             this
             we
             see
             what
             we
             are
             doing
             against
             our selves
             ,
             if
             God
             save
             us
             not
             .
          
           
             XXV
             .
             They
             that
             say
             Conformists
             Convert
             no
             Souls
             ,
             take
             on
             them
             to
             know
             that
             of
             thousands
             which
             they
             know
             not
             :
             and
             forget
             that
             before
             1640.
             there
             were
             few
             but
             Conformists
             to
             Convert
             them
             in
             the
             land
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Westminster
             Assembly
             ,
             save
             eight
             ,
             were
             such
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Parliament
             kept
             near
             7000
             in
             the
             Ministry
             ,
             that
             all
             Conformed
             on
             
               Aug.
               24.
               1662.
            
             
          
           
             XXVI
             .
             In
             most
             Counties
             of
             England
             ,
             many
             hundred
             Persons
             to
             one
             must
             have
             Church
             Communion
             in
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             or
             have
             none
             at
             all
             :
             And
             to
             renounce
             all
             Church
             Worship
             and
             Communion
             ,
             rather
             than
             joyn
             in
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Lyturgy
             ,
             and
             to
             persuade
             all
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             is
             almost
             to
             draw
             the
             Land
             to
             live
             like
             Atheists
             :
             And
             is
             so
             pernicious
             to
             Souls
             ,
             that
             no
             good
             Christian
             should
             favour
             it
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a-gross
             breach
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             which
             renounceth
             Prophaneness
             ,
             Schism
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             is
             contrary
             to
             godliness
             .
          
           
             XXVII
             .
             So
             much
             are
             Papists
             angry
             at
             Protestant
             Ministers
             that
             keep
             them
             out
             of
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             reviling
             them
             as
             Trimmers
             ,
             supposing
             that
             Conventicles
             can
             do
             them
             less
             harm
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             love
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             should
             do
             their
             best
             to
             encourage
             all
             such
             Orthodox
             Men
             ,
             and
             to
             strengthen
             the
             Protestant
             interest
             in
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             ,
             and
             not
             joyn
             against
             them
             with
             the
             Papists
             ,
             however
             it
             be
             with
             other
             intents
             and
             minds
             .
          
           
             XXVIII
             .
             So
             great
             is
             the
             peace
             and
             comfort
             of
             many
             Parishes
             ,
             where
             the
             publick
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Religious
             People
             live
             together
             in
             Love
             and
             Amity
             ,
             that
             it
             loudly
             tells
             us
             how
             much
             better
             that
             is
             ,
             than
             to
             study
             to
             render
             each
             other
             odious
             ,
             or
             vile
             ,
             and
             excommunicable
             .
          
           
             XXIX
             .
             Such
             use
             of
             godly
             publick
             Ministers
             may
             well
             stand
             with
             the
             best
             improvement
             we
             can
             make
             of
             the
             private
             help
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             XXX
             .
             If
             we
             would
             win
             any
             that
             we
             think
             worst
             of
             ,
             yea
             ,
             or
             ease
             our selves
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             by
             love
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             condemning
             them
             on
             controvertible
             accounts
             ,
             or
             by
             causeless
             singularities
             .
          
           
             XXXI
             .
             It
             is
             lawful
             to
             have
             transient
             Communion
             with
             an
             occasional
             Assembly
             of
             Christians
             that
             are
             no
             fixed
             Church
             ,
             nor
             the
             Minister
             the
             fixed
             Pastor
             of
             any
             particular
             Church
             .
          
           
             XXXII
             .
             It
             is
             lawful
             to
             have
             transient
             Communion
             with
             a
             Church
             of
             Strangers
             or
             Neighbours
             ,
             without
             taking
             an
             account
             of
             the
             calling
             of
             their
             Pastors
             ,
             or
             of
             their
             Discipline
             .
          
           
             XXXIII
             .
             When
             we
             have
             right
             to
             Gods
             Ordinances
             ,
             if
             many
             intrude
             that
             have
             no
             right
             ,
             when
             we
             cannot
             hinder
             it
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             therefore
             forsake
             our
             right
             ,
             or
             Gods
             Worship
             .
          
           
             XXXIV
             .
             Though
             we
             must
             prefer
             better
             before
             worse
             ,
             that
             worse
             may
             be
             best
             
             to
             us
             at
             that
             time
             and
             place
             ,
             when
             we
             cannot
             have
             better
             without
             more
             hurt
             than
             benefit
             to
             the
             publick
             or
             our selves
             .
             Among
             many
             Ministers
             ,
             weak
             and
             strong
             ,
             all
             cannot
             hear
             the
             best
             ,
             nor
             must
             renounce
             the
             weaker
             .
             To
             live
             under
             the
             countenance
             of
             Government
             under
             an
             honest
             Minister
             of
             mean
             Parts
             in
             Peace
             and
             Concord
             ,
             though
             he
             use
             the
             Lyturgy
             ,
             is
             more
             to
             the
             common
             advantage
             of
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             profit
             of
             most
             particular
             Souls
             ,
             than
             to
             hear
             an
             abler
             Man
             ,
             with
             the
             distraction
             of
             Disturbers
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             Fined
             ,
             and
             lie
             in
             Prison
             on
             no
             better
             a
             Cause
             .
          
           
             XXXV
             .
             It
             is
             not
             only
             the
             Law
             of
             Man
             that
             maketh
             the
             foresaid
             Parish
             Communion
             a
             Duty
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             Gods
             Law
             of
             Love
             ,
             Concord
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Universal
             Communion
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             no
             constraining
             Law
             of
             Man.
             
          
           
             XXXVI
             .
             They
             that
             constantly
             refuse
             Communion
             in
             the
             publick
             Churches
             while
             it
             is
             commanded
             ,
             and
             while
             many
             write
             to
             prove
             it
             sinful
             ,
             and
             many
             are
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             ruined
             for
             refusing
             it
             ,
             are
             justly
             to
             be
             interpreted
             to
             hold
             it
             to
             be
             unlawful
             ,
             unless
             they
             openly
             profess
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             give
             some
             better
             reason
             for
             their
             forbearance
             .
          
           
             XXXVII
             .
             To
             hold
             that
             any
             Congregations
             are
             such
             ,
             whose
             Worship
             is
             faulty
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             God
             forgiveth
             ,
             and
             accepteth
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             unlawful
             for
             us
             to
             joyn
             with
             them
             ,
             lest
             it
             make
             us
             guilty
             of
             their
             sin
             ,
             this
             (
             though
             it
             should
             be
             erroneous
             ,
             and
             uncharitable
             ,
             and
             sinful
             )
             yet
             is
             not
             to
             Excommunicate
             that
             Congregation
             as
             no
             Church
             ,
             or
             no
             Christians
             .
             But
             to
             say
             of
             any
             Congregation
             ,
             that
             they
             want
             any
             thing
             essential
             to
             Christianity
             ,
             or
             to
             make
             them
             capable
             to
             be
             loved
             as
             Christians
             ,
             or
             that
             their
             Worship
             of
             God
             is
             Idolatry
             ,
             or
             so
             bad
             ,
             as
             that
             God
             accepteth
             it
             not
             ,
             the
             evil
             of
             it
             being
             greater
             than
             the
             good
             ,
             (
             as
             poyson
             in
             our
             food
             )
             and
             on
             this
             reason
             to
             declare
             that
             no
             good
             Christian
             should
             Communicate
             with
             them
             ,
             this
             is
             to
             Excommunicate
             such
             Congregation
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             one
             Church
             may
             Excommunicate
             another
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             by
             such
             renouncing
             their
             Communion
             .
          
           
             XXXVIII
             .
             There
             is
             no
             History
             that
             I
             have
             seen
             or
             heard
             that
             tells
             us
             of
             any
             Churches
             on
             Earth
             that
             for
             many
             hundred
             years
             together
             did
             Worship
             God
             without
             a
             Lyturgy
             as
             faulty
             as
             ours
             :
             To
             make
             them
             all
             Idolaters
             ,
             and
             such
             whose
             Worship
             God
             cursed
             and
             accepted
             not
             ,
             is
             to
             make
             them
             no
             true
             Churches
             ;
             and
             if
             Christ
             had
             no
             Church
             ,
             he
             was
             no
             Head
             and
             King
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             no
             Christ.
             
          
           
             XXXIX
             .
             The
             use
             of
             faulty
             Lyturgies
             is
             no
             worse
             than
             the
             use
             of
             faulty
             Translations
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             yet
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             ordinarily
             used
             ,
             (
             of
             which
             I
             shall
             say
             more
             anon
             .
             )
          
           
             XL.
             I
             have
             before
             proved
             how
             faulty
             the
             Priests
             Calling
             was
             in
             Christs
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             Temple
             and
             Synagogue
             Worship
             ,
             and
             the
             Pharisees
             long
             Lyturgies
             ,
             on
             pretence
             whereof
             they
             devoured
             Widows
             Houses
             ,
             and
             their
             corrupt
             Doctrine
             ;
             and
             how
             great
             the
             faults
             were
             in
             the
             Churches
             of
             
               Corinth
               ,
               Galatia
               ,
               Ephesus
               ,
               Sardis
               ,
               Laodicea
               ,
               Thyatira
               ,
               Pergamos
               ,
            
             and
             those
             that
             James
             wrote
             to
             ,
             from
             which
             none
             were
             commanded
             to
             depart
             :
             And
             to
             Condemn
             Christ
             or
             his
             Apostles
             ,
             
             as
             favouring
             ,
             or
             using
             sinful
             Communion
             ▪
             is
             worse
             in
             Christians
             than
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Pharisees
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Principles
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Cause
           for
           which
           I
           write
           :
           And
           I
           cannot
           defend
           it
           without
           opposing
           those
           that
           openly
           militate
           against
           it
           .
           If
           the
           Woman
           of
           Tekoah
           could
           have
           told
           David
           that
           any
           one
           had
           held
           ,
           or
           hindered
           her
           Son
           from
           killing
           his
           Brother
           ,
           she
           would
           not
           have
           called
           him
           unpeaceable
           .
           It
           was
           hard
           measure
           that
           the
           striving
           Israelite
           offered
           to
           Moses
           ,
           that
           said
           ,
           
             Who
             made
             thee
             a
             Prince
             ,
             and
             a
             Iudge
             over
             us
             ?
             Intendest
             thou
             to
             kill
             me
             ,
             as
             thou
             killedst
             the
             Aegyptian
             ?
          
           And
           all
           for
           saying
           ,
           
             Wherefore
             smitest
             thou
             thy
             fellow
          
           ?
           If
           we
           could
           as
           charitably
           judge
           of
           a
           godly
           man
           that
           differs
           from
           us
           ,
           as
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           most
           esteemed
           Partners
           ,
           how
           much
           sin
           should
           we
           avoid
           ?
        
         
           But
           Reader
           ,
           agree
           with
           me
           in
           this
           cause
           of
           Christian
           Love
           and
           Concord
           ,
           and
           then
           think
           of
           me
           and
           my
           Writings
           what
           thou
           seest
           meet
           .
           The
           question
           is
           not
           which
           of
           us
           is
           the
           Wisest
           ,
           or
           hath
           done
           best
           ,
           but
           how
           we
           should
           all
           please
           the
           God
           of
           Love
           and
           Peace
           ,
           and
           avoid
           the
           Evils
           which
           have
           long
           threatned
           us
           ,
           and
           which
           with
           grief
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           our
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           miscarriages
           in
           Religion
           have
           brought
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           are
           like
           to
           increase
           .
           Many
           seem
           like
           a
           Ship
           of
           Passengers
           ,
           whose
           Pilot
           hath
           cast
           them
           by
           Errour
           on
           the
           Sands
           or
           Rocks
           ;
           and
           some
           that
           pity
           them
           as
           they
           are
           sinking
           ,
           tell
           them
           that
           their
           Pilots
           mistake
           hath
           endangered
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           take
           better
           advice
           ▪
           And
           instead
           of
           accepting
           help
           ,
           they
           revile
           the
           helpers
           as
           injurious
           ,
           unpeaceable
           ,
           dishonourers
           of
           their
           wise
           and
           faithful
           Pilot.
           And
           if
           far
           worse
           be
           not
           yet
           at
           
             hand
             ,
             Free-grace
             must
             wonderfully
             frustrate
             this
             prognostick
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           SECT
           .
           3.
           
        
         
           IV.
           BUt
           somewhat
           ,
           Reverend
           Sir
           ,
           you
           oblige
           me
           to
           say
           about
           my
           supposed
           Doctrinal
           Errours
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           found
           in
           my
           praises
           of
           Dr.
           O.
           (
           Had
           I
           dispraised
           him
           as
           much
           ,
           you
           might
           have
           found
           more
           .
           )
        
         
           I
           said
           ,
           that
           [
           
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             his
             Soul
             is
             now
             with
             Christ
             ,
             and
             though
             Heaven
             have
             no
             sorrow
             ,
             it
             hath
             great
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             that
             Dr.
             O.
             is
             now
             more
             against
             the
             receiving
             of
             this
             mistake
             than
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             by
             defending
             it
             ,
             you
             far
             more
             displease
             him
             than
             me
             .
          
           ]
           Here
           my
           supposed
           Errours
           are
           three
           .
        
         
           I.
           
             That
             I
             suppose
             him
             to
             know
             so
             much
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           This
           being
           but
           played
           with
           as
           in
           jeast
           ,
           I
           answer
           the
           more
           briefly
           to
           it
           in
           earnest
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           am
           not
           of
           the
           Socinians
           mind
           ,
           that
           lay
           the
           Soul
           as
           
             in
             nuda
             potentia
          
           to
           sleep
           till
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           Nor
           do
           I
           believe
           that
           Souls
           in
           Paradise
           
           with
           Christ
           ,
           are
           more
           ignorant
           than
           they
           were
           in
           the
           Body
           .
           2.
           
           And
           therefore
           I
           think
           the
           Doctor
           knoweth
           what
           he
           wrote
           ,
           and
           did
           on
           Earth
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           fallen
           into
           forgetfulness
           .
           3.
           
           And
           that
           he
           knoweth
           into
           whose
           hands
           he
           gave
           those
           Papers
           ,
           and
           what
           mind
           the
           men
           were
           of
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           were
           received
           while
           he
           lived
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           been
           so
           long
           extant
           as
           you
           seem
           to
           intimate
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           justifyed
           then
           .
           4.
           
           And
           if
           the
           Saints
           shall
           judge
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           be
           like
           ,
           or
           equal
           to
           the
           Angels
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           the
           concerns
           of
           this
           life
           are
           any
           more
           below
           their
           regard
           ,
           nor
           more
           impertinent
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Angels
           :
           Nor
           that
           they
           live
           as
           unconcerned
           Strangers
           to
           Earth
           (
           when
           a
           Sun-beam
           can
           reach
           so
           far
           .
           )
           The
           Souls
           under
           the
           Altar
           ,
           that
           cryed
           
             how
             long
          
           ,
           knew
           that
           their
           blood
           was
           unrevenged
           on
           Earth
           .
           5.
           
           Nor
           do
           I
           believe
           that
           Christ
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           the
           Angels
           that
           here
           attended
           them
           ,
           are
           so
           strange
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           tell
           them
           nothing
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
           But
           lest
           you
           feign
           that
           I
           suppose
           them
           to
           have
           News-books
           ,
           Gazetts
           ,
           or
           Post-letters
           hence
           ,
           I
           only
           advise
           you
           that
           justly
           extol
           his
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Wisdom
           on
           Earth
           ,
           not
           to
           bring
           him
           too
           low
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           us
           imprisoned
           Sinners
           ,
           nor
           make
           him
           an
           ignoramus
           :
           And
           then
           we
           will
           but
           agree
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           know
           of
           our
           faults
           here
           ,
           he
           is
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           if
           he
           think
           you
           are
           all
           changed
           since
           he
           died
           ,
           there
           is
           mistake
           in
           Heaven
           .
           It
           followeth
           not
           that
           Souls
           in
           Heaven
           know
           
             nothing
             by
             Angels
          
           ,
           because
           they
           know
           not
           
             all
             things
          
           :
           Nor
           that
           of
           themselves
           they
           know
           not
           what
           a
           man
           here
           may
           know
           by
           common
           reason
           ,
           that
           the
           effects
           will
           be
           like
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           his
           many
           Friends
           that
           owned
           his
           mistake
           on
           Earth
           ,
           will
           some
           of
           them
           yet
           own
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           but
           be
           sorry
           (
           for
           I
           am
           not
           so
           presumptuous
           as
           to
           think
           to
           change
           your
           Judgment
           )
           if
           the
           contrary
           supposition
           be
           [
           
             your
             best
             Weapon
             ]
             against
             the
             Popish
             Superstition
             of
             praying
             to
             Saints
             :
          
           For
           all
           this
           I
           will
           hope
           that
           you
           do
           not
           pray
           to
           Dr.
           O.
           for
           so
           much
           as
           you
           believe
           he
           knoweth
           ,
           nor
           yet
           feign
           him
           stark
           ignorant
           for
           fear
           of
           praying
           to
           him
           ?
           
             Do
             you
             think
             he
             hath
             forgotten
             the
             ●ase
             of
          
           England
           ?
           
             Or
             will
             you
             pray
             to
             him
             to
             intercede
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           II.
           My
           second
           supposed
           Errour
           is
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Saints
             in
             Heaven
             have
             any
             displeasure
             :
          
           And
           this
           is
           said
           to
           be
           [
           
             a
             Contradiction
             to
             the
             generally
             received
             Opinion
             of
             all
             that
             you
             have
             met
             with
             .
          
           ]
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           your
           Acquaintance
           is
           large
           ,
           but
           I
           perceive
           it
           is
           not
           with
           all
           sorts
           of
           men
           .
           I
           am
           sorry
           they
           should
           generally
           deny
           so
           great
           and
           clear
           a
           truth
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Let
           us
           examine
           the
           Controversy
           ,
           as
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           2.
           
           As
           of
           the
           
             Name
             [
             Displeasure
          
           .
           ]
           1.
           
           Complacence
           is
           the
           first
           act
           of
           the
           will
           upon
           Good
           as
           Good
           ,
           before
           it
           come
           to
           Election
           of
           
             Compared
             Goods
          
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           usually
           
             de
             Mediis
             :
             )
             Displicence
          
           is
           its
           contrary
           ,
           and
           its
           object
           is
           
             Evil
             as
             Evil.
          
           One
           is
           called
           Volition
           ,
           or
           Willing
           ,
           the
           other
           Nolition
           ,
           or
           Nilling
           .
           As
           Pleasedness
           ,
           and
           Displeasedness
           are
           in
           the
           Passions
           ,
           and
           signify
           Ioy
           and
           Trouble
           ,
           we
           have
           nothing
           here
           to
           do
           with
           them
           ,
           (
           having
           expresly
           excluded
           sorrow
           )
           but
           as
           they
           are
           in
           the
           Will.
           I
           thought
           till
           
           now
           ,
           that
           all
           sober
           Divines
           had
           been
           agreed
           (
           Protestants
           and
           Papists
           )
           that
           not
           only
           in
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           and
           Christ
           as
           Man
           ,
           but
           in
           God
           himself
           (
           who
           is
           most
           remote
           from
           imperfection
           )
           there
           is
           Complacence
           ,
           and
           Displicence
           ,
           Willing
           ,
           and
           Nilling
           ,
           which
           though
           in
           Creatures
           that
           have
           Accidents
           ,
           they
           really
           differ
           as
           Acts
           ,
           yet
           in
           God
           who
           is
           most
           simple
           ,
           they
           are
           (
           say
           the
           subtiler
           part
           of
           the
           School
           Doctors
           )
           but
           the
           Essence
           of
           God
           by
           extrinsick
           denomination
           from
           relation
           of
           the
           effects
           ,
           differenced
           from
           the
           Essence
           simply
           considered
           ,
           and
           from
           each
           other
           ;
           or
           as
           the
           Scotists
           formaliter
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           Thomists
           
             ratione
             ratiocinata
          
           ;
           but
           none
           deny
           these
           to
           be
           in
           God.
           I
           suppose
           that
           Volition
           or
           Complacence
           you
           deny
           not
           :
           As
           to
           Displicence
           or
           Nolition
           ,
           answering
           the
           Judgments
           dislike
           ,
           I
           prove
           that
           it
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           in
           God
           and
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           the
           
             will
             of
             God
             ,
             Angels
          
           ,
           and
           Spirits
           ,
           have
           any
           Act
           about
           Evil
           ,
           it
           is
           
             Displicence
             ,
             :
             But
             some
          
           Act
           about
           Evil
           they
           have
           ,
           
             Ergo
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           For
           the
           Major
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           any
           Act
           ,
           it
           is
           Displicence
           ,
           or
           Complacence
           ,
           for
           the
           will
           hath
           no
           other
           primary
           Acts
           before
           Election
           ,
           (
           even
           
             frui
             &
             intendere
             ,
             presupposing
          
           this
           Complacence
           :
           )
           But
           God
           and
           good
           Spirits
           have
           no
           Complacency
           in
           sin
           or
           evil
           as
           such
           :
           Ergo
           they
           have
           a
           
             Displicence
             :
             Aut
             placet
             aut
             displicet
             ,
          
           being
           the
           first
           in
           nature
           .
        
