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             A sermon concerning unity & agreement preached at Carfax Church in Oxford, August 9, 1646 / by Iasper Maine ...
             Mayne, Jasper, 1604-1672.
          
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       A50417  R32062  (Wing M1477).  civilwar no A sermon concerning unity & agreement. Preached at Carfax Church in Oxford, August 9. 1646. By Iasper Maine, D.D. and one of the students of Mayne, Jasper 1647    21439 14 35 0 0 0 0 23 C  The  rate of 23 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           SERMON
           
             CONCERNING
          
           Unity
           &
           Agreement
           .
           
             PREACHED
          
           AT
           
             CARFAX
          
           CHURCH
           in
           OXFORD
           ,
           
             August
          
           9.
           1646.
           
        
         
           
             By
          
           IASPER
           MAINE
           ,
           
             D.
             D.
          
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Students
           of
           Christ-Church
           ,
           OXON.
        
         
           
             ROM.
          
           12.
           18.
           
           Jf
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           lieth
           in
           you
           ,
           live
           peaceably
           with
           all
           men
           .
        
         
           Printed
           in
           the
           Yeere
           ,
           MDCXLVII
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           CONCERNING
           UNITY
           and
           AGREEMENT
           .
        
         
           
             1
             COR.
             1.
             10.
             
          
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             that
             yee
             all
             speake
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             be
             no
             Divisions
             among
             you
             :
             but
             that
             ye
             be
             perfectly
             joyned
             together
             in
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             judgement
             .
          
        
         
           THough
           Truth
           ,
           from
           what
           mouth
           soever
           it
           bee
           spoken
           ,
           or
           in
           what
           shape
           or
           dresse
           soever
           it
           appeare
           ,
           be
           but
           one
           and
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           where
           it
           is
           rightly
           understood
           ,
           carries
           this
           uniting
           ,
           peacefull
           quality
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           makes
           all
           its
           followers
           of
           one
           consent
           ,
           and
           mind
           too
           ;
           yet
           I
           know
           not
           from
           what
           mist
           ,
           or
           impotence
           ,
           lodged
           in
           our
           nature
           ,
           with
           whom
           errors
           and
           mistakes
           do
           for
           the
           most
           part
           prevaile
           more
           then
           Arguments
           or
           Demonstrations
           ;
           and
           with
           whom
           our
           owne
           mis-conceipts
           (
           conveyed
           into
           us
           from
           such
           whom
           we
           think
           too
           holy
           to
           deceive
           us
           ,
           or
           too
           learned
           to
           deceive
           themselves
           )
           do
           for
           the
           most
           part
           sticke
           so
           deeply
           ,
           and
           take
           such
           root
           and
           impression
           in
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           truth
           it selfe
           to
           remove
           them
           :
           This
           one
           ,
           uniting
           ,
           peacefull
           Bond
           of
           minds
           ,
           this
           Ray
           of
           our
           Soules
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           severall
           Teachers
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           severall
           formes
           and
           shapes
           ,
           into
           which
           they
           have
           cast
           it
           ,
           hath
           alwaies
           been
           looked
           on
           as
           so
           many
           severall
           Truths
           ;
           And
           to
           the
           discredit
           ,
           and
           disadvantage
           of
           it
           ,
           hath
           in
           all
           Ages
           been
           as
           severally
           entertained
           and
           followed
           .
           Thus
           among
           the
           Heathen
           Plilosophers
           ,
           we
           finde
           the
           number
           of
           Sects
           ,
           to
           be
           much
           greater
           then
           the
           number
           of
           Sciences
           .
           Every
           new
           famous
           Teacher
           ,
           who
           professed
           severlty
           in
           his
           looks
           ,
           and
           austerity
           in
           his
           manners
           ,
           had
           the
           power
           to
           draw
           a
           cloud
           of
           Disciples
           after
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           erect
           
           a
           new
           Truth
           with
           a
           new
           School
           .
           And
           thus
           in
           the
           very
           Church
           of
           God
           it selfe
           ,
           the
           Gospell
           no
           sooner
           began
           to
           be
           preached
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           but
           it
           began
           to
           have
           its
           Sects
           and
           Schismes
           ,
           and
           sidings
           too
           .
           The
           Apostles
           taught
           but
           one
           Faith
           ,
           one
           Baptisme
           ,
           one
           Christ
           ,
           one
           plaine
           ,
           open
           way
           of
           salvation
           to
           men
           ;
           yet
           they
           were
           mis-understood
           by
           some
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           preached
           many
           :
           Or
           as
           if
           the
           numbers
           of
           their
           severall
           Doctrines
           ,
           had
           equalled
           the
           number
           of
           their
           severall
           persons
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           (
           every
           one
           where
           he
           went
           )
           scattered
           a
           severall
           Gospell
           .
        
         
           To
           speake
           yet
           more
           plainely
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           neerer
           home
           to
           the
           History
           of
           this
           Text
           ;
           The
           
             Corinthians
          
           (
           to
           whom
           this
           Epistle
           was
           written
           )
           as
           if
           from
           every
           new
           Teacher
           that
           came
           thither
           ,
           they
           had
           learned
           a
           new
           Religion
           ,
           began
           at
           length
           to
           have
           as
           many
           Religions
           among
           them
           as
           they
           had
           heard
           Teachers
           .
           You
           might
           have
           distinguished
           divers
           Churches
           in
           the
           same
           City
           ,
           and
           have
           divided
           their
           Beleefs
           and
           Creeds
           by
           their
           Families
           and
           streets
           .
           Where
           ,
           by
           a
           fallacy
           and
           deceit
           of
           the
           eare
           ,
           judging
           of
           the
           things
           taught
           ,
           by
           their
           affection
           to
           the
           Teacher
           ,
           and
           not
           judging
           of
           the
           Teacher
           by
           the
           things
           which
           he
           taught
           ,
           every
           one
           chose
           to
           himselfe
           the
           name
           of
           his
           Minister
           to
           make
           a
           Side
           and
           faction
           by
           .
           One
           (
           as
           you
           read
           at
           the
           12.
           
           Verse
           ,
           of
           this
           Chapter
           )
           said
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Paul
             ,
          
           another
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Apollos
             ,
          
           a
           third
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Cephas
             ,
          
           a
           fourth
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Christ
             :
          
           As
           if
           Christ
           had
           either
           been
           divided
           ,
           or
           else
           were
           to
           stand
           with
           the
           rest
           as
           the
           name
           of
           a
           distinct
           Religion
           ;
           Or
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Gospell
           (
           which
           at
           first
           sprung
           from
           him
           )
           like
           streams
           broken
           off
           from
           their
           spring-head
           ,
           were
           no
           longer
           to
           retaine
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Fountain
           from
           whence
           it
           rose
           ,
           but
           were
           to
           weare
           the
           stile
           of
           the
           severall
           pipes
           and
           channells
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           was
           conveyed
           abroad
           into
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           This
           diversity
           of
           names
           ,
           and
           sides
           ,
           grew
           at
           first
           from
           their
           diversity
           of
           opinions
           ,
           and
           minds
           .
           When
           the
           unlearned
           wresting
           the
           Scripture
           which
           they
           had
           heard
           preached
           to
           an
           Apostles
           sense
           ,
           would
           presume
           to
           impose
           that
           sense
           ,
           which
           was
           indeed
           ,
           not
           an
           Apostles
           ,
           on
           others
           .
           And
           those
           others
           ,
           equally
           as
           unlearned
           ,
           thought
           it
           as
           reasonable
           ,
           so
           they
           could
           entitle
           it
           to
           another
           Apostle
           ,
           to
           impose
           their
           interpretation
           of
           Scripture
           on
           the
           first
           .
        
         
           This
           diversity
           of
           minds
           ,
           proceeded
           at
           length
           to
           diversity
           of
           language
           and
           speech
           .
           Congregation
           spoke
           censoriously
           of
           Congregation
           ,
           
           as
           if
           none
           had
           been
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           but
           they
           onely
           who
           most
           vehemently
           could
           charge
           others
           with
           being
           in
           the
           wrong
           .
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           was
           urged
           ,
           and
           quoted
           against
           Saint
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           and
           
             Apollos
          
           against
           both
           ,
           and
           
             Christ
          
           against
           all
           three
           .
           Whose
           Sermons
           ,
           like
           those
           changeable
           figures
           which
           melancholly
           men
           frame
           to
           themselves
           in
           the
           clouds
           ,
           were
           made
           to
           weare
           the
           shape
           and
           form
           ,
           which
           every
           mans
           zeale
           and
           fancy
           suggested
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           Hence
           ,
           in
           time
           ,
           from
           difference
           and
           disagreement
           in
           mindes
           and
           speech
           ,
           they
           grew
           to
           difference
           and
           disagreement
           in
           society
           and
           conversation
           too
           .
           Difference
           of
           opinion
           bred
           separation
           of
           companies
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           was
           at
           first
           but
           a
           neighbourly
           dispute
           ,
           by
           degrees
           tooke
           flame
           ,
           and
           grew
           to
           be
           mortall
           hatred
           ,
           division
           and
           schisme
           .
           Men
           of
           the
           next
           doore
           were
           no
           longer
           neighbours
           to
           one
           another
           .
           All
           the
           bonds
           of
           Charity
           became
           utterly
           broken
           .
           All
           Christian
           entercourse
           ,
           and
           familiarity
           and
           commerce
           ceast
           between
           them
           .
           He
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           false
           ,
           and
           to
           betray
           his
           side
           ,
           who
           offered
           to
           shew
           himselfe
           affable
           or
           civill
           to
           one
           of
           another
           party
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           the
           breach
           became
           so
           wide
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           the
           onely
           religious
           man
           who
           could
           most
           enlarge
           the
           rent
           ,
           and
           could
           bring
           most
           fuell
           to
           the
           present
           combustion
           which
           was
           thus
           unhappily
           kindled
           among
           them
           .
           To
           compose
           these
           differences
           therefore
           ,
           (
           differences
           not
           unlike
           those
           of
           our
           miserable
           ,
           distracted
           times
           )
           and
           to
           make
           the
           Knot
           and
           Reconciliation
           as
           fast
           and
           strong
           ,
           as
           the
           disagreement
           and
           rent
           was
           large
           and
           wide
           ,
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           here
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           prescribes
           a
           severall
           Cure
           ,
           for
           every
           particular
           and
           severall
           breach
           .
           First
           ,
           to
           remove
           the
           discord
           which
           rose
           among
           them
           ,
           by
           calling
           themselves
           by
           severall
           names
           ,
           and
           to
           banish
           the
           ill
           consequences
           of
           all
           such
           factious
           compellations
           ,
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           are
           bitter
           Invectives
           ,
           and
           sharp
           arrowes
           of
           detraction
           hurld
           at
           one
           another
           ,
           he
           perswades
           them
           to
           unity
           of
           language
           and
           speech
           ,
           and
           exhorts
           them
           to
           call
           themselves
           all
           by
           the
           same
           name
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             ye
             al
             speak
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           Next
           ,
           to
           remove
           their
           want
           of
           meetings
           ,
           and
           Communion
           together
           in
           the
           same
           place
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           he
           perswades
           them
           to
           unity
           of
           Assemblies
           ,
           and
           Congregation
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             no
             divisions
             ,
          
           That
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           progress
           of
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           make
           it
           clear
           to
           you
           from
           the
           Original
           )
           that
           there
           be
           no
           separations
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           (
           as
           our
           English
           word
           doth
           wel
           express
           it
           )
           that
           there
           be
           no
           
           private
           sequestred
           meetings
           ,
           no
           such
           things
           as
           Conventicles
           among
           you
           .
           Thirdly
           ▪
           to
           remove
           the
           root
           ,
           and
           spring
           of
           all
           these
           uncharitable
           strifes
           ,
           and
           divisions
           ,
           and
           separations
           ,
           he
           perswades
           them
           to
           unity
           of
           opinions
           and
           minds
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             you
             be
             perfectly
             joyned
             together
             in
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             judgement
             .
          
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           with
           the
           greater
           successe
           do
           this
           ,
           and
           (
           like
           a
           skilfull
           reconciler
           )
           might
           win
           upon
           all
           sides
           ,
           he
           for
           a
           while
           layes
           aside
           the
           Authority
           of
           his
           Apostleship
           ;
           and
           mingling
           Request
           and
           Conjuration
           ,
           with
           Exhortation
           and
           Advice
           ,
           he
           acts
           the
           part
           of
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           Petitioner
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Upon
           these
           parts
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           mild
           insinuation
           ,
           and
           addresse
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           the
           severall
           Degrees
           of
           unity
           and
           concord
           ,
           in
           speech
           ,
           in
           Assemblies
           ,
           and
           in
           Opinions
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           here
           exhorts
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           I
           will
           build
           my
           future
           discourse
           .
           In
           the
           ordering
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           will
           begin
           with
           the
           Apostles
           submissive
           insinuation
           ,
           or
           addresse
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
           For
           the
           clearer
           and
           more
           usefull
           handling
           of
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           First
           ,
           
           it
           will
           be
           necessary
           that
           I
           speake
           somthing
           to
           you
           of
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           person
           ,
           the
           Preacher
           here
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           calling
           to
           the
           Ministery
           ;
           which
           well
           considered
           ,
           will
           conduce
           very
           much
           to
           the
           removall
           of
           a
           certaine
           dangerous
           error
           received
           of
           late
           into
           the
           minds
           of
           too
           many
           unlearned
           ,
           vulgar
           men
           among
           us
           :
           Which
           is
           ,
           That
           Universities
           ,
           and
           Bookes
           ,
           and
           Studies
           ,
           and
           Learning
           are
           so
           farre
           from
           being
           necessary
           preparations
           to
           make
           a
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           that
           any
           Lay-man
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           brought
           up
           to
           a
           manuall
           Trade
           ,
           of
           a
           vocation
           of
           Husbandry
           ,
           or
           attendance
           upon
           Cattel
           ,
           if
           he
           finde
           by
           himselfe
           that
           he
           is
           called
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           may
           put
           himselfe
           into
           Orders
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           Ministery
           upon
           him
           .
           And
           thus
           enabled
           from
           above
           ,
           without
           the
           forme
           of
           Ordination
           ,
           or
           those
           other
           slow
           ,
           tedious
           ,
           lazy
           helps
           ,
           of
           sitting
           twenty
           years
           in
           a
           Colledge
           to
           understand
           the
           Bible
           ,
           may
           in
           the
           few
           minutes
           of
           a
           powerfull
           Inspiration
           spring
           up
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           and
           go
           forth
           a
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           perswasion
           they
           have
           been
           invited
           by
           two
           sorts
           of
           Examples
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           one
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           the
           New
           .
           In
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           Doe
           you
           not
           read
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           that
           
           God
           called
           
             Elisha
          
           from
           the
           Plough
           to
           be
           a
           Prophet
           ?
           And
           doth
           not
           
             Amos
          
           tell
           you
           in
           the
           7.
           
           Chapter
           of
           his
           Prophesie
           ,
           at
           the
           14.
           
           Verse
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Herdman
           ,
           and
           a
           gatherer
           of
           Sycamore
           fruit
           ?
           Then
           for
           examples
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           pray
           what
           were
           the
           Apostles
           ?
           were
           they
           great
           Schollars
           ?
           or
           did
           Christ
           send
           to
           
             Athens
          
           for
           them
           ?
           were
           they
           not
           Fishermen
           ,
           men
           altogether
           unletter'd
           ,
           men
           called
           from
           mending
           nets
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospell
           ?
           If
           this
           were
           so
           ,
           That
           God
           according
           to
           his
           good
           pleasure
           ,
           without
           any
           consideration
           of
           study
           ,
           or
           height
           of
           parts
           ,
           chose
           simple
           ,
           unlearned
           ,
           unstudied
           men
           ,
           to
           be
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           Teachers
           ,
           then
           why
           should
           any
           thinke
           he
           hath
           so
           confined
           ,
           or
           entailed
           his
           free
           Spirit
           ,
           or
           vocation
           of
           men
           ,
           upon
           great
           parts
           ,
           and
           studies
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           ,
           if
           he
           please
           call
           the
           like
           unstudied
           ,
           simple
           men
           from
           the
           Plough
           or
           Fisher-boat
           ,
           or
           Stall
           ,
           or
           Shop-board
           ,
           to
           be
           Ministers
           of
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           Teachers
           of
           his
           people
           now
           ?
        
         
           My
           Brethren
           ,
           you
           see
           I
           have
           not
           prevaricated
           ,
           or
           diminished
           ought
           of
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           Argument
           which
           is
           urged
           in
           favour
           of
           Lay-mens
           preaching
           .
           In
           answer
           to
           which
           ,
           laying
           aside
           all
           partiality
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           prejudice
           against
           them
           ,
           I
           shall
           with
           the
           same
           spirit
           of
           meekness
           and
           Candour
           ,
           with
           which
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           here
           in
           this
           Text
           bespoke
           his
           Corinthians
           ,
           beseech
           you
           ,
           who
           heare
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           observe
           ,
           and
           weigh
           ,
           and
           consider
           well
           this
           which
           I
           shall
           say
           for
           a
           Reply
           ?
        
         
           First
           ,
           Far
           ,
           far
           be
           it
           from
           me
           so
           to
           flatter
           the
           place
           of
           my
           Education
           ,
           or
           so
           to
           biass
           my
           beleef
           ,
           by
           any
           false
           ovevarluing
           of
           humane
           Industry
           ,
           or
           great
           parts
           that
           I
           should
           pinion
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           or
           put
           limits
           to
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ;
           Or
           should
           be
           so
           irreligiously
           bold
           ,
           as
           to
           gain-say
           that
           piece
           of
           his
           Gospell
           which
           compares
           his
           holy
           Spirit
           to
           the
           
             Wind
             ,
          
           which
           
             bloweth
             where
             it
             listeth
             .
          
           If
           they
           who
           thus
           pretend
           to
           a
           private
           Inspiration
           doe
           meane
           ,
           that
           whatever
           God
           did
           in
           the
           times
           heretofore
           ,
           he
           is
           able
           to
           doe
           now
           ,
           I
           shall
           easily
           grant
           it
           ;
           And
           here
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           you
           all
           ,
           confesse
           my selfe
           to
           be
           of
           their
           opinion
           .
           Nor
           shall
           I
           make
           any
           doubt
           or
           scruple
           at
           all
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           we
           looke
           upon
           what
           God
           is
           able
           to
           doe
           ,
           by
           the
           fame
           power
           by
           which
           he
           was
           able
           to
           raise
           up
           Children
           to
           
             Abraham
          
           out
           of
           stones
           ,
           or
           (
           to
           speake
           yet
           more
           neerly
           to
           the
           Argument
           in
           hand
           )
           by
           the
           same
           power
           that
           hee
           was
           able
           to
           make
           a
           Herd-man
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           or
           a
           Fisher-man
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           he
           is
           able
           ,
           in
           our
           times
           also
           ,
           
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           meanest
           Tradesman
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Luminaries
           of
           his
           Church
           .
           Since
           to
           an
           Omnipotent
           Agent
           ,
           whose
           gifts
           are
           meerly
           Arbitrary
           ,
           and
           depend
           wholly
           upon
           the
           pleasure
           of
           his
           owne
           will
           ,
           the
           greatest
           endowments
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           least
           ,
           are
           alike
           easie
           .
           But
           though
           he
           be
           able
           to
           doe
           this
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           ancient
           times
           of
           the
           Scripture
           have
           imparted
           his
           Gifts
           without
           respect
           of
           Persons
           ,
           yet
           whether
           he
           now
           will
           ,
           or
           whether
           in
           our
           times
           hee
           doth
           still
           thus
           extraordinarily
           raise
           up
           Teachers
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           is
           extreamly
           to
           be
           doubted
           .
           For
           here
           with
           all
           the
           Christian
           gentleness
           and
           reason
           ,
           which
           may
           possibly
           conduce
           to
           the
           clearing
           of
           this
           doubt
           ,
           were
           I
           to
           argue
           this
           Controversie
           with
           one
           of
           those
           men
           who
           invade
           our
           function
           ,
           and
           from
           gathering
           of
           Sycamore
           fruit
           step
           up
           into
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           I
           would
           onely
           aske
           him
           this
           question
           ;
           What
           Commission
           he
           hath
           thus
           to
           usurp
           upon
           our
           Office
           ;
           Or
           who
           signed
           him
           his
           patent
           ;
           Since
           the
           Apostle
           tells
           us
           in
           the
           fifth
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrewes
           ,
           at
           the
           fourth
           Verse
           ,
           (
           A
           place
           well
           worth
           your
           marking
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           )
           That
           
             no
             man
             taketh
             this
             honour
             of
             a
             Priest
             to
             himselfe
             ,
             But
             he
             who
             is
             called
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             was
             Aaron
             ?
          
           I
           know
           his
           common
           answer
           will
           bee
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           called
           him
           to
           this
           Office
           by
           the
           secret
           Instinct
           ,
           and
           Motion
           of
           his
           Holy
           Spirit
           .
           But
           ,
           then
           ,
           he
           must
           not
           take
           it
           ill
           ,
           if
           I
           yet
           farther
           aske
           him
           ,
           by
           what
           signes
           ,
           or
           markes
           ,
           or
           testimonies
           ,
           or
           tokens
           ,
           he
           can
           either
           ma●e
           it
           reasonably
           appeare
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           others
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           dealt
           with
           him
           as
           he
           dealt
           with
           some
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           or
           Apostles
           ;
           called
           him
           from
           his
           Trade
           by
           such
           a
           motion
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ?
           
