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           OF
           THE
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           A
           DISCOURSE
           WRITTEN
           A
           Thousand
           Four
           Hundred
           and
           Thirty
           Years
           Since
           ,
           In
           the
           time
           of
           Decius
           the
           Persecuting
           Emperor
           .
        
         
           By
           CYPRIAN
           Bishop
           of
           Carthage
           and
           Martyr
           .
        
         
           Most
           usefull
           for
           allaying
           the
           present
           heats
           ,
           and
           reconciling
           the
           differences
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           Printed
           at
           the
           THEATER
           in
           Oxford
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           WHen
           the
           Idolatrous
           violence
           of
           heathen
           Rome
           ,
           under
           the
           Emperor
           Decius
           ,
           attemted
           the
           extirpation
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           brought
           on
           the
           seventh
           bloody
           persecution
           :
           Novatian
           a
           Presbyter
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           separated
           himself
           from
           the
           communion
           thereof
           ,
           and
           became
           leader
           of
           a
           dangerous
           schism
           ,
           upon
           suggestion
           that
           others
           were
           polluted
           by
           the
           conversation
           of
           ungodly
           men
           ,
           and
           favourd
           those
           who
           were
           Idolatrous
           :
           reproching
           them
           with
           the
           titles
           of
           
             Apostats
             ,
             Idolators
          
           and
           Jews
           ,
           as
           Pacian
           informs
           us
           .
           Which
           most
           unseasonable
           rupture
           ,
           exceedingly
           weakned
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Orthodox
           Christians
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           S.
           Cyprian
           expresses
           it
           ,
           became
           
             another
             persecution
             unto
             them
          
           .
           In
           this
           unhappy
           state
           of
           affairs
           ,
           when
           Idolatry
           destroied
           from
           abroad
           with
           all
           possible
           violence
           ,
           and
           Schism
           divided
           with
           like
           heat
           and
           earnestness
           within
           ;
           the
           good
           bishop
           of
           Carthage
           S.
           Cyprian
           ,
           thought
           it
           lay
           upon
           him
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           privilege
           of
           the
           pope
           of
           Rome
           had
           not
           then
           placed
           his
           Church
           above
           admonition
           ;
           nor
           his
           infallibility
           set
           it
           beyond
           instruction
           )
           to
           endeavor
           the
           reducing
           the
           dissenters
           in
           that
           Church
           :
           whose
           godly
           labors
           had
           very
           great
           effect
           ,
           bringing
           back
           into
           communion
           ,
           several
           of
           the
           most
           eminent
           partizans
           in
           Schism
           ;
           and
           thereby
           many
           others
           also
           ,
           who
           by
           large
           pretences
           to
           godliness
           ,
           and
           the
           name
           of
           some
           pious
           men
           drawn
           aside
           into
           the
           party
           ,
           gave
           reputation
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           not
           say
           how
           parallel
           a
           case
           we
           have
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           When
           we
           are
           now
           assaulted
           by
           the
           plots
           and
           machinations
           of
           Idolatrous
           Rome
           ,
           we
           are
           molested
           by
           domestic
           
           dissentions
           from
           within
           ,
           upon
           the
           same
           pretences
           that
           we
           are
           polluted
           with
           the
           conversation
           of
           the
           Vngodly
           ,
           and
           favor
           those
           who
           are
           Idolators
           ;
           are
           lukewarm
           Professors
           ,
           Popishly
           affected
           ,
           and
           protestants
           in
           Masquerade
           .
           It
           would
           be
           most
           happy
           if
           the
           parallel
           could
           be
           advanc'd
           yet
           farther
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           the
           advices
           of
           the
           holy
           Bishop
           and
           Martyr
           S.
           Cyprian
           were
           efficacious
           heretofore
           ,
           they
           may
           again
           be
           so
           on
           the
           like
           occasion
           .
           
             He
             being
             dead
          
           ,
           above
           fourteen
           hundred
           years
           since
           ,
           
             yet
             speaketh
          
           ;
           and
           his
           discourses
           cannot
           be
           imagin'd
           to
           be
           levened
           by
           interest
           or
           passion
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           are
           faithfully
           translated
           into
           our
           English
           tongue
           ;
           and
           presented
           to
           the
           view
           and
           consideration
           of
           Dissenters
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Christian
           Church
           stands
           under
           the
           same
           terms
           of
           duty
           to
           God
           and
           man
           ,
           as
           heretofore
           it
           did
           ;
           we
           have
           as
           strict
           obligation
           to
           Vnity
           among
           our selves
           ,
           &
           Obedience
           to
           those
           
             who
             are
             over
             us
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           as
           had
           our
           first
           forerunners
           in
           the
           faith
           .
           We
           are
           as
           forcibly
           bound
           to
           join
           in
           the
           same
           public
           Worship
           as
           they
           were
           ;
           and
           Excommunication
           ,
           (
           especially
           that
           which
           the
           Schismatic
           voluntarily
           executes
           upon
           himself
           )
           will
           be
           as
           penal
           ,
           and
           as
           certain
           a
           
             prejudice
             of
             the
             judgment
             of
             the
             great
             day
             ,
          
           as
           it
           was
           esteem'd
           in
           the
           primitive
           Church
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           declar'd
           to
           be
           by
           Tertullian
           .
           And
           not
           only
           the
           guilt
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           danger
           of
           Division
           ,
           is
           now
           as
           great
           as
           it
           was
           ever
           heretofore
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           
             If
             we
             bite
             and
             devour
             one
             another
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             destroied
             one
             of
             another
             .
          