         
           That
           God
           or
           Spirits
           at
           least
           have
           some
           Act
           of
           will
           about
           evil
           as
           such
           ,
           is
           commonly
           agreed
           :
           Else
           all
           the
           sin
           and
           evil
           in
           the
           world
           would
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           without
           any
           Act
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           good
           Spirits
           in
           Heaven
           about
           it
           :
           Sure
           they
           that
           for
           Predetermination
           have
           written
           so
           many
           Volumes
           ,
           (
           and
           one
           against
           me
           )
           are
           not
           of
           that
           mind
           .
           They
           say
           this
           is
           to
           feign
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           in
           Heaven
           asleep
           ,
           or
           having
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           Earth
           :
           I
           have
           my self
           proved
           indeed
           (
           with
           others
           )
           that
           God
           hath
           no
           Volition
           or
           Complacency
           of
           Evil
           as
           such
           ,
           but
           a
           Displicence
           I
           have
           proved
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           God
           have
           no
           Displicence
           as
           to
           sin
           ,
           then
           there
           is
           no
           effectual
           impediment
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           world
           would
           be
           drowned
           in
           wickedness
           :
           For
           the
           Creature
           would
           presently
           run
           into
           evil
           .
           But
           sin
           is
           restrained
           —
        
         
           If
           any
           in
           excess
           of
           subtilty
           say
           ,
           that
           Nolitions
           are
           not
           in
           God
           ,
           but
           Volitions
           of
           the
           Good
           ,
           are
           instead
           of
           Nolitions
           of
           Evil
           ,
           this
           is
           bold
           ,
           and
           at
           least
           the
           language
           unfit
           ,
           and
           reductively
           these
           Volitions
           are
           Nolitions
           of
           their
           Contraries
           .
           And
           however
           none
           of
           this
           can
           be
           feigned
           of
           Souls
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           God
           be
           not
           disp'eased
           with
           sin
           ,
           then
           his
           prohibitions
           are
           no
           signs
           of
           his
           displeasure
           ;
           any
           more
           than
           his
           Commands
           .
           But
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           4.
           
           Then
           his
           Judgments
           and
           Execution
           in
           Hell
           ,
           are
           no
           effects
           of
           his
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Then
           Christ
           came
           not
           to
           reconcile
           us
           to
           a
           displeased
           God
           ,
           nor
           is
           he
           any
           more
           displeased
           with
           Persecutors
           then
           Saints
           ,
           nor
           with
           Cursing
           than
           with
           Blessing
           ▪
           nor
           with
           any
           man
           for
           doing
           it
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           If
           the
           subtilty
           which
           I
           have
           taken
           notice
           of
           in
           my
           
             Catholick
             Theology
          
           ,
           
           asserting
           Volitions
           without
           Nolitions
           in
           God
           ,
           were
           defensible
           ,
           it
           would
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           be
           of
           no
           truth
           as
           to
           Creatures
           ;
           if
           Souls
           in
           Heaven
           have
           no
           displicence
           against
           sin
           ,
           how
           is
           their
           will
           holy
           in
           the
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           hateth
           Iniquity
           ?
           Devils
           love
           sin
           ;
           Stones
           ,
           and
           Brutes
           neither
           love
           ,
           nor
           hate
           it
           .
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           hate
           it
           ,
           and
           love
           it
           not
           :
           meerly
           not-loving
           it
           is
           not
           their
           full
           holiness
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           If
           Saints
           there
           are
           not
           displeased
           with
           sin
           ,
           how
           can
           they
           glorify
           Christ
           for
           dying
           for
           it
           ,
           or
           God
           for
           punishing
           it
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Or
           how
           can
           they
           be
           everlastingly
           thankful
           to
           Christ
           for
           saving
           them
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           What
           a
           change
           must
           they
           impute
           to
           Christ
           that
           came
           so
           low
           ,
           and
           suffered
           as
           in
           a
           sort
           forsaken
           ,
           to
           destroy
           the
           works
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           now
           hath
           not
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           displeasedness
           with
           sin
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Then
           Christ
           and
           Saints
           there
           are
           no
           more
           displeased
           at
           Persecution
           ,
           Prophaneness
           ,
           Murder
           ,
           Adultery
           ,
           then
           at
           Piety
           and
           Love.
           
        
         
           11.
           
           Then
           it
           no
           more
           displeaseth
           Souls
           there
           ,
           that
           they
           here
           sinned
           ,
           then
           that
           they
           did
           well
           :
           Pauls
           mind
           is
           much
           changed
           then
           about
           his
           Persecution
           .
           The
           best
           is
           ,
           though
           you
           and
           yours
           are
           offended
           with
           me
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           displeasing
           to
           Dr.
           O.
           if
           he
           know
           it
           .
           But
           if
           your
           reason
           be
           ,
           because
           that
           all
           displeasedness
           hath
           some
           suffering
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           or
           trouble
           ,
           1.
           
           As
           to
           my
           meaning
           you
           know
           I
           
             excluded
             sorrow
          
           .
           2.
           
           And
           it
           is
           not
           true
           that
           you
           suppose
           .
           Pure
           Displicency
           of
           the
           will
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           blessed
           ,
           hath
           no
           trouble
           :
           It
           is
           not
           exercised
           in
           a
           body
           that
           hath
           a
           Heart
           ,
           or
           Head
           troubled
           by
           commotion
           of
           the
           Blood
           and
           Spirits
           ,
           nor
           yet
           in
           an
           imperfect
           Soul
           that
           hath
           hurting
           passions
           .
           It
           is
           the
           pure
           perfection
           of
           the
           will
           ;
           and
           nothing
           but
           its
           Aversation
           from
           sin
           ;
           and
           contrary
           to
           Love
           :
           Love
           and
           Hatred
           are
           names
           that
           may
           well
           here
           be
           used
           ,
           but
           Complacence
           ,
           and
           Displicence
           being
           the
           same
           ,
           sound
           as
           less
           to
           signify
           Passion
           .
           And
           if
           there
           be
           Passion
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           (
           which
           you
           cannot
           disprove
           )
           it
           might
           be
           without
           diminution
           of
           felicity
           .
        
         
           II.
           But
           I
           am
           not
           hopeless
           that
           you
           will
           deny
           none
           of
           all
           this
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           ,
           but
           turn
           all
           into
           a
           quarrel
           at
           words
           ,
           and
           say
           that
           the
           name
           of
           Displeasure
           is
           not
           fit
           for
           any
           Act
           of
           God
           or
           Saints
           ,
           or
           Angels
           in
           Heaven
           :
           If
           that
           be
           the
           worst
           (
           which
           is
           bad
           enough
           )
           let
           us
           next
           try
           that
           wordy
           Controversy
           .
           I.
           By
           Scripture
           .
           II.
           By
           School
           Divines
           .
           III.
           By
           common
           practical
           Divines
           .
        
         
           I.
           Scripture
           use
           of
           words
           in
           Sacred
           Things
           is
           our
           best
           Dictionary
           .
           He
           that
           is
           our
           great
           Teacher
           ,
           knoweth
           how
           to
           speak
           :
           If
           you
           dislike
           his
           words
           ,
           methinks
           you
           should
           not
           accuse
           Men
           of
           Errour
           ,
           and
           that
           against
           the
           common
           sense
           of
           all
           that
           you
           meet
           with
           ,
           for
           imitating
           God
           ,
           and
           speaking
           as
           he
           doth
           :
           And
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           when
           you
           are
           defending
           one
           that
           would
           have
           no
           Mode
           ,
           or
           Accidentals
           in
           Worship
           used
           ,
           which
           God
           prescribeth
           not
           .
           If
           by
           my
           words
           I
           must
           be
           Justified
           ,
           or
           Condemned
           ,
           
           I
           hope
           God
           will
           not
           condemn
           me
           for
           speaking
           as
           he
           taught
           me
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           for
           doing
           as
           he
           bid
           me
           ,
           though
           all
           your
           party
           should
           do
           it
           ▪
           And
           I
           can
           bear
           their
           Condemnation
           .
        
         
           The
           Hebrew
           phrase
           which
           we
           translate
           by
           Displeasing
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           is
           oft
           [
           
             It
             was
             Evil
             in
             his
             Eyes
          
           ]
           which
           speaketh
           a
           positive
           Act
           of
           the
           Understanding
           
             de
             malo
          
           :
           And
           that
           there
           was
           no
           answerable
           Act
           of
           the
           Will
           ,
           let
           him
           say
           that
           dare
           .
        
         
           Prov.
           24.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           
             Rejoyce
             not
             when
             thy
             Enemy
             falleth
             ,
             and
             let
             not
             th●
             heart
             be
             glad
             when
             he
             stumbleth
             ,
             lest
             the
             Lord
             see
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             displease
             him
          
           —
           ]
           No
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           fear
           not
           that
           any
           in
           Heaven
           should
           be
           displeased
           .
        
         
           Gen.
           38.
           10.
           
           
             The
             thing
             that
             he
             did
             displeased
             the
             Lord
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             slew
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Num.
           11.
           1.
           
           
             When
             the
             people
             complained
             ,
             it
             displeased
             the
             Lord
             —
             his
             anger
             was
             kindled
          
           —
        
         
           2
           Sam.
           11.
           27.
           
           
             The
             thing
             that
          
           David
           
             had
             done
             displeased
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           (
           Murder
           ,
           and
           Adultery
           .
           )
           No
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           God
           is
           not
           displeased
           with
           any
           sin
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           displeasure
           in
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           1
           Chr.
           21.
           
           
             God
             was
             displeased
             with
             this
             thing
             ,
             therefore
             he
             smote
          
           Israel
           .
        
         
           Psal.
           60.
           1.
           
           
             O
             God
             —
             thou
             hast
             been
             displeased
             .
          
        
         
           Isa.
           59.
           15.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             saw
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             displeased
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Zech.
           1.
           2.
           15.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             been
             sore
             displeased
             ,
             or
             displeased
             with
             displeasure
             —
             I
             am
             very
             sore
             displeased
             with
             the
             Heathen
             —
             I
             was
             but
             a
             little
             displeased
             .
          
        
         
           Psal.
           6.
           1.
           
           
             O
             Lord
             rebuke
             me
             not
             in
             thine
             anger
             ,
             neither
             chasten
             me
             in
             thy
             hot
             displeasure
             .
          
        
         
           Psal.
           2.
           5.
           
           
             He
             shall
             speak
             to
             them
             in
             his
             anger
             ,
             and
             vex
             them
             in
             his
             sore
             displeasure
             .
          
        
         
           Deut.
           9.
           19.
           
           Moses
           saith
           ,
           [
           
             I
             was
             afraid
             of
             the
             great
             anger
             ,
             and
             hot
             displeasure
             wherewith
             the
             Lord
             was
             hot
             against
             you
             to
             destroy
             you
             .
          
           ]
           I
           am
           sorry
           that
           you
           all
           differ
           from
           Moses
           .
        
         
           And
           Expositors
           suppose
           that
           when
           God
           is
           said
           to
           have
           
             no
             pleasure
             in
             fools
          
           ,
           or
           in
           wickedness
           ,
           
             &c.
             Eccl.
          
           5.
           4.
           
           Ps.
           5.
           4.
           it
           signifieth
           displeasure
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Scripture
           ascribeth
           to
           God
           not
           only
           Displeasure
           ,
           but
           Hatred
           ,
           which
           signifieth
           the
           greatest
           displeasure
           ,
           Deut.
           16.
           22.
           
           Psal.
           11.
           5.
           
           
             The
             wicked
             ,
             and
             him
             that
             loveth
             violence
             ,
             his
             Soul
             hateth
             ,
          
           Isa.
           1.
           14.
           
           Mal.
           2.
           16.
           
           Psal.
           5.
           5.
           
           
             Thou
             hatest
             all
             the
             workers
             of
             Iniquity
             ,
          
           &
           45.
           7.
           
             thou
             hatest
             wickedness
          
           ,
           Rev.
           2.
           6.
           15.
           
           
             The
             Doctrine
             of
             the
          
           Nicolaitans
           —
           
             which
             I
             also
             hate
          
           ,
           Zech.
           8.
           17.
           
           Amos
           5.
           21
           
           &
           6.
           8.
           
           Jer.
           44.
           4.
           
           
             O
             do
             not
             this
             abominable
             thing
             which
             I
             hate
             ,
          
           Isa.
           61.
           8.
           
           Prov.
           8.
           13.
           
           &
           6.
           16.
           
           I
           thought
           those
           that
           overstretch
           [
           Esau
           have
           I
           hated
           ]
           would
           not
           have
           denyed
           all
           displeasedness
           in
           God.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           I
           should
           go
           further
           ,
           and
           cite
           all
           the
           Texts
           that
           ascribe
           even
           Anger
           and
           Wrath
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           say
           
             he
             is
             angry
             every
             day
          
           ,
           &c.
           and
           that
           his
           
           wrath
           shall
           punish
           the
           Wicked
           ,
           I
           suppose
           it
           would
           do
           more
           to
           weary
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           knoweth
           this
           already
           ,
           than
           to
           convince
           your
           Party
           .
        
         
           II.
           But
           my
           2d
           Appeal
           is
           to
           the
           Accurate
           Scholastick
           Writers
           ,
           because
           I
           suppose
           you
           will
           say
           that
           the
           Scripture
           speaketh
           popularly
           ,
           &
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           Men.
           Ans.
           (
           Or
           else
           it
           must
           not
           speak
           to
           Men.
           )
           But
           here
           I
           should
           much
           more
           confound
           most
           Readers
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           call
           them
           to
           Metaphysicks
           ,
           or
           Metaphysical
           Writers
           ;
           I
           should
           cite
           to
           them
           many
           sheets
           out
           of
           
             Aquinas
             ,
             Scotus
             ,
             Ockam
             ,
             Durandus
             ,
             Bonaventure
             ,
          
           and
           all
           their
           followers
           ,
           who
           commonly
           ascribed
           Displicency
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Complacence
             to
             God.
          
           If
           you
           need
           Witness
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           read
           them
           ,
           and
           seek
           it
           ,
           and
           pardon
           me
           for
           not
           abusing
           the
           Reader
           with
           such
           Citations
           .
        
         
           III.
           The
           same
           I
           say
           of
           the
           consent
           of
           Practical
           Protestant
           Divines
           .
           I
           do
           not
           think
           the
           Reader
           would
           forgive
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           prove
           that
           
             Luther
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
             Melancthon
             ,
             Bucer
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           Forreign
           Reformers
           ,
           and
           all
           our
           Martyrs
           ,
           and
           English
           Divines
           ,
           Episcopal
           ,
           Presbyterian
           ,
           and
           (
           whatever
           you
           say
           against
           it
           ,
           to
           their
           injury
           )
           Independants
           also
           ascribe
           Displicence
           to
           God
           :
           Sure
           they
           that
           translated
           the
           Bible
           did
           .
           And
           surely
           the
           Writings
           of
           
             Hildersham
             ,
             Dod
             ,
             Greenham
             ,
             Rogers
             ,
             Preston
             ,
             Sibs
             ,
             Bolton
             ,
             Whateley
             ,
             Allen
             ,
          
           and
           hundreds
           such
           ,
           are
           far
           from
           disowning
           such
           expressions
           .
        
         
           But
           methinks
           I
           should
           not
           need
           to
           suppose
           you
           to
           object
           that
           it
           is
           not
           God
           ,
           but
           Man
           that
           you
           speak
           of
           :
           No
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           abuse
           you
           so
           much
           as
           to
           suppose
           that
           you
           take
           man
           to
           be
           more
           perfect
           ,
           and
           less
           Passive
           then
           God.
           Indeed
           Displicence
           ,
           and
           Complacence
           in
           God
           ,
           are
           Active
           
             ad
             extra
          
           ,
           and
           signify
           but
           the
           perfection
           of
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           exeuntèr
           ,
           the
           expressions
           and
           effects
           ,
           and
           no
           Passivity
           :
           But
           all
           Creatures
           are
           Passive
           as
           well
           as
           Active
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           receptive
           
             ab
             objectis
          
           ,
           both
           in
           their
           
             Ideal
             Conceptions
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Appetites
           :
           And
           therefore
           Displeasure
           in
           a
           far
           grosser
           Passive
           sense
           ,
           must
           be
           ascribed
           to
           the
           Creature
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Creator
           :
           and
           yet
           without
           any
           diminution
           of
           felicity
           .
        
         
           And
           2.
           
           It
           is
           certain
           that
           Christ
           himself
           was
           
             much
             displeased
          
           with
           sin
           on
           Earth
           ,
           Mark
           10.
           14
           
           &
           3.
           5.
           
           And
           surely
           he
           is
           not
           any
           less
           perfect
           ,
           nor
           more
           reconciled
           to
           sin
           in
           Heaven
           .
           He
           was
           displeased
           with
           it
           ,
           when
           he
           died
           for
           it
           :
           and
           is
           his
           
             will
             changed
          
           since
           to
           favour
           it
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           if
           you
           should
           say
           that
           [
           
             sin
             is
             nothing
             ,
             and
             therefore
             no
             object
             of
             a
             Divine
             Act
          
           ]
           of
           Nolition
           ,
           or
           hatred
           ,
           but
           God
           is
           said
           to
           will
           or
           hate
           it
           ,
           only
           because
           he
           doth
           not
           will
           or
           love
           it
           ,
           but
           punish
           it
           ;
           yet
           the
           Church
           hath
           long
           ago
           Condemned
           the
           Monothelites
           as
           Hereticks
           ,
           and
           determined
           that
           Christ
           hath
           
             two
             Wills
          
           and
           Operations
           :
           And
           therefore
           as
           Man
           ,
           his
           knowledge
           and
           will
           must
           have
           somewhat
           of
           Passivity
           ,
           though
           not
           of
           Pain
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           it
           's
           strange
           that
           Christ
           is
           made
           our
           Captain
           ,
           and
           manageth
           a
           War
           against
           Satan
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           Michael
           and
           his
           Angels
           are
           engaged
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           not
           the
           least
           displeasure
           against
           Sin
           and
           Satan
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           that
           Christ
           hath
           such
           terrible
           threatnings
           against
           Sin
           and
           Sinners
           ,
           
           even
           
             everlasting
             fire
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             ,
             the
             Worm
             that
             never
             dieth
             ,
             and
             the
             fire
             that
             is
             not
             to
             be
             quenched
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             shall
             come
             in
             flaming
             fire
             ,
             rendring
             vengeance
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             that
             all
             they
             might
             be
             damned
             that
             obeyed
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             that
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             is
             revealed
             from
             Heaven
             against
             all
             Ungodliness
             ,
             and
             Unrighteousness
             of
             men
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             that
             fiery
             indignation
             shall
             devour
             the
             Adversaries
             ,
             all
             Kindreds
             of
             the
             Earth
             shall
             wail
             because
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             will
             say
             ,
             Those
             mine
             Enemies
             that
             would
             not
             I
             should
             Reign
             over
             them
             ,
             bring
             hither
             ,
             and
             slay
             them
             before
             me
             :
             Depart
             from
             me
             all
             ye
             that
             work
             Iniquity
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           yet
           hath
           not
           the
           least
           displeasure
           at
           Sin
           or
           Sinners
           .
           That
           most
           of
           the
           World
           must
           lye
           in
           Hell
           ,
           and
           feel
           no
           effects
           of
           
             Christs
             displeasure
          
           ,
           because
           he
           
             hath
             none
          
           .
        
         
           And
           Angels
           and
           Saints
           are
           not
           perfecter
           than
           Christ
           ,
           but
           are
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           and
           are
           displeased
           with
           Sin
           ,
           and
           Persecutors
           ,
           and
           Devils
           in
           conformity
           to
           Christ.
           