             Elisha
          
           we
           know
           ,
           made
           Iron
           swim
           ,
           and
           knew
           mens
           Closet-discourses
           in
           a
           farre
           Countrey
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           sure
           and
           certaine
           signe
           that
           God
           had
           called
           him
           to
           be
           a
           Prophet
           .
           The
           Apostles
           also
           we
           know
           ,
           wrought
           many
           of
           Christs
           miracles
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           most
           infallible
           signe
           that
           God
           had
           chosen
           them
           to
           be
           Apostles
           .
           If
           any
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           who
           derive
           their
           warrant
           from
           the
           same
           sacred
           spring
           ,
           can
           make
           Iron
           swim
           ,
           or
           like
           
             Elisha
             ,
          
           remaining
           here
           in
           their
           owne
           Israel
           ,
           can
           tell
           us
           what
           the
           King
           of
           Syria
           saies
           in
           his
           Bed-chamber
           ;
           Or
           if
           like
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           they
           can
           cure
           fevers
           and
           diseases
           by
           their
           bare
           shadowes
           passing
           over
           them
           ;
           Or
           if
           ,
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           having
           never
           before
           knowne
           Letters
           ,
           they
           can
           of
           a
           sudden
           speake
           all
           Languages
           ,
           the
           Controversie
           is
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           It
           would
           bee
           a
           very
           great
           sinne
           against
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           to
           deny
           ,
           that
           hee
           is
           in
           them
           of
           a
           Truth
           .
           
           But
           if
           all
           the
           proofe
           and
           signe
           they
           can
           give
           us
           that
           they
           have
           him
           ,
           be
           onely
           a
           strong
           perswasion
           of
           themselves
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           if
           by
           an
           infallible
           Illumination
           they
           could
           assure
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           him
           ,
           yet
           as
           many
           as
           have
           not
           the
           like
           infallible
           Illumination
           to
           assure
           them
           so
           too
           ,
           will
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           an
           unpardonable
           offence
           ,
           if
           they
           suspect
           they
           have
           him
           not
           .
           For
           here
           ,
           I
           must
           once
           more
           repeat
           my
           former
           Question
           ,
           and
           aske
           by
           what
           effects
           ,
           or
           signes
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           men
           shall
           know
           them
           to
           be
           called
           ?
           By
           what
           ?
           will
           some
           man
           say
           ,
           why
           ?
           Doe
           you
           not
           heare
           them
           preach
           ,
           expound
           Scripture
           ,
           unfold
           Prophecies
           ,
           interpret
           Parables
           ,
           nay
           plucke
           the
           veile
           and
           cloud
           from
           the
           Booke
           of
           Mysteries
           it selfe
           ,
           the
           very
           
             Revelation
             ?
          
           Can
           any
           of
           you
           great
           Schollers
           ,
           with
           all
           your
           study
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           Fathers
           ,
           Councells
           ,
           Schoole-men
           ,
           Historians
           ,
           Oratours
           ,
           Poets
           ,
           either
           hold
           your
           Congregations
           longer
           ,
           or
           send
           them
           away
           more
           edified
           ?
           And
           will
           you
           yet
           ask
           Questions
           ?
           Or
           doubt
           of
           the
           certainty
           of
           their
           vocation
           ?
           I
           must
           not
           dissemble
           with
           you
           ,
           if
           I
           could
           meet
           with
           an
           unlearned
           Handicraft-man
           ,
           who
           without
           study
           ,
           can
           doe
           this
           to
           the
           same
           height
           ,
           and
           measure
           of
           Truth
           ,
           as
           those
           unjustly-cryed
           downe
           ,
           learned
           ,
           and
           well-studied
           men
           doe
           ,
           I
           should
           begin
           to
           alter
           my
           opinion
           ;
           And
           should
           reckon
           him
           as
           hee
           deserves
           ,
           in
           the
           number
           of
           the
           inspired
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           not
           come
           hither
           to
           disparage
           the
           guifts
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           in
           what
           person
           soever
           I
           finde
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           perswade
           that
           Scripture
           rightly
           expounded
           ,
           is
           not
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           ,
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           Priest
           ,
           or
           an
           inspired
           Lay-man
           ;
           so
           this
           I
           must
           freely
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           That
           as
           many
           of
           those
           strange
           Teachers
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           ,
           have
           expounded
           Scripture
           indeed
           ,
           and
           have
           ventured
           upon
           some
           of
           the
           hardest
           places
           of
           the
           Prophets
           .
           But
           ,
           then
           ,
           if
           all
           my
           studies
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           assisted
           with
           all
           those
           holy
           ,
           uncorrupted
           learned
           helps
           ,
           which
           might
           enable
           mee
           to
           understand
           it
           aright
           ,
           have
           not
           deceived
           me
           ,
           their
           expositions
           ,
           and
           Sermons
           ,
           how
           passionately
           delivered
           ,
           or
           how
           long
           soever
           ,
           are
           evident
           proofes
           to
           mee
           that
           they
           have
           not
           the
           Spirit
           .
           If
           they
           had
           ,
           they
           would
           never
           ,
           certainely
           ,
           expound
           Scripture
           so
           directly
           contrary
           to
           his
           meaning
           ;
           Or
           make
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           Prophets
           or
           Apostles
           ,
           weare
           only
           that
           present
           shape
           ,
           not
           which
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           hath
           imprinted
           and
           stampt
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           which
           tends
           to
           the
           division
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           confusion
           of
           a
           Church
           ;
           
           Nor
           would
           they
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           ,
           what
           ever
           the
           Text
           be
           ,
           presse
           that
           sense
           from
           it
           ,
           not
           which
           is
           genuine
           ,
           and
           naturall
           ,
           but
           which
           tends
           most
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           a
           party
           ,
           or
           the
           fomentation
           of
           a
           most
           unnaturall
           Civill
           Warre
           .
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           tells
           us
           in
           the
           fift
           Chapter
           of
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           
             Galatians
             ,
          
           at
           the
           22
           ,
           and
           23.
           
           Verses
           ,
           that
           
             the
             fruits
             ,
          
           or
           effects
           
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             are
             love
             ,
             peace
             ,
             long-suffering
             ,
             gentlenesse
             ,
             meeknesse
             ,
             temperance
             .
          
           He
           useth
           to
           speake
           to
           men
           in
           the
           voice
           ,
           and
           figure
           of
           a
           Dove
           :
           But
           to
           entitle
           him
           to
           all
           those
           forbidden
           workes
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           of
           variance
           ,
           hatred
           ,
           sedition
           ,
           heresies
           ,
           envyings
           ,
           murthers
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           there
           reckoned
           up
           in
           the
           precedent
           Verses
           of
           that
           Chapter
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           him
           speake
           with
           the
           voice
           of
           a
           Raven
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           is
           not
           the
           Author
           of
           such
           Doctrines
           as
           breake
           Gods
           Commandements
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           a
           long
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           a
           zealous
           two-houres
           reviling
           of
           the
           foot-steps
           of
           the
           Lords
           Anointed
           ,
           their
           lawfull
           Soveraigne
           ,
           which
           can
           make
           their
           Sermons
           to
           be
           any
           other
           then
           so
           much
           Libell
           ,
           or
           holy
           Detractation
           ;
           Or
           which
           can
           make
           their
           Intrepretations
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           how
           moderate
           soever
           in
           other
           cases
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           agreeable
           to
           the
           scope
           ,
           and
           minde
           ,
           and
           intention
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           to
           be
           any
           more
           then
           so
           many
           zealous
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           illegitimate
           births
           ,
           and
           creatures
           of
           their
           own
           deluded
           fancies
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           in
           pursuit
           of
           this
           seasonable
           Argument
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           plainenesse
           I
           can
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           well
           know
           where
           I
           am
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           Auditorie
           I
           speake
           )
           to
           make
           it
           yet
           farther
           evident
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           should
           grant
           what
           these
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Basil
          
           calls
           them
           ,
           these
           Saints
           of
           a
           daies
           growth
           ,
           challenge
           to
           themselves
           ,
           who
           thinke
           that
           all
           that
           is
           required
           to
           make
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           is
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           onely
           to
           be
           willing
           ,
           and
           to
           start
           up
           a
           Preacher
           .
           If
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           granted
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           the
           inward
           calling
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           yet
           God
           is
           so
           much
           the
           God
           of
           order
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           they
           will
           enter
           themselves
           into
           his
           service
           ,
           by
           undergoing
           those
           Rites
           of
           Consecration
           and
           Imposition
           of
           Hands
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           prescribed
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           to
           stand
           for
           ever
           as
           the
           outward
           formes
           and
           signes
           of
           their
           vocation
           too
           ,
           every
           act
           of
           the
           Ministerie
           which
           they
           performe
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           sacrifice
           like
           theirs
           who
           offered
           strange
           fire
           before
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           miserably
           perisht
           by
           their
           owne
           forbidden
           Censors
           .
           Or
           if
           you
           will
           have
           me
           expresse
           the
           danger
           of
           it
           by
           a
           
           judgement
           as
           terrible
           .
           Thus
           to
           put
           their
           hand
           to
           the
           Arke
           ,
           thus
           to
           support
           it
           ,
           if
           't
           were
           ready
           to
           fall
           ,
           is
           such
           an
           unwarranted
           piece
           of
           officiousnesse
           ,
           as
           will
           (
           certainely
           )
           unrepented
           ,
           at
           some
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           draw
           the
           punishment
           of
           
             Vzzrah
          
           upon
           them
           ,
           provoke
           the
           abused
           Almighty
           to
           breake
           forth
           in
           a
           flame
           of
           fire
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           consume
           them
           for
           their
           unnecessarie
           diligence
           .
           For
           here
           ,
           all
           the
           Scripture
           examples
           which
           imbolden
           them
           to
           this
           worke
           ,
           do
           returne
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           so
           many
           instances
           and
           proofes
           of
           their
           incroachment
           on
           our
           office
           .
           For
           here
           let
           me
           once
           more
           ask
           them
           ,
           How
           was
           
             Elisha
          
           called
           to
           be
           a
           Prophet
           ?
           meerly
           by
           the
           secret
           ,
           unknown
           whisper
           and
           instinct
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           ,
           yet
           this
           would
           not
           make
           much
           for
           them
           ;
           because
           God
           never
           tyed
           himself
           precisely
           to
           those
           outward
           formes
           in
           the
           choice
           of
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           which
           he
           then
           did
           ,
           and
           still
           doth
           in
           the
           choice
           of
           his
           Priests
           .
           Yet
           the
           calling
           of
           this
           Prophet
           was
           not
           without
           its
           visible
           signe
           ▪
           
             Goe
             ,
          
           saies
           God
           to
           
             Elias
             ,
          
           in
           the
           19.
           Chap.
           of
           the
           first
           booke
           of
           
             Kings
             ,
          
           at
           the
           16.
           
           Verse
           ,
           
             Anoint
          
           Elisha
           
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Shaphat
           
             to
             be
             Prophet
             in
             thy
             roome
             .
          
           And
           whether
           the
           like
           Ceremony
           of
           powring
           oyle
           on
           his
           head
           ,
           were
           not
           also
           performed
           by
           some
           elder
           Prophet
           upon
           
             Amos
          
           as
           the
           younger
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           not
           affirmed
           ,
           so
           't
           is
           not
           denyed
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           left
           probable
           .
           In
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Priests
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           the
           case
           is
           much
           more
           evident
           :
           Read
           at
           your
           leisure
           the
           29.
           
           Chapter
           of
           
             Exodus
             ,
          
           there
           you
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           before
           God
           would
           receive
           them
           into
           that
           sacred
           function
           ,
           first
           ,
           divers
           Sacrifices
           were
           to
           bee
           offered
           for
           them
           ;
           then
           they
           were
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           door
           of
           the
           Tabernacle
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           bee
           washt
           ;
           then
           the
           Priests
           Garments
           ,
           the
           Coat
           ,
           the
           Ephod
           ,
           the
           Brest-plate
           ,
           and
           Mitre
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           put
           upon
           them
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           followed
           the
           anointing
           oyle
           ,
           which
           was
           powred
           upon
           their
           heads
           :
           And
           this
           was
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Priests
           of
           those
           times
           .
        
         
           The
           Ceremonies
           of
           Consecration
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           were
           different
           ,
           I
           confesse
           ,
           from
           those
           of
           the
           Old
           ;
           but
           yet
           equivalent
           ,
           and
           answerable
           to
           them
           in
           their
           kinde
           .
           These
           were
           ,
           a
           publike
           meeting
           of
           the
           Church
           together
           ,
           a
           presentation
           there
           made
           of
           the
           person
           to
           bee
           made
           a
           Priest
           ;
           solemne
           prayers
           and
           supplications
           put
           up
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           usefull
           to
           his
           Church
           :
           and
           for
           a
           seale
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           the
           Imposition
           of
           the
           Bishops
           hands
           ,
           assisted
           by
           his
           Presbyters
           .
           Now
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           apply
           this
           to
           the
           strange
           
           Priests
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           who
           with
           unwasht
           feet
           thrust
           themselves
           into
           the
           Tabernacle
           ;
           not
           a
           sacrifice
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           handfull
           of
           meale
           ,
           or
           grain
           of
           Incense
           ,
           or
           drop
           of
           oyl
           spent
           towards
           their
           Consecration
           ;
           No
           solemne
           assembly
           ,
           no
           presentation
           of
           themselves
           made
           to
           God
           ,
           no
           imposition
           of
           hands
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           a
           short
           Prayer
           ,
           or
           benediction
           ,
           or
           God
           speed
           you
           ,
           used
           towards
           their
           setting
           forth
           into
           the
           Lords
           Vineyard
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           find
           that
           these
           are
           the
           theeves
           and
           robbers
           (
           pardon
           the
           hardness
           of
           the
           language
           ,
           I
           cannot
           make
           the
           Scripture
           speake
           mildlier
           then
           it
           doth
           )
           which
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           speaks
           of
           in
           the
           1●
           .
           Chapter
           of
           S.
           
             John
          
           at
           the
           first
           Verse
           ,
           
             Men
             who
             enter
             not
             in
             by
             the
             doore
             into
             the
             sheep-fold
             ,
             but
             climbe
             up
             some
             other
             way
             .
          
           In
           briefe
           ,
           men
           ,
           whose
           Sermons
           and
           Doctrines
           correspond
           to
           their
           consecrations
           .
           By
           stealth
           they
           enter
           into
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           by
           stealth
           they
           exercise
           it
           .
           And
           whereas
           the
           mark
           and
           Character
           of
           all
           the
           true
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           is
           to
           stand
           ,
           
             having
             their
             feet
             shod
             with
             the
             preparation
             of
             the
             Gospel
             of
             peace
             ,
          
           
           these
           men
           wander
           ,
           and
           goe
           about
           ,
           having
           their
           feet
           shod
           with
           the
           preparation
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           strife
           .
           Men
           ,
           who
           never
           think
           themselves
           sufficiently
           Apostles
           ,
           till
           all
           the
           world
           doe
           call
           them
           the
           sons
           of
           thunder
           too
           .
           Men
           who
           speake
           fire
           ,
           and
           throw
           lightning
           among
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           thinke
           they
           have
           then
           onely
           done
           the
           worke
           ,
           and
           businesse
           of
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           cast
           the
           Congregation
           which
           they
           leave
           behind
           them
           into
           a
           cumbustion
           and
           flame
           .
           I
           shall
           trouble
           your
           patience
           but
           with
           one
           Objection
           ,
           which
           may
           possibly
           be
           made
           against
           what
           I
           have
           hitherto
           said
           ;
           that
           is
           this
           :
           Here
           ,
           some
           one
           of
           these
           moderne
           ,
           selfe-inspiring
           Teachers
           may
           say
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           you
           tell
           us
           of
           Ceremonies
           and
           Consecrations
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           ,
           Imposition
           of
           hands
           ;
           but
           either
           you
           have
           forgot
           your selfe
           ,
           or
           wisely
           dissembled
           the
           vocation
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           Were
           not
           they
           without
           your
           formality
           of
           laying
           on
           of
           hands
           ,
           without
           all
           this
           adoe
           of
           conveying
           orders
           ,
           and
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           by
           fingers
           ,
           immediately
           called
           by
           Christ
           ?
           What
           imposition
           of
           hands
           went
           to
           change
           S.
           
             Peter
          
           from
           a
           Fisher-man
           into
           an
           Apostle
           ?
           or
           what
           Bishops
           Ceremonies
           past
           to
           make
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           (
           in
           whose
           person
           you
           have
           all
           this
           while
           preacht
           against
           us
           )
           of
           a
           persecutor
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           become
           a
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ?
           Doth
           not
           your
           own
           
             Tertullian
          
           say
           ,
           
             Nonne
             &
             Laici
             Sacerdotes
             sumus
             ,
          
           That
           any
           Lay-man
           ,
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           may
           be
           a
           Priest
           ?
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           reply
           ;
           first
           ,
           As
           for
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           we
           
           doe
           not
           read
           that
           they
           were
           consecrated
           to
           their
           Ministerie
           by
           such
           Rites
           and
           Imposition
           of
           hands
           ,
           as
           were
           afterwards
           received
           and
           practised
           in
           the
           Church
           .
           Yet
           something
           answerable
           to
           the
           Imposition
           of
           hands
           went
           to
           their
           Consecration
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           invested
           with
           full
           Authority
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospell
           to
           the
           world
           .
           For
           besides
           their
           first
           vocation
           by
           Christ
           to
           be
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           learnt
           that
           Gospell
           which
           they
           afterwards
           preacht
           ,
           what
           saies
           the
           Scripture
           ?
           
             Tarry
             yee
             at
             Jerusalem
             ,
          
           sayes
           Christ
           to
           them
           ,
           
           after
           his
           Resurrection
           ,
           
             till
             I
             send
             the
             promise
             of
             my
             Father
             upon
             you
             ,
             and
             yee
             be
             indued
             with
             power
             from
             above
             .
          
           And
           ,
           pray
           ,
           what
           was
           that
           promise
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           this
           power
           ?
           Certainly
           ,
           that
           which
           you
           read
           of
           in
           the
           second
           Chapter
           of
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           where
           at
           the
           time
           prefixt
           by
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           descended
           on
           them
           .
           And
           how
           did
           hee
           descend
           ?
           in
           a
           still
           ,
           soft
           ,
           secret
           ,
           invisible
           perswasion
           of
           the
           Fancy
           ?
           Or
           in
           the
           silent
           whisper
           of
           an
           unperceived
           Illumination
           ?
           No
           such
           matter
           ,
           
             Quod
             Episcopus
             aliis
             ,
             Spiritus
             sanctus
             Apostolis
             ,
          
           saies
           a
           learned
           man
           .
           The
           holy
           Ghost
           here
           supplyed
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Bishop
           ,
           descended
           upon
           them
           in
           an
           audible
           rushing
           wind
           ,
           which
           signified
           his
           election
           of
           them
           to
           the
           eare
           ;
           And
           sate
           upon
           their
           heads
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           cloven
           Tongues
           of
           fire
           ;
           which
           signified
           his
           election
           of
           them
           to
           the
           eye
           .
           
             Hi
             ritus
             ,
             haec
             impositio
             ;
          
           These
           were
           his
           Ceremonies
           ,
           this
           his
           Imposition
           of
           hands
           ,
           sayes
           that
           Author
           .
           So
           that
           all
           the
           difference
           betweene
           the
           Admission
           of
           the
           Apostles
           to
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           was
           onely
           this
           :
           In
           other
           Consecrations
           the
           Bishop
           onely
           granted
           the
           power
           to
           preach
           ,
           but
           bestowed
           not
           the
           Guifts
           ;
           Here
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           bestowed
           both
           .
           He
           first
           by
           visible
           ,
           outward
           signes
           ,
           testified
           to
           the
           world
           whom
           hee
           had
           chosen
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           they
           were
           to
           hearken
           ;
           And
           then
           furnisht
           them
           with
           Tongues
           ,
           and
           Languages
           ,
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           parts
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           the
           Guides
           and
           great
           Instructers
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Let
           these
           men
           make
           it
           appeare
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           hath
           thus
           descended
           upon
           them
           ,
           thus
           furnisht
           them
           with
           parts
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           most
           willingly
           resign
           my
           place
           to
           them
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           as
           for
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           't
           is
           cleare
           by
           the
           story
           of
           his
           Conversion
           ,
           that
           he
           received
           not
           his
           Commission
           to
           preach
           from
           that
           which
           Christ
           spoke
           to
           him
           immediately
           from
           Heaven
           .
           But
           what
           saies
           the
           place
           ?
           
           After
           he
           was
           fallen
           to
           the
           Earth
           blinde
           ,
           
             Arise
             ,
          
           saies
           Christ
           to
           him
           ,
           
             and
             goe
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             there
             it
             shall
             be
             told
             thee
             what
             thou
             
             must
             doe
             .
          