           God
           Almighty
           grant
           that
           we
           
             may
             see
             ,
             at
             least
             in
             this
             our
             day
             ,
             the
             things
             belonging
             to
             our
             peace
             ,
             before
             they
             be
             hid
             from
             our
             Eies
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           Holy
           Martyr
           S.
           
           CYPRIAN
           Of
           the
           Vnity
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           WHEREAS
           our
           Lord
           instructing
           us
           hath
           said
           ,
           
           
             You
             are
             the
             salt
             of
             the
             earth
          
           ;
           and
           commanded
           us
           to
           be
           simple
           as
           to
           the
           doing
           any
           wrong
           ,
           and
           yet
           withall
           to
           join
           wisdom
           with
           our
           simplicity
           ;
           what
           can
           be
           more
           sit
           and
           becoming
           us
           ,
           then
           that
           with
           watchfull
           diligence
           we
           should
           endeavour
           to
           understand
           ,
           both
           what
           are
           the
           ambushes
           of
           our
           crafty
           enemy
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           avoid
           them
           ?
           that
           we
           who
           have
           put
           on
           
             Christ
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
          
           
           may
           not
           seem
           destitute
           of
           wisdom
           in
           securing
           our
           salvation
           :
           for
           we
           are
           not
           only
           to
           fear
           that
           persecution
           ,
           which
           by
           open
           force
           attemts
           the
           overthrow
           of
           the
           servants
           of
           God.
           T
           is
           easie
           to
           be
           cautious
           where
           the
           hazard
           is
           manifest
           .
           The
           mind
           is
           prepared
           before
           for
           the
           combat
           ,
           where
           
           the
           enemie
           professes
           himself
           .
           Then
           is
           he
           most
           formidable
           and
           most
           to
           be
           took
           care
           of
           ,
           when
           he
           secretly
           approches
           ,
           and
           under
           a
           fraudulent
           pretence
           of
           peace
           ,
           by
           an
           undiscernible
           motion
           steals
           upon
           us
           insensibly
           ;
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           which
           methods
           the
           Devil
           has
           the
           name
           of
           Serpent
           :
           for
           such
           hath
           bin
           always
           his
           craft
           ,
           and
           so
           dark
           and
           conceled
           from
           all
           view
           is
           the
           fraud
           by
           which
           he
           circumvents
           the
           sons
           of
           men
           .
           Thus
           in
           the
           infancy
           of
           the
           world
           he
           enterprizd
           upon
           ,
           and
           by
           mixing
           flattery
           with
           lies
           ,
           he
           decieved
           our
           unexperienced
           Forefathers
           thro
           their
           unwary
           credulity
           .
           Thus
           when
           he
           attemted
           our
           Lord
           ,
           he
           secretly
           approched
           ,
           as
           if
           by
           stealth
           he
           meant
           to
           deceive
           him
           :
           but
           he
           was
           immediatly
           understood
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           repulsed
           and
           vanquishd
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           discoverd
           and
           known
           .
           Whence
           we
           may
           learn
           to
           decline
           the
           path
           of
           the
           first
           Adam
           ,
           and
           pursue
           the
           steps
           of
           Christ
           the
           victorious
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           again
           unawars
           be
           entangled
           in
           the
           snare
           of
           Death
           ;
           but
           being
           provident
           against
           danger
           ,
           we
           may
           at
           last
           enjoy
           the
           purchased
           immortality
           .
           But
           how
           can
           we
           attain
           the
           fruition
           of
           this
           immortality
           ,
           unless
           we
           keep
           those
           commands
           of
           Christ
           by
           which
           death
           is
           to
           be
           vanquish'd
           and
           subdued
           ?
           according
           to
           that
           counsel
           and
           saying
           of
           his
           :
           
           
             If
             thou
             wilt
             enter
             into
             life
             ,
          
           
           
             keep
             the
             commandments
          
           .
           And
           again
           :
           
             Ye
             are
             my
             friends
          
           ,
           
           
             if
             you
             do
             whatsoever
             I
             command
             you
             .
          