        
         
           The
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           have
           not
           forgotten
           their
           former
           sins
           :
           The
           remembrance
           of
           them
           hath
           some
           effect
           :
           It
           is
           not
           Pleasedness
           with
           the
           evil
           ;
           therefore
           it
           is
           Displeasedness
           ;
           they
           are
           not
           ignorant
           of
           all
           the
           Wickedness
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           Violence
           ,
           Persecution
           ,
           and
           Blood-shed
           on
           Earth
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           sufferings
           of
           the
           Just
           :
           They
           love
           not
           this
           with
           Complacency
           :
           Therefore
           they
           hate
           it
           with
           Displicence
           ;
           or
           else
           they
           are
           senseless
           neuters
           .
        
         
           Do
           the
           Angels
           
             pour
             out
             the
             Vials
          
           ,
           do
           the
           
             Souls
             under
             the
             Altar
             pray
             for
             revenge
             ,
          
           are
           the
           
             Heavens
             and
             the
             holy
             Apostles
             and
             Prophets
             bid
             rejoyce
             over
          
           Babylon
           ,
           Rev.
           18.
           20.
           and
           yet
           none
           of
           them
           so
           much
           as
           displeased
           at
           Babylons
           sin
           ,
           or
           the
           Churches
           suffering
           ?
        
         
           Sure
           you
           do
           not
           so
           far
           disagree
           from
           us
           in
           all
           this
           ,
           as
           to
           deny
           the
           matter
           :
           I
           hope
           it
           is
           but
           a
           false
           Conceit
           of
           the
           unfitness
           of
           the
           word
           :
           And
           if
           the
           word
           [
           Displeasure
           ]
           do
           displease
           you
           ,
           why
           would
           not
           so
           accurate
           a
           Reprover
           once
           tell
           us
           what
           word
           it
           is
           that
           he
           would
           have
           used
           instead
           of
           it
           ?
           We
           that
           are
           accused
           ,
           know
           that
           [
           
             Nolition
             ,
             Displicence
             ,
             Aversation
             ,
             Hatred
          
           (
           or
           as
           Campanella
           calls
           it
           Disamor
           )
           are
           words
           of
           the
           same
           signification
           as
           to
           the
           will
           ,
           answering
           dislike
           in
           the
           understanding
           ,
           (
           yea
           ,
           dislike
           oft
           signifieth
           both
           .
           )
           If
           you
           cannot
           bear
           these
           ,
           sure
           you
           are
           less
           patient
           at
           the
           words
           [
           
             Wrath
             and
             Anger
             of
             God
          
           ]
           &c.
           what
           is
           it
           that
           you
           would
           have
           ?
           Even
           Nothingness
           is
           an
           object
           of
           Nolition
           to
           the
           blessed
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           averse
           to
           annihilation
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           quibble
           that
           
             malum
             est
             privatio
          
           ,
           will
           be
           here
           of
           no
           use
           to
           you
           ;
           for
           what
           is
           more
           displeasing
           than
           Privation
           ?
        
         
           Dear
           Brother
           ,
           I
           am
           so
           far
           from
           perceiving
           any
           Conviction
           in
           your
           Accusation
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           say
           that
           you
           have
           in
           this
           made
           your self
           to
           me
           what
           Dr.
           O.
           did
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Concord
           .
           You
           constrain
           me
           to
           bear
           my
           publick
           Testimony
           against
           you
           ,
           when
           you
           pretend
           herein
           to
           speak
           the
           mind
           of
           so
           great
           a
           number
           of
           your
           Acquaintance
           ,
           when
           I
           remember
           the
           Sermons
           that
           are
           commonly
           talkt
           of
           ,
           and
           the
           Collections
           
           made
           by
           the
           
             Friendly
             Debater
          
           ,
           and
           many
           such
           others
           ,
           I
           look
           to
           hear
           e're
           long
           from
           Prefs
           and
           Pulpits
           ,
           [
           
             That
             the
             Nonconformists
             teach
             that
             no
             Rebellion
             ,
             Treason
             ,
             Perjury
             ,
             or
             Wickedness
             is
             at
             all
             displeasing
             to
             God
             ▪
             to
             Christ
             ,
             to
             Angels
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             Saint
             in
             Heaven
             ▪
             Though
             they
             call
             Adulterers
             ,
             Murderers
             ,
             and
             such
             others
             to
             Repentance
             ,
             and
             Mourning
             for
             Sin
             ,
             and
             separate
             from
             others
             as
             too
             bad
             for
             their
             Communion
             ,
             indeed
             at
             the
             same
             time
             they
             tell
             all
             the
             wicked
             ,
             neither
             God
             ,
             nor
             any
             in
             Heaven
             is
             displeased
             with
             them
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Fore-seeing
           this
           scandal
           ,
           I
           humbly
           address
           my self
           to
           such
           Accusers
           with
           this
           answer
           following
           .
        
         
           [
           Take
           not
           verbal
           differences
           for
           real
           :
           No
           doubt
           but
           this
           Persons
           Errour
           is
           meerly
           verbal
           :
           All
           Mens
           Studies
           go
           not
           one
           way
           :
           It
           's
           like
           he
           is
           not
           vers'd
           in
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           Schoolmens
           Writings
           ,
           that
           use
           Displicence
           and
           Complacence
           for
           meer
           Nolition
           and
           Volition
           ,
           Hatred
           ,
           or
           Aversation
           ,
           and
           Love.
           And
           though
           he
           knew
           that
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Christian
           Writers
           commonly
           speak
           that
           which
           he
           accuseth
           ,
           he
           was
           someway
           byassed
           to
           think
           that
           I
           used
           the
           same
           words
           in
           a
           worse
           sense
           than
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           all
           Writers
           do
           (
           though
           I
           excluded
           sorrow
           :
           )
           And
           his
           interesting
           in
           his
           Errour
           ,
           [
           
             The
             general
             received
             Opinion
             of
             all
             that
             he
             hath
             met
             with
          
           ]
           doth
           but
           signify
           what
           sort
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           how
           few
           he
           hath
           met
           with
           ,
           or
           how
           few
           Writers
           on
           such
           Subjects
           he
           hath
           read
           ,
           and
           remembred
           ,
           (
           for
           doubtless
           he
           doth
           not
           knowingly
           abuse
           them
           .
           )
           And
           when
           did
           all
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           or
           Nonconformists
           chuse
           him
           to
           represent
           them
           ?
           why
           is
           not
           my
           word
           as
           valid
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           who
           remember
           not
           one
           Man
           ,
           Protestant
           ,
           or
           Papist
           ,
           or
           Heathen
           that
           is
           for
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           the
           Opinion
           which
           he
           expresseth
           ;
           except
           those
           few
           that
           hold
           that
           
             non
             datur
             verè
             malum
          
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           Evil
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           we
           call
           sin
           and
           punishment
           is
           good
           ,
           and
           miscalled
           evil
           by
           us
           in
           darkness
           ,
           but
           all
           willed
           by
           God
           ,
           and
           those
           in
           Heaven
           ?
           yet
           even
           Hobbs
           ,
           and
           
             Peter
             Sterry
          
           confess
           a
           good
           fort
           of
           Evil.
           And
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           this
           Brother
           is
           against
           what
           he
           speaketh
           himself
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           stop
           your
           Censures
           ,
           let
           me
           ask
           you
           ,
           if
           one
           mistaker
           accuse
           us
           all
           ,
           whom
           we
           never
           authorized
           to
           represent
           us
           ,
           doth
           this
           lay
           so
           great
           a
           blot
           on
           us
           ,
           as
           an
           erring
           Council
           of
           Bishops
           doth
           on
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           whom
           they
           represent
           :
           And
           yet
           how
           great
           a
           number
           of
           Councils
           have
           falsly
           reported
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           stop
           your
           mouth
           now
           but
           with
           the
           last
           words
           of
           
             Sulpitius
             Severus
          
           .
           History
           .
           [
           
             Ac
             inter
             nostrios
             perpetuum
             discordiurum
             bellum
             exarserat
             :
             quod
             jam
             per
             quindecim
             annos
             faedis
             dissentionibus
             agitatum
             nullo
             modo
             sop●ri
             poterat
             ?
             Et
             nunc
             cum
             maximè
             discordiis
             Episcoporum
             turbari
             ac
             misceri
             omnia
             cernerentur
             ,
             cunctaque
             per
             eos
             odio
             :
             aut
             gratiâ
             ,
             metu
             ,
             inconstantia
             ,
             invidia
             ,
             factione
             ,
             libidine
             ,
             avaritia
             ,
             arrogantia
             ,
             somno
             ,
             desidia
             essent
             depravata
             ,
             postremo
             Plures
             adversum
             paucos
             bene
             consule●tes
             infanis
             conciliis
             &
             pertinacibus
             studiis
          
           
           
             certabant
             :
             Inter
             haec
             plebs
             Dei
             &
             optimus
             quisque
             probro
             at
             que
             ●●dibri●
             habebatur
             .
          
           ]
           Read
           the
           Author
           ,
           lest
           you
           think
           I
           made
           these
           words
           for
           our
           times
           .
           And
           of
           their
           Captain
           Bishop
           he
           saith
           ,
           [
           
             Certe
             Ithacium
             nihil
             pensi
             ,
             nihil
             sancti
             habuisse
             definio
             :
             Fuit
             enim
             audax
             ,
             loquax
             ,
             impudens
             ,
             sumptuosus
             ,
             ventri
             &
             gulae
             plurimum
             impertiens
             ,
             hic
             stultitiae
             eo
             usque
             processit
             ,
             ut
             omnes
             etiam
             sanctos
             viros
             quibus
             aut
             studium
             in
             erat
             lectionis
             ,
             aut
             propositum
             erat
             certare
             jejuniis
             tanquam
             Priscilliani
             socios
             in
             crimen
             arcesseret
             .
          
           ]
           (
           And
           yet
           saith
           that
           the
           Persecution
           of
           the
           Priscillianists
           did
           but
           increase
           them
           .
           )
           Pardon
           this
           digression
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           may
           see
           that
           if
           you
           be
           not
           responsible
           for
           all
           that
           Councils
           ,
           and
           the
           Major
           part
           of
           Bishops
           say
           or
           do
           ,
           much
           less
           are
           we
           for
           the
           verbal
           Errour
           of
           one
           or
           a
           few
           men
           ,
           though
           fathered
           by
           them
           on
           many
           ▪
           whereby
           they
           necessitate
           these
           our
           open
           disclaimings
           of
           their
           words
           .
        
         
           III.
           My
           third
           supposed
           Errour
           is
           much
           like
           the
           former
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           [
           
             Though
             Heaven
             have
             no
             sorrow
             ,
             it
             hath
             great
             repentance
             .
          
           ]
           In
           this
           [
           
             all
             Protestants
             ]
             are
          
           (
           falsly
           )
           said
           to
           
             be
             against
             me
          
           .
           Here
           also
           the
           Errour
           is
           either
           Verbal
           or
           Real
           .
           And
           ,
           1.
           
           He
           knows
           that
           as
           to
           the
           word
           all
           Protestants
           own
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           ascribeth
           Repenting
           to
           God
           himself
           ,
           Exod.
           32.
           12.
           
           Deut.
           32.
           36.
           
           Psal.
           135.
           14.
           
           Ier.
           18.
           8
           ,
           10.
           
           &
           26.
           3.
           13.
           
           Ion.
           3.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           Gen.
           6.
           6.
           
           Iudg.
           2.
           18.
           1
           
           Sam.
           15.
           35.
           2
           
           Sam.
           24.
           16.
           
           Am.
           7.
           3
           ,
           6.
           
           Ioel
           2.
           13.
           
           Ier.
           15.
           6.
           
           It
           's
           true
           that
           this
           is
           not
           spoken
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           any
           mutability
           as
           man
           hath
           ;
           But
           God
           being
           infinitely
           more
           perfect
           then
           man
           ,
           the
           phrase
           is
           further
           fetcht
           ,
           and
           less
           proper
           of
           God
           then
           of
           man
           :
           Therefore
           it
           is
           not
           the
           Name
           that
           he
           blameth
           ,
           seeing
           he
           owneth
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           II.
           And
           if
           it
           be
           not
           the
           Name
           ,
           but
           
             my
             sense
          
           of
           it
           ,
           do
           you
           find
           where
           he
           proveth
           any
           wrong
           sense
           that
           I
           express
           ,
           or
           doth
           he
           give
           a
           better
           ?
        
         
           I
           said
           in
           a
           Book
           [
           
             There
             is
             not
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             grief
             or
             sorrow
             known
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
           ]
           The
           Vindicator
           citeth
           this
           as
           if
           it
           were
           contrary
           to
           ,
           [
           
             There
             is
             no
             sorrow
             ,
             but
             displeasure
             and
             repentance
             :
          
           ]
           If
           he
           mean
           not
           that
           [
           
             no
             sorrow
          
           ,
           and
           
             no
             sorrow
          
           ]
           are
           Contradictions
           ,
           he
           need
           to
           have
           gone
           no
           further
           then
           the
           present
           sentence
           for
           it
           .
           And
           if
           he
           had
           proved
           that
           [
           
             no
             sorrow
          
           ,
           ]
           and
           Displicence
           ,
           or
           Repentance
           are
           Contradictions
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           done
           that
           against
           the
           Scripture
           itself
           ,
           which
           he
           intended
           not
           ,
           nor
           can
           do
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           prevented
           my
           labour
           in
           transcribing
           other
           Authors
           that
           use
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           and
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           usually
           for
           a
           meer
           change
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           purpose
           ,
           and
           practice
           ,
           without
           any
           signification
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           he
           appealeth
           to
           Scripture
           use
           of
           the
           words
           :
           But
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           besides
           sorrow
           ,
           that
           by
           all
           his
           words
           he
           labours
           to
           exclude
           ?
           And
           did
           not
           I
           expresly
           exclude
           it
           :
           And
           yet
           is
           this
           Reverend
           man
           thus
           puzled
           at
           this
           as
           a
           dangerous
           Doctrine
           ?
           Doth
           he
           attempt
           in
           one
           syllable
           to
           blame
           any
           thing
           but
           the
           word
           ?
           When
           I
           excluded
           his
           misliked
           sense
           ?
           And
           he
           will
           not
           deny
           the
           ordinary
           use
           of
           the
           word
           as
           without
           sorrow
           ?
           But
           let
           us
           willingly
           take
           the
           Scripture
           use
           :
           
           which
           speaketh
           of
           Repentance
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           on
           Earth
           .
           It
           is
           not
           Repetance
           on
           Earth
           that
           we
           have
           now
           to
           treat
           of
           :
           And
           do
           you
           think
           its
           a
           good
           Argument
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Repentance
           in
           Heaven
           without
           sorrow
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           none
           on
           Earth
           without
           it
           ?
           But
           even
           on
           Earth
           ,
           Repentance
           is
           either
           the
           Act
           of
           the
           
             Intellect
             ,
             and
             Will
          
           ,
           alone
           ,
           or
           an
           Act
           of
           these
           joyned
           with
           divers
           Passions
           .
           It
           is
           sometime
           so
           largely
           taken
           ,
           that
           the
           Passions
           of
           
             grief
             ,
             shame
          
           ,
           and
           fear
           ,
           and
           specially
           anger
           against
           our selves
           ,
           are
           parts
           of
           it
           :
           But
           in
           all
           common
           Authors
           ,
           and
           ordinary
           use
           ,
           and
           even
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           it
           is
           taken
           for
           the
           change
           of
           Mind
           and
           Will
           ,
           the
           Passions
           being
           but
           effects
           ,
           or
           concomitants
           of
           it
           .
           To
           Repent
           ,
           in
           the
           common
           and
           prime
           sense
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           
             change
             our
             Mind
             and
             Will
             ,
             and
             wish
             we
             had
             not
             done
             what
             we
             did
             .
          
           When
           a
           thing
           was
           well
           done
           of
           us
           ,
           and
           yet
           sped
           not
           well
           ,
           we
           repent
           and
           wish
           we
           had
           not
           done
           it
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           event
           :
           but
           we
           blame
           not
           our selves
           for
           the
           Act
           ,
           nor
           grieve
           for
           that
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           event
           .
           But
           usually
           we
           have
           cause
           of
           Sorrow
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           must
           joyn
           them
           together
           .
           But
           where
           the
           Gospel
           frequently
           
             promiseth
             Repentance
             ,
             pardon
             ,
             and
             life
             together
             ,
          
           and
           Preacheth
           both
           Repenting
           and
           Believing
           in
           order
           to
           
             present
             joy
          
           ,
           there
           is
           little
           mention
           of
           the
           sorrow
           in
           the
           Converts
           ,
           save
           for
           the
           murdering
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           some
           great
           sin
           .
           And
           Sorrow
           ,
           and
           Repenting
           are
           distinguished
           in
           Scripture
           as
           two
           things
           ,
           2
           Cor.
           7.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
           
             I
             rejoyce
             ,
             not
             that
             ye
             were
             made
             sorry
             ,
             but
             that
             ye
             sorrowed
             to
             Repentance
             —
             For
             Godly
             sorrow
             worketh
             Repentance
             to
             salvation
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             repented
             of
             .
          
           ]
           Is
           the
           sense
           [
           
             Godly
             sorrow
             worketh
             Godly
             sorrow
          
           ?
           ]
           No
           ,
           but
           a
           change
           of
           mind
           and
           life
           ,
           Heb.
           6.
           1.
           
           It
           is
           not
           called
           [
           
             Repentance
             for
             dead
             works
          
           ,
           ]
           but
           [
           
             from
             dead
             works
          
           ,
           ]
           as
           speaking
           the
           change
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           grief
           .
        
         
           Exod.
           13.
           17.
           
           
             Lest
             the
             people
             repent
             when
             they
             see
             war
             ,
             and
             they
             return
             to
          
           Aegypt
           :
           Hence
           sear
           is
           the
           moving
           Passion
           ,
           and
           Repenting
           is
           wishing
           they
           had
           not
           left
           Aegypt
           ,
           and
           returning
           is
           the
           effect
           .
           I
           am
           readier
           to
           think
           that
           sorrow
           is
           no
           part
           ,
           but
           an
           adjunct
           of
           Repentance
           in
           the
           strictest
           ,
           properest
           sense
           ,
           then
           that
           it
           is
           no
           Repentance
           without
           sorrow
           :
           sure
           the
           specifying
           faculties
           of
           Man
           are
           the
           Intellect
           and
           Will
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           the
           specifying
           Acts
           of
           Rational
           true
           Repentance
           ;
           are
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           same
           faculties
           ,
           and
           Sorrow
           is
           but
           such
           an
           adjunct
           as
           shame
           and
           anger
           at
           our selves
           are
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           
             Repentance
             in
             Heaven
          
           that
           is
           our
           subject
           :
           And
           I
           have
           cited
           you
           Texts
           enough
           which
           speak
           of
           
             Gods
             Repenting
          
           :
           And
           do
           you
           believe
           that
           he
           hath
           sorrow
           ?
           You
           'l
           say
           ,
           that
           's
           but
           metaphorically
           spoken
           ?
           Ans.
           No
           more
           is
           knowledge
           ,
           or
           will
           ,
           or
           any
           such
           Act
           that
           we
           can
           speak
           of
           God
           :
           But
           if
           it
           be
           not
           a
           name
           unmeet
           to
           be
           spoken
           of
           God
           ;
           are
           Souls
           there
           greater
           ,
           or
           happier
           then
           he
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           find
           no
           talk
           in
           Scripture
           of
           any
           in
           Heaven
           Repenting
           ,
           save
           God
           :
           No
           wonder
           :
           How
           little
           hath
           God
           told
           us
           of
           the
           particular
           state
           and
           action
           of
           separated
           Souls
           ,
           before
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           when
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           so
           sparingly
           to
           mention
           their
           present
           state
           ,
           (
           yea
           ,
           and
           their
           immortality
           
           in
           the
           old
           Testament
           ▪
           )
           shall
           we
           feign
           that
           he
           must
           tell
           us
           of
           all
           their
           thoughts
           ?
        
         
           But
           all
           these
           Acts
           of
           Repentance
           Souls
           in
           Heaven
           have
           .
           1.
           
           They
           know
           more
           of
           their
           sins
           both
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           and
           evil
           ,
           then
           ever
           they
           did
           on
           Earth
           .
           2.
           