           When
           hee
           came
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           a
           certaine
           Disciple
           named
           
             Ananias
             ,
          
           
           pre-instructed
           by
           Christ
           in
           a
           vision
           ,
           was
           sent
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           putting
           his
           hands
           on
           him
           ,
           saies
           the
           Text
           ,
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           
             Brother
             Saul
             ,
             the
             Lord
             (
             even
             Jesus
             that
             appeared
             to
             thee
             in
             the
             way
             )
             hath
             sent
             me
             ,
             that
             thou
             mightst
             receive
             thy
             sight
             ,
             and
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           Till
           his
           Imposition
           of
           hands
           ,
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           was
           not
           bestowed
           upon
           him
           .
           And
           when
           he
           was
           bestowed
           upon
           him
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           not
           his
           full
           Commission
           ;
           he
           was
           but
           yet
           a
           Disciple
           consecrated
           by
           a
           Disciple
           .
           To
           make
           him
           an
           out-right
           Apostle
           ,
           a
           higher
           ,
           second
           ,
           and
           more
           solemne
           consecration
           past
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           13.
           
           Chapter
           of
           the
           
             Acts
             ,
          
           where
           ,
           sayes
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           Teachers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Antioch
           ,
           
             Separate
             me
          
           Barnabas
           
             and
          
           Saul
           ,
           
             for
             the
             worke
             whereunto
             I
             have
             called
             them
             ,
          
           Ver.
           2.
           
           And
           how
           were
           they
           separated
           I
           pray
           ?
           The
           third
           Verse
           tells
           you
           ,
           
             When
             the
             Prophets
             and
             Teachers
          
           (
           there
           mentioned
           )
           
             had
             fasted
             ,
             and
             prayed
             ,
             and
             laid
             their
             hands
             on
             them
             ,
          
           saies
           the
           Text
           ,
           
             they
             sent
             them
             away
             ,
          
           till
           then
           they
           wanted
           power
           .
           To
           which
           passage
           of
           this
           vocation
           ,
           or
           calling
           to
           the
           Ministery
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           adde
           this
           for
           his
           parts
           .
           That
           in
           a
           humane
           way
           of
           acquired
           Learning
           ,
           hee
           was
           the
           greatest
           Scholler
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           bred
           up
           at
           the
           feet
           of
           
             Gamaliel
             ,
          
           a
           great
           Doctor
           of
           Law
           ,
           spoke
           more
           Tongues
           ,
           attained
           by
           his
           owne
           Industry
           ,
           then
           all
           the
           other
           Apostles
           ,
           which
           had
           almost
           all
           Languages
           instilled
           into
           them
           by
           infusion
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           he
           was
           verst
           ,
           and
           read
           ,
           and
           studied
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           highest
           parts
           of
           secular
           learning
           ;
           In
           the
           writings
           of
           
             Menander
             ,
             Epimenides
             ,
          
           and
           
             Aratus
             ,
          
           Heathen
           Poets
           .
           Which
           is
           sure
           signe
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           studies
           ,
           and
           learning
           ,
           and
           parts
           acquired
           in
           Universities
           ,
           are
           no
           hindrances
           ,
           or
           impediments
           ,
           if
           not
           helps
           to
           the
           Ministery
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           as
           for
           that
           saying
           of
           
             Tertullian
             ,
          
           that
           Lay-men
           may
           be
           Priests
           ,
           hee
           tells
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           following
           words
           ,
           in
           what
           case
           this
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           .
           
             Vbi
             Ecclesiastici
             ordinis
             non
             est
             consessus
             ;
          
           Where
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           time
           and
           place
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           Ecclesiasticall
           orders
           cannot
           be
           had
           ;
           If
           a
           Christian
           Lay-man
           should
           come
           into
           a
           Pagan
           Island
           ,
           or
           into
           a
           Countrey
           of
           Heathen
           people
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           true
           Minister
           ,
           here
           
             Tinguis
             ,
             &
             offers
             ,
             &
             sacerdos
             es
             ,
          
           everie
           man
           is
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           may
           baptize
           ,
           and
           adminster
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           preach
           as
           much
           of
           the
           Gospell
           as
           hee
           knowes
           .
           But
           where
           this
           necessity
           is
           not
           ,
           to
           snatch
           the
           Sermon
           out
           of
           the
           mouth
           ,
           or
           the
           Sacrament
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           
           or
           the
           child
           out
           of
           the
           armes
           of
           the
           true
           Minister
           ,
           is
           certainly
           to
           be
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           uncalled
           Teachers
           ,
           of
           whom
           God
           complaines
           in
           the
           23.
           
           Chapter
           of
           
             Jeremy
             ,
          
           at
           the
           21.
           
           Verse
           ,
           where
           he
           saies
           ,
           
             I
             have
             not
             sent
             these
             Prophets
             ,
             yet
             they
             ran
             ;
             I
             have
             not
             spoken
             to
             them
             ,
             yet
             they
             prophecied
             .
          
           And
           farther
           then
           this
           I
           will
           not
           pursue
           the
           first
           thing
           I
           proposed
           to
           you
           ;
           which
           was
           by
           occasion
           of
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           calling
           to
           be
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           to
           remove
           an
           errour
           of
           late
           taken
           into
           the
           minds
           of
           some
           ,
           that
           crafts-men
           may
           exercise
           the
           place
           and
           function
           of
           a
           Priest
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           shall
           observe
           to
           you
           ,
           
           is
           ,
           the
           holy
           art
           and
           insinuation
           which
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           here
           useth
           to
           win
           upon
           the
           minds
           of
           his
           disagreeing
           
             Corinthians
             .
          
           Though
           he
           professe
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           next
           Chapter
           ,
           that
           he
           came
           not
           to
           them
           with
           that
           part
           of
           an
           Orator
           about
           him
           ,
           which
           consists
           in
           the
           excellency
           of
           speech
           ,
           or
           the
           entising
           words
           of
           mans
           wisdome
           ,
           (
           lest
           if
           he
           had
           done
           so
           ,
           he
           might
           perhaps
           ,
           have
           gained
           much
           glory
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           then
           his
           Master
           must
           have
           been
           in
           danger
           to
           lose
           his
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Gospell
           have
           suffered
           from
           his
           Eloquence
           ;
           and
           his
           Epistles
           might
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           have
           past
           for
           a
           good
           piece
           of
           Rhetorick
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           good
           Sermons
           )
           yet
           he
           every where
           carried
           this
           other
           ,
           equally
           prevailing
           part
           of
           a
           good
           Oratour
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           by
           complying
           with
           the
           affections
           of
           those
           to
           whom
           he
           wrote
           ,
           he
           first
           transformed
           himselfe
           into
           their
           shapes
           ,
           and
           became
           all
           things
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           the
           better
           transforme
           them
           into
           his
           ,
           and
           make
           all
           men
           become
           like
           himselfe
           .
           Thus
           to
           the
           Jewes
           he
           became
           as
           a
           Jew
           ;
           and
           put
           himselfe
           a
           while
           with
           them
           under
           the
           Law
           ,
           that
           by
           insensible
           degrees
           hee
           might
           take
           their
           yoke
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           might
           beget
           their
           liking
           ,
           and
           entertainment
           of
           the
           Gospell
           .
           And
           thus
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           who
           were
           without
           the
           Law
           ,
           he
           became
           as
           a
           Gentile
           ,
           without
           the
           Law
           too
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           unite
           them
           to
           the
           Jewes
           .
           If
           I
           may
           speake
           of
           him
           ,
           by
           his
           owne
           description
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           (
           and
           certainly
           ,
           in
           that
           description
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           was
           inspired
           to
           speake
           truth
           as
           well
           as
           in
           his
           other
           writings
           )
           as
           he
           was
           not
           chosen
           ,
           like
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           out
           of
           Fisher-men
           ,
           or
           men
           unlearned
           ,
           nor
           call'd
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospell
           from
           mending
           Nets
           ;
           But
           as
           there
           was
           a
           concurrence
           of
           naturall
           ,
           acquired
           ,
           and
           infused
           abilities
           in
           him
           ,
           which
           rendred
           him
           though
           not
           one
           of
           the
           twelve
           ,
           yet
           of
           equall
           guifts
           and
           endowments
           to
           them
           all
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           as
           his
           taske
           and
           patent
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospell
           
           was
           much
           larger
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           as
           much
           larger
           ,
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           mankind
           was
           larger
           then
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ;
           So
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           taske
           ,
           he
           never
           failed
           to
           expresse
           all
           this
           .
           Like
           the
           beast
           ,
           of
           which
           
             Pliny
          
           speakes
           ,
           which
           puts
           on
           the
           likenesse
           of
           every
           thing
           next
           it
           ,
           and
           showes
           like
           a
           flower
           before
           a
           flower
           ,
           like
           a
           streame
           before
           a
           streame
           ,
           and
           like
           a
           flame
           before
           a
           flame
           ;
           so
           't
           was
           a
           piece
           of
           this
           Apostles
           (
           Art
           shall
           I
           say
           ?
           or
           )
           holy
           commission
           ,
           to
           be
           
             all
             things
             to
             all
             men
             .
          
           Strong
           with
           the
           strong
           ,
           and
           weak
           with
           the
           weake
           .
           To
           part
           with
           his
           Liberty
           to
           the
           scrupulous
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           it
           with
           the
           indifferent
           .
           To
           eat
           all
           things
           wtth
           those
           that
           did
           eat
           all
           things
           ,
           and
           with
           those
           that
           did
           not
           ,
           to
           keep
           himselfe
           to
           herbes
           .
           Will
           you
           heare
           him
           in
           all
           these
           particulars
           expresse
           himselfe
           ?
           Turne
           to
           the
           ninth
           Chapt.
           of
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           nineteen
           Verse
           ,
           where
           setting
           downe
           the
           end
           ,
           and
           aime
           ,
           which
           hee
           proposed
           to
           all
           his
           holy
           Arts
           ,
           he
           saies
           ,
           
             Though
             I
             be
             free
             from
             all
             men
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           no
           way
           obliged
           to
           doe
           as
           I
           doe
           ,
           but
           for
           my
           Masters
           service
           ,
           
             yet
             have
             I
             made
             my selfe
             a
             servant
             to
             all
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             win
             the
             more
             .
          
           Now
           if
           humility
           ,
           and
           the
           casting
           of
           himselfe
           below
           himselfe
           ;
           if
           to
           beseech
           ,
           and
           entreat
           ,
           and
           petition
           there
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           sufficient
           authority
           and
           commission
           to
           enjoyne
           and
           command
           ,
           be
           to
           wear
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           servant
           ;
           and
           if
           all
           discreet
           behaviours
           ,
           compliances
           ,
           and
           applications
           ,
           take
           their
           measure
           ,
           and
           use
           ,
           and
           praise
           ,
           from
           the
           good
           end
           to
           which
           they
           are
           directed
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           successe
           which
           they
           are
           likely
           to
           procure
           ,
           in
           all
           his
           Epistles
           I
           finde
           not
           this
           Apostle
           more
           expediently
           making
           use
           of
           his
           Art
           in
           the
           forme
           of
           a
           suppliant
           ,
           then
           in
           this
           Text
           .
           For
           consider
           these
           
             Corinthians
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           he
           here
           applies
           himselfe
           ,
           divided
           ,
           and
           broken
           into
           Factions
           ;
           and
           these
           Factions
           severally
           deriving
           themselves
           ,
           some
           from
           him
           ,
           others
           from
           
             Cephas
             ,
          
           others
           from
           
             Apollos
             ,
          
           (
           Names
           in
           their
           opinions
           ,
           as
           holy
           ,
           and
           great
           as
           his
           )
           and
           to
           have
           dealt
           imperiously
           with
           them
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           used
           his
           Apostolicall
           power
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           commanded
           them
           to
           agreement
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           to
           make
           peace
           ,
           but
           to
           animate
           ,
           and
           inflame
           that
           party
           which
           called
           themselves
           his
           side
           .
           It
           had
           been
           too
           ,
           to
           call
           up
           opposition
           ,
           and
           disdaine
           in
           the
           others
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           of
           that
           side
           .
           Who
           citing
           
             Apollos
             ,
          
           or
           Saint
           
             Peter
          
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           thinking
           it
           to
           be
           some
           confession
           of
           their
           error
           and
           weaknesse
           to
           yeeld
           first
           ,
           or
           to
           go
           over
           to
           them
           who
           said
           they
           were
           of
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           it
           being
           as
           reasonable
           that
           they
           should
           come
           over
           to
           them
           ,
           
           who
           said
           they
           were
           of
           
             Cephas
          
           or
           
             Apollos
             ,
          
           might
           have
           askt
           the
           same
           question
           which
           the
           striving
           Israelite
           askt
           
             Moses
             ,
             Who
             made
             thee
             a
             Judge
             over
             us
             ?
          
           And
           might
           have
           seconded
           this
           question
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           have
           askt
           him
           ,
           how
           one
           interested
           ,
           and
           ingaged
           ,
           nay
           the
           head
           (
           as
           they
           conceived
           )
           of
           a
           Faction
           ,
           could
           be
           presumed
           to
           be
           an
           impartiall
           reconciler
           ?
           The
           better
           therefore
           ,
           to
           establish
           a
           peace
           and
           concord
           among
           them
           ,
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           in
           this
           Chap.
           proceeds
           by
           three
           conducible
           waies
           of
           Reconciliation
           .
           At
           the
           13.
           
           Ver.
           hee
           cleares
           himselfe
           from
           all
           interest
           and
           ingagement
           to
           a
           side
           ;
           and
           equally
           blaming
           those
           who
           said
           they
           were
           of
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           those
           who
           said
           they
           were
           of
           
             Cephas
             ,
          
           or
           
             Apollos
             ;
          
           he
           askes
           them
           how
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           they
           dealt
           with
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           was
           entire
           and
           seamlesse
           ,
           like
           his
           Coat
           ,
           as
           the
           Souldiers
           did
           with
           his
           other
           Garments
           ,
           divided
           it
           by
           a
           kinde
           of
           blind
           Lottery
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           every
           one
           take
           his
           share
           ?
           
             Is
             Christ
             divided
             ?
          
           Saies
           he
           .
           
             Was
          
           Paul
           
             crucified
             for
             you
             ?
          
           Or
           
             were
             ye
             baptized
             in
             the
             name
             of
          
           Paul
           ?
           If
           you
           were
           not
           ,
           why
           doe
           you
           raise
           a
           Sect
           ,
           and
           Faction
           from
           him
           ?
           VVhy
           doe
           you
           call
           your selves
           by
           way
           of
           marke
           and
           distinction
           ,
           
             Paulists
             ?
          
           And
           so
           turn
           the
           name
           of
           your
           Preacher
           and
           Apostle
           ,
           into
           the
           name
           of
           a
           Schisme
           and
           side
           ?
        
         
           Next
           ,
           as
           he
           well
           knew
           that
           the
           readyest
           way
           to
           reconcile
           all
           sides
           ,
           was
           to
           manifest
           himselfe
           to
           be
           of
           none
           ;
           so
           he
           well
           knew
           too
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           would
           knit
           ,
           and
           re-unite
           disagreeing
           mindes
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           deale
           roughly
           ,
           or
           magisterially
           with
           them
           ,
           (
           for
           that
           were
           to
           lose
           both
           ;
           and
           to
           turne
           the
           enmity
           and
           hatred
           which
           they
           held
           between
           themselves
           ,
           upon
           the
           Reconciler
           ,
           who
           strived
           to
           make
           them
           friends
           )
           but
           was
           to
           quench
           such
           discords
           with
           soft
           language
           ,
           and
           to
           cure
           such
           rents
           and
           wounds
           of
           the
           Church
           by
           pouring
           oyle
           into
           them
           .
           Though
           ,
           therfore
           ,
           being
           armed
           with
           the
           authority
           of
           Christ
           himselfe
           ,
           he
           might
           ,
           with
           justice
           enough
           ,
           have
           made
           Decrees
           and
           Ordinances
           to
           bind
           them
           to
           agreement
           ,
           yet
           he
           rather
           chooseth
           to
           reconcile
           them
           to
           one
           another
           with
           their
           owne
           consents
           .
           In
           a
           mild
           ,
           and
           humble
           addresse
           of
           himselfe
           ;
           therefore
           ,
           not
           entitling
           himselfe
           more
           to
           one
           side
           then
           anonher
           ,
           he
           equally
           beseecheth
           them
           all
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           the
           more
           regardfully
           be
           listned
           to
           by
           all
           .
           And
           he
           beseecheth
           them
           for
           things
           which
           little
           concerned
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           owne
           good
           .
           He
           petitions
           them
           that
           they
           would
           be
           saved
           ,
           and
           spends
           intreaties
           that
           they
           would
           vouchsafe
           to
           goe
           to
           
           heaven
           .
           He
           requests
           them
           that
           they
           would
           not
           be
           worse
           Christians
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Schismatiques
           and
           Seperatists
           ,
           then
           they
           were
           Heathens
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           unanimous
           Idolaters
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           he
           begs
           of
           them
           that
           they
           would
           once
           more
           be
           a
           Church
           and
           City
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           a
           place
           of
           communion
           ,
           and
           society
           ,
           and
           Christian
           conversation
           .
           And
           that
           hee
           might
           the
           more
           prevailingly
           obtaine
           this
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           addresseth
           himselfe
           to
           them
           in
           a
           stile
           and
           compellation
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           gentlest
           perswasion
           to
           peace
           that
           can
           bee
           used
           ,
           and
           calls
           them
           
             Brethren
             .
          
           A
           word
           ,
           which
           to
           remove
           all
           opinion
           of
           better
           or
           worse
           ,
           or
           of
           inferiour
           or
           superiour
           ,
           (
           the
           usuail
           grounds
           of
           discord
           )
           not
           only
           signifies
           an
           equality
           between
           the
           beseecher
           and
           the
           beseeched
           ,
           and
           the
           besecched
           among
           themsevles
           ;
           (
           For
           
             Esse
             Fratres
             est
             relatio
             inter
             aequales
             ,
          
           sayes
           the
           Lawyer
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Logician
           ;
           to
           be
           brethren
           ,
           carries
           a
           reference
           of
           equality
           to
           one
           another
           )
           but
           it
           implies
           all
           the
           naturall
           and
           religious
           grounds
           for
           which
           men
           ought
           to
           maintaine
           League
           and
           Agreement
           ,
           and
           Peace
           with
           one
           another
           .
           For
           in
           calling
           them
           
             Brethren
             ,
          
           he
           called
           them
           men
           of
           the
           same
           sociable
           kinde
           ,
           equally
           descended
           from
           the
           same
           common
           Originall
           and
           stock
           ,
           and
           equally
           wearing
           in
           their
           nature
           one
           and
           the
           same
           common
           Image
           of
           God
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           for
           this
           they
           were
           not
           to
           disagree
           ,
           or
           quarrell
           with
           one
           another
           :
           Since
           likenesse
           of
           kinde
           maintains
           agreement
           between
           savage
           beasts
           and
           Tygers
           .
           
             Leonum
             feritas
             inter
             se
             non
             dimicat
             ,
             serpentum
             morsus
             non
             petunt
             serpentes
             ;
          
           Who
           ever
           heard
           of
           a
           Lyon
           devovred
           by
           a
           Lyon
           ?
           Or
           who
           ever
           heard
           of
           a
           Serpent
           stung
           by
           a
           Serpent
           ?
           much
           lesse
           should
           men
           then
           ,
           bite
           and
           devour
           ,
           and
           prey
           upon
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           in
           calling
           them
           Brethren
           ,
           besides
           the
           naturall
           affinity
           that
           was
           between
           them
           as
           men
           ,
           he
           put
           them
           in
           minde
           of
           their
           spirituall
           alliance
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           Christians
           too
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           men
           allied
           to
           one
           another
           by
           one
           common
           Faith
           ,
           one
           common
           Hope
           ,
           one
           common
           Redemption
           ,
           and
           therefore
           to
           meet
           in
           one
           common
           bond
           of
           Peace
           and
           Charity
           too
           .
           
             Rixari
             ,
             &
             se
             invicem
             convitiis
             lacessere
             Infidelium
             est
             ;
          
           'T
           is
           for
           Infidells
           ,
           and
           men
           not
           converted
           to
           the
           Faith
           ,
           to
           provoke
           ,
           or
           brawle
           ,
           or
           quarrell
           with
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           lest
           all
           this
           sweetnesse
           of
           addresse
           and
           language
           should
           not
           prevaile
           ,
           he
           joynes
           Conjuration
           to
           Petition
           ,
           but
           vailes
           it
           in
           the
           stile
           and
           forme
           of
           a
           Petition
           too
           ,
           and
           beseecheth
           them
           to
           unity
           by
           the
           name
           of
           his
           ,
           and
           their
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           A
           name
           ,
           by
           which
           
           as
           he
           had
           before
           dispossest
           Devills
           ,
           cured
           sicknesses
           ,
           and
           restored
           the
           dead
           to
           life
           againe
           ,
           so
           he
           repuests
           that
           he
           may
           dispossesse
           opinions
           ,
           cure
           divisions
           ,
           and
           restore
           agreement
           by
           it
           too
           .
           It
           being
           that
           name
           into
           which
           they
           were
           all
           baptized
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           they
           had
           all
           past
           their
           promises
           ,
           and
           vowes
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           a
           name
           by
           which
           they
           were
           all
           to
           be
           saved
           ;
           and
           by
           which
           they
           ,
           by
           whose
           names
           (
           to
           the
           blemish
           and
           disparagement
           of
           this
           )
           they
           called
           themselves
           ,
           were
           ,
           with
           them
           ,
           equally
           to
           be
           called
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Christians
           .
        