           Such
           who
           are
           thus
           minded
           and
           resolved
           ,
           he
           stiles
           the
           couragious
           and
           stable
           ,
           
             founded
             upon
             a
             rock
          
           of
           vast
           bulk
           and
           strength
           ,
           firmly
           compacted
           and
           consolidated
           by
           an
           unshaken
           immovable
           constancy
           ,
           against
           all
           the
           storms
           and
           tempests
           of
           the
           world
           .
           
             Whosoever
             heareth
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
           
             these
             sayings
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             doth
             them
             ,
             I
             will
             liken
             him
             to
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             who
             built
             his
             house
             upon
             a
             rock
             .
             And
             the
             rain
             descended
             ,
             and
             the
             flouds
             came
             ,
             and
             the
             winds
             blew
             ,
             and
             beat
             upon
             that
             house
             :
             and
             it
             fell
             not
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             founded
             upon
             a
             rock
             .
          
           It
           is
           our
           duty
           therefore
           to
           regulate
           our
           goings
           by
           his
           precepts
           ,
           and
           to
           learn
           and
           do
           the
           things
           he
           taught
           and
           did
           :
           for
           with
           what
           face
           can
           any
           one
           profess
           he
           believes
           in
           Christ
           ,
           while
           he
           neglects
           to
           do
           what
           he
           enjoyns
           to
           be
           don
           ?
           or
           expect
           to
           reap
           the
           reward
           of
           faith
           ,
           who
           is
           unfaithful
           in
           the
           observation
           of
           his
           commands
           ?
           It
           cannot
           be
           ,
           but
           such
           a
           one
           must
           stagger
           ,
           and
           wander
           to
           and
           fro
           ,
           being
           hurryed
           about
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           error
           ,
           like
           dust
           driven
           by
           the
           wind
           .
           Nor
           shall
           he
           by
           his
           walking
           forward
           ever
           reach
           salvation
           ,
           who
           keeps
           not
           the
           saving
           way
           of
           truth
           .
        
         
         
           
           But
           we
           must
           not
           only
           take
           care
           to
           decline
           the
           Devils
           more
           obvious
           and
           manifest
           attemts
           ;
           but
           those
           which
           his
           subtile
           craft
           and
           fraud
           hath
           laid
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           the
           more
           easily
           to
           entrap
           us
           .
           For
           what
           artifice
           more
           fine
           ,
           what
           nicer
           subtilty
           ,
           then
           that
           when
           this
           enemy
           found
           himself
           discoverd
           and
           defeated
           by
           Christ's
           coming
           into
           the
           world
           (
           after
           this
           light
           appeared
           
             to
             the
             Gentiles
          
           ,
           
           after
           he
           broke
           forth
           with
           healing
           rays
           for
           the
           curing
           and
           saving
           mankind
           ,
           
           making
           the
           deaf
           hear
           the
           words
           of
           spiritual
           grace
           ,
           the
           blind
           lift
           up
           their
           eies
           to2
           God
           ,
           the
           weak
           recover
           to
           everlasting
           life
           ,
           the
           lame
           run
           into
           the
           bosome
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           the
           dumb
           loudly
           and
           distinctly
           pray
           to
           God
           ,
           )
           when
           he
           beheld
           the
           abandoning
           of
           his
           Idols
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Temples
           and
           Houses
           of
           superstition
           were
           left
           desolate
           and
           emty
           ,
           by
           the
           very
           great
           numbers
           that
           went
           off
           from
           his
           worship
           ,
           and
           embrac'd
           the
           Faith
           :
           then
           to
           set
           on
           foot
           a
           new
           artifice
           ,
           even
           under
           the
           very
           title
           and
           name
           of
           Christianity
           to
           entrap
           the
           unwary
           ?
           He
           invented
           Heresies
           and
           Schisms
           to
           undermine
           the
           Faith
           ,
           adulterate
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           divide
           Unity
           it self
           .
           Those
           whom
           he
           cannot
           detain
           in
           the
           darkness
           of
           the
           old
           way
           ,
           he
           circumvents
           by
           leading
           them
           in
           new
           and
           erroneous
           paths
           .
           Thus
           he
           siezes
           and
           takes
           
           men
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           while
           they
           imagin
           with
           themselves
           that
           they
           have
           made
           nearer
           approches
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           left
           behind
           them
           the
           Night
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           insensibly
           involves
           them
           anew
           in
           thick
           darkness
           ;
           that
           not
           conforming
           themselves
           to
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           observation
           of
           his
           righteous
           laws
           ,
           and
           yet
           calling
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           and
           walking
           in
           darkness
           ,
           they
           should
           notwithstanding
           perswade
           themselves
           that
           they
           were
           illuminated
           .
           The
           adversary
           flattering
           them
           in
           this
           opinion
           ,
           and
           so
           beguiling
           them
           ;
           who
           according
           to
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             transforms
             himself
             into
             an
             Angel
             of
             light
             ,
          
           
           and
           dresses
           up
           his
           ministers
           as
           if
           they
           
             were
             the
             servants
             of
             righteousness
          
           :
           so
           that
           they
           miscalling
           night
           day
           ,
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           safety
           and
           salvation
           ,
           obtruding
           despair
           under
           the
           name
           of
           hope
           ,
           pretending
           infidelity
           to
           be
           faith
           ,
           setting
           up
           Antichrist
           for
           Christ
           ;
           suggesting
           false
           but
           seeming
           probabilities
           ,
           frustrate
           the
           truth
           by
           subtilty
           .
        