           They
           own
           their
           Culpability
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           the
           Souls
           that
           committed
           these
           sins
           ,
           and
           deserved
           Death
           and
           Hell
           for
           them
           .
           3.
           
           They
           know
           the
           goodness
           of
           all
           the
           ways
           that
           are
           contrary
           to
           their
           sin
           .
           4.
           
           They
           love
           all
           that
           good
           ,
           and
           hate
           all
           their
           sin
           more
           than
           they
           did
           here
           .
           5.
           
           They
           wish
           they
           had
           never
           committed
           them
           .
           6.
           
           If
           it
           were
           to
           do
           again
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           do
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           proper
           true
           Repentance
           :
           Either
           you
           deny
           the
           Things
           ,
           or
           but
           the
           Name
           .
           If
           the
           Thing
           ,
           which
           of
           these
           deny
           you
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           know
           not
           sin
           better
           then
           they
           did
           here
           ,
           Heaven
           is
           to
           them
           as
           dark
           as
           Earth
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           they
           know
           not
           that
           they
           themselves
           were
           the
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           Actors
           of
           these
           sins
           ,
           they
           are
           ignorant
           ,
           or
           erroneous
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           If
           they
           know
           not
           that
           Gods
           way
           is
           better
           than
           sin
           ,
           they
           are
           brutish
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           they
           love
           Good
           ,
           and
           hate
           Evil
           no
           better
           then
           here
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           no
           better
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           If
           their
           will
           do
           not
           wish
           that
           they
           had
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           then
           their
           will
           is
           not
           holy
           and
           averse
           to
           sin
           :
           Either
           they
           review
           it
           with
           approbation
           ,
           (
           which
           you
           believe
           not
           )
           or
           with
           dislike
           ,
           or
           senselesly
           with
           no
           act
           of
           will.
           If
           with
           dislike
           ,
           and
           displicence
           ,
           as
           before
           is
           proved
           ,
           that
           hatred
           ,
           or
           aversation
           contains
           a
           wish
           ,
           they
           had
           never
           done
           it
           .
           Else
           
             David
             ,
             Peter
             ,
             Paul
             ,
             &c.
          
           were
           better
           Men
           on
           Earth
           then
           in
           Heaven
           :
           For
           here
           they
           wisht
           they
           had
           not
           been
           guilty
           of
           Murder
           ,
           Persecution
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           if
           they
           wish
           it
           not
           there
           ,
           their
           wills
           are
           more
           unholy
           than
           here
           .
        
         
           Perhaps
           you
           'l
           say
           ,
           
             It
             's
             a
             vain
             wish
             of
             an
             impossibility
             ?
             Ans.
          
           No
           such
           matter
           :
           I
           talk
           not
           of
           a
           prayer
           ,
           or
           a
           desire
           that
           
             factum
             non
             factum
             fiat
          
           ;
           but
           a
           Vellem
           or
           
             Mallem
             me
             non
             peccasse
          
           :
           I
           had
           rather
           I
           had
           not
           sinned
           :
           And
           that
           is
           not
           vain
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           
             Wills
             perfection
          
           or
           Holiness
           itself
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           And
           that
           they
           would
           not
           do
           the
           like
           again
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           prove
           .
        
         
           I
           were
           a
           greater
           dishonourer
           of
           Heavenly
           felicity
           ,
           if
           I
           denyed
           any
           of
           these
           ,
           then
           you
           feign
           me
           to
           be
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           those
           aforesaid
           that
           are
           disposed
           to
           obloquy
           ,
           will
           take
           occasion
           from
           your
           words
           (
           yea
           ,
           the
           Papists
           from
           your
           entitling
           all
           Protestants
           to
           it
           )
           to
           say
           [
           The
           Nonconformists
           (
           or
           the
           Protestants
           )
           hold
           that
           Murder
           ,
           Rebellion
           ,
           Perfecution
           ,
           and
           all
           sin
           is
           so
           small
           a
           matter
           to
           their
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           not
           so
           much
           as
           Repent
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           will
           or
           wish
           they
           had
           never
           done
           it
           .
           Therefore
           they
           either
           justify
           it
           ,
           or
           are
           neuters
           to
           it
           .
           ]
        
         
           They
           say
           that
           the
           Mother
           of
           
             Lombard
             ,
             Gratian
          
           ,
           and
           
             Pet.
             Comestor
          
           being
           a
           Whore
           ,
           said
           she
           could
           not
           repent
           of
           the
           Fornication
           that
           had
           begot
           three
           such
           Sons
           :
           If
           any
           say
           that
           the
           Saints
           in
           Heaven
           do
           not
           so
           much
           as
           
           wish
           ,
           or
           will
           that
           they
           had
           not
           sinned
           ,
           because
           Christ
           is
           glorifyed
           by
           saving
           them
           from
           it
           ,
           they
           pervert
           the
           Gospel
           Doctrine
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           would
           teach
           the
           justifyed
           on
           Earth
           to
           be
           impenitent
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           return
           to
           wordy
           Quarrels
           again
           ,
           and
           say
           all
           these
           Acts
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           called
           Repentance
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           not
           sorrow
           .
           1.
           
           I
           durst
           not
           so
           make
           my self
           Master
           of
           Languages
           ,
           against
           the
           use
           of
           all
           the
           world
           .
           2.
           
           And
           against
           the
           Scripture
           that
           speaketh
           of
           Gods
           Repenting
           .
           3.
           
           Nor
           against
           Etymology
           .
           4.
           
           And
           against
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           Case
           .
           Men
           in
           flesh
           have
           sin
           and
           danger
           ,
           and
           Bodies
           lyable
           to
           sensible
           commotion
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           grief
           .
           Those
           in
           Heaven
           are
           not
           such
           :
           They
           have
           no
           cause
           of
           grief
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           renewed
           faculties
           of
           mind
           and
           will
           ,
           which
           disgust
           sin
           ,
           and
           hate
           it
           ,
           and
           are
           turned
           from
           it
           to
           a
           contrary
           love
           and
           life
           .
           Even
           here
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           by
           his
           own
           sin
           and
           folly
           had
           shut
           up
           himself
           twenty
           years
           in
           a
           Dungeon
           ,
           or
           put
           out
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           never
           seen
           the
           light
           ,
           suppose
           this
           man
           suddenly
           delivered
           into
           the
           light
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           not
           stay
           to
           mourn
           for
           his
           former
           state
           ,
           but
           the
           sudden
           joy
           would
           exclude
           sorrow
           :
           And
           yet
           his
           change
           would
           be
           a
           true
           Repentance
           for
           what
           he
           did
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           you
           have
           wronged
           all
           Protestants
           by
           fathering
           your
           Errour
           on
           them
           ,
           you
           have
           made
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           vindicate
           them
           with
           my self
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           am
           grown
           such
           a
           Prodigal
           of
           my
           Reputation
           with
           Men
           of
           such
           a
           judging
           disposition
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           cast
           away
           a
           little
           more
           of
           it
           on
           your
           Censure
           .
           The
           Scripture
           speaketh
           so
           much
           more
           of
           our
           Glory
           after
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           then
           before
           ,
           and
           purposely
           keepeth
           us
           so
           low
           in
           our
           knowledge
           of
           the
           particular
           state
           of
           Souls
           before
           ,
           and
           Calvin
           ,
           (
           whom
           I
           suppose
           you
           take
           not
           for
           an
           Heretick
           )
           for
           all
           his
           Treatise
           against
           
             the
             sleep
             of
             Souls
          
           ,
           did
           think
           the
           difference
           was
           so
           great
           between
           the
           state
           of
           the
           separated
           Souls
           ,
           and
           that
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           profess
           my
           ignorance
           to
           be
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           uncertain
           whether
           this
           first
           state
           do
           set
           all
           the
           blessed
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           that
           no
           thought
           is
           consistent
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           hath
           the
           least
           degree
           of
           suffering
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           1.
           
           I
           know
           that
           all
           Creatures
           are
           Passive
           .
           2.
           
           If
           felicity
           be
           imperfect
           till
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           privatively
           ,
           or
           positively
           ,
           or
           both
           .
           If
           privatively
           ,
           how
           can
           I
           prove
           that
           nothing
           positive
           may
           concur
           ,
           when
           privation
           is
           as
           bad
           .
           3.
           
           I
           think
           that
           Protestants
           mostly
           agree
           ,
           that
           Christs
           own
           Soul
           ,
           while
           his
           Body
           was
           in
           the
           Grave
           ,
           was
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           in
           Joy
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           a
           state
           that
           was
           partly
           Penal
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           a
           separation
           from
           the
           Body
           by
           death
           .
           And
           that
           all
           Souls
           in
           Heaven
           are
           happy
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           a
           state
           partly
           Penal
           in
           Heaven
           itself
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           separated
           from
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           short
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           For
           not
           only
           the
           minute
           of
           dying
           ,
           but
           the
           state
           of
           death
           is
           Penal
           ,
           to
           a
           Soul
           that
           desireth
           a
           return
           to
           the
           body
           :
           And
           yet
           Heaven
           may
           be
           to
           it
           unconceivable
           felicity
           .
           I
           only
           hence
           conclude
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           not
           take
           on
           us
           to
           know
           more
           than
           we
           do
           of
           
           separate
           Souls
           ,
           nor
           to
           make
           a
           measure
           or
           manner
           of
           blessedness
           for
           them
           of
           our
           own
           heads
           ,
           nor
           to
           apply
           every
           Text
           to
           them
           that
           is
           spoken
           of
           the
           state
           after
           the
           Resurrection
           :
           There
           is
           enough
           besides
           to
           feast
           our
           joyful
           hopes
           .
        
         
           IV.
           Some
           few
           other
           practical
           Doctrines
           we
           differ
           about
           ,
           as
           where
           pag.
           30.
           you
           say
           [
           
             I
             doubt
             not
             to
             affirm
             that
             doing
             that
             which
             a
             Law
             requires
             ,
             so
             far
             as
             the
             intention
             is
             moved
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
             is
             a
             justifying
             of
             it
             .
             And
             submitting
             to
             any
             Law
             on
             the
             consideration
             of
             its
             Penalties
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             a
             justifying
             its
             preceptive
             part
             ,
             as
             not
             so
             great
             an
             evil
             as
             the
             Penal
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Ans.
           I
           first
           premise
           that
           this
           is
           little
           or
           nothing
           to
           the
           Cause
           I
           pleaded
           for
           :
           For
           whereas
           you
           say
           [
           
             None
             that
             I
             know
             of
             say
             it
             is
             a
             duty
             simply
             ,
             or
             without
             any
             dependence
             or
             human
             Sanction
             .
          
           ]
           I
           have
           largely
           told
           you
           that
           taking
           publick
           
             Communion
             to
             be
             but
          
           do
           facto
           ,
           
             what
             it
             is
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Lyturgy
             as
             commonly
             used
          
           ,
           I
           take
           it
           to
           be
           a
           duty
           to
           hold
           such
           Communion
           (
           where
           no
           better
           at
           least
           is
           )
           though
           there
           were
           no
           human
           Sanction
           ,
           but
           voluntary
           Concord
           ;
           and
           this
           by
           vertue
           of
           Gods
           great
           Commands
           of
           glorifying
           him
           with
           one
           mind
           and
           mouth
           in
           Unity
           ,
           Love
           ,
           and
           Peace
           ;
           not
           an
           immutable
           duty
           ,
           but
           a
           duty
           
             rebus
             sic
             stantibus
          
           .
           It
           is
           in
           obedience
           to
           Gods
           Commands
           more
           than
           Mens
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           gone
           to
           the
           Parish
           Churches
           ;
           and
           would
           have
           gone
           as
           much
           ,
           if
           the
           Law
           had
           not
           commanded
           it
           ,
           but
           only
           had
           deprived
           me
           of
           better
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           to
           your
           undoubted
           affirmation
           ,
           I
           am
           as
           much
           past
           doubt
           that
           it
           is
           not
           true
           as
           you
           unlimitedly
           express
           it
           .
           The
           
             intention
             may
             be
             moved
             by
             a
             Law
             for
             the
             effects
             .
             or
             consequents
             sake
             ,
             and
             not
             justify
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           but
           only
           justify
           the
           
             Act
             of
             the
             Subject
          
           :
           Yea
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           moved
           by
           the
           formal
           Authority
           of
           the
           Law-giver
           ,
           exprest
           by
           his
           Law
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           justify
           the
           Law.
           
        
         
           Ioseph
           and
           Mary
           were
           Taxed
           with
           others
           by
           Augustus
           Law
           :
           They
           were
           moved
           by
           that
           Law
           ,
           and
           its
           effects
           to
           pay
           the
           Tax
           :
           And
           yet
           justifyed
           not
           the
           Law
           ,
           nor
           decided
           the
           Case
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           by
           Right
           or
           Usurpation
           :
           All
           Conquered
           People
           by
           unjust
           War
           ,
           may
           obey
           a
           Taxing
           Law
           :
           The
           Israelites
           might
           obey
           the
           Philistines
           ,
           that
           forbad
           them
           Smiths
           ,
           and
           Swords
           ,
           &c.
           
           They
           may
           labour
           ,
           and
           Travel
           ,
           and
           pay
           Taxes
           ,
           moved
           by
           unjust
           Laws
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           justify
           the
           Law
           ,
           but
           only
           their
           own
           Acts.
           When
           Christ
           sent
           Peter
           to
           take
           a
           Fish
           with
           Money
           in
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           and
           pay
           Tribute
           ,
           the
           Law
           moved
           his
           intention
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           offence
           that
           would
           follow
           the
           breaking
           of
           it
           :
           And
           yet
           his
           answer
           intimateth
           that
           he
           justified
           not
           the
           Law
           :
           If
           he
           carried
           his
           Cross
           at
           their
           Command
           ,
           that
           justified
           not
           their
           Command
           .
           If
           he
           bid
           us
           give
           our
           Coat
           to
           him
           that
           sueth
           us
           for
           our
           Cloak
           ,
           if
           the
           Law
           be
           against
           us
           ,
           it
           proveth
           not
           he
           bids
           us
           justify
           the
           Law.
           If
           a
           Confessor
           go
           to
           Prison
           ,
           or
           Banishment
           ,
           or
           to
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           or
           fire
           without
           resistance
           ,
           to
           do
           this
           as
           moved
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           is
           no
           justifying
           of
           the
           Law.
           If
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           should
           pay
           each
           man
           a
           yearly
           Tribute
           for
           liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           or
           the
           Christians
           under
           the
           
           Turk
           pay
           Pos●-mony
           ,
           moved
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           this
           justifieth
           not
           the
           Law.
           I
           am
           persuaded
           your
           Church
           would
           gladly
           pay
           somewhat
           for
           liberty
           of
           Worship
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           justify
           the
           Law
           that
           required
           it
           .
        
         
           If
           the
           Law
           required
           us
           to
           meet
           for
           Gods
           Worship
           at
           an
           inconvenient
           place
           or
           time
           ,
           or
           to
           use
           a
           version
           of
           Psalms
           in
           Meeter
           ,
           or
           a
           Translation
           of
           Scripture
           that
           is
           not
           the
           best
           ,
           he
           that
           useth
           these
           in
           obedience
           to
           this
           (
           because
           Concord
           in
           these
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           is
           better
           then
           a
           better
           Version
           ,
           Translation
           ,
           Hour
           ,
           Place
           ,
           with
           Discord
           ,
           and
           because
           Obedience
           may
           do
           more
           good
           then
           better
           circumstances
           would
           without
           it
           )
           yet
           doth
           not
           hereby
           justify
           the
           Law.
           If
           the
           Law
           bid
           you
           appear
           before
           Justices
           or
           Judges
           that
           are
           bad
           men
           ,
           and
           unjust
           ,
           you
           may
           obey
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           not
           justify
           it
           .
        
         
           Dear
           Brother
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           aggravate
           your
           Errour
           by
           its
           ill
           Consequences
           :
           But
           you
           and
           I
           tell
           the
           world
           ,
           what
           need
           all
           men
           have
           of
           pardon
           in
           our
           mistakes
           ,
           even
           when
           we
           are
           most
           confident
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           as
           to
           your
           second
           affirmation
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           true
           without
           limitation
           ,
           [
           
             That
             submitting
             to
             a
             Law
             ,
             on
             consideration
             of
             the
             Penalties
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             a
             justifying
             its
             preceptive
             part
             ,
             as
             not
             so
             great
             an
             evil
             as
             the
             Penal
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           This
           is
           confused
           work
           :
           The
           
             pr●ceptive
             part
             of
             the
             Law
          
           is
           
             actus
             praecipientis
          
           ,
           the
           Commanders
           Act
           ;
           The
           instances
           before
           mentioned
           tell
           you
           that
           this
           may
           be
           obeyed
           for
           the
           Penalty
           sake
           ,
           when
           yet
           the
           evil
           of
           the
           Command
           ,
           or
           Law
           ,
           is
           sinful
           ,
           and
           so
           worse
           than
           the
           Penalty
           or
           Obedience
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           sin
           :
           Forgive
           me
           for
           telling
           you
           that
           you
           should
           have
           distinguished
           the
           
             preceptive
             part
             of
             the
             Law
          
           from
           the
           
             matter
             Commanded
          
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           
             evil
             of
             the
             Law
             and
             Law-maker
             ,
          
           from
           the
           
             evil
             of
             the
             Obeyer
          
           ;
           and
           then
           only
           have
           concluded
           that
           he
           that
           obeyeth
           a
           Precept
           only
           to
           avoid
           the
           Penalty
           ,
           professeth
           the
           Penalty
           to
           be
           worse
           then
           his
           Act
           of
           Obedience
           .
           But
           he
           doth
           not
           make
           it
           worse
           then
           the
           Law
           ,
           or
           the
           Law-makers
           sin
           .
        
         
           If
           a
           Law
           did
           Command
           me
           to
           appear
           before
           a
           Lay-Civilian
           ,
           who
           useth
           the
           Keys
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           this
           on
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           or
           Imprisonment
           ,
           I
           may
           be
           moved
           both
           by
           Precept
           and
           Penalty
           to
           appear
           ,
           as
           being
           better
           then
           either
           refusal
           ,
           or
           penalty
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           think
           that
           the
           Law
           or
           Precept
           is
           a
           less
           evil
           in
           itself
           ,
           or
           its
           ends
           ,
           to
           the
           Law-maker
           ,
           or
           the
           publick
           ?
           (
           Whether
           this
           thought
           be
           right
           or
           wrong
           ,
           is
           nothing
           to
           our
           question
           )
           so
           if
           I
           were
           by
           Law
           commanded
           to
           joyn
           in
           the
           Lyturgy
           ,
           on
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           or
           Imprisonment
           ,
           or
           being
           deprived
           of
           all
           other
           Church
           Worship
           ,
           I
           may
           think
           this
           Law
           worse
           than
           my
           sufferings
           ,
           and
           yet
           think
           my
           Obedience
           to
           it
           my
           Duty
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           if
           a
           Law
           bid
           me
           play
           with
           Childrens
           Bubbles
           ,
           or
           any
           such
           trisling
           ,
           on
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           the
           Case
           would
           be
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           should
           take
           occasion
           by
           your
           confident
           judgment
           to
           refuse
           to
           obey
           ,
           wherever
           he
           may
           not
           justify
           the
           preceptive
           part
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           effect
           would
           be
           worse
           then
           of
           my
           naming
           Dr.
           O.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           SECT
           .
           4.
           
        
         
           I
           Told
           you
           I
           have
           no
           leisure
           to
           write
           Books
           for
           my self
           now
           :
           Thus
           far
           I
           have
           written
           for
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Love
           ,
           and
           Unity
           .
           As
           to
           all
           your
           Charges
           against
           my self
           ,
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           justify
           my self
           :
           My
           naming
           Dr.
           Owen
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           heinously
           taken
           ,
           I
           have
           told
           you
           the
           occasion
           of
           .
           To
           which
           I
           truly
           add
           ,
           1.
           
           I
           did
           it
           as
           a
           distinctive
           note
           ,
           that
           the
           Readers
           might
           know
           what
           it
           was
           that
           I
           answered
           .
           2.
           