         
           Here
           then
           ,
           't
           were
           much
           to
           be
           wisht
           ,
           that
           the
           Preachers
           of
           our
           times
           would
           deale
           with
           their
           disagreeing
           flocks
           ,
           as
           this
           Apostle
           dealt
           with
           his
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           imploy
           their
           holy
           ,
           and
           religious
           arts
           and
           endeavours
           ,
           by
           sweetnesse
           of
           language
           ,
           and
           indifferencie
           of
           behaviour
           to
           all
           parties
           ,
           to
           reconcile
           them
           .
           For
           since
           it
           may
           be
           truly
           said
           of
           Preachers
           ,
           what
           was
           once
           said
           of
           Oratours
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           are
           the
           waters
           ,
           and
           they
           the
           windes
           that
           move
           them
           ;
           to
           be
           thus
           the
           windes
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           speak
           ,
           and
           move
           ,
           and
           blow
           them
           into
           waves
           and
           billowes
           ,
           which
           shall
           roll
           ,
           and
           strike
           ,
           and
           dash
           ,
           and
           breake
           themselves
           against
           each
           other
           ;
           Or
           to
           be
           thus
           the
           windes
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           rob
           them
           of
           their
           calme
           ,
           and
           to
           trouble
           the
           peacefull
           course
           ,
           and
           streame
           of
           things
           well
           setled
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           a
           storme
           and
           tempest
           there
           ,
           where
           they
           should
           compose
           and
           allay
           one
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           act
           the
           part
           of
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           or
           of
           a
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           but
           of
           an
           
             Erynnis
             ,
          
           or
           Fury
           ,
           who
           ascending
           from
           hell
           with
           a
           firebrand
           in
           her
           hand
           ,
           and
           snakes
           on
           her
           head
           ,
           scatters
           warres
           ,
           and
           strifes
           ,
           and
           hatreds
           ,
           and
           murthers
           ,
           and
           treasons
           ,
           and
           betrayings
           of
           one
           another
           as
           she
           passeth
           .
           Every
           haire
           of
           her
           head
           hurld
           among
           the
           people
           becomes
           a
           sedition
           ,
           and
           serpent
           ;
           and
           every
           shaking
           of
           her
           Torch
           sets
           Villages
           ,
           and
           Towns
           ,
           and
           Cities
           and
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           Empires
           in
           a
           Combustion
           .
        
         
           Alas
           ,
           my
           brethren
           ,
           how
           many
           such
           furies
           ,
           rather
           then
           Preachers
           ,
           have
           for
           some
           yeares
           walkt
           among
           us
           ?
           Men
           who
           speaking
           to
           the
           people
           in
           a
           whirle-winde
           ,
           and
           breathing
           nothing
           but
           pitcht-fields
           ,
           and
           sieges
           ,
           and
           slaughters
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           doe
           professe
           no
           Sermon
           to
           be
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           which
           rends
           not
           the
           Rockes
           and
           the
           Mountaines
           before
           it
           :
           forgetting
           that
           God
           rather
           dwells
           in
           still
           ,
           soft
           voices
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           once
           assumed
           the
           shape
           of
           cloven
           Tongues
           of
           fire
           :
           But
           that
           was
           not
           from
           thence
           to
           beget
           Incendiaries
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           Teachers
           whose
           Doctrine
           should
           
           be
           cloven
           too
           ;
           and
           which
           should
           tend
           onely
           to
           divide
           their
           Congregations
           .
        
         
           If
           I
           should
           aske
           you
           ,
           from
           whence
           have
           sprung
           our
           present
           distractions
           ?
           Or
           ,
           who
           are
           they
           who
           keep
           the
           wounds
           of
           our
           divided
           Kingdome
           bleeding
           ?
           Are
           they
           not
           certaine
           tempestuous
           ,
           uncharitable
           active
           men
           ,
           who
           make
           it
           their
           work
           and
           businesse
           to
           rob
           men
           of
           the
           greatest
           temporal
           blessing
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           to
           preach
           every
           man
           out
           of
           the
           shade
           of
           his
           owne
           Vine
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           fruit
           of
           his
           owne
           Fig-tree
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           water
           of
           his
           owne
           Cisterne
           ?
           Are
           they
           not
           men
           who
           will
           stone
           you
           for
           your
           Vineyard
           ,
           and
           then
           urge
           Scripture
           for
           it
           ?
           And
           will
           take
           away
           your
           field
           ,
           your
           possession
           ,
           your
           daily
           bread
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           then
           repay
           you
           with
           a
           piece
           of
           
             Esay
          
           or
           
             Ezekiel
             ,
          
           or
           one
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           anc
           call
           this
           melting
           ,
           and
           reformation
           ?
           Are
           they
           not
           men
           who
           doe
           onely
           professe
           to
           have
           the
           art
           not
           to
           heale
           ,
           or
           close
           ,
           or
           reconcile
           ,
           but
           to
           inflame
           ,
           and
           kindle
           sides
           ?
           Men
           who
           blow
           a
           Trumpet
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           there
           breath
           nothing
           but
           thunder
           ,
           and
           ruine
           ,
           and
           desolation
           ,
           and
           destruction
           ,
           Whose
           followers
           call
           themselves
           
             Brethren
             ,
          
           indeed
           ,
           and
           boast
           much
           of
           their
           charity
           ;
           But
           they
           call
           only
           such
           as
           are
           of
           their
           owne
           confederacy
           ,
           Brethren
           :
           and
           make
           no
           other
           use
           of
           the
           word
           which
           was
           at
           first
           imposed
           by
           Christ
           ,
           to
           bee
           the
           stile
           and
           marke
           of
           agreement
           and
           peace
           ,
           then
           to
           bee
           the
           word
           and
           mark
           to
           know
           a
           faction
           by
           ,
           and
           make
           no
           other
           use
           of
           their
           charity
           ,
           which
           should
           extend
           it selfe
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           even
           to
           their
           very
           enemies
           ,
           but
           onely
           to
           keep
           themselves
           together
           in
           a
           separation
           and
           conspiracy
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           these
           are
           the
           men
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           should
           strive
           to
           quench
           the
           present
           flame
           with
           their
           teares
           ,
           do
           conjure
           as
           earnestly
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           to
           discord
           and
           confusion
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           here
           in
           this
           Text
           doth
           to
           order
           and
           agreement
           .
           Men
           who
           call
           it
           prophecy
           ,
           and
           edification
           ,
           and
           building
           up
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           when
           they
           breake
           and
           divide
           them
           into
           Sects
           and
           Factions
           .
           As
           zealously
           exhorting
           them
           to
           speake
           divers
           things
           ,
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           here
           exhorts
           them
           to
           speake
           all
           the
           same
           .
           Which
           is
           the
           next
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           ;
           and
           the
           first
           step
           towards
           the
           reconciliation
           ,
           and
           peace
           ,
           here
           petitioned
           for
           ,
           which
           is
           unity
           and
           agreement
           in
           compellations
           and
           names
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             yee
             all
             speak
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           Whether
           the
           dispersion
           of
           men
           ,
           after
           the
           building
           of
           the
           Tower
           
           of
           
             Babell
             ,
          
           over
           the
           face
           of
           the
           whole
           earth
           ,
           were
           a
           panishment
           or
           a
           blessing
           to
           mankinde
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           in
           this
           Auditory
           examine
           or
           dispute
           .
           Only
           thus
           much
           we
           learne
           from
           the
           History
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           that
           the
           occasion
           of
           that
           dispersion
           and
           separation
           of
           men
           from
           one
           another
           ,
           sprung
           first
           from
           the
           confusion
           which
           God
           threw
           among
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           confusion
           sprung
           from
           their
           diversity
           of
           speech
           .
           For
           as
           speech
           was
           at
           first
           bestowed
           upon
           us
           by
           God
           ,
           that
           wee
           might
           hold
           league
           and
           society
           ,
           and
           friendship
           with
           one
           another
           :
           so
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           11.
           
           Chapter
           of
           
             Genesis
             ,
          
           that
           as
           long
           as
           all
           the
           world
           was
           of
           one
           language
           ,
           and
           of
           one
           speech
           ,
           they
           lived
           unanimously
           together
           like
           men
           of
           one
           family
           and
           house
           .
           One
           heart
           ,
           one
           soule
           seemed
           to
           move
           in
           them
           all
           .
           But
           when
           they
           once
           ceast
           to
           be
           
             unius
             labii
             homines
             ,
          
           men
           of
           the
           same
           lip
           and
           speech
           ,
           when
           as
           many
           languages
           were
           throwne
           among
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           afterwards
           possest
           Countries
           ,
           then
           society
           ,
           and
           co-habitation
           ,
           and
           brotherhood
           ceast
           among
           them
           too
           .
           
             They
             were
             scattered
             abroad
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             all
             the
             earth
             ,
          
           saies
           the
           Scripture
           .
           They
           who
           were
           before
           children
           of
           the
           same
           common
           Ancestours
           ,
           and
           derived
           themselves
           from
           the
           same
           common
           parentage
           and
           stock
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           borne
           in
           the
           adverse
           Hemispheres
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           had
           taken
           their
           beginning
           from
           as
           many
           severall
           Parents
           ,
           as
           they
           afterwards
           found
           Islands
           ,
           of
           one
           great
           Family
           and
           Kindred
           ,
           became
           so
           many
           divided
           Nations
           .
        
         
           As
           this
           diversity
           of
           Tongues
           at
           first
           broke
           the
           world
           into
           the
           severall
           crumbles
           and
           portions
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           from
           that
           time
           to
           this
           have
           divided
           it
           among
           them
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           thing
           which
           hath
           so
           fatally
           divided
           Kingdomes
           ,
           and
           States
           ,
           and
           Churches
           against
           themselves
           ,
           somtimes
           to
           an
           utter
           extirpation
           ,
           many
           times
           to
           an
           eternall
           breach
           ,
           and
           Irreconciliation
           ,
           as
           diversity
           of
           Language
           .
           I
           doe
           not
           meane
           when
           men
           speake
           divers
           tongues
           of
           severall
           dialects
           ,
           and
           significations
           ,
           (
           as
           when
           they
           at
           the
           building
           of
           
             Babell
          
           spoke
           some
           of
           them
           Hebrew
           perhaps
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           Greek
           )
           but
           my
           meaning
           is
           ,
           that
           nothing
           more
           directly
           tends
           to
           the
           division
           of
           a
           State
           ,
           or
           Church
           ,
           then
           for
           severall
           companies
           of
           men
           to
           distinguish
           ,
           and
           divide
           and
           separate
           themselves
           from
           one
           another
           by
           certaine
           words
           and
           names
           of
           marke
           and
           difference
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           be
           words
           of
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           scandall
           ,
           and
           reproach
           ,
           mutually
           imposed
           ,
           and
           stuck
           upon
           each
           other
           ;
           Or
           words
           of
           faction
           ,
           and
           
           combination
           ,
           assumed
           and
           taken
           by
           themselves
           .
           Then
           ,
           if
           hatred
           of
           person
           ,
           or
           difference
           of
           Religion
           doe
           accompany
           such
           words
           of
           distinction
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           most
           part
           befalls
           them
           ,
           which
           befell
           the
           men
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           they
           breake
           society
           and
           Communion
           ,
           and
           crumble
           asunder
           ;
           and
           of
           one
           people
           become
           so
           many
           divided
           Nations
           ,
           and
           Churches
           to
           each
           other
           .
           This
           is
           an
           Engine
           which
           the
           Devill
           and
           wicked
           Polititians
           have
           in
           all
           ages
           of
           the
           world
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           disturb
           the
           peace
           ,
           and
           trouble
           the
           happinesse
           of
           Kingdomes
           and
           Common-wealths
           .
           Making
           holy
           ,
           vertuous
           words
           and
           names
           ,
           many
           times
           the
           partition
           wall
           of
           separation
           ;
           And
           the
           device
           ,
           and
           incitement
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           divide
           Kingdomes
           but
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           private
           Families
           against
           themselves
           .
           As
           long
           as
           the
           Jewes
           called
           themselves
           by
           one
           and
           the
           same
           common
           name
           of
           their
           Father
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           Israelites
           ,
           they
           made
           but
           one
           State
           ,
           one
           Common-wealth
           among
           them
           .
           But
           when
           once
           ten
           Tribes
           ingrossed
           that
           name
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           two
           for
           distinction
           sake
           called
           themselves
           by
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Tribe
           of
           
             Judah
             ,
          
           the
           most
           united
           ,
           happiest
           ,
           neerliest
           allied
           people
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           a
           people
           of
           one
           blood
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           one
           language
           ,
           fell
           asunder
           ,
           and
           divided
           themselves
           ,
           like
           
             Jacob
          
           and
           
             Esau
             ,
          
           into
           two
           hostile
           ,
           irreconcileable
           ,
           never
           more
           to
           bee
           united
           Kingdomes
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           case
           of
           these
           disagreeing
           Corinthians
           ,
           to
           whom
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           directed
           this
           Text
           .
           As
           long
           as
           they
           called
           themselves
           by
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           common
           name
           of
           Christians
           ,
           they
           made
           but
           one
           City
           ,
           one
           Church
           ,
           one
           place
           of
           Concord
           .
           But
           when
           they
           once
           began
           to
           distinguish
           themselves
           by
           their
           severall
           Teachers
           ,
           when
           some
           said
           ,
           
             We
             are
             of
             Paul
             ,
          
           others
           ,
           
             we
             are
             of
             Cephas
             :
          
           As
           third
           sort
           ,
           
             we
             are
             of
             Apollos
             ;
          
           And
           onely
           a
           fourth
           sort
           ,
           more
           Orthodox
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           
             we
             are
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           Then
           ,
           then
           indeed
           ,
           as
           if
           Christ
           had
           been
           devided
           ,
           or
           had
           beene
           the
           Author
           of
           severall
           Religions
           ,
           preacht
           among
           them
           by
           severall
           Apostles
           ,
           they
           became
           broken
           ,
           and
           rent
           ,
           and
           torne
           asunder
           ,
           into
           severall
           Churches
           and
           Congregations
           .
           Where
           their
           usuall
           custome
           was
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           oppose
           Sermon
           against
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           Gospell
           against
           Gospell
           ,
           and
           Teacher
           against
           Teacher
           ,
           but
           everie
           one
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           their
           owne
           Teacher
           ,
           and
           his
           Gospell
           ,
           thought
           it
           part
           of
           their
           Religion
           to
           extoll
           ,
           and
           quote
           ,
           and
           urge
           the
           purity
           and
           infallibility
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           to
           the
           depression
           ,
           and
           disgrace
           ,
           and
           contempt
           of
           the
           other
           :
           Till
           at
           length
           it
           came
           to
           passe
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           told
           you
           before
           )
           that
           that
           which
           
           begun
           in
           Religion
           ,
           proceeded
           to
           bad
           manners
           ,
           and
           ill
           behaviour
           .
           Markes
           and
           words
           of
           distinction
           ,
           and
           difference
           ,
           grew
           to
           bitter
           invectives
           ,
           and
           mutuall
           reproaches
           of
           one
           another
           .
           They
           who
           were
           the
           followers
           of
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           Doctrine
           ,
           called
           those
           who
           followed
           
             Apollos
             ,
          
           by
           way
           of
           marke
           and
           infamy
           ,
           
             Apolonists
             .
          
           And
           they
           who
           were
           the
           followers
           of
           
             Apollos
             ,
          
           by
           way
           of
           retaliation
           ,
           and
           brand
           ,
           called
           the
           followers
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
             Paulists
             ,
          
           though
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Apollos
          
           preach
           both
           the
           same
           Doctrine
           .
           Hard
           censures
           flew
           between
           them
           in
           as
           hard
           language
           ;
           who
           ever
           was
           not
           of
           a
           party
           ,
           nor
           enrolled
           of
           a
           side
           ,
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           without
           the
           pale
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           gates
           of
           heaven
           were
           shut
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           reprobation
           ,
           and
           the
           lot
           of
           the
           damned
           ,
           and
           hell
           fire
           were
           allowed
           to
           be
           his
           portion
           .
        
         
           Here
           then
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           lot
           me
           make
           my
           appeale
           to
           eyery
           one
           of
           you
           ,
           who
           heare
           me
           this
           day
           ,
           hath
           not
           this
           been
           our
           verie
           case
           ?
           I
           must
           with
           sorrow
           of
           heart
           confesse
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           as
           often
           as
           I
           have
           for
           some
           yeares
           ,
           made
           to
           my selfe
           a
           contemplative
           survey
           of
           this
           unhappie
           Kingdome
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           able
           to
           discover
           no
           cause
           so
           pernicious
           for
           the
           many
           alienations
           of
           mind
           ,
           or
           the
           many
           separations
           of
           Congregation
           from
           Congregation
           ,
           heightned
           at
           length
           into
           the
           tragedy
           of
           an
           over-spreading
           Civill
           War
           ,
           as
           certain
           vain
           ,
           ridiculous
           ,
           empty
           words
           ,
           and
           names
           of
           distinction
           among
           us
           ;
           which
           have
           sprung
           from
           some
           mens
           stricter
           or
           looser
           carriage
           of
           themselves
           in
           their
           profession
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           .
           They
           of
           the
           more
           free
           ,
           and
           open
           carriage
           and
           behaviour
           ,
           who
           call
           a
           severe
           regularity
           and
           strictnesse
           of
           life
           ,
           precisenesse
           ,
           and
           an
           abridgement
           of
           Christian
           liberty
           ,
           have
           called
           those
           of
           a
           more
           reserved
           ,
           and
           lockt
           up
           ,
           and
           demure
           conversation
           ,
           Puritans
           ,
           and
           Round-heads
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           other
           names
           of
           contumely
           ,
           and
           reproach
           .
           And
           they
           of
           the
           more
           strict
           behaviour
           ,
           have
           equally
           as
           faulty
           ,
           called
           those
           of
           afreer
           ,
           and
           lesse
           composed
           conversation
           ,
           Libertines
           ,
           and
           Papists
           ;
           the
           usuall
           words
           of
           infamy
           made
           to
           signifie
           a
           Cavalier
           .
           These
           two
           words
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           have
           almost
           destroyed
           a
           flourishing
           Kingdome
           between
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           adde
           one
           most
           pernicious
           cause
           of
           our
           present
           divisions
           more
           ,
           which
           people
           have
           derived
           to
           themselves
           from
           making
           themselves
           followers
           too
           much
           of
           severall
           Teachers
           ;
           and
           affecting
           too
           much
           to
           bee
           called
           after
           their
           names
           :
           whilest
           one
           
           saies
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Paul
             ,
          
           another
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Cephas
             ,
          
           a
           third
           ,
           
             I
             am
             of
             Apollos
             ,
          
           only
           a
           few
           neutrall
           men
           ,
           
             We
             are
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           Nay
           ,
           if
           we
           needs
           must
           goe
           severall
           waies
           ,
           I
           could
           wish
           wee
           had
           such
           sacred
           names
           as
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           or
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           or
           
             Apollos
          
           to
           divide
           us
           .
           I
           know
           not
           whether
           it
           will
           be
           seasonable
           for
           me
           to
           speake
           it
           in
           this
           Assembly
           :
           But
           we
           for
           some
           late
           yeares
           have
           chosen
           to
           our selves
           names
           more
           moderne
           ,
           and
           fallible
           to
           divide
           ourselves
           by
           ;
           whilest
           some
           have
           said
           ,
           
             We
             are
             of
             Calvin
             ,
          
           others
           ,
           
             We
             are
             of
             Arminius
             ,
          
           others
           ,
           
             VVe
             are
             of
             Socinus
             .
          