         
           This
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           
           my
           well-beloved
           Brethren
           ,
           while
           we
           have
           not
           recourse
           to
           the
           source
           and
           original
           of
           truth
           ;
           while
           we
           seek
           not
           for
           the
           head
           and
           Fountain
           ,
           and
           are
           inobservant
           of
           our
           heavenly
           masters
           doctrin
           ,
           which
           if
           well
           weighed
           and
           examined
           ,
           would
           supersede
           long
           discourses
           and
           arguments
           .
           Truth
           renders
           
           the
           proof
           of
           our
           faith
           easie
           and
           compendious
           .
           Our
           Lord
           speaking
           to
           Peter
           ,
           useth
           these
           words
           :
           
             And
             I
             also
             say
             unto
             thee
             ,
          
           
           
             thou
             art
             Peter
             ,
             and
             upon
             this
             rock
             will
             I
             build
             my
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             gates
             of
             hell
             shall
             not
             prevail
             against
             it
             .
             And
             I
             will
             give
             unto
             thee
             the
             keys
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             and
             whatsoever
             thou
             shalt
             bind
             on
             earth
             ,
             shall
             be
             bound
             in
             heaven
             ;
             and
             whatsoever
             thou
             shalt
             loose
             on
             earth
             ,
             shall
             be
             loosed
             in
             heaven
             .
          
           And
           he
           said
           unto
           the
           same
           person
           after
           his
           resurrection
           :
           
             Feed
             my
             sheep
          
           .
           
           And
           altho
           after
           his
           resurrection
           he
           invested
           all
           the
           Apostles
           with
           equal
           power
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           all
           :
           
           
             As
             the
             Father
             hath
             sent
             me
             ,
             so
             send
             I
             you
             .
             Receive
             ye
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             Whosesoever
             sins
             ye
             remit
             ,
             they
             are
             remitted
             unto
             them
             ;
             and
             whosesoever
             sins
             ye
             do
             retain
             ,
             they
             are
             retained
          
           ;
           yet
           that
           he
           might
           make
           manifest
           the
           Churches
           Unity
           ,
           his
           Authority
           so
           order'd
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           origination
           thereof
           should
           be
           expres'd
           by
           the
           mention
           first
           of
           one
           single
           Person
           .
           What
           Peter
           was
           ,
           that
           also
           were
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           they
           having
           a
           like
           participation
           of
           honor
           and
           power
           ;
           yet
           the
           narration
           begins
           with
           Unity
           ,
           to
           signifie
           that
           the
           Church
           can
           be
           but
           one
           .
           This
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           designes
           in
           the
           Canticles
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           person
           of
           our
           Lord
           he
           thus
           speaks
           :
           
           
             My
             dove
             ,
             my
             undefiled
             
             is
             but
             one
             :
             she
             is
             the
             only
             one
             of
             her
             mother
             :
             she
             is
             the
             choice
             one
             of
             her
             that
             bare
             her
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           can
           he
           who
           keeps
           not
           this
           Unity
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           
           perswade
           himself
           that
           he
           holds
           fast
           the
           Faith
           ?
           can
           he
           who
           contends
           with
           the
           Church
           and
           opposeth
           her
           ,
           have
           the
           confidence
           to
           imagin
           himself
           a
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           ;
           when
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           Paul
           declares
           ,
           and
           points
           clearly
           at
           the
           mystery
           of
           Unity
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             There
             is
             one
             body
             ,
             and
             one
             spirit
             ,
          
           
           
             one
             hope
             of
             your
             calling
             ,
             one
             Lord
             ,
             one
             faith
             ,
             one
             baptism
             ?
          
           Which
           unity
           we
           Bishops
           ,
           especially
           ,
           who
           preside
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           ought
           firmly
           to
           maintain
           and
           defend
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           evidence
           thereby
           the
           unity
           and
           individualness
           of
           Episcopacy
           it self
           .
           Let
           none
           decieve
           the
           brethren
           with
           a
           ly
           ,
           or
           corrupt
           the
           truth
           of
           our
           faith
           with
           perfidious
           prevarication
           .
           There
           is
           but
           one
           Episcopacy
           ,
           which
           tho
           shared
           among
           as
           many
           several
           persons
           as
           there
           are
           Bishops
           in
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           yet
           each
           possesseth
           the
           authority
           entire
           .
           There
           is
           also
           but
           one
           Church
           ,
           however
           her
           fruitfulness
           and
           growth
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           she
           spreads
           and
           increaseth
           to
           a
           multitude
           of
           particular
           churches
           .
           As
           the
           beams
           which
           issue
           from
           the
           Sun
           are
           many
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           light
           it
           creates
           by
           them
           is
           one
           and
           the
           same
           :
           or
           as
           the
           boughs
           