           And
           I
           that
           use
           to
           put
           my
           Name
           to
           my
           Writing
           ,
           never
           dreamt
           that
           it
           would
           have
           been
           taken
           any
           worse
           to
           name
           him
           ,
           than
           to
           confute
           a
           Writing
           that
           by
           common
           ,
           uncontrolled
           supposition
           bore
           his
           Name
           .
           Had
           I
           thought
           it
           would
           have
           been
           taken
           so
           ill
           (
           while
           the
           Super-Conformists
           bear
           far
           more
           )
           it
           's
           two
           to
           one
           but
           I
           had
           forborn
           it
           .
           And
           now
           it
           's
           done
           ,
           I
           am
           yet
           but
           little
           wiser
           ,
           when
           I
           think
           of
           the
           publick
           Cause
           fore-described
           ,
           I
           am
           ready
           to
           think
           it
           should
           weigh
           down
           all
           your
           contrary
           reasons
           :
           When
           I
           feel
           in
           my self
           an
           inward
           averseness
           to
           strive
           with
           any
           by
           ungrateful
           words
           ,
           and
           hear
           from
           you
           how
           ill
           it
           's
           taken
           ,
           then
           I
           dislike
           it
           :
           And
           my
           own
           selfish
           lothness
           to
           be
           the
           object
           of
           the
           hard
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           talk
           of
           so
           many
           of
           you
           ,
           is
           some
           byass
           to
           my
           judgment
           .
           I
           wholly
           follow
           the
           Rule
           you
           mention
           ,
           to
           choose
           that
           which
           doth
           most
           good
           ,
           and
           least
           hurt
           :
           And
           truly
           the
           reverence
           of
           your
           own
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           judgment
           ,
           telling
           me
           that
           it
           doth
           more
           hurt
           than
           good
           ,
           doth
           turn
           the
           Scales
           ,
           and
           make
           me
           repent
           that
           I
           named
           the
           Doctor
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           leave
           your
           Charges
           against
           me
           to
           their
           best
           advantage
           ,
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           though
           my
           inclination
           is
           much
           to
           open
           the
           mistakes
           .
        
         
           I
           may
           give
           a
           brief
           touch
           to
           your self
           ,
           for
           your
           information
           ,
           which
           I
           expect
           not
           should
           affect
           the
           Reader
           ,
           suppose
           your
           Book
           to
           lie
           open
           before
           you
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           1.
           1.
           
           If
           you
           thought
           them
           not
           good
           enough
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           nor
           intended
           for
           publick
           view
           ,
           why
           did
           you
           wrong
           him
           so
           much
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           people
           much
           more
           )
           as
           to
           divnlge
           them
           with
           his
           Name
           ?
        
         
           Pag.
           2.
           
           Do
           good
           men
           take
           it
           for
           a
           priviledge
           to
           hurt
           the
           Church
           uncontradicted
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           more
           are
           displeased
           with
           Truth
           ,
           the
           greater
           is
           the
           disease
           that
           needeth
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           To
           be
           zealous
           for
           Love
           ,
           against
           Hatred
           ,
           and
           its
           Causes
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           bad
           as
           to
           need
           to
           be
           quenched
           .
           It
           is
           zeal
           for
           a
           Sect
           against
           Unity
           ,
           which
           ,
           corrupt
           nature
           is
           for
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           I
           doubted
           not
           but
           guilt
           would
           be
           impatient
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           was
           your
           Party
           that
           wronged
           ,
           his
           Name
           ,
           by
           divulging
           that
           which
           you
           now
           take
           for
           his
           disgrace
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           3.
           
           It
           's
           wisely
           done
           not
           to
           own
           the
           Cause
           I
           oppose
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           
           let
           men
           know
           whether
           it
           be
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           or
           because
           you
           are
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           O
           that
           I
           could
           have
           fore-known
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           have
           confuted
           his
           Arguments
           without
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           displeased
           no
           body
           ?
           I
           thought
           you
           had
           taken
           them
           for
           his
           Honour
           ,
           and
           not
           his
           Disgrace
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           value
           them
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           4.
           1.
           
           If
           they
           are
           true
           ,
           they
           are
           his
           Honour
           :
           If
           false
           ,
           why
           should
           I
           suffer
           them
           to
           do
           mischief
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           named
           not
           Mr.
           Ralphson
           ,
           till
           all
           said
           he
           openly
           owned
           his
           Books
           in
           Prison
           .
           Had
           you
           rather
           all
           that
           Worship
           God
           in
           Parish
           Churches
           ,
           were
           persuaded
           that
           it
           is
           Idolatry
           ,
           than
           Mr.
           Ralphson
           should
           be
           confuted
           by
           name
           ?
           I
           hope
           you
           have
           better
           reasons
           for
           concealing
           your
           own
           Name
           ;
           to
           do
           mischief
           un-named
           ,
           is
           not
           worth
           pleading
           for
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           5.
           
           If
           the
           work
           be
           faulty
           ,
           why
           do
           you
           not
           joyn
           with
           me
           to
           save
           men
           from
           it
           ?
           And
           why
           did
           your
           private
           Letter
           own
           it
           his
           ,
           conjunct
           with
           Fame
           ?
           And
           not
           one
           Man
           yet
           that
           I
           hear
           of
           ,
           denyeth
           it
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           offered
           you
           to
           stop
           it
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Is
           it
           disingenuity
           in
           me
           to
           tell
           you
           of
           twenty
           untruths
           in
           your
           private
           Letter
           (
           and
           many
           notorious
           ,
           )
           and
           ingenuity
           in
           you
           to
           be
           offended
           for
           being
           told
           of
           them
           ,
           rather
           than
           for
           writing
           them
           ?
           This
           is
           to
           comply
           with
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           taketh
           the
           detecter
           only
           for
           the
           sinner
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Is
           a
           defensive
           confutation
           of
           Errour
           ,
           
             dealing
             severely
          
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           Agreeing
           Copies
           confute
           you
           .
           To
           confute
           Errour
           is
           not
           worse
           then
           to
           own
           or
           defend
           it
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           6.
           
           If
           it
           be
           so
           heinous
           to
           confute
           it
           ,
           why
           did
           you
           divulge
           it
           ?
        
         
           Pag.
           7.
           
           My
           Reasons
           for
           Love
           and
           Concord
           were
           long
           before
           considered
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           had
           heard
           of
           them
           long
           in
           many
           hands
           ,
           though
           till
           then
           I
           never
           saw
           them
           :
           And
           you
           say
           you
           saw
           it
           a
           year
           before
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           's
           strange
           so
           knowing
           a
           man
           should
           think
           that
           bad
           Arguments
           ,
           with
           a
           valued
           Name
           ,
           are
           not
           dangerous
           !
           Yes
           ,
           even
           against
           common
           sense
           ,
           as
           those
           for
           Transubstantiation
           .
           To
           confute
           your self
           ,
           you
           add
           ,
           that
           [
           
             on
             all
             sides
             peoples
             Opinions
             are
             mostly
             ,
             and
             most
             strongly
             mastered
             by
             affections
             ,
             and
             it
             's
             beyond
             all
             our
             power
             to
             cure
             the
             disorder
             .
          
           ]
           And
           yet
           is
           there
           no
           danger
           from
           Names
           ?
        
         
           Pag.
           8.
           
           [
           
             Must
             all
             appearance
             of
             Enmity
             ,
             and
             bitterness
             ,
             be
             laid
             aside
             ,
             and
             Love
             used
             ,
          
           &c.
           ]
           And
           yet
           must
           we
           let
           Men
           Excommunicate
           one
           another
           ,
           and
           call
           all
           to
           mutual
           avoidance
           ,
           without
           contradiction
           ?
           Let
           Churches
           and
           Christians
           be
           taught
           to
           damn
           each
           others
           Persons
           ,
           and
           Worship
           causelesly
           ,
           and
           take
           each
           other
           for
           Idolaters
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           breaking
           Love
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Do
           you
           believe
           that
           Dr.
           Owens
           Name
           was
           not
           known
           with
           them
           before
           ?
        
         
         
           3.
           
           Mr.
           Warners
           came
           out
           since
           ,
           which
           I
           compared
           with
           Mr.
           Ralphsons
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Can
           you
           tell
           why
           I
           was
           to
           name
           Dr.
           O.
           in
           my
           
             Cure
             of
             Church
             Divisions
          
           ,
           or
           his
           Books
           :
           I
           told
           you
           great
           reasons
           against
           it
           ,
           what
           now
           you
           call
           a
           
             brave
             advantage
          
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           otherwise
           called
           by
           yours
           .
           I
           was
           not
           inclined
           to
           note
           a
           little
           evil
           among
           much
           good
           :
           If
           you
           cannot
           see
           the
           Doctors
           Arguments
           there
           answered
           by
           me
           ,
           I
           cannot
           help
           that
           :
           Must.
           I
           transcribe
           them
           to
           convince
           you
           .
           Pag.
           177.
           
           D●r
           .
           32.
           
           
             [
             Obj.
             Where
             hath
             God
             given
             any
             men
             power
             to
             prescribe
             &
             impost
             Forms
             for
             others
             ,
             or
             commandea
             others
             to
             obey
             them
             ?
             ]
             
               Read
               the
               answer
            
             ,
             pag.
             178
             ,
             179
             ,
             180.
             
             At
             least
             not
             on
             Ministers
             ,
             p.
             181.
             
             Christ
             hath
             given
             gifts
             to
             all
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             and
             commanded
             them
             to
             use
             them
             :
             They
             use
             them
             not
             ,
             when
             they
             use
             imposed
             Forms
             .
          
           So
           pag.
           190.
           p.
           196.
           of
           approving
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           signifying
           Consent
           by
           joyning
           .
           More
           fully
           ,
           p.
           201.
           
           (
           And
           in
           my
           
             Christ.
             Direct
          
           .
           )
           If
           you
           never
           found
           these
           Arguments
           (
           there
           answered
           )
           in
           Dr.
           O.
           Book
           ,
           I
           cannot
           help
           that
           ,
           others
           have
           .
           Pag.
           11.
           
           I
           thought
           you
           had
           known
           how
           usual
           it
           is
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           second
           person
           ,
           in
           answering
           Books
           many
           hundred
           years
           old
           ?
           If
           not
           ,
           you
           have
           free
           leave
           to
           take
           it
           for
           my
           folly
           :
           I
           'le
           not
           contend
           with
           Quakers
           ,
           whether
           we
           should
           say
           [
           You
           ]
           or
           [
           Thou
           ]
           nor
           with
           you
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           better
           to
           say
           [
           Him
           ]
           or
           [
           You.
           ]
           You
           say
           ,
           
             It
             displeaseth
             him
             not
          
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           15.
           
           
             If
             numbring
             mens
             Errours
          
           ,
           used
           to
           do
           hurt
           ,
           be
           worse
           than
           committing
           ,
           or
           defending
           them
           ,
           I
           mistook
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           16.
           
           I
           consent
           that
           you
           do
           so
           by
           me
           ,
           so
           you
           speak
           nothing
           but
           truth
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Repentance
           is
           a
           hard
           work
           ,
           and
           the
           impenitent
           impatient
           ;
           therefore
           we
           all
           suffer
           what
           we
           do
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           17.
           
           My
           Pleas
           for
           Peace
           have
           been
           all
           ill
           taken
           by
           the
           other
           side
           :
           And
           which
           of
           you
           therefore
           were
           so
           offended
           at
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           am
           sorry
           that
           you
           seign
           the
           
             healing
             Parliament
          
           to
           have
           disowned
           our
           Repentance
           :
           I
           preacht
           to
           the
           Parliament
           but
           once
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           for
           Repentance
           :
           I
           have
           oft
           
             publickly
             accused
             my self
          
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           I
           break
           not
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           by
           it
           :
           They
           forbad
           reproaching
           ,
           and
           troubling
           one
           another
           ,
           but
           not
           remembring
           our
           sin
           ,
           nor
           seeling
           when
           we
           suffer
           ,
           nor
           asking
           what
           caused
           it
           ,
           to
           stop
           the
           like
           again
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           a
           cu●e
           .
           But
           ,
           dear
           Brother
           ,
           do
           you
           not
           know
           that
           it
           was
           your
           divulged
           Writing
           that
           
             rubb'd
             upon
             the
             sort
          
           ,
           and
           broke
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           breaking
           it
           ?
           Did
           it
           not
           tell
           what
           work
           the
           imposing
           the
           Lyturgy
           had
           made
           ,
           against
           [
           
             Reformation
             ▪
          
           for
           
             Ignorance
             ,
             Rtviling
          
           ,
           and
           
             Reproaching
             the
             Spirit
             sit
             up
             ungifted
             Ministers
             ,
             made
             great
             disolations
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             silencing
             painful
             Ministers
             ,
             ruining
             Families
             ,
             destroying
             Souls
          
           &c.
           ]
           Do
           you
           think
           this
           broke
           the
           Act
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           or
           is
           
             condemned
             by
             the
             healing
             Parliament
          
           ,
           or
           doth
           nothing
           break
           it
           but
           on
           one
           side
           .
           Look
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           tell
           me
           how
           such
           Arguments
           misused
           ,
           should
           be
           answered
           ,
           but
           by
           shewing
           that
           there
           was
           danger
           ,
           and
           ill
           effects
           also
           on
           the
           contrary
           extream
           .
           Did
           the
           Parliament
           forbid
           one
           side
           only
           this
           Commemoration
           ?
           I
           pray
           you
           if
           but
           one
           side
           may
           be
           called
           to
           Repent
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           forgiven
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           18.
           
           If
           you
           know
           not
           that
           the
           Principles
           of
           Separation
           were
           the
           great
           cause
           (
           in
           Armies
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           )
           of
           the
           subversions
           ,
           and
           confusions
           ,
           which
           brought
           us
           to
           what
           we
           have
           felt
           ,
           I
           do
           :
           And
           you
           would
           not
           at
           once
           live
           under
           the
           fruit
           of
           it
           as
           we
           now
           do
           ,
           and
           I
           yet
           make
           so
           light
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           it
           for
           a
           
             noli
             me
             tangere
          
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           cost
           you
           as
           many
           painful
           days
           and
           nights
           ,
           as
           many
           ungrateful
           disputes
           ,
           as
           many
           groans
           and
           tears
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           blood
           as
           it
           hath
           done
           me
           :
           And
           how
           little
           is
           my
           part
           to
           that
           which
           
             England
             ,
             cotland
          
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           hath
           suffered
           ,
           even
           by
           that
           cause
           conjunct
           with
           Pride
           ,
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           these
           sourty
           years
           ?
           If
           I
           may
           not
           have
           leave
           to
           say
           as
           
             Bradford
             ,
             Repent
             O
          
           England
           ,
           you
           should
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           Repent
           my self
           ,
           that
           ever
           I
           preacht
           one
           Sermon
           with
           any
           byass
           of
           overmuch
           desire
           to
           please
           Persons
           of
           the
           accusing
           separating
           humour
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           19.
           
           I
           said
           of
           our
           
             late
             overturnings
             in
          
           England
           ,
           
             that
             all
             this
             is
             publickly
             known
             :
          
           Many
           late
           Volumes
           on
           both
           sides
           record
           it
           :
           were
           it
           but
           Whitlocks
           Memorials
           ,
           it
           were
           enough
           :
           The
           Nations
           ring
           of
           it
           (
           and
           I
           have
           ost
           lamented
           it
           heretofore
           )
           and
           you
           mistaking
           all
           this
           ,
           seign
           me
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           passages
           debated
           in
           Dr.
           Owens
           Papers
           ,
           and
           his
           words
           ,
           were
           all
           known
           before
           ;
           and
           so
           bestow
           many
           reproofs
           upon
           a
           fiction
           of
           your
           own
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           20.
           
           You
           would
           put
           such
           terms
           upon
           me
           in
           dispute
           ,
           a
           Veron
           devised
           to
           put
           on
           the
           Protestants
           .
           I
           must
           oppose
           his
           Doctrine
           only
           as
           in
           the
           Syllables
           written
           ▪
           
             Accidentals
             in
             Worship
          
           ,
           signify
           
           you
           think
           at
           least
           an
           
             Integral
             Part.
          
           Doth
           [
           in
           ]
           turn
           Accidents
           into
           parts
           ?
           Are
           Accidents
           parts
           ,
           because
           Inherent
           ?
           ]
           Are
           not
           your
           Quality
           ,
           Quantities
           ,
           Immanent
           Acts
           ,
           Passions
           ,
           &c.
           inherent
           ?
           Is
           not
           
             Kneeting
             ,
             putting
             off
             the
             Hat
             ,
             Methods
             ,
             Translations
             ,
             Meeter
             ,
             Tunes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             in
             the
             Worship
          
           of
           God
           ?
           And
           is
           it
           unlawful
           ,
           
             because
             in
             it
          
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           therefore
           a
           part
           of
           Worship
           ,
           you
           must
           conclude
           that
           either
           all
           these
           are
           unlawful
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           's
           lawful
           for
           men
           to
           make
           
             parts
             of
             Gods
             Worship
          
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Are
             all
             things
             duly
             belonging
             to
             it
             ,
             parts
             of
             it
             ?
          
           I
           believe
           you
           own
           none
           of
           this
           your self
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           21.
           
           The
           Doctors
           7th
           Argument
           was
           ,
           that
           this
           [
           
             practice
             condemneth
             the
             suffering
             Saints
             of
             the
             present
             age
             ,
             rendring
             them
             false
             Witnesses
             of
             God.
          
           ]
           I
           answered
           ;
           [
           
             Let
             us
             not
             stand
             to
             any
             dividing
             Principle
             ,
             or
             Cause
             ,
             lest
             the
             Saints
             be
             blamed
             ,
             that
             have
             fathered
             it
             in
             God.
          
           ]
           I
           used
           the
           word
           [
           Saints
           ]
           but
           as
           repeating
           his
           own
           phrase
           :
           And
           this
           you
           make
           to
           have
           
             better
             become
             the
             Observator
          
           .
           Is
           not
           this
           partiality
           ?
           May
           the
           Argument
           use
           a
           term
           which
           the
           answerer
           may
           not
           repeat
           ?
           And
           ,
           dear
           Brother
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           a
           sad
           case
           ,
           if
           among
           the
           many
           ill
           causes
           fathered
           on
           God
           ,
           any
           ,
           or
           all
           of
           them
           should
           say
           ,
           [
           
             We
             must
             not
             repent
             ,
             ●or
             amend
             ,
             lest
             we
             be
             blamed
             as
             false
             Witnesses
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Pag.
           22.
           
           Sir
           ,
           if
           telling
           me
           of
           any
           sin
           that
           ensnareth
           Souls
           ,
           be
           using
           me
           
             more
             scornfully
             then
             the
             most
             virulent
             adversaries
             ,
          
           spare
           me
           not
           ,
           but
           use
           me
           so
           :
           wo
           to
           me
           ,
           if
           Repentance
           become
           odious
           and
           intolerable
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           stop
           ,
           lest
           I
           cross
           my
           purpose
           of
           not
           writing
           for
           my self
           ,
           but
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           conclusion
           of
           all
           is
           ,
           dear
           Brethren
           ,
           the
           longer
           I
           study
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           longer
           I
           live
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           more
           fully
           I
           am
           Convinced
           that
           Love
           is
           the
           great
           work
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           Men
           that
           Love
           most
           ,
           are
           the
           best
           Men
           ,
           and
           those
           the
           worst
           ,
           that
           have
           least
           love
           :
           And
           I
           would
           write
           in
           golden
           Letters
           as
           my
           Motto
           ,
           GOD
           IS
           LOVE
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           dwelleth
           in
           Love
           ,
           dwelleth
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           God
           in
           him
           :
           And
           if
           Christians
           loved
           no
           more
           than
           others
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           no
           better
           than
           they
           :
           And
           that
           Love
           desireth
           union
           and
           familiarity
           ;
           and
           that
           censoriousness
           ,
           contempt
           ,
           and
           flying
           from
           each
           other
           ,
           both
           signify
           ,
           and
           breed
           hatred
           .
           Could
           we
           but
           so
           live
           as
           to
           make
           all
           our
           Enemies
           believe
           that
           we
           heartily
           love
           them
           ,
           it
           would
           conquer
           their
           enmity
           ,
           and
           tie
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           Tongues
           ,
           by
           reconciling
           their
           Hearts
           .
           I
           know
           many
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           whom
           God
           marvellously
           performeth
           that
           promise
           ,
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             Meek
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             ▪
             inherit
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           No
           winds
           root
           up
           the
           grass
           ,
           which
           overthrow
           the
           Oaks
           .
           Humility
           and
           Love
           would
           Conquer
           all
           the
           world
           .
           These
           overcame
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           Empire
           at
           first
           .
           Power
           may
           overcome
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           Argument
           stop
           Mens
           Mouths
           ,
           and
           yet
           more
           enrage
           them
           unto
           Enmity
           :
           But
           Love
           Conquereth
           Hearts
           :
           Love
           the
           Conformists
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           do
           them
           good
           ,
           or
           preserve
           your self
           from
           evil
           :
           Not
           that
           all
           men
           must
           be
           loved
           alike
           ,
           nor
           sin
           loved
           for
           the
           Persons
           sake
           ;
           but
           every
           one
           according
           to
           the
           measure
           of
           his
           amiableness
           .
           Young
           Christians
           are
           usually
           like
           young
           fruit
           ,
           harsher
           ,
           and
           sourer
           than
           the
           mellow
           fruits
           of
           holy
           ripeness
           ,
           and
           experienced
           age
           .
           Who
           would
           think
           ,
           that
           did
           read
           the
           Epistles
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           whom
           Jesus
           loved
           ,
           breathing
           out
           
             Love
             ,
             Love
             ,
             Love
          
           ,
           that
           this
           very
           man
           had
           three
           times
           offended
           Christ
           ,
           by
           sinning
           against
           Love.
           First
           ,
           by
           ambitious
           desiring
           to
           be
           above
           his
           fellows
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           by
           offering
           to
           call
           for
           fire
           from
           Heaven
           against
           the
           refusers
           of
           Christ
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           by
           forbidding
           one
           to
           cast
           out
           Devils
           ,
           (
           and
           do
           good
           )
           in
           Christs
           name
           ,
           because
           he
           followed
           not
           with
           them
           ,
           (
           like
           those
           that
           now
           would
           have
           some
           faulty
           men
           forbidden
           to
           Preach
           .
           )
           Love
           groweth
           as
           Grace
           groweth
           .
           If
           my
           confuting
           the
           Principles
           and
           Practices
           that
           are
           fitted
           to
           destroy
           Love
           ,
           by
           Censures
           ,
           Contempt
           ,
           and
           unjust
           alienation
           be
           interpreted
           as
           contrary
           to
           Love
           ,
           let
           but
           the
           Censurers
           love
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           so
           it
           be
           Christians
           as
           such
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           dividing
           Party
           only
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           my
           end
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             SECT
             .
             5.
          