           These
           ,
           to
           the
           blemish
           ,
           and
           reproach
           of
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           have
           been
           made
           names
           of
           strife
           and
           faction
           ,
           Yet
           they
           have
           been
           great
           and
           learned
           names
           ;
           though
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           have
           been
           lyable
           to
           humane
           Errours
           .
           But
           if
           you
           consider
           the
           many
           rents
           and
           separations
           into
           which
           the
           ordinary
           sort
           of
           people
           have
           for
           some
           years
           divided
           themselves
           ,
           either
           you
           will
           find
           no
           names
           at
           all
           for
           them
           ,
           or
           names
           so
           unlearned
           ,
           so
           obscure
           ,
           so
           altogether
           mechanick
           ,
           and
           unconsiderable
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           your
           wonder
           how
           such
           vulgar
           ,
           rude
           ,
           untaught
           Teachers
           should
           draw
           Disciples
           after
           them
           .
           It
           would
           pose
           me
           very
           much
           to
           tell
           you
           by
           any
           Monument
           of
           learning
           ,
           or
           piety
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           left
           behind
           him
           to
           be
           knowne
           by
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Father
           ,
           or
           first
           bringer
           up
           of
           the
           Sect
           of
           the
           Brownists
           ;
           or
           who
           was
           the
           first
           Author
           of
           the
           Sect
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           .
           I
           know
           there
           were
           Anabaptists
           in
           divers
           of
           the
           Fathers
           times
           ;
           and
           I
           know
           too
           ,
           that
           the
           Parent
           of
           that
           Sect
           then
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           an
           Hereticke
           ,
           yet
           hee
           was
           a
           Scholler
           .
           But
           as
           for
           the
           Auther
           of
           the
           Sect
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           I
           cannot
           well
           say
           what
           he
           was
           .
           One
           who
           hath
           written
           the
           History
           of
           their
           wilde
           proceedings
           at
           
             Munster
             ,
          
           (
           where
           they
           begun
           with
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           at
           length
           to
           three
           wives
           a
           piece
           )
           saies
           ,
           hee
           was
           a
           Dutch
           Botcher
           ;
           one
           who
           repaird
           old
           Germents
           under
           a
           stall
           at
           
             Leyden
          
           in
           the
           Low-Countries
           ;
           Another
           sayes
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           Garmane
           Cobler
           ;
           A
           third
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           a
           Westphalia
           Needle-maker
           ;
           But
           another
           controlls
           that
           ,
           and
           saies
           he
           was
           a
           Westphalia
           Baker
           .
           But
           whatever
           hee
           were
           ,
           have
           not
           we
           in
           our
           times
           seens
           Patriarches
           and
           Prophets
           ,
           as
           vulgar
           and
           mechanick
           ,
           as
           unlearned
           and
           base
           as
           he
           ?
           Men
           who
           have
           invaded
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           I
           will
           not
           say
           ,
           from
           mending
           old
           breeches
           ,
           or
           cobling
           old
           shooes
           ,
           (
           pardon
           the
           homelinesse
           of
           the
           expression
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           the
           Historians
           Latine
           translated
           into
           my
           English
           )
           but
           from
           
           Trades
           so
           meane
           ,
           so
           dis-ingenuous
           ,
           so
           illiberall
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           defile
           your
           eares
           ,
           and
           the
           Pulpit
           to
           describe
           them
           :
           And
           yet
           ,
           have
           not
           these
           moderne
           shades
           of
           
             Muntzer
             ,
             John
             of
             Leyden
             ,
             Rotman
             ,
             Knippenburge
             ,
             Knipperdolling
             ,
             Melchior
             Hoffman
             ,
          
           the
           great
           Enthusiasts
           ,
           and
           disturbers
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           to
           the
           Astonishment
           of
           all
           Judging
           men
           ,
           drawn
           Disciples
           after
           them
           ,
           I
           wish
           I
           could
           only
           say
           ,
           as
           meane
           ,
           and
           base
           ,
           and
           vulgar
           as
           themselves
           ?
           Certainly
           ,
           my
           brethren
           ,
           consider
           the
           parallel
           well
           betweene
           the
           inspired
           Troublers
           of
           our
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           those
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           wild
           Doctrines
           did
           set
           
             Westphalia
             ,
             Saxony
             ,
             Munster
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           noblest
           parts
           of
           the
           Germane
           Empire
           in
           a
           flame
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           finde
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           sad
           Eclipse
           of
           Monarchy
           among
           us
           ,
           there
           wants
           onely
           a
           
             Sarcinator
             ,
          
           or
           botcher
           ,
           to
           assume
           to
           himselfe
           the
           Crowne
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           called
           by
           a
           
             Sanedrim
          
           or
           privy
           Councell
           of
           the
           like
           Trades
           ,
           
             Rex
             Justitiae
             ,
             &
             novae
             Jerusalem
             Imperator
             ,
          
           King
           of
           Righteousnesse
           ,
           and
           Emperour
           of
           the
           new
           Jerusalem
           ,
           to
           make
           our
           case
           the
           very
           same
           with
           theirs
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           in
           this
           diversitie
           of
           Guides
           and
           pastors
           ,
           (
           Pastors
           scarce
           fit
           to
           be
           Overseers
           of
           unreasonable
           Flocks
           )
           do
           we
           not
           also
           hear
           as
           great
           a
           diversity
           of
           language
           spoken
           ?
           The
           Lay-Preacher
           accuseth
           the
           University-man
           with
           want
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           we
           of
           the
           Uaiversity
           doe
           backe
           again
           account
           such
           Lay-men
           mad
           .
           Nay
           among
           us
           Schollars
           ,
           they
           who
           pretend
           to
           
             Calvins
          
           Doctrine
           ,
           doe
           banish
           all
           those
           out
           of
           the
           state
           of
           salvation
           ,
           who
           deny
           absolute
           Predestination
           ;
           Or
           hold
           not
           ,
           that
           from
           all
           eternity
           without
           any
           respect
           of
           their
           workes
           or
           actions
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           God
           hath
           past
           this
           sad
           irreversible
           sentence
           and
           decree
           ,
           That
           some
           shall
           necessarily
           be
           saved
           ,
           others
           shall
           as
           necessarily
           be
           damned
           .
           They
           who
           thinke
           this
           a
           piece
           of
           Stoicisme
           ,
           or
           a
           Doctrine
           brought
           into
           the
           world
           to
           drive
           People
           to
           despaire
           ,
           doe
           equally
           banish
           those
           from
           the
           state
           of
           salvation
           ,
           who
           thus
           uncharitably
           banish
           others
           .
           But
           what
           speake
           I
           to
           you
           of
           this
           Congregation
           of
           such
           high
           ,
           schollarly
           dissentious
           ?
           or
           discourse
           to
           you
           of
           disputes
           and
           controversies
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           power
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           Synods
           ,
           or
           Generall
           Councells
           to
           decide
           ?
           That
           which
           hath
           more
           troubled
           the
           peace
           of
           our
           distracted
           Kingdome
           ,
           hath
           been
           a
           strife
           of
           words
           about
           things
           as
           small
           as
           Cummin
           ,
           or
           Annise
           And
           about
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           heaven
           ,
           which
           lies
           not
           wrapt
           up
           in
           an
           insearchable
           〈◊〉
           or
           an
           eternall
           sentence
           of
           Gods
           concealed
           Will
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           grain
           of
           mustard-seed
           :
           A
           little
           ,
           sleight
           indifferent
           Ceremony
           ,
           or
           piece
           of
           Church-Discipline
           .
           One
           hath
           called
           it
           an
           Idolatry
           to
           make
           an
           obeysance
           
           in
           the
           Church
           ;
           another
           hath
           call'd
           it
           a
           piece
           of
           Gods
           outward
           worship
           to
           doe
           so
           .
           One
           hath
           stiled
           the
           Crosse
           in
           Baptisme
           a
           signe
           of
           Superstition
           ;
           another
           hath
           stiled
           it
           the
           marke
           ,
           and
           badge
           ,
           and
           embleme
           of
           his
           Christianity
           and
           profession
           .
           One
           calls
           all
           Pictures
           in
           Church
           windowes
           ,
           Idols
           ;
           another
           looks
           on
           them
           as
           so
           much
           holy
           story
           ,
           brought
           into
           Imagery
           and
           Colours
           .
           The
           very
           garments
           we
           weare
           have
           not
           escaped
           contradiction
           .
           One
           calls
           the
           Surplice
           a
           Romish
           vesture
           ;
           another
           calls
           it
           a
           white
           robe
           of
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           Decencie
           .
           Nay
           our
           very
           Prayers
           and
           Devotions
           have
           not
           been
           free
           from
           quarrels
           .
           Whilst
           some
           have
           called
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           A
           perfect
           forme
           ,
           enjoyned
           by
           Christ
           to
           be
           said
           as
           it
           is
           ;
           others
           most
           irreverently
           have
           called
           it
           a
           Taylors
           Measure
           ,
           fit
           onley
           to
           cut
           out
           other
           Petitions
           by
           ▪
        
         
           In
           this
           miserable
           diversity
           of
           sides
           ,
           then
           ,
           where
           Countrymen
           ,
           and
           men
           of
           the
           same
           speech
           ,
           doe
           so
           ordinarily
           speak
           divers
           languages
           ,
           What
           why
           is
           there
           left
           to
           beget
           a
           peace
           and
           union
           among
           us
           ?
        
         
           Truly
           ,
           my
           brethren
           ,
           I
           know
           none
           so
           fit
           as
           that
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           here
           prescribes
           in
           this
           Text
           ;
           a
           way
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           were
           well
           practised
           ,
           or
           if
           men
           would
           either
           have
           more
           charity
           ,
           or
           lesse
           gall
           in
           them
           ,
           would
           in
           time
           beget
           an
           union
           and
           agreement
           between
           all
           Churches
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             that
             we
             all
             speake
             the
             same
             thing
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           first
           ,
           that
           wee
           lay
           aside
           all
           those
           odious
           ,
           hatefull
           names
           and
           words
           of
           reproach
           ,
           which
           serve
           onely
           to
           Provoke
           and
           engender
           strifes
           ,
           and
           to
           beget
           a
           dislike
           of
           one
           mans
           conversation
           with
           another
           ;
           that
           the
           honest
           ,
           strict
           ,
           regular
           ,
           heedfull
           ,
           conscientious
           man
           ,
           be
           no
           longer
           called
           a
           Puritane
           ,
           nor
           his
           wife
           a
           holy
           Sister
           ;
           Nor
           the
           free
           ,
           sociable
           ,
           affable
           ,
           open
           ,
           harmlesly
           unssrupulous
           man
           ,
           be
           any
           longer
           called
           a
           Papist
           ,
           or
           Atheist
           ,
           or
           by
           way
           of
           reproach
           ,
           a
           Cavallier
           .
           I
           speak
           not
           now
           of
           the
           adulterous
           ,
           swearing
           ,
           riotous
           ,
           lying
           ,
           drinking
           ,
           covetous
           man
           ;
           these
           are
           such
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           wayes
           to
           reforme
           them
           ,
           is
           to
           call
           them
           by
           their
           right
           names
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           that
           we
           no
           longer
           ,
           as
           our
           interest
           ,
           or
           affections
           ,
           or
           prejudices
           ,
           or
           education
           ,
           or
           customes
           sway
           us
           ,
           pin
           our
           beleefe
           or
           faith
           upon
           any
           one
           Particular
           Guide
           or
           Teacher
           ,
           so
           irremoveably
           ,
           as
           without
           comparison
           or
           examination
           to
           reject
           and
           desplse
           al
           others
           .
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           we
           should
           quickly
           make
           one
           Church
           againe
           ,
           if
           those
           new-borne
           names
           and
           words
           of
           
             Independent
          
           and
           
             Presbyter
          
           did
           
           not
           divide
           us
           .
           And
           I
           am
           also
           Perswaded
           ,
           that
           our
           severall
           Disciplines
           and
           Doctrines
           have
           not
           kept
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
          
           at
           a
           greater
           distance
           with
           us
           ,
           then
           the
           style
           and
           compellation
           of
           
             Protestant
          
           and
           
             Papist
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           we
           Schollars
           ,
           in
           those
           high
           mysterious
           poynts
           which
           have
           equall
           argument
           and
           proofe
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           which
           both
           sides
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           )
           may
           hold
           yet
           meet
           in
           heaven
           ,
           doe
           factiously
           or
           peremptorily
           betake
           our selves
           to
           neither
           ;
           But
           either
           lay
           them
           aside
           ,
           as
           things
           of
           meere
           contemplation
           ,
           not
           of
           practise
           or
           use
           ;
           or
           else
           speak
           of
           them
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           onely
           in
           that
           generall
           sense
           wherein
           all
           sides
           agree
           ,
           and
           as
           that
           generall
           sense
           is
           laid
           downe
           to
           us
           in
           the
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           that
           in
           matters
           of
           Ceremony
           and
           forme
           ,
           things
           either
           altogether
           indifferent
           ,
           or
           at
           most
           ,
           neither
           enjoyned
           ,
           nor
           forbidden
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           our
           carriage
           and
           words
           be
           alwayes
           as
           indifferent
           :
           That
           we
           call
           not
           that
           scandalous
           which
           is
           decent
           ;
           or
           that
           decent
           which
           is
           scandalous
           :
           That
           we
           presse
           not
           things
           as
           necessary
           ,
           which
           are
           meerly
           ornamentall
           ;
           nor
           impose
           ornaments
           as
           things
           of
           necessity
           .
           That
           where
           no
           well-establisht
           Law
           is
           broken
           by
           it
           ,
           both
           in
           Actions
           and
           Language
           ,
           where
           ever
           we
           come
           ,
           we
           conforme
           our selves
           to
           the
           harmelesse
           (
           though
           to
           us
           unusuall
           )
           custome
           of
           the
           place
           :
           Herein
           imitating
           that
           sure
           example
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           by
           being
           
             strong
             with
             the
             strong
             ,
          
           and
           
             weak
             with
             the
             weak
             ,
          
           as
           neere
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           to
           
             become
             all
             things
             to
             all
             men
             .
          
           In
           things
           meerly
           Ceremoniall
           ,
           to
           part
           with
           our
           Christian
           liberty
           ,
           and
           peaceably
           to
           yeeld
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           ,
           being
           otherwise
           perswaded
           ,
           will
           contentiously
           refuse
           to
           part
           with
           theirs
           .
           And
           where
           our
           salvation
           ,
           or
           the
           salvation
           of
           our
           neighbour
           is
           not
           concerned
           ,
           charitably
           to
           comply
           ,
           and
           sort
           with
           their
           infirmities
           ;
           neither
           crossing
           them
           by
           our
           practice
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           the
           better
           ,
           nor
           perplexing
           them
           with
           our
           disputes
           ,
           though
           perhaps
           the
           more
           rationall
           :
           But
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           lies
           in
           us
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           have
           peace
           with
           all
           men
           in
           words
           and
           speech
           ,
           but
           in
           society
           ,
           and
           conversation
           ,
           and
           Church-Assemblies
           too
           :
           Which
           is
           the
           next
           degree
           of
           Unity
           here
           petitioned
           for
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           an
           unity
           of
           meeting
           together
           in
           the
           same
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           set
           downe
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             no
             divisions
             among
             you
             .
          
        
         
           That
           I
           may
           the
           clearlier
           proceed
           in
           the
           interpretation
           of
           this
           
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           
           I
           shall
           desire
           you
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           which
           
           we
           here
           in
           English
           doe
           translate
           
             Divisions
             ,
          
           is
           in
           the
           Originall
           Greek
           (
           by
           which
           we
           are
           to
           order
           our
           exposition
           )
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           :
           A
           word
           which
           signifies
           not
           every
           kinde
           of
           rent
           ,
           or
           division
           ,
           or
           disagreement
           among
           men
           ;
           but
           such
           a
           division
           onely
           as
           is
           accompanied
           with
           a
           perverse
           ,
           unreasonable
           deniall
           of
           society
           and
           communion
           together
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           .
           A
           division
           which
           carries
           with
           it
           an
           obstinate
           separation
           upon
           unnecessary
           grounds
           .
           Which
           unnecessary
           separation
           upon
           weake
           ,
           slight
           grounds
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           here
           in
           this
           Text
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           difference
           and
           distinction
           from
           lighter
           Rents
           ,
           calls
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           Schismes
           .
           A
           sin
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           of
           which
           if
           I
           should
           discourse
           to
           you
           at
           large
           ,
           and
           should
           shew
           you
           the
           hainousness
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           its
           dangerous
           effects
           ;
           I
           might
           tell
           you
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           a
           sin
           against
           the
           sociable
           nature
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           borne
           for
           Communion
           and
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           the
           mutuall
           help
           of
           one
           another
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           a
           sin
           directly
           against
           that
           unity
           and
           peace
           ,
           which
           Christ
           ,
           as
           his
           last
           Legacy
           bequeath'd
           to
           his
           Church
           .
           A
           sin
           ,
           which
           (
           besides
           the
           uncharitable
           opinion
           which
           accompanies
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           are
           separated
           from
           ,
           must
           therefore
           be
           separated
           from
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           wicked
           ,
           deplorably
           wicked
           men
           ,
           men
           reprobated
           ,
           and
           utterly
           lost
           in
           the
           wayes
           of
           Errour
           ,
           and
           with
           whom
           all
           communion
           is
           destructive
           to
           our
           Salvation
           )
           doth
           not
           alwaies
           confine
           it selfe
           within
           the
           retired
           ,
           sequestred
           limits
           of
           a
           bare
           separation
           .
           But
           that
           which
           at
           first
           began
           from
           a
           scruple
           ,
           hath
           many
           times
           proceeded
           to
           a
           Tragedy
           and
           massacre
           .
           They
           who
           at
           first
           causelesly
           separated
           themselves
           from
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           wicked
           ,
           have
           many
           times
           ,
           as
           their
           strength
           and
           numbers
           have
           encouraged
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           time
           hath
           favoured
           their
           Reformation
           (
           as
           they
           have
           called
           it
           )
           proceeded
           from
           the
           rectifying
           of
           mens
           Errors
           ,
           to
           the
           lessening
           of
           their
           fortunes
           .
           And
           they
           only
           have
           at
           length
           been
           called
           the
           wicked
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           rich
           ,
           and
           have
           had
           estates
           to
           lose
           .
        
         
           That
           onely
           which
           I
           shall
           further
           say
           to
           you
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           Separation
           is
           a
           sin
           which
           hath
           alwaies
           veyl'd
           it selfe
           in
           the
           disguise
           of
           sanctity
           .
           Thus
           
             Montanus
             ,
          
           and
           his
           followers
           broke
           off
           Communion
           with
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           then
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           because
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           't
           was
           revealed
           to
           them
           by
           divine
           illumination
           ,
           that
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           was
           no where
           to
           be
           found
           but
           in
           their
           Conventicle
           .
           An
           Heresie
           ,
           which
           beginning
           in
           Schisme
           proceeded
           at
           length
           to
           this
           monstrous
           conceit
           among
           them
           ,
           That
           only
           the
           house
           of
           
             Montanus
          
           
           was
           the
           true
           ,
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Montanus
          
           himselfe
           was
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
           Thus
           also
           the
           
             Donatists
          
           (
           an
           over-scrupulous
           Sect
           of
           men
           )
           divided
           themselves
           from
           the
           then
           Catholique
           Church
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           pure
           enough
           for
           such
           sanctified
           Communicants
           ;
           nor
           complied
           with
           the
           inspired
           doctrines
           of
           the
           Father
           of
           that
           Sect.
           
           And
           this
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           was
           the
           fault
           of
           these
           
             Corinthians
          
           here
           in
           this
           Text
           ;
           who
           having
           intitled
           themselves
           to
           severall
           Teachers
           ,
           proceeded
           by
           degrees
           to
           divide
           themselves
           into
           severall
           Churches
           and
           Congregations
           :
           every
           one
           of
           which
           challenging
           to
           themselves
           the
           true
           and
           right
           Religion
           ,
           and
           charging
           the
           others
           with
           the
           name
           of
           the
           false
           ,
           thought
           at
           length
           that
           no
           way
           was
           left
           to
           keep
           themselves
           pure
           and
           unspotted
           ,
           but
           by
           breaking
           off
           all
           Religious
           ,
           nay
           Civill
           Commerce
           and
           Communion
           with
           each
           other
           .
           Hence
           ,
           for
           feare
           of
           infection
           ,
           it
           was
           held
           a
           crime
           for
           any
           but
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           to
           assemble
           ,
           or
           converse
           with
           any
           but
           the
           Righteous
           ;
           or
           for
           any
           to
           meet
           together
           at
           a
           spirituall
           Exercise
           ,
           but
           such
           who
           first
           agreed
           in
           the
           same
           purity
           of
           Opinions
           .
        