           growing
           out
           of
           a
           tree
           are
           many
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           it
           but
           one
           stock
           ,
           fastned
           and
           fixt
           to
           it's
           place
           by
           one
           tenacious
           root
           :
           So
           too
           ,
           when
           many
           rivulets
           flow
           from
           a
           fountain
           ,
           whereby
           it
           seems
           so
           encreased
           as
           to
           become
           many
           by
           the
           plenty
           of
           water
           ,
           which
           is
           such
           as
           to
           require
           several
           channels
           for
           it's
           conveyance
           ;
           yet
           't
           is
           but
           one
           water
           still
           ,
           because
           it
           all
           rises
           at
           ,
           and
           runs
           from
           one
           spring
           head
           .
           Intercept
           a
           sun-beam
           from
           the
           body
           of
           the
           sun
           ,
           the
           oness
           of
           light
           will
           not
           admit
           of
           division
           .
           If
           you
           break
           a
           bough
           from
           a
           tree
           ,
           't
           will
           never
           shoot
           forth
           or
           grow
           again
           .
           Cut
           off
           a
           river
           from
           it's
           fountain
           ,
           't
           will
           immediatly
           dry
           up
           .
           In
           like
           manner
           the
           Church
           being
           enlightned
           by
           our
           Lord
           ,
           extends
           it's
           beams
           thro
           the
           whole
           world
           ;
           yet
           is
           it
           the
           same
           light
           that
           every
           where
           appears
           ,
           and
           is
           entirely
           one
           however
           scatter'd
           :
           As
           a
           tree
           ,
           she
           spreads
           her
           branches
           ,
           luxuriant
           in
           growth
           ,
           and
           plenteous
           in
           fruit
           .
           And
           as
           a
           river
           enlarges
           by
           her
           course
           her
           swelling
           streams
           ,
           yet
           is
           there
           but
           one
           head
           ,
           one
           source
           ,
           one
           stock
           ,
           of
           all
           this
           happy
           plenty
           .
        
         
           
           We
           are
           all
           the
           fruit
           of
           the
           Churches
           womb
           ,
           nourisht
           with
           the
           milk
           of
           her
           breasts
           ,
           quickned
           by
           her
           spirit
           .
           The
           spouse
           of
           Christ
           cannot
           be
           deflour'd
           ,
           but
           continues
           chast
           and
           incorrupt
           .
           
           She
           is
           acquainted
           but
           with
           one
           house
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           modest
           shamefacedness
           secures
           the
           reputation
           of
           the
           marriage
           bed
           .
           T
           is
           she
           who
           preserves
           us
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           leads
           her
           children
           to
           a
           kingdom
           .
           Whosoever
           departs
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           joins
           himself
           to
           an
           harlot
           ,
           and
           forfeits
           the
           promises
           made
           unto
           her
           ;
           nor
           can
           he
           attain
           the
           rewards
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           abandons
           his
           Church
           ;
           such
           a
           one
           is
           an
           Alien
           ,
           is
           profane
           ,
           is
           an
           Enemy
           .
           He
           cannot
           have
           God
           for
           his
           Father
           ,
           who
           disowns
           the
           Church
           for
           his
           Mother
           .
           If
           any
           one
           escaped
           in
           the
           Flood
           ,
           who
           was
           out
           of
           Noah's
           ark
           ,
           he
           may
           likewise
           be
           saved
           ,
           who
           is
           out
           of
           the
           pale
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Our
           Lord
           informs
           us
           of
           this
           ,
           saying
           :
           
           
             He
             that
             is
             not
             with
             me
             ,
             is
             against
             me
             :
             and
             he
             that
             gathereth
             not
             with
             me
             ,
             scattereth
             .
          
           He
           who
           breaks
           the
           peace
           and
           agreement
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           sets
           himself
           against
           Christ
           .
           He
           who
           gathers
           and
           makes
           proselytes
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           scatters
           and
           makes
           havock
           of
           it
           .
           It
           's
           our
           Lord's
           saying
           :
           
             I
             and
             my
             Father
             are
             one
             .
          
           
           And
           again
           it
           's
           writen
           concerning
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           holy
           Spirit
           :
           
             These
             three
             are
             one
          
           .
           
           And
           now
           can
           any
           one
           believe
           that
           this
           unity
           ,
           which
           proceeds
           from
           the
           Divine
           immutability
           and
           is
           consolidated
           by
           heavenly
           mysteries
           ,
           can
           
           be
           rent
           asunder
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           divided
           into
           parts
           by
           the
           discrepancy
           of
           the
           jarring
           wills
           of
           men
           ?
           He
           who
           keeps
           not
           this
           unity
           ,
           holds
           not
           the
           law
           of
           God
           ,
           nor
           the
           belief
           of
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           ,
           nor
           the
           faith
           by
           which
           he
           should
           be
           saved
           .
        