           
           A
           Comparison
           of
           the
           use
           of
           a
           faulty
           Translation
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           a
           faulty
           Lyturgy
           .
        
         
           IN
           Queen
           Elizabeths
           days
           the
           Bishops
           Translation
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           that
           called
           the
           Old
           one
           being
           faulty
           ,
           were
           only
           in
           use
           .
           King
           James
           procured
           a
           better
           ,
           but
           the
           Lyturgy
           still
           retained
           ,
           the
           Old
           one
           .
           Suppose
           a
           Law
           were
           made
           that
           only
           the
           Old
           faulty
           Translation
           be
           used
           ;
           many
           refuse
           it
           ,
           and
           suffer
           for
           it
           ;
           the
           Parliament
           cometh
           and
           establisheth
           the
           New
           Translation
           ,
           and
           swear
           all
           men
           to
           promote
           it
           as
           a
           part
           of
           Reformation
           ;
           we
           are
           in
           possession
           of
           it
           for
           sixteen
           years
           :
           then
           a
           Law
           is
           made
           that
           all
           shall
           go
           to
           Prison
           that
           use
           any
           but
           the
           Old
           ;
           two
           thousand
           break
           this
           Law
           ,
           and
           use
           the
           New
           ,
           and
           suffer
           part
           of
           the
           penalty
           ,
           and
           shift
           from
           the
           rest
           as
           long
           as
           they
           can
           .
           At
           last
           the
           State
           is
           resolved
           to
           suffer
           them
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           ,
           in
           Prison
           they
           shall
           lie
           :
           Hereupon
           many
           suffer
           Imprisonment
           ,
           many
           die
           there
           .
           Some
           few
           in
           London
           keep
           up
           secret
           Worship
           with
           the
           New
           Translation
           ,
           and
           others
           go
           to
           the
           Churches
           ▪
           where
           the
           Old
           is
           used
           .
           In
           the
           Countries
           there
           is
           not
           past
           one
           Minister
           in
           twelve
           or
           twenty
           Miles
           that
           keeps
           up
           a
           Meeting
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           New
           one
           .
           The
           few
           that
           yet
           do
           ,
           say
           ,
           that
           [
           
             to
             use
             the
             Old
             one
             ,
             or
             joyn
             with
             such
             as
             do
             ,
             is
             Covenant-breaking
             ,
             and
             false
             Worship
             ,
             and
             unlawful
             ,
             and
             a
             going
             back
             from
             Reformation
             .
          
           ]
           Some
           that
           live
           in
           Countries
           where
           none
           in
           twenty
           Miles
           openly
           use
           the
           New
           one
           ,
           come
           to
           
             R.
             B.
          
           for
           counsel
           ;
           he
           desireth
           them
           to
           bring
           one
           of
           the
           contrary
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           judge
           when
           they
           hear
           both
           :
           He
           tells
           them
           ,
           that
           ,
           1.
           
           They
           should
           keep
           up
           the
           New
           Translation
           as
           far
           as
           they
           can
           in
           Gods
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           while
           the
           hurt
           will
           not
           be
           greater
           than
           the
           benefit
           .
           2.
           
           That
           when
           they
           have
           no
           Publick
           Church
           or
           Worship
           to
           joyn
           with
           ,
           but
           what
           useth
           the
           Old
           one
           ,
           they
           should
           rather
           joyn
           with
           such
           than
           none
           ▪
           As
           also
           when
           they
           cannot
           have
           the
           New
           one
           without
           more
           hurt
           than
           benefit
           .
           3.
           
           And
           that
           while
           they
           can
           have
           the
           New
           one
           ,
           they
           should
           not
           renounce
           Communion
           with
           the
           Churches
           that
           use
           the
           Old
           one
           ,
           as
           separating
           from
           it
           as
           unlawful
           ,
           but
           only
           disown
           the
           faults
           of
           the
           Old
           one
           ,
           while
           they
           disown
           not
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Churches
           in
           the
           use
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           say●
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           a
           cursed
           thing
           to
           offer
           God
           a
           worse
           ,
           while
           we
           have
           better
           .
           2.
           
           That
           we
           are
           sworn
           against
           it
           .
           3.
           
           That
           it
           is
           false
           Worship
           ,
           and
           obeying
           man
           before
           God.
           4.
           
           That
           we
           do
           but
           keep
           our
           possession
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           put
           us
           out
           of
           ,
           and
           it's
           ▪
           they
           that
           separate
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           not
           we
           from
           them
           .
           5.
           
           That
           we
           keep
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           Rule
           .
           And
           therefore
           Communion
           with
           the
           Old
           Translation
           is
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           we
           should
           rather
           suffer
           death
           .
        
         
           
             R.
             B.
          
           answereth
           ,
           I.
           1.
           
           That
           it
           is
           a
           cursed
           thing
           to
           give
           God
           no
           Publick
           Worship
           ,
           because
           we
           cannot
           have
           the
           New
           ▪
           Translation
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           like
           Atheists
           ▪
           if
           we
           cannot
           have
           what
           we
           would
           .
           
             None
             ▪
          
           is
           worse
           than
           the
           Old.
           Family
           VVorship
           without
           Church
           VVorship
           ,
           is
           worse
           than
           an
           Old
           Translation
           ▪
           2.
           
           And
           that
           it
           is
           not
           we
           that
           offer
           God
           ▪
           the
           worse
           before
           the
           better
           ;
           it
           is
           they
           that
           exclude
           the
           better
           ,
           which
           we
           protest
           against
           ,
           having
           not
           our
           choice
           .
        
         
           II.
           That
           he
           that
           sware
           to
           give
           over
           all
           Church
           VVorship
           ,
           unless
           he
           have
           the
           New
           Translation
           ,
           swore
           wickedly
           li●e
           an
           Atheist
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           swore
           to
           communicate
           with
           no
           ▪
           Church
           that
           used
           the
           Old
           Translation
           ,
           swore
           wickedly
           like
           a
           Schismatick
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           swore
           that
           Gods
           Providence
           should
           never
           return
           him
           to
           a
           necessity
           of
           using
           the
           Old
           ▪
           swore
           blasphemously
           ▪
           as
           if
           he
           could
           have
           governed
           the
           World
           against
           God.
           
        
         
           III.
           That
           all
           Worship
           is
           so
           far
           false
           as
           it
           is
           faulty
           ;
           That
           to
           forsake
           all
           Publick
           Worship
           when
           we
           cannot
           have
           the
           better
           Translation
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           righteous
           unrighteously
           ,
           
             over
             much
          
           ,
           and
           
             too
             little
          
           ,
           and
           to
           disobey
           both
           God
           and
           man.
           
        
         
           IV.
           Keep
           your
           Possession
           as
           long
           as
           you
           can
           without
           more
           hurt
           than
           good
           .
           I
           am
           not
           one
           that
           ever
           strove
           to
           take
           it
           from
           you
           .
           But
           do
           your
           Brethren
           in
           Prison
           enjoy
           Publick
           Worship
           ?
           You
           'l
           
           say
           ,
           they
           
             do
             better
          
           .
           It
           's
           easier
           bearing
           their
           Imprisonment
           ,
           Poverty
           and
           Death
           ,
           than
           your
           own
           .
           But
           what
           shall
           ten
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           do
           ,
           that
           must
           have
           the
           Old
           Translation
           or
           none
           ?
           You
           'l
           say
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           
             They
             may
             give
             over
             all
             Church
             Worship
             as
             impossible
             ,
             and
             take
             up
             with
             Family
             Worship
             .
          
        
         
           But
           stay
           ,
           1.
           
           Must
           you
           not
           first
           prove
           the
           Old
           so
           bad
           ,
           as
           that
           no-Church
           Worship
           is
           better
           ?
           Have
           you
           proved
           this
           ?
           2.
           
           Will
           not
           your
           Reason
           prove
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           also
           separate
           from
           you
           ?
           Have
           not
           weak
           Ministers
           as
           bad
           faults
           as
           a
           weak
           Translation
           ?
           3.
           
           What
           's
           become
           then
           of
           your
           saying
           ,
           
             We
             had
             Possession
          
           ?
           Have
           they
           Possession
           of
           better
           that
           have
           
             none
             at
             all
          
           ?
           Or
           ,
           will
           you
           be
           
             without
             all
          
           ,
           because
           you
           had
           
             once
             Possession
          
           of
           better
           ?
           And
           will
           it
           excuse
           your
           ungodliness
           ,
           that
           you
           can
           lay
           the
           blame
           on
           them
           that
           dipossest
           you
           ?
           Or
           if
           they
           be
           Schismaticks
           for
           so
           using
           you
           ,
           doth
           it
           follow
           that
           you
           are
           none
           ,
           if
           you
           persuade
           all
           to
           separate
           from
           all
           Gods
           Church
           Worship
           rather
           than
           joyn
           where
           the
           Old
           Translation
           is
           used
           .
        
         
           V.
           Gods
           Word
           is
           the
           Rule
           ;
           but
           only
           a
           
             general
             Rule
          
           for
           words
           ,
           modes
           and
           circumstances
           .
           To
           love
           God
           and
           our
           Neighbour
           ,
           and
           the
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           are
           his
           greatest
           Commands
           .
           Go
           learn
           what
           these
           mean
           :
           To
           violate
           these
           ,
           and
           forsake
           all
           Church
           Worship
           ,
           if
           you
           cannot
           have
           the
           best
           Translation
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           keep
           to
           
             the
             Rule
          
           ,
           but
           most
           grosly
           to
           violate
           it
           in
           the
           greatest
           Commands
           against
           many
           Scripture
           Admonitions
           ,
           which
           vehemently
           urge
           you
           to
           Love
           and
           Unity
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           good
           friend
           ,
           if
           really
           Christ
           and
           Scripture
           be
           your
           Guide
           ,
           I
           desire
           no
           more
           ;
           tell
           me
           ,
           and
           lay
           by
           partiality
           ;
           
             Did
             not
             Christ
             and
             his
             Apostles
             use
             both
             in
             the
             Synagogues
             ,
             Church
             .
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             Writings
             a
             faulty
             Translation
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             ,
             and
             as
             bad
             as
             ours
             ▪
          
           Deny
           it
           if
           you
           can
           for
           shame
           .
           Though
           sometimes
           they
           varyed
           ,
           they
           mostly
           used
           the
           Septuagint
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           
             our
             faulty
             ▪
          
           Translation
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           is
           made
           ,
           as
           it
           differs
           from
           the
           Hebrew
           .
           Is
           this
           no
           Consutation
           of
           you
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           Christ
           and
           the
           Apostles
           used
           it
           the
           rather
           ▪
           because
           it
           was
           in
           
             common
             use
          
           .
           2.
           
           And
           are
           you
           sure
           that
           among
           so
           many
           Greek
           differing
           Copies
           as
           we
           have
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           that
           you
           use
           and
           follow
           none
           but
           the
           best
           .
        
         
           I
           would
           add
           a
           similitude
           ,
           supposing
           that
           we
           had
           just
           possession
           of
           the
           Publick
           Church-place●
           &
           Tythes
           ,
           &
           they
           are
           taken
           from
           us
           ,
           &
           we
           can
           blame
           them
           that
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           say
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           
             We
             had
             Possession
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             unlawful
             to
             meet
             in
             worse
             Rooms
             ,
             for
             God
             must
             have
             the
             best
          
           ;
           will
           this
           hold
           when
           you
           cannot
           keep
           possession
           ?
           ▪
           Will
           you
           rather
           worship
           no
           where
           ?
           This
           is
           no
           better
           than
           if
           you
           would
           tell
           all
           men
           ,
           they
           should
           die
           rather
           than
           eat
           Brown
           Bread
           ,
           if
           force
           take
           all
           other
           from
           them
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           unjustly
           done
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           possession
           of
           better
           .
           Good
           friends
           ,
           keep
           your
           possession
           for
           me
           ;
           but
           I
           own
           not
           the
           famishing
           of
           all
           that
           are
           dispos●e●sed
           .
           If
           you
           do
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           .
        
         
           Obj.
           But
           this
           case
           is
           unlike
           to
           that
           of
           Lyturgies
           .
        
         
           Answ.
           1.
           
           The
           Scripture
           is
           Gods
           own
           Word
           :
           A
           mis-translation
           maketh
           that
           to
           be
           his
           word
           that
           is
           not
           ;
           which
           sure
           is
           a
           tenderer
           matter
           than
           in
           what
           words
           we
           speak
           our
           own
           minds
           to
           God.
           ●ure
           a
           depravation
           of
           Scripture
           is
           more
           than
           a
           Ceremony
           :
           Were
           Lyturgies
           such
           an
           alteration
           of
           Gods
           own
           words
           ,
           you
           would
           more
           plausibly
           accuse
           them
           .
           One
           that
           said
           ,
           God
           said
           this
           or
           that
           ,
           which
           he
           said
           not
           ,
           was
           worse
           tha●
           one
           that
           spake
           his
           own
           words
           undecently
           to
           God.
           To
           say
           ,
           this
           is
           Gods
           word
           ,
           which
           i●
           not
           ,
           is
           indeed
           adding
           to
           it
           ;
           but
           so
           it
           is
           not
           to
           speak
           words
           as
           our
           own
           .
           How
           much
           the
           Septuagint
           differs
           from
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           how
           many
           Verses
           it
           leaveth
           out
           ,
           how
           many
           additions
           and
           alterations
           it
           maketh
           ,
           is
           commonly
           known
           .
           Christs
           and
           the
           Apostles
           use
           of
           this
           ,
           was
           no
           approbation
           of
           its
           faults
           ,
           much
           less
           their
           presence
           in
           the
           Synagogues
           ▪
           when
           others
           read
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           in
           them
           .
           And
           the
           Psalms
           in
           the
           
             Septuagint
             ▪
          
           Translation
           were
           part
           of
           their
           Lyturgy
           .
           For
           man
           to
           speak
           faultily
           is
           no
           wonder
           :
           It
           hath
           a
           more
           plausible
           pretence
           for
           Separation
           ,
           to
           say
           that
           men
           corrupt
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           And
           yet
           when
           it
           is
           but
           such
           an
           Effect
           of
           Humane
           Imperfection
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           just
           pretence
           .
        
         
         
           But
           yet
           a
           word
           more
           ;
           Qu.
           1.
           
           Do
           you
           think
           that
           the
           Pharisees
           and
           Scribes
           had
           so
           much
           of
           the
           gift
           of
           Extemporate
           Prayer
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           ,
           and
           did
           use
           to
           make
           long
           Prayers
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           by
           the
           Spirit
           Extempore
           ?
           
             Say
             so
          
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           disgrace
           the
           Doctors
           Arguments
           ,
           that
           lay
           so
           much
           on
           this
           manner
           of
           praying
           .
           No
           doubt
           but
           it
           was
           Forms
           and
           Lyturgies
           that
           they
           used
           ;
           yet
           when
           Christ
           condemneth
           them
           for
           praying
           in
           the
           streets
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           and
           using
           long
           prayer
           for
           a
           pretence
           to
           devour
           Widdows
           houses
           ;
           Qu.
           2.
           
           Did
           Christ
           speak
           one
           word
           against
           them
           as
           
             Forms
             or
             Lyturgies
          
           ?
           Did
           he
           want
           Zeal
           or
           Knowledge
           ?
           Q.
           3.
           
           Had
           they
           not
           been
           good
           in
           themselves
           ,
           what
           cloak
           could
           they
           have
           made
           for
           so
           great
           evil
           ?
           Qu.
           4.
           
           Did
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ever
           forbear
           the
           Synagogues
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           these
           long
           Lyturgies
           ?
           Come
           friends
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           end
           ,
           nor
           much
           hope
           in
           disputing
           against
           fixed
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           wrong
           confident
           Conceits
           ,
           how
           clear
           soever
           the
           Light
           be
           against
           it
           .
           Hold
           your
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           hold
           mine
           ,
           till
           God
           irresistibly
           reconcile
           us
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           cannot
           forgive
           me
           ,
           I
           can
           forgive
           you
           ,
           but
           not
           own
           the
           guilt
           of
           your
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           the
           Effects
           .
           I
           have
           too
           much
           already
           of
           my
           own
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           you
           accused
           me
           ,
           than
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           wilful
           contracting
           any
           more
           .
           The
           Lord
           save
           us
           from
           our
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           more
           especially
           from
           our
           Friends
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           ,
           from
           our selves
           .
        
         
           It
           amazeth
           me
           to
           hear
           wise
           and
           godly
           men
           say
           ,
           [
           
             It
             is
             Popery
             that
             is
             coming
             in
             upon
             us
          
           ;
           Ergo
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             all
             forsake
             the
             Parish-Churches
             ,
          
           Quasi
           die
           .
           The
           Enemy
           will
           take
           the
           City
           within
           these
           few
           years
           ;
           Ergo
           ,
           Let
           us
           all
           go
           out
           of
           it
           to
           day
           .
           Like
           him
           that
           killed
           himself
           for
           fear
           of
           dying
           some
           years
           hence
           .
           Dementation
           goeth
           before
           Perdition
           .
           Who
           knoweth
           not
           that
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Parish-Churches
           is
           like
           to
           be
           the
           National
           Religion
           ?
           And
           shall
           we
           persuade
           Protestants
           to
           leave
           them
           all
           ?
           Passion
           provoked
           by
           some
           mens
           badness
           ,
           hath
           too
           much
           conquered
           Love
           to
           Conformists
           in
           some
           mens
           minds
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           scruple
           not
           too
           uncharitable
           opinions
           and
           words
           of
           them
           .
           This
           is
           contrary
           to
           Christian
           Love.
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           there
           are
           hundreds
           of
           godly
           Conformable
           Ministers
           in
           England
           ,
           On
           Aug.
           24.
           1662.
           
           Seven
           thousand
           or
           more
           did
           Conform
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           kept
           in
           ,
           in
           the
           Parliaments
           time
           ;
           were
           all
           those
           seven
           thousand
           tolerable
           the
           year
           before
           ,
           and
           ungodly
           the
           next
           year
           ?
           Many
           Conformists
           now
           in
           London
           were
           taken
           for
           very
           good
           men
           in
           1659.
           