         
           Here
           ,
           then
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           once
           more
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           parallel
           one
           people
           with
           another
           ;
           is
           not
           this
           our
           very
           case
           ?
           Hath
           it
           not
           been
           the
           practice
           of
           many
           ,
           many
           yeares
           ,
           for
           those
           who
           call
           themselves
           the
           godly
           ,
           the
           righteous
           ,
           the
           children
           of
           the
           most
           High
           ,
           to
           breake
           off
           society
           and
           communion
           ,
           nay
           almost
           neighbourly
           civility
           ,
           with
           those
           whom
           they
           call
           the
           wicked
           ?
           As
           there
           were
           among
           the
           Jewes
           certaine
           uncleane
           places
           ,
           and
           things
           ,
           and
           persons
           ,
           which
           whosoever
           toucht
           were
           for
           that
           time
           uncleane
           too
           ;
           so
           ,
           hath
           not
           the
           like
           opinion
           past
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           have
           been
           certaine
           unholy
           ,
           unsanctified
           places
           ,
           and
           persons
           ,
           which
           make
           those
           who
           touch
           ,
           or
           approach
           neer
           them
           unholy
           too
           ?
           Have
           not
           some
           Pulpits
           been
           thought
           unsanctified
           ,
           because
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           the
           Preacher
           hath
           been
           ungifted
           ?
           And
           wherein
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           hath
           his
           ungiftedness
           appeared
           ?
           Because
           hee
           hath
           not
           expressed
           himself
           in
           that
           light
           ,
           fluent
           ,
           running
           ,
           passionate
           ,
           zealous
           stile
           ,
           which
           should
           make
           him
           for
           that
           time
           seem
           religiously
           distracted
           ,
           or
           beside
           himselfe
           ?
           Or
           because
           his
           Prayer
           or
           Sermon
           hath
           been
           premeditated
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           flowne
           from
           him
           in
           such
           an
           
             Ex
             tempore
          
           loose
           careere
           of
           devout
           emptinesses
           and
           nothings
           ,
           as
           serve
           onely
           to
           entertaine
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           Bubbles
           doe
           children
           ,
           with
           a
           thin
           ,
           unsolid
           ,
           brittle
           ,
           painted
           blast
           of
           wind
           and
           ayre
           ?
           Or
           because
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           the
           sands
           of
           his
           Glasse
           have
           not
           fleeted
           for
           
           two
           tedious
           houres
           together
           with
           nothing
           but
           the
           bold
           insolent
           defamation
           and
           reviling
           of
           his
           Prince
           ?
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           have
           there
           not
           been
           some
           who
           have
           thought
           our
           Temples
           unholy
           ,
           because
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Booke
           hath
           been
           read
           there
           ?
           And
           have
           renounced
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           where
           part
           of
           the
           Service
           hath
           been
           tuned
           through
           an
           Organ
           ?
           Hath
           not
           a
           dumb
           Picture
           in
           the
           window
           driven
           some
           from
           the
           Church
           ?
           And
           in
           exchange
           of
           the
           Oratories
           ,
           have
           not
           some
           in
           the
           heat
           and
           zeale
           of
           their
           Separation
           ,
           turned
           their
           Parlours
           ,
           Chambers
           ,
           and
           Dining-roomes
           into
           Temples
           ,
           and
           Houses
           of
           Prayer
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           hath
           not
           Christ
           been
           worshipt
           in
           places
           yet
           more
           vile
           and
           mean
           ?
           In
           places
           ,
           which
           have
           reduced
           him
           the
           second
           time
           to
           a
           Stable
           ?
           If
           I
           should
           aske
           the
           people
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           who
           are
           thus
           given
           to
           separation
           ,
           and
           with
           whom
           a
           Repetition
           in
           a
           Chamber
           edifies
           more
           then
           a
           learned
           Sermon
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           upon
           what
           religious
           grounds
           ,
           or
           motives
           either
           taken
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           so
           much
           in
           their
           mouthes
           )
           or
           from
           reason
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           so
           little
           in
           their
           practice
           )
           they
           thus
           affect
           to
           single
           and
           divide
           themselves
           from
           others
           :
           I
           believe
           it
           would
           pose
           them
           very
           much
           to
           give
           a
           satisfying
           Answer
           .
           Is
           it
           because
           the
           persons
           from
           whom
           they
           thus
           separate
           themselves
           ,
           are
           irreligious
           ,
           wicked
           men
           ?
           Men
           who
           are
           Christians
           onely
           in
           forme
           ,
           and
           whose
           conversation
           carries
           nothing
           but
           evill
           example
           and
           pollution
           with
           it
           ?
           If
           I
           should
           grant
           this
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           should
           allow
           them
           to
           be
           out-right
           what
           they
           call
           themselves
           ,
           The
           Elect
           ,
           and
           Godly
           ,
           and
           Holy
           ones
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           and
           other
           men
           to
           be
           outright
           what
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           The
           Reprobate
           ,
           the
           wicked
           ,
           the
           ungodly
           and
           prophane
           ,
           yet
           is
           not
           this
           warrant
           enough
           to
           divide
           or
           separate
           themselves
           from
           them
           .
           Nor
           are
           they
           competent
           Judges
           of
           this
           ,
           but
           God
           only
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           mouth
           of
           his
           Son
           ,
           hath
           told
           us
           in
           the
           Parable
           ,
           that
           the
           wheat
           and
           corne
           is
           not
           to
           be
           separated
           from
           the
           chaffe
           and
           tarres
           when
           we
           list
           ,
           but
           that
           both
           are
           to
           grow
           together
           till
           the
           great
           harvest
           of
           the
           world
           .
           Till
           then
           't
           is
           a
           piece
           of
           the
           building
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           there
           bee
           a
           commixture
           of
           good
           and
           bad
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           let
           me
           put
           this
           Christian
           
             Dilemma
          
           to
           them
           :
           either
           the
           persons
           from
           whom
           they
           divide
           themselves
           are
           holy
           or
           unholy
           :
           If
           they
           be
           holy
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           to
           separate
           themselves
           from
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           like
           themselves
           ;
           If
           they
           be
           unholy
           ,
           they
           are
           in
           charity
           to
           converse
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           reforme
           and
           make
           them
           
           better
           .
           Did
           not
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           (
           and
           certainely
           his
           example
           is
           too
           great
           to
           be
           refused
           )
           usually
           converse
           with
           Publicans
           and
           sinners
           ?
           Did
           he
           forsake
           the
           Table
           ,
           because
           a
           Pharisee
           made
           the
           Feast
           ?
           Or
           did
           he
           refuse
           a
           perfume
           ,
           because
           a
           harlot
           powred
           it
           on
           his
           head
           ?
           Or
           did
           he
           refuse
           to
           goe
           up
           into
           the
           Temple
           ,
           because
           buyers
           and
           sellers
           were
           there
           ,
           men
           who
           had
           turned
           it
           into
           a
           den
           of
           Theeves
           ?
           Certainely
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           we
           may
           ,
           like
           Christ
           ,
           keep
           company
           with
           Harlots
           ,
           and
           Hypocrites
           ,
           and
           Publicans
           and
           Sinners
           ,
           and
           yet
           retaine
           our
           innocence
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           weake
           excuse
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           never
           consort
           my selfe
           with
           a
           swearer
           ,
           lest
           I
           learne
           to
           blaspheme
           :
           Or
           ,
           I
           will
           utterly
           renounce
           all
           familiarity
           and
           acquaintance
           with
           such
           and
           such
           an
           Adulterer
           ,
           or
           with
           such
           and
           such
           a
           Drunkard
           ,
           lest
           I
           learne
           to
           commit
           Fornication
           from
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           Intemperance
           from
           the
           other
           .
           In
           all
           such
           conversations
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           imitate
           the
           Sun
           ,
           who
           shines
           into
           the
           foulest
           puddles
           ,
           and
           yet
           returnes
           from
           thence
           with
           a
           pure
           untainted
           Ray
           .
           If
           mens
           vices
           then
           ,
           and
           corruptions
           ,
           bee
           not
           a
           sufficient
           cause
           to
           warrant
           a
           separation
           ,
           what
           else
           can
           be
           ?
           Is
           it
           the
           place
           of
           meeting
           ,
           or
           Church
           ,
           or
           the
           things
           done
           there
           ,
           which
           hath
           made
           them
           shun
           our
           ordinary
           Congregations
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           say
           some
           ,
           we
           have
           held
           it
           very
           unlawfull
           (
           as
           we
           conceive
           )
           to
           assemble
           in
           such
           a
           place
           ,
           where
           we
           have
           seen
           Altars
           ,
           and
           Windowes
           worshipped
           ,
           superstitious
           garments
           worne
           ,
           and
           have
           heard
           the
           more
           superstitious
           Common-Prayer
           Booke
           read
           ,
           that
           great
           bolster
           to
           slothfull
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           twin-brother
           to
           the
           Mass
           ,
           and
           Liturgie
           of
           
             Rome
             .
          
        
         
           Were
           this
           Charge
           true
           ,
           (
           a
           very
           heavy
           one
           ,
           I
           confess
           )
           had
           there
           been
           any
           among
           us
           so
           unreasonably
           stupid
           ,
           as
           to
           spend
           their
           devotion
           on
           a
           pane
           of
           glass
           ,
           or
           pay
           worship
           to
           the
           dumb
           sensless
           creature
           of
           the
           Painter
           ,
           or
           adore
           the
           Communion-Table
           ,
           the
           wooden
           issue
           of
           the
           Axe
           and
           Carpenter
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           think
           there
           were
           none
           )
           had
           there
           (
           I
           say
           )
           been
           very
           Idolaters
           among
           us
           ,
           yet
           unlesse
           they
           would
           have
           compelled
           them
           to
           be
           Idolaters
           too
           ,
           I
           (
           after
           all
           the
           imparciall
           Objections
           which
           my
           weake
           understanding
           can
           frame
           )
           can
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           they
           should
           not
           communicate
           with
           them
           in
           other
           things
           wherein
           they
           were
           no
           Idolaters
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           if
           
             S.
             Paul
          
           had
           not
           kept
           company
           with
           Idolaters
           ,
           we
           to
           this
           day
           (
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           )
           had
           remained
           Infidels
           .
        
         
           My
           Brethren
           ,
           deceive
           not
           your selves
           with
           a
           fallacy
           ,
           which
           every
           child
           is
           able
           to
           discover
           .
           If
           such
           superstitions
           had
           been
           publikely
           
           practised
           among
           us
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           necessary
           that
           every
           one
           that
           is
           a
           spectator
           to
           anothers
           mans
           ,
           sin
           ,
           should
           presently
           be
           an
           offender
           .
           Nor
           are
           all
           offences
           so
           like
           the
           Pestilence
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           comes
           within
           the
           breath
           and
           ayre
           of
           them
           ,
           must
           needs
           depart
           infected
           .
           Thou
           seest
           one
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           blind
           zeale
           ,
           pay
           reverence
           to
           a
           picture
           ,
           he
           hath
           the
           more
           to
           answer
           for
           .
           But
           why
           dost
           thou
           ,
           out
           of
           zeale
           altogether
           as
           blind
           ,
           thinke
           thy selfe
           so
           interested
           in
           his
           errour
           ,
           as
           to
           thinke
           thy self
           a
           partaker
           of
           his
           fault
           ,
           unless
           thou
           excommunicate
           thy selfe
           from
           his
           coversation
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           tell
           me
           thou
           ,
           who
           callest
           Separation
           security
           ;
           what
           seest
           thou
           in
           a
           Surplice
           ,
           or
           hearest
           in
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Booke
           ,
           which
           should
           make
           thee
           forbeare
           the
           Congregation
           where
           these
           are
           retained
           ?
           Is
           it
           the
           web
           ,
           or
           matter
           ,
           or
           colour
           ,
           or
           fashion
           of
           the
           garment
           ,
           or
           is
           it
           the
           frame
           or
           forme
           ,
           or
           indevotion
           of
           the
           Book
           which
           offends
           thee
           ?
           Or
           art
           thou
           troubled
           because
           they
           have
           both
           beene
           borrowed
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Rome
             ?
          
           That
           indeed
           is
           the
           great
           argument
           of
           exception
           ;
           which
           under
           the
           stile
           of
           Popery
           ,
           hath
           almost
           turned
           Religion
           it selfe
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           But
           ,
           then
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           weake
           ,
           so
           accidentall
           ,
           so
           vulgar
           an
           Argument
           ,
           an
           Argument
           so
           fit
           for
           none
           to
           urge
           but
           silly
           women
           ,
           with
           whom
           the
           first
           impression
           of
           things
           alwaies
           takes
           strongliest
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           say
           in
           replie
           to
           it
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           same
           reason
           ,
           that
           thou
           poore
           ,
           tender-conscienc'd
           man
           ,
           (
           who
           art
           not
           yet
           past
           milke
           ,
           or
           the
           food
           of
           infants
           in
           the
           Church
           )
           makest
           such
           an
           innocent
           ,
           decent
           vesture
           as
           Surplices
           ,
           unlawfull
           ,
           because
           Papists
           weare
           them
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           make
           eating
           and
           drinking
           unlawfull
           ,
           because
           Papists
           dine
           and
           sup
           .
           The
           subject
           is
           not
           high
           or
           noble
           enough
           to
           deserve
           a
           more
           serious
           confutation
           .
           That
           therefore
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           say
           by
           way
           of
           Repetition
           ,
           is
           onely
           this
           :
           If
           to
           weare
           or
           do
           ,
           whatever
           Papists
           weare
           or
           doe
           be
           unlawfull
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           presently
           concerne
           us
           all
           to
           throw
           off
           our
           garments
           and
           turne
           
             Adamites
             ,
          
           so
           it
           will
           very
           neerely
           concern
           us
           too
           ,
           to
           lay
           aside
           our
           Tables
           ,
           and
           betake
           our selves
           to
           fasting
           ,
           as
           the
           ready
           way
           to
           famine
           .
           Then
           to
           reject
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Book
           ,
           because
           some
           of
           the
           Prayers
           in
           it
           resemble
           the
           Prayers
           in
           the
           Romish
           Liturgie
           ,
           is
           as
           unreasonable
           ,
           as
           if
           thou
           shouldst
           make
           piety
           and
           devotion
           in
           generall
           unlawfull
           ,
           because
           Papists
           say
           their
           Prayers
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           whatever
           they
           do
           ▪
           shouldst
           think
           thou
           art
           to
           turne
           Athiest
           ,
           because
           most
           in
           that
           Church
           do
           confess
           there
           is
           a
           God
           .
        
         
         
           The
           time
           wil
           not
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           much
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           that
           excellent
           Book
           ;
           Or
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           ,
           t
           is
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           I
           presume
           ,
           which
           can
           fall
           from
           my
           imperfect
           mouth
           ,
           which
           wil
           be
           able
           to
           recover
           the
           use
           of
           it
           back
           again
           into
           this
           Church
           .
           Yet
           thus
           much
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           just
           sense
           ,
           and
           apprehension
           which
           I
           have
           of
           the
           wisedome
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           piety
           ,
           and
           devotion
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           shall
           adventure
           to
           say
           .
           That
           I
           cannot
           think
           ,
           that
           ever
           any
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           since
           the
           time
           that
           that
           name
           first
           came
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           had
           a
           publique
           forme
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           more
           Primitively
           pure
           ,
           more
           Religiously
           grave
           ,
           and
           more
           agreeable
           in
           all
           points
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           then
           that
           is
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           I
           shall
           only
           add
           this
           one
           praise
           of
           it
           more
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           any
           Ancient
           ,
           Classically
           condemned
           Heresie
           ,
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Records
           of
           Councells
           ,
           Church-Histories
           ,
           or
           the
           Confutations
           of
           Fathers
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           by
           some
           clause
           or
           other
           in
           that
           most
           Orthodox
           Book
           excluded
           .
        
         
           Here
           ,
           then
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           in
           this
           Assembly
           of
           that
           il-perswaded
           mind
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           at
           this
           present
           make
           one
           of
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           if
           the
           Common-prayers
           were
           read
           ,
           let
           me
           once
           more
           ask
           him
           ,
           what
           that
           great
           Antipathie
           between
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           admirable
           Book
           is
           ,
           which
           should
           make
           them
           quarrel
           one
           another
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ▪
           Is
           it
           because
           it
           prescribes
           a
           Ring
           in
           marriage
           ,
           or
           a
           Cross
           in
           Baptisme
           ?
           over-scrupulous
           man
           !
           who
           would'st
           rather
           choose
           to
           make
           a
           rent
           and
           schisme
           ,
           and
           division
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           then
           be
           spectatour
           to
           th●ngs
           so
           harmless
           ,
           and
           indifferent
           .
           But
           thy
           weak
           Conscience
           is
           wounded
           .
           Weak
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           when
           a
           piece
           of
           marriage-Gold
           ,
           or
           a
           little
           water
           sprinkled
           in
           the
           signe
           ,
           and
           figure
           of
           a
           cross
           ,
           the
           Type
           ,
           and
           Emblem
           of
           thy
           Christianity
           ,
           shall
           drive
           thee
           from
           the
           Church
           .
           I
           must
           confess
           to
           you
           freely
           ,
           if
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           the
           veneration
           of
           images
           ,
           or
           adorations
           of
           Altars
           ,
           or
           sacrifices
           for
           the
           dead
           ,
           or
           the
           worshiping
           of
           the
           Hoste
           ,
           or
           the
           Mass-book
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           unsignificant
           
             Ave
             Maryes
             ,
          
           and
           superstitious
           prayers
           ,
           which
           use
           to
           trauell
           round
           the
           Circle
           of
           a
           numerous
           set
           of
           Beads
           ,
           had
           been
           establisht
           among
           us
           by
           publique
           Authority
           ;
           And
           had
           been
           enforced
           upon
           the
           practice
           ,
           and
           Consciences
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           no
           Liberty
           of
           person
           ,
           or
           freedome
           of
           estates
           allow'd
           them
           ,
           unless
           they
           would
           conform
           to
           the
           present
           Golden
           Calf
           of
           superstition
           set
           up
           before
           them
           ,
           a
           separation
           had
           not
           only
           been
           allowable
           ,
           but
           necessary
           .
        
         
         
           We
           would
           have
           offended
           God
           very
           much
           to
           be
           partakers
           of
           such
           dross
           .
           And
           our
           best
           Answer
           would
           have
           been
           the
           Answer
           of
           the
           Three
           Children
           ,
           
           when
           the
           King
           would
           have
           had
           them
           fall
           down
           to
           the
           huge
           image
           ,
           and
           
             Colossus
          
           which
           he
           had
           set
           up
           ,
           
             O
             King
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             carefull
             to
             observe
             thee
             in
             this
             matter
             .
          
           But
           where
           no
           such
           things
           were
           enjoyned
           ,
           where
           every
           one
           was
           left
           to
           the
           full
           use
           and
           exercise
           of
           his
           Christian
           liberty
           ,
           where
           nothing
           was
           blameable
           among
           us
           ,
           but
           the
           ridiculous
           ,
           over-acted
           postures
           and
           gestures
           of
           some
           few
           busie
           ,
           fantasticall
           men
           ,
           whose
           Popery
           lay
           in
           makeing
           discreet
           men
           laugh
           ,
           to
           see
           them
           so
           artificially
           devout
           ,
           and
           so
           affectedly
           ceremonious
           ,
           to
           divide
           ,
           and
           separate
           ,
           or
           to
           give
           us
           over
           for
           a
           lost
           Church
           ,
           because
           the
           Psalmes
           of
           
             David
             ,
          
           after
           his
           own
           Musicall
           way
           ,
           used
           to
           be
           sung
           to
           an
           Organ
           ;
           As
           innocently
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           been
           tuned
           through
           his
           own
           loud
           Cymball
           ,
           or
           had
           more
           softly
           been
           sung
           ,
           and
           vowell'd
           to
           his
           Harpe
           :
           Or
           to
           renounce
           our
           solemne
           Assemblies
           ,
           for
           such
           sleight
           ,
           indifferent
           things
           ,
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           holy
           story
           in
           a
           glass
           window
           ,
           or
           because
           the
           Minister
           wears
           white
           ,
           or
           because
           marryed
           people
           come
           together
           by
           a
           Ring
           ,
           or
           because
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           is
           more
           then
           once
           repeated
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           ,
           Schisme
           upon
           scandall
           taken
           ,
           not
           giuen
           ,
           but
           t
           is
           directly
           contrary
           to
           S
           
             Pauls
          
           advice
           ,
           here
           in
           this
           Text
           ;
           who
           is
           so
           far
           from
           tolerating
           any
           such
           needless
           divisions
           ,
           and
           separations
           of
           presences
           and
           bodies
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           not
           allow
           in
           the
           same
           Church
           and
           Congregation
           the
           least
           dissent
           or
           division
           of
           minds
           ;
           But
           makes
           it
           the
           least
           part
           of
           his
           Petition
           to
           his
           disagreeing
           
             Corinthians
             ,
          
           that
           they
           would
           not
           only
           meet
           together
           in
           the
           same
           place
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           would
           be
           
             perfectly
             joyned
             together
             in
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             judg-ment
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           last
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           .
           To
           which
           I
           shall
           only
           adde
           some
           brief
           Application
           of
           some
           things
           in
           this
           Sermon
           to
           you
           my
           hearers
           ,
           and
           so
           commend
           you
           to
           God
           .
        
         
           
           'T
           was
           well
           said
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           (
           which
           saying
           of
           his
           hath
           since
           almost
           grown
           into
           a
           Prouerb
           of
           truth
           )
           
             Nihil
             est
             in
             Intellectu
             ,
          
           
           
             quod
             non
             fuit
             priùs
             in
             sensu
             ;
          
           That
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           understanding
           ,
           or
           mind
           within
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           first
           in
           the
           sense
           without
           .
           T
           is
           as
           great
           ,
           and
           measured
           a
           Truth
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           our
           speech
           ,
           or
           words
           ,
           or
           actions
           without
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           first
           in
           our
           mind
           ,
           or
           wil
           ,
           or
           affections
           within
           .
           For
           what
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           
           said
           ,
           that
           
             Out
             of
             the
             heart
             proceed
             evill
             thought's
             ,
             murthers
             ,
             adulteries
             ,
          
           
           
             thefts
             ,
             false
             witness
             ,
             blasphemies
             ,
          
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           to
           every
           one
           of
           which
           sins
           without
           ,
           belongs
           some
           secret
           ,
           invisible
           spring
           within
           .
           As
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           every
           Adultery
           without
           ,
           belongs
           some
           hidden
           lust
           within
           ;
           and
           the
           uncleannesse
           of
           the
           body
           is
           but
           the
           soul
           issue
           ,
           and
           off-spring
           of
           the
           soul
           ;
           And
           as
           to
           every
           murther
           without
           ,
           belongs
           some
           secret
           envy
           ,
           or
           hatred
           ,
           or
           thirst
           of
           revenge
           within
           ;
           and
           the
           rancour
           of
           the
           heart
           only
           clothes
           it self
           in
           the
           violence
           and
           bloud-shed
           of
           the
           hand
           :
           so
           we
           may
           say
           of
           our
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           Disagreements
           too
           .
           All
           those
           odious
           words
           ,
           and
           names
           of
           mutuall
           infamy
           and
           reproach
           ;
           all
           those
           perverse
           crossings
           ,
           and
           thwartings
           ,
           and
           contradictions
           of
           speech
           ;
           all
           this
           duell
           ,
           and
           skirmish
           ,
           and
           quarrelsomeness
           of
           language
           ;
           Lastly
           ,
           all
           this
           shunning
           and
           lothing
           of
           one
           anothers
           company
           ;
           all
           this
           separation
           ,
           and
           denyall
           of
           communion
           ,
           which
           we
           so
           ordinarily
           see
           exercised
           ,
           and
           practiced
           without
           ,
           are
           but
           so
           many
           unchristian
           behaviours
           ,
           which
           take
           their
           originall
           and
           birth
           from
           as
           unchristian
           grudges
           ,
           and
           prejudices
           ,
           and
           jealousies
           ,
           and
           mis-apprehensions
           within
           .
           Never
           man
           yet
           dissented
           from
           another
           in
           speech
           ,
           but
           he
           first
           dissented
           from
           him
           in
           opinion
           :
           And
           never
           man
           yet
           separated
           from
           another
           in
           communion
           ,
           but
           he
           first
           separated
           from
           him
           in
           affection
           and
           will
           .
           To
           remove
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           the
           root
           and
           spring
           of
           all
           disagreements
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           current
           and
           stream
           ;
           and
           to
           beget
           a
           peace
           ,
           and
           concord
           ,
           and
           reconciliation
           without
           ,
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           like
           a
           skilfull
           Artist
           ,
           who
           reserves
           the
           hardest
           part
           for
           the
           last
           ,
           proceeds
           from
           mens
           words
           and
           actions
           ,
           to
           their
           opinions
           and
           thoughts
           :
           and
           like
           those
           who
           fet
           Watches
           ,
           and
           Clocks
           ,
           where
           the
           Hand
           upon
           the
           Dyall
           without
           ,
           cannot
           move
           regularly
           ,
           unless
           the
           weights
           and
           springs
           which
           guide
           it
           ,
           move
           orderly
           within
           ;
           the
           better
           to
           make
           us
           go
           all
           alike
           ,
           and
           strike
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           he
           endeavors
           to
           setle
           and
           compose
           those
           inward
           wheels
           ,
           by
           which
           our
           words
           and
           behaviors
           without
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           ruled
           and
           governed
           .
        