         
           
           This
           Sacrament
           of
           unity
           ,
           this
           indissoluble
           band
           of
           concord
           is
           represented
           to
           us
           in
           the
           Gospel
           by
           the
           coat
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           divided
           at
           all
           or
           parted
           ,
           but
           the
           soldiers
           casting
           lots
           upon
           his
           vesture
           ,
           who
           among
           them
           should
           wear
           it
           ,
           it
           remain'd
           whole
           and
           entire
           .
           The
           scripture
           saith
           ,
           
           
             The
             soldiers
             said
             among
             themselves
          
           ,
           concerning
           this
           
             coat
             without
             seam
             ,
             woven
             from
             the
             top
             throout
             ,
             Let
             us
             not
             divide
             it
             ,
             but
             cast
             lots
             for
             it
             ,
             whose
             it
             shall
             be
             .
          
           That
           garment
           represented
           the
           unity
           which
           descended
           from
           above
           ,
           that
           is
           from
           heaven
           and
           the
           Father
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           to
           be
           torn
           and
           cut
           by
           any
           who
           became
           possessor
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           to
           have
           a
           firm
           and
           entire
           possession
           thereof
           .
           He
           cannot
           have
           the
           garment
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           rends
           and
           tears
           his
           Church
           .
           So
           upon
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           when
           after
           the
           death
           of
           Solomon
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           Ahijah
           met
           with
           King
           Jeroboam
           on
           the
           way
           ,
           he
           rent
           the
           garment
           he
           had
           upon
           him
           into
           twelve
           pieces
           ,
           saying
           to
           him
           :
           
           
             Take
             thee
             ten
             pieces
             ;
             for
             thus
             saith
             the
             
             Lord
             God
             of
             Israel
             :
             Behold
             ,
             I
             will
             rend
             the
             kingdom
             out
             of
             the
             hand
             of
             Solomon
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             give
             ten
             tribes
             to
             thee
             .
             But
             he
             shall
             have
             one
             tribe
             for
             my
             servant
             David's
             sake
             ,
             and
             Jerusalem's
             sake
             ,
             the
             city
             which
             I
             have
             chosen
             out
             of
             all
             the
             tribes
             of
             Israel
             to
             put
             my
             name
             there
             .
          
           Thus
           when
           the
           twelve
           tribes
           of
           Israel
           were
           to
           be
           rent
           asunder
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           Ahijah
           presignified
           it
           by
           rending
           Jeroboam's
           garment
           .
           But
           because
           Christ's
           people
           cannot
           be
           torn
           in
           sunder
           ,
           therefore
           his
           coat
           which
           was
           wove
           throout
           and
           of
           an
           entire
           piece
           ,
           was
           not
           parted
           and
           shared
           by
           the
           souldiers
           ,
           whose
           fee
           it
           was
           .
           It
           's
           being
           undivided
           ,
           and
           the
           parts
           of
           it
           being
           closely
           and
           imperceptibly
           conjoyned
           ,
           is
           a
           mysterious
           emblem
           of
           that
           concord
           and
           union
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           between
           all
           who
           have
           put
           on
           Christ
           .
        
         
           What
           person
           therefore
           can
           be
           so
           impious
           ,
           
           so
           perfidious
           ,
           so
           raging
           mad
           with
           discord
           ,
           as
           to
           imagin
           he
           can
           compass
           ,
           or
           dare
           to
           attemt
           the
           rending
           the
           unity
           of
           the
           Godhead
           ,
           the
           garment
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           or
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ?
           He
           himself
           hath
           instructed
           us
           in
           his
           Gospel
           saying
           ,
           that
           
             there
             shall
             be
             one
             fold
             ,
             and
             one
             shepherd
             .
          
           
           And
           can
           any
           one
           imagin
           that
           in
           one
           fold
           there
           should
           be
           many
           shepherds
           ,
           or
           many
           flocks
           ?
           
           The
           Apostle
           Saint
           Paul
           recommending
           to
           us
           this
           unity
           ,
           
           intreats
           and
           exhorts
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Now
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             by
             the
             name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             that
             ye
             all
             speake
             the
             same
             thing
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             be
             no
             divisions
             among
             you
             :
             but
             that
             ye
             be
             perfectly
             joind
             together
             in
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             same
             judgment
             .
          
           And
           again
           he
           saith
           :
           
           
             Forbearing
             one
             another
             in
             love
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             keep
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             .
          