           At
           once
           the
           other
           extream
           ,
           most
           study
           to
           get
           them
           out
           ;
           and
           shall
           we
           also
           call
           all
           men
           on
           pain
           of
           hazarding
           their
           Souls
           to
           forsake
           them
           ?
           A
           very
           great
           Church-man
           above
           40
           years
           ago
           was
           heard
           say
           to
           his
           Brethren
           ;
           
             The
             Non-conformable
             Puritans
             are
             Snakes
             :
             We
             have
             the
             Law
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             can
             tread
             them
             down
             when
             we
             will
             :
             But
             it
             is
             the
             Conformable
             Puritan
             that
             is
             the
             Devil
             of
          
           England
           ,
           
             to
             be
             cast
             out
          
           :
           And
           shall
           we
           second
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           as
           in
           opposition
           to
           it
           ?
           Grace
           is
           lost
           as
           far
           as
           Christian
           impartial
           Love
           is
           lost
           .
           And
           they
           that
           lose
           Religion
           themselves
           ,
           which
           lyeth
           in
           Love
           ,
           are
           like
           to
           be
           no
           good
           Keepers
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           If
           a
           good
           Man
           that
           we
           value
           become
           a
           danger
           to
           the
           truth
           ,
           we
           are
           angry
           if
           his
           Errour
           be
           but
           contradicted
           ,
           lest
           his
           Name
           be
           blemished
           :
           But
           some
           dare
           say
           the
           Conformists
           are
           all
           false
           ,
           ready
           to
           betray
           the
           Church
           to
           Papists
           :
           who
           nowdo
           far
           more
           to
           keep
           them
           out
           then
           we
           do
           .
           This
           is
           against
           Iam.
           3.
           17.
           
           If
           there
           be
           any
           such
           Conformists
           high
           or
           low
           ,
           I
           am
           none
           of
           their
           Advocate
           ;
           God
           will
           find
           them
           out
           ,
           and
           judge
           them
           :
           But
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           it
           is
           also
           Conformists
           (
           by
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           Possession
           )
           that
           will
           do
           more
           to
           stop
           their
           desired
           success
           ,
           than
           Nonconformists
           can
           do
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           Bishop
           
             Iewel
             ,
             Usher
             ,
             Morton
             ,
             Hall
             ,
             Downame
             ,
             Davenant
             ,
          
           &c.
           were
           far
           from
           Popery
           .
           And
           what
           man
           living
           hath
           written
           stronglier
           against
           it
           ,
           than
           Dr.
           
             Isaac
             Barrow
          
           ,
           (
           against
           whose
           Book
           a
           Doctor
           hath
           newly
           dasht
           his
           Reputation
           ,
           as
           a
           bubble
           against
           a
           Rock
           :
           And
           what
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Lincoln
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           Dr.
           
             Peter
             Moulin
          
           ,
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           have
           done
           ,
           is
           known
           .
        
         
           Your
           Mr.
           
             Mat.
             M●ad
          
           once
           commended
           a
           Conformist
           for
           a
           Benefice
           to
           me
           ,
           with
           these
           words
           ,
           [
           
             I
             take
             him
             to
             be
             the
             holiest
             Man
             I
             know
             ,
          
           ]
           I
           have
           loved
           him
           the
           better
           ever
           since
           for
           his
           Candor
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           and
           Impartiality
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             SECT
             .
             6.
          
           
           An
           Expository
           Advertisement
           about
           naming
           faulty
           Persons
           .
        
         
           AS
           all
           men
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           just
           regard
           of
           their
           own
           and
           their
           neighbours
           reputations
           ;
           so
           the
           over-much
           tenderness
           of
           the
           guilty
           and
           the
           proud
           ,
           doth
           make
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           much
           difficulty
           ;
           for
           an
           impartial
           man
           to
           know
           whether
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           should
           name
           ,
           or
           make
           known
           the
           persons
           whom
           he
           doth
           oppose
           or
           blame
           :
           Though
           the
           resolution
           seem
           easie
           both
           to
           them
           that
           have
           no
           charity
           to
           caution
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           them
           that
           will
           do
           no
           duty
           ,
           that
           displeaseth
           others
           .
        
         
           Being
           called
           to
           review
           my
           own
           practice
           ,
           in
           this
           I
           shall
           give
           the
           World
           an
           account
           ;
           First
           ,
           of
           my
           Judgment
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           of
           my
           doings
           .
        
         
           I.
           I
           take
           such
           a
           nomination
           to
           be
           a
           duty
           in
           these
           cases
           following
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           case
           of
           necessary
           defence
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           against
           some
           dangerous
           Errour
           of
           some
           men
           otherwise
           pious
           and
           tolerable
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Church
           have
           usually
           named
           them
           .
           I
           hope
           all
           those
           Iudaizers
           that
           Paul
           so
           sharply
           writeth
           against
           ,
           were
           not
           in
           a
           state
           of
           damn●tion
           ▪
           Doubtless
           Peter
           and
           Barnabas
           were
           not
           ,
           Gal.
           2.
           nor
           I
           hope
           Demas
           ,
           nor
           all
           the
           rest
           that
           he
           saith
           were
           not
           like-minded
           to
           Timothy
           ,
           but
           sought
           their
           own
           and
           not
           the
           things
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ▪
           And
           I
           hope
           the
           like
           of
           Diotrephes
           ,
           much
           more
           assuredly
           of
           Iohn
           that
           blamed
           him
           ,
           though
           that
           beloved
           Disciple
           is
           thrice
           named
           as
           culpable
           (
           seeking
           to
           be
           greatest
           ,
           and
           offering
           to
           call
           for
           Fire
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           forbidding
           one
           to
           do
           Miracles
           in
           Christs
           Name
           .
           )
           And
           Peter
           oft
           ,
           and
           once
           tremendously
           (
           Matth.
           16.
           )
           rebuk't
           by
           Christ.
           The
           sins
           of
           Noah
           and
           his
           Sons
           ,
           Lot
           and
           his
           Wife
           and
           Daughters
           ,
           
             Sarah
             ,
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             Iacob
          
           and
           his
           Sons
           ,
           
             Moses
             ,
             Aaron
             ,
             Miriam
          
           ,
           many
           Judges
           ,
           
             Eli
             ,
             David
             ,
             Solomon
             ,
             Rehoboam
             ,
             Asa
             ,
             Hezekiah
             ,
             Iosiah
             ,
          
           and
           many
           more
           ,
           are
           left
           on
           Record
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           with
           their
           names
           ,
           by
           him
           who
           is
           LOVE
           it self
           ,
           and
           hareth
           uncharitableness
           .
        
         
           And
           though
           we
           believe
           not
           all
           that
           
             Bernard
             ,
             Walaf
             ;
             Strabo
          
           ,
           and
           such
           others
           ,
           though
           good
           men
           ,
           believed
           of
           
             Peter
             Bruis
             ,
             Henricus
          
           ,
           and
           other
           
             Albigenses
             ,
             Waldenses
          
           and
           Bobemians
           ,
           much
           less
           all
           that
           
             Tho.
             Waldensis
          
           saith
           against
           
             Wickliss
             ▪
          
           the
           wisest
           Reformers
           have
           seen
           cause
           to
           mention
           some
           of
           their
           mistakes
           .
        
         
           Luthers
           first
           mistakes
           while
           he
           disowned
           not
           the
           Papacy
           ,
           and
           his
           after
           sharpness
           ,
           against
           Carolostadius
           ,
           and
           Zuinglius
           ,
           are
           recorded
           by
           many
           that
           dislike
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           recordeth
           his
           distaste
           of
           those
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           whom
           he
           dissented
           from
           .
           All
           that
           are
           contradicted
           by
           name
           are
           not
           taken
           by
           sober
           men
           to
           be
           graceless
           or
           intolerable
           .
           Swenkfeldius
           was
           a
           man
           of
           honour
           ,
           and
           his
           Character
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           [
           
             an
             honest
             heart
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             regulated
             head
          
           ;
           ]
           and
           yet
           the
           generality
           of
           Reformers
           cryed
           down
           his
           Errours
           and
           Sect.
           The
           Calvinists
           write
           for
           Communion
           with
           the
           Lutherans
           ,
           and
           the
           Moderate
           Lutherans
           love
           the
           Calvinists
           ,
           &
           yet
           they
           write
           against
           each
           other
           by
           name
           ,
           as
           too
           many
           Volumes
           openly
           shew
           .
           
             George
             Major
          
           was
           a
           wise
           and
           good
           man
           though
           Schlusselburgius
           ,
           and
           such
           others
           ,
           number
           him
           and
           his
           followers
           as
           Hereticks
           ,
           as
           Ca●●vi●●
           doth
           the
           
             Calixtines
             .
             Nicholas
             Gallus
          
           ,
           and
           Am●sdorsius
           were
           noted
           Divines
           and
           Century
           Writers
           ▪
           though
           they
           so
           used
           Major
           ,
           and
           maintained
           that
           
             Good
             works
             are
             not
             necessary
             to
             Salvation
          
           ;
           for
           which
           wiser
           men
           did
           write
           against
           them
           .
           
             Mat.
             Flac.
             Illyricus
          
           (
           the
           chief
           Century
           Writer
           )
           was
           a
           Learned
           Zealous
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           yet
           many
           more
           than
           Melancthon
           and
           Beza
           have
           left
           as
           a
           blot
           upon
           his
           name
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           so
           fierce
           against
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           unpeaceable
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           maintained
           that
           Original
           Sin
           is
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Soul.
           
             Andrew
             Osiander
          
           was
           a
           very
           Learned
           Protestant
           ▪
           high
           in
           favour
           with
           his
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           he
           and
           all
           his
           followers
           greatly
           opposed
           by
           the
           Orthodox
           Reformers
           ,
           for
           maintaining
           that
           we
           are
           justified
           by
           Gods
           Essential
           Righteousness
           made
           ours
           .
           And
           Fu●ccius
           sped
           the
           worse
           for
           following
           him
           (
           though
           it
           was
           for
           State-Councils
           that
           he
           died
           .
           )
           How
           high
           a
           Character
           doth
           Melancthon
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           the
           greatest
           Divines
           give
           of
           
             Hubertus
             Languetus
          
           ,
           as
           an
           Honourable
           ,
           Learned
           ,
           Pious
           ,
           Excellent
           Man
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           's
           now
           scarce
           denyed
           ,
           but
           it
           
           was
           he
           that
           )
           wrote
           
             Iunius
             B●●tus
          
           (
           though
           it
           was
           long
           falsly
           charged
           on
           Beza
           ,
           and
           the
           Noble
           ●●
           Plessis
           .
           )
           Doubtless
           
             Cassander
             ,
             Erasmus
             ,
             Wicelius
          
           ,
           and
           Gr●tius
           ,
           were
           men
           of
           great
           worth
           ▪
           that
           yet
           for
           peace
           owned
           the
           Roman
           Church
           and
           Corruptions
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           is
           not
           to
           be
           justified
           or
           overlookt
           .
           All
           the
           Germane
           Prophets
           or
           Fanaticks
           that
           
             Chr.
             Beckmans
          
           Exercitations
           name
           ▪
           and
           copiously
           confute
           ,
           were
           not
           ungodly
           or
           intolerable
           men
           .
           Whatever
           the
           
             Pa●●c●lsians
             ,
             Weig●lians
          
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           rest
           were
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           sure
           Th●ulerus
           was
           a
           godly
           man
           ;
           and
           Grotius
           commendeth
           
             Iohn
             Ar●di
          
           and
           his
           followers
           as
           men
           of
           piety
           and
           peace
           :
           and
           notwithstanding
           his
           vain
           affected
           words
           ,
           
             Iacob
             Behmen
          
           seemed
           a
           pious
           man
           ;
           and
           I
           loved
           many
           of
           his
           chief
           Followers
           in
           England
           ,
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           ,
           because
           their
           Spirit
           and
           Writings
           were
           all
           for
           Love
           and
           Peace
           ,
           (
           and
           their
           difficult
           Gibberish
           made
           me
           fearless
           of
           their
           multiplying
           ,
           or
           ever
           doing
           any
           great
           hurt
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           the
           Papists
           quite
           out-do
           us
           in
           naming
           their
           Opponents
           ,
           and
           their
           Errours
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           renouncing
           Communion
           with
           them
           ,
           but
           keeping
           them
           in
           the
           bosom
           of
           their
           Church
           ;
           as
           whole
           loads
           of
           Books
           written
           by
           the
           Schoolmen
           ,
           and
           several
           Sects
           and
           Orders
           against
           each
           other
           shew
           :
           And
           specially
           the
           Controversies
           between
           the
           Seculars
           and
           Regulars
           ,
           sharply
           handled
           by
           Watson
           .
           in
           his
           Quodlibits
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           :
           And
           newly
           
             Peter
             Walsh
          
           ,
           that
           calls
           himself
           Valesius
           ,
           and
           S●rjeants
           ,
           and
           his
           Blaklows
           Controversies
           tell
           us
           more
           .
           But
           none
           more
           than
           the
           Jesuists
           and
           Jansenists
           :
           did
           we
           differ
           about
           half
           as
           many
           and
           weighty
           points
           as
           are
           recited
           in
           the
           
             Iesuites
             Morals
          
           ,
           and
           their
           Charge
           against
           the
           Iansenists
           ,
           we
           should
           scarce
           think
           each
           other
           fit
           to
           be
           Members
           of
           one
           Communion
           .
        
         
           And
           naming
           Opponents
           is
           oft
           necessary
           to
           make
           the
           Reader
           know
           what
           Books
           we
           write
           against
           for
           distinction
           sake
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           there
           is
           yet
           another
           great
           cause
           of
           naming
           faulty
           men
           both
           (
           otherwise
           )
           godly
           and
           heretical
           .
           The
           Duty
           of
           a
           Publick
           or
           National
           Repentance
           oft
           requireth
           the
           mention
           of
           publick
           sins
           and
           sinners
           ;
           (
           specially
           if
           they
           be
           our
           own
           )
           God
           long
           forbeareth
           the
           publick
           National
           sins
           of
           Ancestors
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           Posterity
           ,
           (
           who
           are
           the
           same
           Na●ion
           ,
           though
           not
           the
           same
           Persons
           )
           will
           prevent
           his
           Judgments
           by
           Repentance
           :
           In
           which
           case
           they
           must
           confess
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           their
           Fore
           Fathers
           sins
           .
           This
           was
           the
           due
           practice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Old
           ,
           as
           Psal.
           78.
           
           &
           107.
           and
           many
           other
           shew
           ;
           and
           the
           prayers
           of
           
             Ezra
             ,
             Daniel
          
           ,
           and
           others
           :
           they
           named
           many
           ,
           and
           bewailed
           more
           of
           their
           National
           and
           Fore
           Fathers
           sins
           ▪
           and
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           Christ
           will
           name
           them
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           blood
           shed
           from
           Abels
           till
           Zach●rias
           ,
           and
           will
           revenge
           all
           together
           on
           the
           Impenitent
           Generation
           Matth.
           23.
           
           It
           was
           not
           to
           call
           dead
           men
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           forementioned
           faults
           of
           good
           and
           bad
           men
           are
           recorded
           in
           the
           Scripture
           :
           But
           it
           is
           partly
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           National
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           partly
           for
           a
           warning
           to
           the
           living
           ,
           that
           good
           mens
           names
           tempt
           them
           not
           to
           sin
           ▪
           Yea
           that
           shaming
           them
           is
           a
           mercy
           to
           us
           all
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           is
           evident
           ,
           in
           that
           where
           God
           recordeth
           any
           sin
           ,
           without
           laying
           some
           reproach
           upon
           it
           ,
           Satan
           maketh
           a
           snare
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           persuade
           us
           it
           is
           no
           sin
           .
           What
           abundance
           have
           been
           emboldened
           to
           Lie
           ,
           because
           the
           Midwives
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           Davids
           Lies
           are
           recorded
           without
           adjoyned
           reproof
           .
           Polygamy
           is
           pleaded
           for
           as
           lawful
           by
           that
           reason
           ;
           and
           the
           Jews
           did
           so
           by
           Divorce
           ;
           and
           some
           by
           drinking
           to
           excess
           ,
           or
           overthrow
           of
           reason
           :
           All
           of
           us
           take
           it
           for
           a
           duty
           to
           bewail
           the
           Nations
           resistance
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           cruelty
           to
           the
           Martyrs
           in
           Q.
           
           Mary's
           days
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           as
           part
           of
           our
           National
           Humiliation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           When
           pernicious
           Deceivers
           endanger
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           their
           Sophistry
           and
           Reputation
           ,
           especially
           by
           publick
           Writings
           which
           survive
           them
           .
           God
           hath
           named
           in
           Scripture
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           and
           Elymas
           ,
           and
           the
           Party
           called
           Nicolaitans
           ,
           whom
           his
           Soul
           hated
           ,
           and
           largely
           described
           many
           throughout
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           especially
           Epist.
           to
           
             Gal.
             Col.
          
           2
           Pet.
           2.
           
           
             Iude
             ,
             Rev.
          
           2.
           
           &
           3.
           
           And
           all
           that
           were
           faithful
           to
           the
           true
           Faith
           did
           of
           old
           name
           with
           detestation
           the
           
             Ebionites
             ,
             Cerinthians
             ,
             Gnosticks
             ;
             Valentinians
             ,
             Basilidians
             ,
             Manichees
             ▪
             Priscilianists
             ,
          
           and
           
             Arians
             ,
             Sabellians
             ,
             Paulinists
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           the
           soberest
           Reformers
           named
           with
           zealous
           renunciation
           the
           names
           of
           not
           only
           such
           as
           
             Caesar
             Vaninus
          
           ,
           and
           
             Pomponatius
             ,
             Valent.
             Gentilis
             ,
             Servetus
          
           (
           whom
           they
           burnt
           )
           but
           also
           those
           Captains
           of
           Sedition
           ,
           that
           were
           the
           Heads
           of
           dangerous
           Sects
           .
           
             Tho
             ▪
             Muncers
          
           case
           they
           commonly
           mention
           with
           detestation
           ;
           and
           Ionn
           of
           Leydens
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           at
           M●nster
           as
           worse
           .
           (
           And
           yet
           
             Leo
             Juda
          
           tells
           us
           with
           what
           marvellous
           constancy
           Knipperd●lling
           endured
           his
           flesh
           to
           be
           pulled
           off
           by
           pieces
           with
           red
           hot
           Pincers
           ,
           scarce
           groaning
           or
           expressing
           grief
           ▪
           )
           The
           case
           
           of
           
             David
             George
          
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           Libertines
           (
           as
           Beza
           calls
           him
           )
           and
           Henry
           Nicols's
           ▪
           (
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           Familists
           )
           multitudes
           recite
           with
           detestation
           .
        