         
           The
           thing
           then
           for
           which
           he
           here
           so
           earnestly
           Petitions
           ,
           is
           Unity
           ,
           and
           Agreement
           ,
           and
           Consent
           of
           minds
           .
           Which
           ,
           in
           plain
           terms
           ,
           is
           to
           exhort
           us
           ,
           that
           as
           we
           are
           all
           men
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           reasonable
           kind
           ,
           formed
           and
           created
           like
           one
           another
           in
           the
           shape
           and
           figure
           of
           our
           body
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           would
           approve
           our selves
           to
           be
           men
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           reasonable
           kinde
           ,
           in
           the
           Musique
           and
           
           Harmony
           of
           our
           souls
           too
           .
           Which
           would
           then
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           if
           every
           one
           of
           us
           would
           by
           the
           impartiall
           search
           ,
           and
           examination
           of
           his
           own
           mind
           ,
           dislodg
           those
           mists
           and
           clouds
           of
           errour
           ,
           which
           blind
           him
           towards
           himself
           ,
           and
           benight
           him
           towards
           others
           .
           Or
           ,
           if
           he
           cannot
           do
           this
           by
           the
           strength
           and
           diligence
           of
           his
           own
           naturall
           Forces
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           recourse
           to
           those
           who
           are
           most
           able
           to
           pluck
           this
           beam
           out
           of
           his
           eye
           ;
           and
           whose
           work
           and
           business
           it
           is
           so
           to
           apply
           their
           Cures
           ,
           as
           by
           proposing
           that
           one
           ,
           constant
           ,
           immutable
           ,
           eternall
           ,
           Divine
           Truth
           to
           his
           mind
           ,
           in
           which
           t
           is
           possible
           for
           all
           minds
           well
           enlightned
           to
           concenter
           and
           agree
           ,
           by
           degrees
           to
           reduce
           him
           from
           his
           blindness
           and
           errour
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           him
           not
           only
           speak
           ,
           but
           conceive
           ,
           and
           think
           the
           same
           things
           with
           him
           that
           taught
           him
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           wel
           said
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           compared
           our
           minds
           to
           Looking-glasses
           ,
           or
           Mirrours
           ;
           For
           certainly
           if
           we
           could
           but
           keep
           them
           open
           ,
           and
           unclouded
           ,
           they
           carry
           this
           property
           of
           Mirrours
           with
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           return
           the
           images
           ,
           and
           shapes
           ,
           and
           truths
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           pass
           before
           them
           as
           they
           are
           ;
           but
           all
           minds
           in
           a
           clearer
           ,
           or
           less
           clear
           degree
           ,
           have
           a
           capacity
           to
           receive
           into
           them
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           same
           things
           alike
           .
           As
           a
           thousand
           Glasses
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           true
           ,
           successively
           lookt
           in
           ,
           wil
           shew
           us
           the
           same
           faces
           :
           But
           then
           ,
           as
           Glasses
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           false
           ,
           wil
           cast
           false
           resemblances
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           be
           discoloured
           ,
           wil
           transform
           all
           things
           which
           flow
           into
           them
           into
           their
           own
           die
           :
           So
           t
           is
           with
           us
           .
           I
           know
           not
           how
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           or
           whether
           I
           may
           ascribe
           the
           fault
           to
           Education
           ,
           or
           Custome
           ,
           or
           to
           our
           parents
           ,
           or
           to
           our
           Affections
           ,
           too
           much
           knit
           ,
           and
           wedded
           to
           the
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Doctrin
           ,
           or
           Opinion
           ,
           or
           Teacher
           ,
           which
           most
           complyes
           with
           our
           Fancies
           ;
           but
           there
           are
           certain
           ill-cut
           ,
           false-reporting
           minds
           ,
           which
           look
           upon
           men
           ,
           and
           things
           ,
           in
           another
           size
           and
           figure
           then
           they
           are
           .
           Other
           minds
           there
           are
           stained
           and
           died
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           with
           certain
           weak
           prejudices
           ,
           and
           corrupt
           opinions
           ;
           through
           which
           ,
           as
           through
           so
           many
           deceiving
           colours
           ,
           they
           discern
           no
           truths
           which
           wear
           not
           that
           hue
           .
           As
           he
           that
           looks
           through
           a
           green
           Glass
           ,
           takes
           all
           things
           for
           green
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           looks
           through
           a
           blew
           Glass
           ,
           takes
           all
           things
           for
           azure
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           very
           case
           of
           these
           
             Corinthians
          
           here
           in
           the
           Text
           .
           They
           first
           addicted
           themselves
           over-partially
           to
           severall
           Teachers
           ;
           and
           from
           their
           severall
           Teachers
           ,
           took
           in
           severall
           apprehensions
           ,
           as
           they
           pleased
           to
           like
           or
           affect
           him
           above
           others
           ,
           whose
           Disciples
           
           they
           called
           themselves
           .
           Some
           ,
           though
           they
           did
           not
           well
           understand
           what
           they
           held
           ,
           resolved
           (
           without
           any
           examination
           what
           they
           were
           )
           to
           be
           only
           of
           Saint
           
             Pauls
          
           opinions
           :
           Others
           resolved
           to
           hold
           only
           what
           had
           been
           taught
           them
           by
           
             Apollos
             :
          
           Others
           resolved
           to
           hold
           only
           what
           had
           been
           preacht
           by
           S.
           
             Peter
             .
          
           All
           which
           three
           taught
           and
           preacht
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Gospell
           ;
           yet
           that
           Gospel
           was
           not
           alike
           entertained
           by
           all
           hearers
           .
           
           Whilst
           some
           disliked
           it
           in
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           because
           (
           as
           himself
           complains
           )
           he
           was
           of
           an
           humble
           presence
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           ungrateful
           utterance
           .
           Others
           dislike
           it
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           in
           the
           mouth
           of
           
             Apollos
             ,
          
           because
           it
           came
           Rhetorically
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           guilty
           of
           that
           unedifying
           crime
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           of
           being
           eloquent
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           .
           Others
           perhaps
           entertain'd
           it
           coldly
           from
           S.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           because
           he
           had
           not
           been
           bred
           up
           in
           the
           School
           of
           
             Demosthenes
             ,
          
           nor
           tasted
           of
           the
           finer
           Arts
           and
           educations
           of
           
             Greece
             .
          
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           one
           and
           the
           same
           saving
           Truth
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           little
           right
           judgment
           in
           the
           Hearers
           to
           compare
           it
           ,
           comming
           from
           several
           mouths
           ,
           past
           into
           divers
           opinions
           first
           ;
           and
           then
           these
           opinions
           broke
           forth
           into
           divers
           factions
           .
           And
           is
           not
           this
           ,
           my
           Bretheren
           ,
           our
           very
           case
           ?
           Do
           but
           consider
           the
           present
           distempers
           of
           our
           poor
           ,
           divided
           Kingdome
           ;
           and
           ,
           pray
           ,
           what
           hath
           been
           the
           true
           root
           and
           spring
           of
           so
           much
           variance
           ,
           and
           hatred
           ,
           and
           heart-burning
           among
           us
           ?
           What
           hath
           crumbled
           us
           asunder
           ,
           and
           turn'd
           one
           of
           the
           purest
           ,
           and
           most
           flourishing
           Churches
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           into
           a
           heap
           of
           Heresies
           and
           confusion
           ?
           Hath
           it
           not
           been
           the
           very
           word
           of
           God
           it self
           ?
           In
           which
           all
           minds
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           should
           agree
           ,
           and
           which
           should
           be
           the
           rule
           to
           compose
           all
           our
           strifes
           ;
           and
           before
           whose
           decisions
           the
           greatest
           Scholars
           Disputes
           ,
           and
           the
           meanest
           mans
           Doubts
           ,
           should
           fall
           down
           ,
           and
           mutually
           imbrace
           ,
           and
           kiss
           each
           other
           .
           How
           comes
           it
           then
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           was
           ordained
           by
           God
           to
           be
           the
           oyl
           to
           cure
           our
           wounds
           ,
           should
           prove
           only
           the
           oyl
           to
           feed
           ,
           and
           nourish
           our
           combustious
           ?
           Whence
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           Sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           should
           prove
           to
           us
           only
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           two-edged
           sword
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           other
           use
           should
           be
           made
           of
           it
           by
           us
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           be
           the
           weapon
           of
           our
           Conflicts
           ,
           by
           committing
           the
           edges
           ,
           and
           making
           them
           enter
           duell
           ,
           and
           combat
           with
           each
           other
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           my
           bretheren
           ,
           all
           the
           reason
           that
           I
           can
           give
           you
           for
           this
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           some
           (
           perhaps
           wel
           minded
           people
           ,
           but
           not
           of
           understandings
           either
           strong
           ,
           or
           learned
           enough
           
           to
           reach
           the
           true
           sense
           and
           meaning
           of
           some
           places
           )
           have
           stept
           beyond
           their
           measure
           ;
           and
           have
           presumed
           to
           interpret
           more
           then
           they
           have
           well
           understood
           .
           Others
           ,
           of
           a
           more
           modest
           ,
           but
           credulous
           composition
           ,
           have
           thought
           that
           only
           to
           be
           the
           right
           meaning
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           heard
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           Preacher
           which
           they
           most
           affect
           .
           Others
           ,
           of
           a
           more
           dangerous
           policy
           ,
           finding
           that
           the
           Scripture
           rightly
           expounded
           would
           extreamly
           make
           against
           the
           plot
           of
           their
           dark
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           cannot
           be
           bribed
           to
           finde
           Texts
           to
           make
           covetousness
           ,
           sedition
           ,
           or
           the
           slaughter
           of
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           or
           Rebellion
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           lawfull
           ;
           have
           ,
           with
           some
           formall
           helps
           of
           piety
           ,
           and
           zeal
           ,
           put
           to
           their
           expositions
           ,
           made
           the
           Scripture
           speak
           only
           those
           plausible
           untruthes
           ,
           which
           most
           complied
           with
           their
           ends
           ,
           and
           the
           peoples
           Fancy
           .
           Hence
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           arrive
           to
           their
           Estates
           ,
           by
           the
           distractions
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           they
           have
           dealt
           with
           them
           as
           cunning
           Anglers
           do
           with
           silly
           fishes
           ,
           troubled
           the
           stream
           ,
           and
           blinded
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           made
           them
           their
           prey
           .
           The
           way
           to
           do
           this
           was
           to
           affront
           ,
           and
           disgrace
           ,
           clamour
           down
           all
           the
           primitive
           Truths
           for
           some
           Generations
           taught
           among
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           recall
           from
           their
           sepulchres
           ,
           and
           dust
           ,
           all
           the
           old
           ,
           intricate
           ,
           long
           since
           buried
           Opinions
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           madnesse
           of
           their
           own
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           Civill
           Warre
           of
           ours
           .
           With
           which
           opinions
           they
           have
           dealt
           ,
           as
           the
           Witch
           of
           
             Endor
          
           dealt
           with
           her
           Familiar
           ,
           raised
           them
           up
           to
           the
           people
           clothed
           in
           a
           long
           mantle
           ,
           and
           speaking
           to
           them
           in
           the
           shape
           and
           voyce
           of
           a
           Prophet
           .
           Hence
           come
           those
           severall
           acceptions
           ,
           and
           interpretations
           among
           you
           ,
           even
           in
           your
           ordinary
           discourses
           ,
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           plaine
           ,
           but
           sinisterly
           understood
           places
           of
           Scripture
           .
           One
           ,
           following
           the
           practice
           of
           all
           the
           purest
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           thinkes
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           is
           to
           be
           administred
           to
           Infants
           .
           Others
           ,
           (
           who
           would
           certainly
           be
           a
           strange
           sight
           to
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           appear
           the
           second
           time
           at
           the
           Font
           )
           of
           late
           are
           taught
           to
           thinke
           that
           none
           are
           to
           be
           baptized
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           are
           old
           enough
           to
           be
           their
           owne
           Godfathers
           ,
           and
           can
           enter
           into
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           promise
           for
           themselves
           .
           Some
           ,
           because
           it
           hath
           beene
           called
           a
           binding
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           to
           fetter
           their
           devotions
           in
           a
           set
           forme
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           have
           banisht
           that
           Prayer
           ,
           which
           Christ
           prescribed
           to
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           out
           of
           
           their
           Closets
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Temples
           .
           Others
           ,
           of
           as
           rectified
           a
           piety
           ,
           think
           no
           Prayer
           so
           likely
           to
           finde
           acceptance
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           was
           conceived
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           forme
           by
           his
           Sonne
           .
           I
           should
           tire
           your
           patience
           too
           much
           to
           give
           you
           an
           exact
           Catalogue
           of
           all
           the
           rotten
           opinions
           which
           at
           this
           present
           swarm
           among
           us
           .
           One
           who
           hath
           computed
           the
           Heresies
           ,
           which
           have
           sprung
           up
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           within
           these
           five
           years
           ,
           sayes
           ,
           they
           have
           doubled
           the
           number
           of
           those
           which
           were
           in
           Saint
           
             Austins
          
           time
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           were
           very
           neer
           fourscore
           .
           One
           is
           a
           
             Chiliast
             ,
          
           and
           holds
           the
           personall
           Reigne
           of
           Christ
           upon
           Earth
           .
           Another
           is
           a
           
             Corporealist
             ,
          
           and
           holds
           the
           death
           of
           the
           Soul
           with
           the
           Body
           .
           Nay
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           said
           in
           
             Africke
             ,
          
           a
           Lyon
           will
           couple
           with
           a
           Tyger
           ,
           from
           whence
           will
           spring
           a
           Libbard
           ;
           so
           certain
           strange
           ,
           unheard-of
           ,
           double-sex't
           Heresies
           are
           sprung
           up
           among
           us
           :
           not
           able
           to
           understand
           what
           he
           would
           hold
           himselfe
           .
           You
           shall
           have
           an
           
             Arrian
          
           and
           
             Sabellian
          
           lodged
           together
           in
           the
           same
           person
           .
           Nay
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           yet
           worse
           )
           whatever
           
             Celsus
          
           spoke
           in
           scorn
           ,
           and
           
             Origen
          
           in
           vindication
           of
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           Christ
           and
           his
           Mother
           ,
           hath
           of
           late
           trodden
           the
           Stage
           again
           ,
           and
           appeared
           to
           disturbe
           the
           World
           .
           One
           (
           I
           tremble
           to
           speak
           it
           )
           hath
           called
           the
           Virgin
           
             Maryes
          
           chastity
           into
           question
           ;
           And
           others
           have
           spoken
           of
           the
           Saviour
           of
           the
           World
           so
           suspiciously
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           a
           thing
           ,
           of
           a
           stoln
           ,
           unlawfull
           Birth
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           there
           want
           only
           some
           of
           those
           
             Munster
          
           men
           among
           us
           ,
           of
           whom
           
             Sleydan
          
           writes
           ,
           where
           one
           calleth
           himselfe
           
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
          
           another
           
             God
             the
             Sonne
             ,
          
           A
           third
           Paraclete
           ,
           or
           
             God
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           to
           make
           our
           Babel
           and
           confusion
           of
           wilde
           opinions
           at
           the
           height
           .
           In
           this
           miserable
           distraction
           ,
           then
           ,
           where
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           Errour
           ,
           hath
           almost
           eaten
           up
           the
           true
           Religion
           ;
           And
           where
           all
           the
           light
           at
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           shines
           among
           us
           ,
           is
           but
           like
           that
           imperfect
           light
           at
           the
           Creation
           ,
           which
           shined
           before
           the
           Sunne
           was
           placed
           in
           the
           firmament
           ;
           A
           light
           creeping
           forth
           of
           a
           dark
           Chaos
           and
           blind
           masse
           ,
           and
           strifefull
           heape
           of
           jarring
           Elements
           :
           In
           this
           thick
           fogge
           of
           strange
           Doctrines
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           which
           hath
           condenst
           it selfe
           into
           a
           cloud
           ,
           which
           hath
           almost
           overspread
           this
           whole
           Kingdome
           ,
           from
           which
           Truth
           seemes
           to
           have
           taken
           slight
           ,
           and
           made
           way
           for
           
             Ignorance
          
           to
           stile
           it selfe
           once
           more
           
             the
             Mother
             of
             devotion
             ,
          
           what
           way
           is
           there
           left
           to
           reconcile
           our
           minds
           ,
           or
           to
           beget
           one
           right
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           understanding
           of
           the
           wayes
           of
           God
           among
           us
           ?
           Truly
           ,
           
           I
           know
           none
           but
           that
           which
           Saint
           
             Paul
          
           here
           prescribes
           in
           the
           Text
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           endeavour
           as
           near
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           to
           be
           
             of
             one
             mind
             ,
             and
             of
             one
             judgment
             .
          
        
         
           But
           how
           shall
           this
           be
           brought
           to
           pass
           ,
           unless
           all
           judgments
           were
           alike
           clear
           ,
           and
           unbiassed
           ?
           Or
           ,
           unless
           ,
           laying
           apart
           all
           partiality
           ,
           and
           affection
           to
           their
           own
           side
           ,
           and
           all
           prejudice
           ,
           and
           hatred
           against
           those
           from
           whom
           they
           differ
           ,
           men
           would
           submit
           themselves
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           is
           best
           able
           to
           instruct
           them
           ;
           Or
           who
           can
           bring
           with
           him
           the
           most
           saving
           Truths
           into
           the
           Pulpit
           ?
           Besides
           ,
           (
           may
           some
           one
           say
           )
           if
           people
           should
           bring
           minds
           prepared
           to
           entertain
           the
           Truth
           ,
           where
           is
           that
           instructor
           so
           infallible
           ,
           or
           so
           opinionated
           of
           the
           strength
           of
           his
           own
           gifts
           and
           knowledg
           ,
           that
           another
           pretending
           to
           the
           same
           Truth
           ,
           may
           not
           challenge
           to
           himself
           the
           like
           infallibility
           ?
           who
           shall
           be
           the
           Judg
           of
           Controversies
           ?
           or
           who
           shall
           present
           Truth
           to
           us
           with
           such
           known
           marks
           and
           notes
           about
           it
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           t
           is
           presented
           ,
           every
           congregation
           (
           of
           what
           mean
           capacities
           soever
           )
           shall
           presently
           acknowledg
           ,
           and
           entertain
           it
           ?
           Wil
           you
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           who
           have
           all
           this
           while
           thus
           bemoaningly
           pitied
           our
           divisions
           ?
           We
           are
           bound
           to
           thank
           you
           for
           your
           charity
           to
           us
           ;
           and
           should
           be
           desirous
           enough
           to
           imbrace
           a
           truth
           of
           your
           description
           .
           But
           you
           are
           a
           Scholar
           ,
           whose
           parts
           and
           abilities
           lye
           in
           the
           humane
           modell
           ,
           and
           building
           of
           your
           own
           secular
           studies
           .
           We
           are
           therefore
           bid
           to
           doubt
           very
           much
           ,
           whether
           you
           have
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           and
           are
           told
           by
           some
           who
           profess
           themselves
           inspired
           ,
           that
           all
           your
           Readings
           ,
           and
           Studyings
           ,
           and
           tyrings
           of
           your self
           over
           a
           difficult
           piece
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           at
           midnight
           perhaps
           ,
           when
           all
           others
           sleep
           ,
           by
           a
           lone
           ,
           solitary
           ,
           dumb
           candle
           ,
           are
           but
           so
           many
           labours
           in
           vain
           ,
           Since
           t
           is
           impossible
           for
           any
           to
           understand
           the
           Scripture
           aright
           ,
           but
           such
           only
           who
           have
           it
           revealed
           to
           them
           by
           the
           same
           holy
           Spirit
           that
           wrote
           it
           .
        