           Can
           it
           be
           thought
           that
           any
           one
           departing
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           can
           subsist
           and
           live
           ,
           the
           man
           who
           raises
           new
           fabrics
           for
           himself
           :
           when
           it
           was
           told
           Rahab
           ,
           by
           whose
           house
           the
           Church
           was
           prefigur'd
           ,
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             bring
             thy
             Father
             ,
             and
             thy
             mother
             ,
             and
             thy
             brethren
             ,
             and
             all
             thy
             Fathers
             house
             home
             unto
             thee
             ;
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             whosoever
             shall
             go
             out
             of
             the
             doors
             of
             thy
             house
             into
             the
             street
             ,
             his
             blood
             shall
             be
             upon
             his
             head
             :
          
           and
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           passover
           instituted
           in
           Exodus
           contains
           no
           other
           lesson
           then
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           Lamb
           (
           the
           slaying
           of
           which
           prefigured
           Christ's
           death
           )
           should
           be
           eaten
           in
           one
           house
           ?
           The
           Lord
           enjoyn'd
           that
           it
           should
           be
           
             eaten
             in
             one
             House
          
           ,
           
           and
           that
           nothing
           of
           it
           should
           be
           carried
           abroad
           .
           The
           flesh
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Holy
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           cast
           out
           of
           doors
           :
           nor
           have
           Believers
           any
           other
           house
           
           besides
           the
           Church
           which
           is
           but
           one
           .
           The
           holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           Psalms
           designs
           and
           expresses
           this
           house
           ,
           this
           lodging
           of
           unanimity
           ,
           
           when
           he
           saith
           :
           
             It
             is
             God
             who
             maketh
             men
             to
             be
             of
             one
             mind
             in
             an
             house
             .
          
           In
           the
           house
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           the
           loving
           inhabit
           ,
           the
           kind
           and
           simple
           continue
           therein
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           appear'd
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           a
           dove
           ,
           that
           innocent
           gentle
           creature
           ,
           
           which
           is
           not
           imbitter'd
           with
           gall
           ,
           bites
           not
           fiercely
           with
           teeth
           ,
           nor
           violently
           tears
           with
           talons
           :
           These
           creatures
           love
           the
           places
           where
           men
           dwell
           ,
           keep
           to
           the
           same
           nest
           ,
           both
           the
           mates
           hatch
           their
           young
           ;
           when
           they
           fly
           abroad
           ,
           they
           go
           in
           flocks
           ,
           they
           pass
           their
           age
           in
           mutual
           converse
           ;
           in
           their
           billing
           together
           ,
           they
           express
           in
           a
           manner
           the
           kiss
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           points
           fulfil
           the
           law
           of
           unanimity
           .
           This
           simplicity
           is
           to
           be
           sought
           after
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           this
           charity
           to
           be
           acquir'd
           ,
           that
           our
           brotherly
           love
           may
           imitate
           that
           of
           doves
           ,
           our
           mildness
           and
           gentleness
           equal
           that
           of
           sheep
           and
           lambs
           .
           What
           hath
           the
           fierceness
           of
           wolves
           ,
           the
           madness
           of
           dogs
           ,
           the
           deadly
           venom
           of
           serpents
           ,
           and
           the
           cruelty
           of
           savage
           beasts
           to
           do
           with
           a
           Christian's
           breast
           ?
           We
           are
           to
           rejoyce
           ,
           when
           such
           are
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           communion
           of
           the
           
           Church
           ;
           least
           they
           devour
           the
           doves
           and
           sheep
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           poyson
           them
           with
           their
           infectious
           contagion
           .
           Sweet
           and
           bitter
           cannot
           incorporate
           or
           dwell
           together
           ;
           neither
           can
           darkness
           and
           light
           ,
           rain
           and
           sunshine
           ,
           war
           and
           peace
           ,
           dearth
           and
           plenty
           ,
           drought
           and
           moisture
           ,
           tranquillity
           and
           tempest
           .
        
         
           
           It
           is
           not
           possible
           for
           the
           truly
           good
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           Church
           .
           The
           wind
           carries
           not
           away
           the
           good
           corn
           ;
           nor
           doth
           a
           tempest
           throw
           down
           the
           well
           rooted
           tree
           .
           It
           's
           the
           light
           chaff
           which
           the
           wind
           drives
           about
           ,
           and
           the
           decaied
           stock
           which
           the
           storm
           blows
           down
           .
           These
           are
           they
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           John
           execrates
           and
           smites
           ,
           
           saying
           :
           
             They
             went
             out
             from
             us
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             not
             of
             us
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             had
             been
             of
             us
             ,
             they
             would
             no
             doubt
             have
             continued
             with
             us
             .
          
           Hence
           heresies
           have
           frequently
           been
           ,
           and
           still
           arise
           ,
           while
           the
           perverse
           mind
           retains
           not
           peace
           ,
           and
           perfidious
           discord
           abandons
           unity
           .
           Which
           things
           the
           Lord
           permits
           and
           suffers
           ,
           leaving
           to
           men
           their
           liberty
           of
           will.
           ;
           that
           when
           our
           hearts
           and
           minds
           are
           tried
           by
           this
           test
           of
           truth
           ,
           the
           integrity
           of
           the
           faithful
           may
           be
           as
           manifest
           as
           the
           light
           .
           The
           Holy
           Spirit
           warns
           us
           of
           this
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           telling
           us
           :
           that
           
             heresies
             must
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             approved
             might
             be
             
             made
             manifest
             .
          