         
           II.
           But
           there
           are
           many
           things
           that
           stand
           up
           against
           this
           duty
           ,
           and
           turn
           men
           from
           it
           ,
           or
           make
           it
           doubtful
           in
           particular
           Instances
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           One
           is
           the
           great
           abuse
           of
           it
           by
           the
           Antients
           ,
           and
           the
           mischiefs
           done
           by
           that
           abuse
           ▪
           It
           calleth
           for
           greatest
           grief
           to
           read
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           feel
           the
           fruit
           of
           it
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           which
           while
           I
           have
           recited
           out
           of
           the
           Councils
           and
           Church-History
           ,
           many
           cannot
           bear
           it
           .
           The
           case
           of
           the
           Easter
           Contention
           in
           all
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           even
           in
           Brittain
           tells
           it
           us
           :
           The
           shameful
           Catalogue
           of
           Hereticks
           in
           Philastrius
           ,
           yea
           many
           in
           Epiphanius
           tell
           it
           us
           :
           So
           do
           the
           Controversies
           with
           the
           
             Audians
             ,
             Novatians
             ,
             Donatists
          
           ,
           the
           
             Nestorians
             ,
             Eutychians
             ,
             Monothelites
          
           ,
           the
           
             tria
             Capitula
          
           out
           of
           
             Theodorite
             ,
             Theodore
             Mops.
          
           and
           Ibas
           :
           the
           Image
           Controversies
           ,
           the
           Corrupti●ol●
           ,
           and
           Phantasiasts
           ,
           and
           many
           more
           such
           :
           And
           since
           the
           heat
           of
           the
           Lutherans
           ,
           (
           such
           as
           
             Marbachius
             ,
             Heshasius
             ,
             Westphalus
             ,
             Gallus
             ,
             Ambsdorsius
             ,
          
           and
           lately
           Calovius
           ,
           and
           many
           still
           )
           against
           the
           Calvinists
           ;
           The
           over-violent
           usage
           of
           the
           Remonstrants
           in
           Holland
           ,
           the
           strife
           at
           the
           City
           of
           Frankford
           ,
           between
           the
           Conformists
           ,
           and
           Nonconformists
           ;
           the
           Violences
           ,
           and
           Reproaches
           of
           Episcopal
           ,
           Presbyterian
           ,
           Independants
           ,
           Erastians
           ,
           and
           Anabaptists
           against
           each
           other
           in
           England
           ,
           with
           the
           evil
           means
           ,
           and
           long
           continuance
           ,
           and
           woful
           effects
           .
           The
           Scots
           Covenants
           excluding
           from
           their
           publick
           Union
           there
           and
           here
           ,
           all
           the
           Diocesan
           Divines
           and
           Party
           ,
           even
           such
           as
           
             Usher
             ,
             Morton
             ,
             Hall
             ,
             Davenant
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           These
           great
           abuses
           of
           over-doers
           ,
           and
           dividers
           ,
           make
           many
           charitable
           men
           think
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           best
           to
           mention
           no
           mens
           faults
           at
           all
           ,
           save
           u●ter
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           And
           another
           grand
           dissuasive
           ,
           is
           the
           certain
           abuse
           that
           bad
           men
           will
           make
           of
           it
           :
           Malignant
           Spit-fires
           do
           already
           write
           books
           full
           of
           palpable
           Lies
           against
           other
           men
           (
           of
           which
           I
           have
           had
           a
           notable
           part
           :
           )
           And
           in
           common
           speech
           and
           reproach
           ▪
           make
           many
           that
           they
           converse
           with
           ,
           believe
           these
           lies
           ?
           And
           if
           we
           call
           each
           other
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           or
           confess
           our
           own
           sin
           ,
           impudent
           Malice
           will
           turn
           it
           to
           a
           common
           scorn
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           alike
           ,
           and
           worse
           than
           they
           confess
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           another
           hinderance
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           think
           controverted
           Cases
           are
           not
           matter
           of
           Censure
           :
           And
           these
           are
           Controversies
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           But
           the
           greatest
           impediment
           of
           all
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Natural
             selfishness
             ,
             Pride
          
           and
           
             Impatience
             that
             is
             in
             all
          
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           are
           unmortified
           ,
           and
           unhumbled
           ,
           and
           interessing
           God
           and
           his
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Cause
           ,
           more
           deeply
           than
           is
           just
           ,
           in
           the
           interest
           of
           our selves
           ,
           our
           Parties
           ,
           and
           our
           Opinions
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           four
           Cases
           I
           briefly
           say
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           avoiding
           of
           the
           contrary
           extream
           ,
           hindered
           not
           God
           and
           good
           men
           from
           mentioning
           
             Diotrephes
             ,
             Demas
          
           ,
           the
           Nicolaitans
           ,
           and
           all
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           If
           we
           shall
           omit
           all
           duty
           that
           men
           will
           abuse
           ,
           we
           shall
           do
           none
           ,
           or
           next
           to
           none
           .
           Repentance
           is
           most
           honourable
           ▪
           except
           Innocency
           :
           And
           they
           would
           reproach
           men
           less
           ,
           if
           they
           more
           confest
           their
           sin
           themselves
           :
           And
           a
           true
           Confession
           is
           a
           true
           description
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           and
           shameth
           them
           that
           make
           it
           worse
           then
           it
           is
           ,
           or
           lay
           the
           fault
           of
           the
           Guilty
           on
           the
           Innocent
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           What
           Heresy
           or
           sin
           almost
           is
           not
           controverted
           ?
           Satan
           will
           make
           a
           Controversy
           of
           all
           ,
           if
           that
           shall
           serve
           :
           Arrianism
           is
           a
           sad
           instance
           ,
           and
           Socinianism
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           worse
           ,
           and
           Popery
           is
           more
           disputed
           for
           than
           they
           all
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           God
           hateth
           the
           Proud
           ,
           and
           will
           abase
           them
           ,
           and
           pardoneth
           none
           but
           the
           Penitent
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           sinfully
           saveth
           his
           Credit
           ,
           shall
           most
           lose
           it
           :
           Repentance
           is
           a
           great
           ,
           hard
           ,
           necessary
           work
           ,
           we
           can
           easily
           call
           other
           men
           to
           repent
           .
        
         
           III.
           Having
           told
           you
           my
           judgment
           ,
           I
           will
           as
           this
           worthy
           Brother
           adviseth
           ,
           yet
           further
           review
           my
           own
           actions
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           one
           of
           those
           that
           have
           formerly
           imitated
           Austin
           in
           some
           Confessions
           ,
           and
           Retractations
           ;
           but
           I
           cannot
           make
           every
           scornful
           expectants
           Opinion
           my
           measure
           ,
           nor
           retract
           all
           that
           every
           extream'd
           Opposer
           ,
           or
           Dissenter
           doth
           dislike
           .
           And
           I
           am
           one
           that
           long
           ,
           and
           very
           dearly
           endeavoured
           to
           have
           prevented
           those
           Overturnings
           ,
           which
           I
           bewail
           :
           and
           at
           that
           time
           I
           thought
           them
           a
           sin
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           not
           now
           describe
           ,
           and
           took
           in
           the
           prognostick
           of
           their
           Consequents
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           have
           only
           been
           thus
           far
           mistaken
           ,
           that
           Gods
           wonderful
           mercy
           hath
           hitherto
           made
           them
           much
           easier
           then
           I
           expected
           :
           I
           mentioned
           them
           most
           openly
           and
           plainly
           then
           ,
           to
           convince
           the
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           save
           the
           Tempted
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           oft
           since
           made
           some
           mention
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           to
           call
           
           the
           dead
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           but
           the
           Societies
           in
           their
           humiliations
           ,
           and
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           preserve
           the
           living
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           participation
           ,
           and
           imitation
           .
           But
           I
           find
           that
           some
           much
           mistake
           me
           ,
           and
           think
           that
           all
           the
           Persons
           that
           I
           have
           named
           ,
           I
           mention
           as
           intolerable
           ,
           or
           make
           them
           worse
           than
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           equal
           the
           better
           with
           the
           worse
           ,
           yea
           ,
           make
           the
           Welsh
           Itinerants
           worse
           then
           ignorant
           ,
           vicious
           ,
           meer
           readers
           .
           All
           this
           is
           far
           from
           my
           words
           and
           thoughts
           .
        
         
           When
           
             Clement
             Writer
          
           wrote
           two
           Books
           against
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           me
           ,
           I
           answered
           him
           modestly
           in
           my
           Book
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             The
             unreasonabless
             of
             Infidelity
          
           :
           The
           Ranters
           I
           detested
           :
           The
           Quakers
           ,
           when
           they
           bitterly
           reviled
           me
           ,
           I
           gave
           free
           leave
           to
           dispute
           with
           me
           in
           my
           Congregation
           as
           long
           as
           they
           would
           :
           The
           Seekers
           ,
           that
           said
           ,
           Scripture
           ,
           Church
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           Sacraments
           were
           all
           lost
           ,
           till
           new
           Miracles
           restored
           them
           ,
           I
           dealt
           with
           peaceably
           :
           But
           I
           confess
           I
           took
           all
           these
           for
           such
           as
           were
           as
           unfit
           for
           my
           Communion
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           me
           for
           theirs
           ,
           and
           mischievous
           to
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men.
           But
           I
           never
           thought
           of
           as
           equal
           with
           these
           the
           Persons
           that
           I
           then
           wrote
           against
           ,
           as
           Antinomians
           ,
           nor
           those
           that
           I
           now
           name
           on
           such
           accounts
           .
           I
           know
           that
           the
           Libertines
           Opinions
           called
           Antinomianism
           ,
           by
           too
           near
           consequence
           subvert
           the
           Gospel
           .
           But
           I
           believe
           that
           the
           good
           men
           did
           not
           see
           such
           Consequences
           ,
           but
           believed
           the
           fundamentals
           ,
           wh●ch
           they
           so
           subverted
           ,
           and
           erred
           through
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           unskilfulness
           ,
           and
           confusion
           in
           managing
           Disputes
           ,
           and
           zeal
           for
           Free-Grace
           ,
           drew
           them
           in
           the
           dark
           to
           injure
           ,
           and
           dishonour
           it
           :
           These
           erroneous
           Men
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           might
           love
           God
           through
           Christ
           more
           then
           I
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           they
           were
           so
           much
           better
           men
           then
           I.
           Amesius
           saith
           ,
           that
           Theology
           is
           so
           connext
           ,
           that
           every
           Errour
           by
           consequence
           overthroweth
           the
           foundation
           :
           If
           that
           be
           so
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           guilty
           of
           it
           ?
           I
           write
           here
           against
           no
           man
           as
           Episcopal
           ,
           Presbyterian
           ,
           Independant
           ,
           Erastian
           ,
           or
           Anabaptist
           ;
           but
           only
           against
           hating
           one
           another
           on
           such
           accounts
           ,
           and
           doing
           those
           things
           by
           alienation
           ,
           excommunication
           ,
           opposition
           ,
           or
           other
           aversation
           unnecessarily
           ,
           which
           signify
           detestation
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           Love
           ,
           or
           tend
           thereto
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           men
           named
           by
           me
           ,
           take
           not
           the
           knowledge
           of
           their
           Opinions
           from
           me
           ,
           but
           from
           their
           publick
           Books
           :
           Mr.
           
             Erbury
             ,
             Prince
             ,
             Lilburn
          
           ,
           and
           such
           others
           have
           spoken
           too
           loud
           by
           the
           Press
           :
           I
           think
           much
           better
           of
           Mr.
           
             Saltmarsh
             ,
             W.
             Sedgwick
             ,
             Den
             ,
             Hobson
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           yet
           better
           of
           Mr.
           
             Powell
             ,
             Cradok
             ,
             Lloyd
          
           ,
           whom
           I
           named
           ,
           whom
           you
           may
           know
           in
           print
           :
           [
           The
           last
           ,
           by
           a
           Dialogue
           between
           Martha
           and
           Lázarus
           ,
           about
           his
           Soul
           ,
           and
           Letters
           to
           Mr.
           Erbury
           .
           ]
        
         
           That
           which
           I
           say
           of
           such
           ,
           I
           fully
           believe
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Dr.
           greatly
           mistakes
           in
           his
           intimations
           ,
           as
           if
           Lyturgies
           had
           been
           the
           only
           cause
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           greater
           than
           they
           were
           ,
           of
           a
           defective
           Ministry
           ,
           when
           so
           many
           of
           its
           greatest
           Adversaries
           have
           been
           so
           faulty
           ,
           and
           defective
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           those
           Errours
           may
           be
           dangerous
           to
           the
           hearers
           ,
           which
           God
           forgiveth
           to
           the
           ignorant
           speaker
           ,
           I
           assert
           ,
           that
           sound
           Doctrine
           read
           out
           of
           Notes
           or
           Books
           ,
           is
           less
           hurtful
           to
           the
           Hearers
           ,
           then
           dangerous
           practical
           Erro●r
           delivered
           with
           fluent
           extemporate
           fervency
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           
             Calvin
             ,
             Hildersham
          
           ,
           and
           such
           great
           ,
           and
           holy
           men
           ,
           prayed
           usually
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           by
           a
           Form
           ,
           they
           failed
           not
           of
           the
           Spirits
           help
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           they
           that
           extempore
           pray
           erroneously
           .
           And
           that
           Mr.
           
             Phil.
             Nye
          
           spake
           not
           mistakingly
           ,
           when
           (
           to
           me
           )
           he
           wish't
           
             that
             the
             publick
             Congregations
             in
          
           Wales
           
             had
             good
             Sermon
             books
             read
             to
             them
             ,
          
           (
           though
           men
           should
           call
           them
           Homelies
           in
           contempt
           ;
           not
           to
           put
           down
           Preaching
           ,
           but
           where
           it
           's
           wanting
           :
           And
           that
           a
           very
           excellent
           Ministry
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           use
           publick
           Lyturgies
           ,
           and
           Pulpit
           Forms
           :
           And
           excellent
           Holy
           Men
           in
           England
           long
           used
           the
           English
           Lyturgy
           ,
           from
           whom
           I
           never
           would
           have
           separated
           ;
           even
           such
           A.
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           Bishops
           ,
           as
           
             Granmer
             ,
             Parker
             ,
             Grindal
             ,
             Abbot
             ,
             U●her
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Ridley
             ,
             Hooper
             ,
             Farrar
             ,
             Iewel
             ,
          
           &c.
           such
           holy
           Teachers
           as
           
             Bolton
             ,
             Whately
             ,
             Preston
             ,
             Sibs
             ,
             Crooke
             ,
             Bifield
             ,
          
           and
           abundance
           like
           them
           ;
           Men
           of
           such
           rare
           Learning
           and
           Piety
           ,
           as
           
             Davenant
             ,
             Gataker
             ,
             Stoughton
          
           ,
           Bishop
           
             Miles
             Smith
          
           ,
           Dr.
           Field
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           I
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           the
           Westminster
           Assembly
           were
           all
           ,
           save
           eight
           Ministers
           ,
           void
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           unfit
           for
           Communion
           ,
           while
           they
           used
           the
           Lyturgy
           :
           Nor
           yet
           that
           of
           the
           9000
           that
           were
           in
           the
           publick
           Churches
           in
           1659.
           or
           1660.
           the
           7000
           that
           Conformed
           ▪
           Aug.
           24.
           1662.
           were
           suddenly
           made
           insufficient
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           sufficient
           before
           ,
           (
           though
           I
           meddle
           not
           with
           the
           question
           ,
           whether
           they
           did
           well
           ▪
           )
           And
           yet
           against
           the
           contrary
           extream
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           many
           thousands
           be
           not
           in
           Heaven
           ▪
           whom
           Bishops
           have
           Excommunicated
           ,
           and
           thought
           intolerable
           ,
           yea
           ,
           whom
           great
           Councils
           have
           called
           Hereticks
           ,
           wo
           to
           those
           Bishops
           that
           are
           worse
           than
           they
           .
        
         
         
           I
           conclude
           with
           thanks
           to
           my
           Reverend
           Monitor
           ,
           and
           tell
           him
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           sain
           (
           whose
           Censure
           soever
           I
           undergo
           ,
           )
           avoid
           both
           their
           sin
           ,
           who
           undervalue
           mens
           Piety
           for
           tolerable
           Errours
           ,
           &
           condemn
           those
           that
           are
           better
           than
           themselves
           ,
           (
           &
           themselves
           by
           consequence
           much
           more
           ;
           )
           and
           theirs
           who
           in
           honour
           of
           good
           mens
           names
           ,
           extenuate
           their
           dangerous
           errours
           ▪
           and
           practices
           ,
           and
           hinder
           publick
           Repentance
           ,
           forgiveness
           ,
           and
           deliverance
           ,
           by
           hiding
           ,
           or
           smoothing
           over
           publick
           sins
           .
           But
           being
           my self
           lyable
           to
           forgetfulness
           ,
           when
           I
           remember
           what
           answer
           a
           false
           Argument
           calls
           for
           ,
           and
           what
           notice
           young
           people
           need
           for
           their
           preservation
           ,
           I
           am
           sometime
           less
           sensible
           of
           the
           impatience
           of
           the
           partial
           ,
           and
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           harder
           it
           is
           to
           bear
           blame
           ,
           then
           to
           deserve
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           ill
           the
           effects
           of
           their
           impatience
           may
           be
           .
           Therefore
           while
           I
           stand
           to
           the
           Rule
           that
           he
           mentioneth
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           by
           ignorance
           ,
           hast
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Cause
           ,
           done
           that
           by
           naming
           ,
           or
           confuting
           any
           ,
           which
           hath
           truly
           a
           greater
           tendency
           to
           do
           hurt
           ,
           than
           to
           do
           good
           ,
           I
           repent
           of
           all
           that
           's
           so
           said
           and
           done
           ,
           and
           ask
           forgiveness
           of
           God
           and
           Man.
           
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           be
           unhumbled
           for
           the
           publick
           sins
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           or
           any
           Party
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           which
           have
           dishonoured
           God
           and
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           hardened
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           brought
           us
           all
           into
           distress
           ,
           and
           threaten
           yet
           worse
           to
           all
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           our
           Posterity
           ,
           the
           Lord
           humble
           them
           before
           it
           be
           too
           late
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           any
           that
           are
           far
           worse
           themselves
           ,
           take
           advantage
           from
           any
           mens
           Errours
           ,
           Misdoings
           ,
           or
           Confessions
           ,
           to
           feed
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           others
           malice
           ,
           to
           reproach
           Piety
           ,
           to
           oppress
           ;
           or
           calumniate
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           lay
           the
           faults
           of
           a
           few
           that
           got
           military
           advantages
           ,
           upon
           them
           that
           were
           furthest
           from
           the
           guilt
           ,
           yea
           ,
           on
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Cause
           ,
           the
           day
           is
           at
           hand
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           vindicate
           the
           just
           ,
           and
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           false
           Accusers
           ,
           with
           as
           great
           severity
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           we
           can
           well
           desire
           .
           And
           delay
           is
           no
           violation
           of
           his
           promise
           :
           Though
           he
           stay
           long
           ,
           he
           will
           avenge
           them
           speedily
           ,
           Luke
           18.
           
           And
           he
           knoweth
           that
           their
           day
           is
           coming
           :
           And
           then
           we
           shall
           say
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           fittest
           time
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           POST-SCRIPT
           .
        
         
           REader
           ,
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Book
           of
           one
           Mr.
           
             Edw.
             Petit
          
           ,
           called
           ,
           
             Visions
             of
             Government
          
           ,
           calls
           me
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           reviliu●
           language
           needs
           no
           reply
           ,
           or
           confutation
           :
           But
           his
           story
           about
           Major
           Iennings
           ,
           how
           I
           stood
           by
           while
           he
           was
           wounded
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           it
           ,
           and
           took
           the
           Meddal
           from
           about
           his
           neck
           is
           already
           by
           me
           confuted
           before
           my
           
             Defence
             of
             the
             History
             of
             Councils
             :
          
           which
           I
           have
           made
           known
           to
           Mr.
           L'Estrange
           ,
           and
           Major
           Iennings
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Rector
           of
           Burton
           ,
           in
           the
           Life
           of
           Dr.
           Heylin
           ,
           publish
           it
           with
           Major
           Iennings
           affirmation
           ,
           I
           do
           here
           again
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           ,
           take
           a
           voluntary
           Oath
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           false
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           was
           not
           near
           him
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           nor
           never
           saw
           the
           man
           in
           my
           life
           (
           unless
           I
           might
           see
           a
           man
           unknowingly
           in
           a
           Congretion
           ,
           or
           distant
           croud
           ,
           nor
           did
           I
           see
           any
           wound
           him
           ,
           nor
           take
           any
           Meddal
           of
           him
           :
           But
           that
           in
           the
           house
           where
           I
           was
           ,
           I
           heard
           the
           Soldiers
           tell
           how
           they
           wounded
           ,
           stript
           him
           ,
           and
           took
           his
           Meddal
           (
           laughing
           at
           a
           silly
           Soldier
           that
           called
           it
           a
           Crucifix
           :
           )
           And
           the
           man
           that
           took
           it
           ,
           offering
           it
           to
           Sale
           ,
           I
           gave
           him
           eighteen
           pence
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           some
           years
           after
           sent
           it
           Major
           Iennings
           freely
           ;
           which
           it
           seems
           made
           him
           think
           ,
           and
           rashly
           affirm
           falsly
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           I
           that
           took
           it
           from
           him
           .
           As
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Diabolism
           of
           that
           Book
           ,
           and
           his
           ,
           and
           others
           uncessant
           charges
           from
           one
           Book
           retracted
           so
           many
           years
           ago
           ,
           and
           accused
           by
           my self
           ,
           consenting
           to
           the
           Oxford
           men
           that
           burnt
           it
           ,
           it
           doth
           but
           tell
           the
           world
           ,
           what
           furious
           ,
           implacable
           wrath
           in
           the
           engaged
           Enemies
           of
           Love
           and
           Peace
           can
           do
           ,
           and
           sheweth
           itself
           more
           effectually
           then
           any
           other
           can
           .
           (
           As
           do
           three
           others
           that
           have
           taken
           the
           like
           course
           .
           )
        
         
           FINIS
           .