         
           My
           Brethren
           ,
           what
           shall
           I
           say
           to
           you
           ?
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           the
           knowledg
           I
           have
           of
           my
           own
           imperfections
           ,
           wil
           not
           allow
           me
           to
           say
           peremptorily
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           .
           Or
           if
           I
           could
           distinguish
           his
           secret
           influences
           and
           assistances
           from
           the
           operations
           of
           my
           own
           soul
           ,
           or
           could
           certainly
           say
           I
           have
           him
           ,
           (
           which
           S
           ,
           
             Paul
          
           himself
           durst
           not
           say
           definitively
           )
           yet
           't
           would
           not
           become
           me
           so
           to
           confine
           him
           to
           my
           frail
           ,
           narrow
           parts
           ,
           as
           to
           deny
           him
           to
           all
           others
           more
           learned
           then
           my self
           .
        
         
         
           For
           the
           setling
           therefore
           ,
           and
           composing
           of
           your
           divided
           minds
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           take
           upon
           me
           to
           be
           the
           Judge
           of
           Controversies
           ,
           but
           you
           your selves
           shall
           be
           .
           Onely
           the
           better
           to
           enable
           you
           to
           performe
           this
           charitable
           office
           to
           your selves
           ,
           and
           for
           your
           better
           direction
           how
           not
           to
           be
           out
           in
           your
           judgement
           ,
           as
           a
           sure
           clue
           to
           guide
           you
           through
           the
           perplext
           windings
           of
           that
           labyrinth
           into
           which
           some
           of
           you
           are
           falne
           ,
           so
           falne
           ,
           that
           they
           seem
           to
           me
           quite
           lost
           in
           a
           wood
           of
           mistakes
           ,
           where
           every
           path
           is
           a
           guide
           ,
           and
           every
           guide
           is
           an
           error
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           commend
           to
           you
           that
           seasonable
           advice
           of
           Saint
           
             John
             ,
          
           which
           he
           delivers
           in
           the
           fourth
           Chapter
           of
           his
           first
           Epistle
           ,
           at
           the
           first
           verse
           ,
           where
           (
           as
           if
           he
           had
           prophecyed
           of
           our
           times
           )
           he
           sayes
           ,
           
             Beloved
             ,
             beleeve
             not
             every
             spirit
             ,
             but
             try
             the
             spirits
             whether
             they
             be
             of
             God
             :
             because
             many
             false
             Prophets
             are
             gone
             out
             into
             the
             world
             .
          
           In
           which
           words
           ;
           you
           have
           two
           of
           the
           best
           Rules
           assigned
           you
           to
           go
           by
           ,
           that
           can
           possibly
           be
           prescribed
           for
           the
           settlement
           of
           minds
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           be
           not
           too
           credulous
           ;
           Doe
           not
           presently
           beleeve
           every
           man
           that
           sayes
           he
           hath
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           nor
           suffer
           your selves
           to
           be
           tost
           and
           carried
           about
           with
           every
           wind
           of
           doctrine
           :
           For
           that
           is
           not
           the
           way
           to
           be
           all
           of
           one
           ,
           but
           of
           as
           many
           severall
           minds
           as
           the
           art
           or
           cunning
           of
           severall
           Teachers
           shall
           please
           to
           work
           upon
           you
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           this
           easinesse
           of
           belief
           ,
           this
           credulity
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           it
           )
           this
           admiration
           ,
           this
           overvaluing
           of
           some
           mens
           persons
           ,
           hath
           been
           one
           of
           the
           great
           parents
           of
           our
           present
           dissentions
           :
           whilst
           some
           weak
           ,
           but
           yet
           well-minded
           people
           ,
           building
           their
           judgment
           meerly
           upon
           the
           outward
           appearances
           of
           men
           ,
           have
           mistaken
           the
           zeal
           and
           strict
           life
           of
           their
           Preacher
           for
           his
           sufficiency
           .
           And
           taking
           their
           Logicke
           from
           the
           precisenesse
           of
           his
           behaviour
           ,
           have
           framed
           these
           charitable
           ,
           but
           false
           conclusions
           to
           themselves
           :
           He
           is
           a
           man
           of
           a
           composed
           countenance
           ,
           of
           a
           reserved
           speech
           ,
           of
           a
           grave
           carriage
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           devout
           elocution
           ,
           therefore
           surely
           he
           is
           a
           holy
           man
           .
           And
           because
           he
           is
           a
           holy
           man
           ,
           therefore
           whatever
           hee
           saies
           ,
           shall
           be
           to
           us
           Oracle
           ;
           as
           coming
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           one
           ,
           so
           much
           in
           the
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           he
           should
           deceive
           us
           ,
           or
           speak
           that
           which
           is
           not
           right
           .
        
         
           My
           Brethren
           ,
           I
           have
           no
           designe
           or
           purpose
           to
           bring
           Holinesse
           into
           contempt
           ;
           nor
           can
           I
           bee
           so
           injurious
           to
           piety
           or
           a
           good
           life
           ,
           where
           ever
           I
           find
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           expose
           it
           to
           the
           scorne
           of
           the
           licentious
           ,
           
           by
           not
           giving
           it
           its
           due
           .
           I
           am
           so
           farre
           also
           from
           lending
           encouragement
           to
           the
           lives
           of
           vitious
           Teachers
           ,
           (
           Teachers
           who
           are
           the
           shame
           of
           their
           Mother
           ,
           and
           the
           scandall
           of
           their
           Flock
           )
           that
           I
           could
           wish
           that
           every
           Congregation
           in
           England
           were
           furnished
           with
           such
           an
           exemplary
           Minister
           ,
           that
           his
           life
           as
           well
           as
           preaching
           ,
           might
           be
           Sermon
           to
           the
           people
           .
           Nay
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           to
           extend
           my
           charity
           yet
           one
           degree
           farther
           .
           I
           am
           so
           farre
           from
           disliking
           holinesse
           either
           in
           Preacher
           or
           people
           ,
           that
           I
           wish
           we
           all
           made
           but
           one
           united
           Kingdome
           of
           Priests
           .
           Or
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           have
           me
           expresse
           my selfe
           in
           the
           words
           of
           one
           of
           the
           holiest
           and
           meekest
           men
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           
           I
           could
           wish
           that
           
             all
             the
             Lords
             People
             were
             Prophets
             .
          
           But
           ,
           then
           ,
           you
           must
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           say
           too
           ,
           That
           holinesse
           and
           strictnesse
           ,
           and
           austerity
           of
           life
           ,
           are
           no
           infallible
           signes
           that
           the
           Preacher
           may
           not
           erre
           .
           Nor
           hath
           God
           so
           annext
           the
           understanding
           of
           his
           Word
           to
           the
           unstudied
           ,
           unlearned
           piety
           ,
           or
           sober
           carriage
           of
           the
           Expounder
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           is
           most
           zealous
           shall
           still
           bee
           most
           in
           the
           right
           .
           
           As
           long
           as
           that
           saying
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           remaines
           upon
           record
           ,
           That
           we
           hold
           this
           
             treasure
             ,
          
           this
           knowledge
           of
           Gods
           Will
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             in
             earthen
             vessells
             ;
          
           As
           long
           as
           the
           Preacher
           ,
           how
           holy
           soever
           he
           be
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           one
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           as
           to
           dwell
           in
           a
           fraile
           ,
           weake
           Tabernacle
           of
           clay
           ;
           Lastly
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           men
           are
           men
           ,
           they
           will
           bee
           liable
           to
           mens
           infirmities
           .
           And
           as
           the
           learned
           scandalous
           Preacher
           may
           be
           sometimes
           in
           the
           right
           ;
           so
           it
           is
           possible
           that
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           zealous
           ,
           holy
           Preacher
           may
           be
           often
           in
           the
           wrong
           .
           How
           to
           know
           this
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           distinguish
           them
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           you
           are
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           next
           Rule
           prescribed
           to
           you
           by
           Saint
           
             John
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           you
           heare
           an
           Exposition
           ,
           or
           a
           Sermon
           ,
           or
           a
           new
           Doctrine
           preached
           to
           you
           ,
           not
           rashly
           ,
           without
           distinction
           or
           choice
           to
           consent
           to
           it
           ,
           till
           you
           have
           past
           the
           impartiall
           sentence
           of
           a
           cleare
           judgement
           on
           it
           ;
           compared
           and
           weighed
           Sermon
           with
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           Preacher
           with
           Preacher
           ;
           called
           every
           Doctrine
           ,
           every
           Proofe
           ,
           every
           confident
           Assertion
           to
           the
           touch-stone
           ,
           and
           measured
           it
           by
           some
           plaine
           evident
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           examined
           whether
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           or
           his
           owne
           vaine
           ,
           popular
           ambition
           ▪
           have
           for
           that
           time
           inspired
           the
           speaker
           ;
           or
           whether
           his
           Sermon
           have
           had
           some
           dissembled
           ,
           secular
           end
           ,
           or
           Gods
           glory
           for
           its
           marke
           .
           And
           this
           Saint
           
             John
          
           calls
           ,
           
             trying
             of
             the
             spirits
             ;
          
           which
           is
           then
           done
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           you
           reduce
           what
           you
           heare
           spoken
           by
           the
           Preacher
           to
           the
           infallible
           Rule
           
           of
           Truth
           ,
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           make
           that
           ,
           well
           cons●●●…ed
           ,
           the
           scales
           to
           weigh
           his
           Doctrine
           in
           .
           Does
           hee
           preach
           charity
           ,
           and
           banish
           strife
           from
           his
           Pulpit
           ?
           Does
           he
           not
           flatter
           Vice
           ,
           though
           he
           find
           it
           clothed
           in
           Purple
           ,
           nor
           speak
           neglectfully
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           though
           he
           finde
           it
           clothed
           in
           rags
           ?
           Does
           he
           strive
           to
           plant
           the
           feare
           and
           love
           of
           God
           in
           his
           Auditory
           ,
           the
           forgivenesse
           of
           their
           enemies
           ,
           and
           pity
           towards
           the
           poore
           ?
           Dares
           he
           arraigne
           a
           publique
           sinne
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           fortunate
           ?
           or
           speak
           in
           defence
           of
           afflicted
           Innocence
           ,
           though
           over-borne
           by
           oppression
           ?
           Dares
           he
           maintaine
           his
           Christian
           courage
           in
           Tyrannicall
           ,
           doubtfull
           times
           ?
           And
           dares
           he
           call
           prosperous
           Sedition
           ,
           but
           a
           more
           successefull
           mischiefe
           ?
           Lastly
           ,
           does
           he
           preach
           such
           Christian
           Truths
           for
           which
           some
           holy
           men
           have
           died
           ,
           and
           to
           which
           he
           himselfe
           would
           not
           be
           affraid
           to
           fall
           a
           sacrifice
           ▪
           This
           ,
           this
           man
           is
           to
           be
           hearkned
           to
           ;
           this
           man
           is
           fit
           to
           bee
           obeyed
           .
           And
           this
           man
           speaking
           the
           same
           things
           which
           God
           himselfe
           doth
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           (
           whatever
           his
           gifts
           of
           pleasing
           ,
           or
           not
           pleasing
           sick
           ,
           fastidious
           ,
           delicate
           fancies
           be
           )
           is
           thus
           at
           least
           to
           be
           thought
           of
           ,
           That
           though
           he
           speake
           not
           by
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           (
           as
           a
           thing
           entailed
           upon
           him
           )
           yet
           ,
           for
           that
           time
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           speaks
           by
           him
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           all
           one
           to
           you
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           does
           the
           Preachers
           Sanctity
           and
           Religion
           consist
           meerly
           in
           the
           devout
           composure
           of
           his
           looks
           and
           carriage
           ?
           Does
           he
           strive
           to
           preach
           downe
           Learning
           ,
           or
           does
           he
           call
           Study
           a
           humane
           folly
           ?
           Does
           he
           choose
           his
           Text
           out
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           Sermon
           out
           of
           his
           Fancy
           ?
           Does
           he
           reprove
           Adultery
           ,
           but
           preach
           up
           discord
           ?
           Is
           he
           passionate
           against
           Superstition
           ,
           but
           milde
           and
           calme
           towards
           Sacriledge
           ?
           Does
           hee
           inveigh
           and
           raile
           at
           Popery
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           imitate
           the
           worst
           of
           Papists
           ,
           Jesuits
           ,
           urge
           Texts
           for
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           Subjects
           against
           their
           Prince
           ,
           and
           quote
           Scripture
           for
           the
           deposing
           ,
           and
           But
           chery
           of
           Kings
           ?
           Does
           hee
           startle
           at
           a
           dumb
           picture
           in
           a
           Church-window
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           preach
           all
           good
           order
           and
           right
           Discipline
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ?
           Does
           an
           Oath
           provoke
           his
           zeale
           ,
           yet
           does
           he
           count
           lying
           in
           the
           godly
           no
           sin
           ?
           Lastly
           ,
           does
           hee
           preach
           separation
           upon
           weake
           untemper'd
           grounds
           ?
           Or
           does
           labour
           to
           divide
           the
           minds
           ,
           which
           hee
           should
           strive
           to
           reconcile
           ?
           Let
           him
           bring
           what
           demurenesse
           or
           composure
           of
           countenance
           he
           please
           into
           the
           Pulpit
           ;
           Let
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           joyne
           sanctity
           of
           deportment
           to
           earnestnesse
           of
           zeale
           ;
           Let
           him
           never
           so
           devoutly
           bewaile
           the
           calamities
           
           of
           his
           Country
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           helpt
           to
           make
           miserable
           ;
           Or
           let
           him
           weepe
           never
           so
           passionately
           over
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           broken
           into
           factions
           ;
           In
           short
           ,
           how
           seemingly
           holy
           ,
           how
           〈◊〉
           ,
           how
           unprophane
           soever
           his
           behaviour
           bee
           ;
           though
           the
           Scripture
           doe
           so
           continually
           over-flow
           in
           his
           mouth
           ,
           that
           hee
           will
           neither
           eat
           ,
           nor
           drinke
           ,
           nor
           speake
           ,
           nor
           scarce
           sleep
           but
           in
           that
           phrase
           ,
           yet
           as
           long
           as
           he
           thus
           forgets
           his
           Charity
           ,
           thus
           Preaches
           strife
           ,
           thus
           Division
           ,
           I
           shall
           so
           farre
           mistrust
           whether
           he
           have
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           doubt
           to
           reckon
           him
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           
             false
             Prophets
          
           which
           S.
           
             John
          
           sayes
           
             are
             gone
             out
             into
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Conclusion
           then
           of
           this
           Sermon
           shall
           be
           this
           .
           Men
           and
           brethren
           ,
           I
           have
           with
           all
           the
           sincerity
           and
           plainnesse
           which
           might
           benefit
           your
           soules
           ,
           preacht
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Concord
           ,
           and
           mutuall
           Charity
           to
           you
           .
           I
           have
           also
           for
           some
           yeeres
           ,
           not
           been
           so
           sleepy
           an
           Observer
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           have
           perceived
           some
           of
           you
           (
           who
           have
           thought
           your selves
           more
           Religious
           then
           the
           rest
           )
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           (
           I
           might
           say
           Crime
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           rather
           say
           of
           the
           )
           mis-guided
           Zeale
           of
           these
           
             Corinthians
          
           here
           in
           my
           Text
           .
           There
           have
           been
           certaine
           Divisions
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           separations
           among
           you
           .
           I
           have
           farther
           observed
           ,
           that
           certaine
           false
           ,
           causlesse
           prejudices
           and
           aspersions
           have
           been
           raised
           upon
           our
           University
           ,
           which
           to
           the
           grief
           of
           this
           famous
           Nursery
           of
           Gods
           Church
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           the
           reproach
           of
           it
           abroad
           ,
           are
           still
           kept
           waking
           against
           us
           by
           some
           of
           you
           ,
           as
           if
           Conscience
           and
           Religion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Learning
           and
           Gifts
           ;
           had
           so
           far
           forsaken
           us
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Schools
           of
           the
           Prophets
           cannot
           afford
           you
           a
           set
           of
           able
           ,
           vertuous
           men
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           the
           Lecturers
           to
           this
           soule-famisht
           Parish
           .
           How
           we
           should
           deserve
           to
           be
           thus
           mistaken
           by
           you
           ,
           or
           why
           you
           should
           under-value
           those
           able
           Teachers
           which
           you
           have
           already
           ,
           or
           refuse
           to
           take
           your
           supply
           from
           so
           many
           Colledges
           which
           here
           stand
           present
           and
           ready
           to
           afford
           you
           choyce
           :
           or
           why
           you
           should
           supplicate
           to
           the
           great
           Councell
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           in
           pitty
           to
           your
           soules
           ,
           to
           send
           you
           Godly
           Teachers
           ,
           (
           which
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           well-meaning
           Petition
           from
           you
           ,
           but
           certainly
           't
           is
           a
           great
           scandall
           ,
           and
           Libell
           against
           us
           )
           I
           know
           not
           .
           But
           whatever
           the
           mysterious
           cause
           be
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           that
           unlesse
           they
           will
           sleep
           over
           their
           infamy
           and
           reproach
           ,
           it
           will
           alwayes
           be
           in
           the
           power
           of
           our
           despised
           University-Divines
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           appeare
           ,
           
           even
           to
           those
           whom
           you
           intend
           to
           petition
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           but
           a
           zealous
           errour
           in
           you
           :
           And
           that
           they
           are
           as
           able
           to
           edifie
           you
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           as
           he
           ,
           whose
           occupation
           it
           was
           to
           repaire
           the
           old
           shooes
           of
           the
           Prophets
           .
           I
           should
           shame
           some
           of
           you
           too
           much
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Disciples
           of
           that
           Apostle
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           discribe
           him
           to
           you
           by
           a
           larger
           character
           .
        
         
           Instead
           therefore
           of
           a
           farther
           vindication
           of
           the
           reproach
           throwne
           upon
           us
           ,
           that
           which
           I
           shall
           say
           of
           more
           neere
           concernment
           to
           you
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           If
           I
           have
           in
           the
           progresse
           of
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           ript
           open
           any
           wounds
           among
           you
           ,
           it
           hath
           not
           been
           with
           a
           purpose
           ,
           to
           enlarge
           ,
           or
           make
           them
           bleed
           ,
           but
           to
           powre
           wine
           and
           Oyle
           into
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           heale
           ,
           and
           close
           them
           up
           .
        
         
           Next
           ,
           If
           I
           have
           cleared
           any
           of
           your
           sights
           ,
           or
           inabled
           you
           at
           length
           to
           discerne
           ,
           that
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           mote
           in
           your
           brothers
           eye
           seemed
           so
           big
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           an
           over-scrupulous
           zeale
           had
           placed
           a
           beame
           in
           your
           owne
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           contributing
           to
           the
           ruine
           of
           one
           of
           the
           purest
           Religions
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           the
           reason
           why
           you
           have
           swallowed
           so
           many
           monstrous
           Camels
           ,
           hath
           been
           ,
           because
           at
           first
           you
           made
           scruple
           ,
           and
           strained
           at
           gnats
           ,
           I
           have
           what
           I
           intended
           :
           Which
           was
           to
           let
           you
           see
           ,
           that
           to
           divide
           and
           separate
           your selves
           from
           the
           communion
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           been
           guilty
           of
           a
           mole
           or
           two
           ,
           is
           as
           unreasonable
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           should
           quarrell
           the
           Moon
           out
           of
           her
           Orb
           ,
           or
           think
           her
           unworthy
           of
           the
           skies
           ,
           because
           she
           wears
           a
           spot
           or
           two
           writ
           on
           a
           glorious
           ball
           of
           light
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           if
           I
           have
           said
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           reproof
           of
           discord
           ,
           or
           the
           praise
           of
           charity
           ,
           which
           may
           re-unite
           your
           minds
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           all
           men
           of
           the
           same
           heart
           and
           beliefe
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           same
           Citie
           and
           Corporation
           ,
           I
           shall
           thinke
           I
           have
           done
           the
           work
           and
           businesse
           of
           a
           just
           Divider
           of
           the
           World
           of
           God
           towards
           you
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           faithfull
           Servant
           and
           Steward
           towards
           my
           heavenly
           Master
           .
           Whose
           blessing
           of
           peace
           be
           upon
           you
           all
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           grace
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           fellowship
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
           To
           which
           glorious
           Trinity
           ,
           be
           ascribed
           all
           Honor
           ,
           Praise
           ,
           Dominion
           and
           Power
           ,
           for
           ever
           .
           AMEN
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A50417e-160
           
             S
             Pauls
             qualification
             .
          
           
             Ephes.
             5
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             24.
             49.
             
          
           
             Acts
             9.
             6.
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Act.
             9.
             17.
             
          
           
             The
             arti●…
             insinuation
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             Unity
             of
             Asse●…blies
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Unity
             of
             minds
             
          
           
             Mat.
             15.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             10
             ▪
             10.
             
          
           
             Numb.
             11.
             29.
             
          
           
             2.
             Cor.
             4.
             7.