           By
           this
           the
           faithful
           are
           tried
           ,
           
           and
           the
           perfidious
           detected
           ;
           so
           that
           even
           here
           before
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           there
           passeth
           a
           discrimination
           between
           the
           just
           and
           unjust
           ,
           and
           the
           chaff
           is
           separated
           from
           the
           good
           grain
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           they
           who
           of
           their
           own
           heads
           without
           any
           warrant
           from
           the
           Divine
           appointment
           ,
           
           set
           themselves
           over
           the
           giddy
           conventiclers
           ;
           who
           without
           the
           requisite
           of
           Ordination
           ,
           constitute
           themselves
           governours
           ;
           and
           assume
           to
           themselves
           the
           character
           of
           Bishops
           ,
           without
           having
           that
           office
           &
           authority
           conferred
           upon
           them
           .
           Whom
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           in
           the
           book
           of
           Psalms
           points
           at
           ,
           when
           he
           mentions
           those
           who
           
             sit
             in
             the
             seat
             of
             the
             scornfull
          
           :
           
           they
           are
           the
           very
           pest
           and
           bane
           of
           faith
           ,
           decieving
           with
           their
           serpentine
           glosings
           ,
           skilfull
           in
           adulterating
           the
           truth
           ,
           spitting
           up
           deadly
           poyson
           from
           their
           pestilential
           tongues
           .
           Whose
           very
           words
           
             spred
             like
             a
             canker
          
           ,
           
           whose
           discourses
           distill
           poyson
           into
           the
           breast
           and
           heart
           .
           'T
           is
           against
           these
           the
           Lord
           lifts
           up
           his
           voice
           ,
           it
           is
           from
           these
           he
           restrains
           and
           calls
           back
           his
           wandring
           flock
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Hearken
             not
             unto
             the
             words
             of
             the
             prophets
             ,
             that
             prophesy
             unto
             you
          
           ;
           
           
             they
             make
             you
             vain
             :
             they
             speake
             a
             vision
             of
             their
             own
             heart
             ,
             and
             not
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
             They
             say
             still
             unto
             them
             that
             despise
             me
             ,
             The
             Lord
             hath
             said
             ,
             Ye
             shall
             have
             peace
             ,
             and
             they
             say
             unto
             every
             one
             that
             walketh
             after
             the
             imagination
             of
             his
             own
             heart
             ,
          
           
           
             No
             evil
             shall
             come
             upon
             you
             .
             If
             they
             had
             continued
             in
             my
             way
             ,
             and
             hearkned
             to
             my
             words
             ,
             and
             had
             from
             them
             instructed
             my
             people
             ;
             I
             would
             have
             turned
             them
             from
             their
             evil
             thoughts
             .
          
           These
           same
           persons
           the
           Lord
           designs
           and
           marks
           out
           again
           ,
           
           saying
           :
           
             They
             have
             forsaken
             me
             the
             fountain
             of
             living
             waters
             ,
             and
             hewn
             them
             out
             cisterns
             ,
             broken
             cisterns
             that
             can
             hold
             no
             water
             .
          
           Altho
           there
           is
           but
           one
           baptism
           ,
           they
           presume
           they
           may
           baptize
           .
           Having
           left
           the
           fountain
           of
           life
           ,
           they
           promise
           baptismal
           grace
           ,
           whereby
           they
           who
           are
           immerst
           are
           not
           cleansed
           but
           defiled
           ;
           their
           sins
           not
           put
           away
           but
           rather
           multiplyed
           :
           that
           new
           birth
           begets
           not
           sons
           to
           God
           but
           to
           the
           Devil
           .
           
           Being
           born
           of
           a
           ly
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           the
           promises
           of
           truth
           :
           begot
           in
           perfidiousness
           ,
           they
           lose
           the
           grace
           of
           faith
           .
           They
           cannot
           recieve
           the
           reward
           of
           peace
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           mad
           discord
           have
           broke
           the
           Lords
           peace
           .
        
         
           Nor
           let
           any
           decieve
           themselves
           with
           a
           false
           exposition
           of
           what
           the
           Lord
           hath
           said
           :
           
             Where
             two
             or
             three
             are
             gathered
             together
             in
             my
             name
             ,
             there
             am
             I
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
             .
          
           These
           corrupters
           
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           false
           interpreters
           of
           it
           ,
           produce
           the
           last
           clause
           ,
           and
           pass
           over
           the
           antecedent
           parts
           of
           the
           discourse
           ;
           remembring
           one
           piece
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           craftily
           forgeting
           the
           other
           .
           As
           they
           themselves
           are
           divided
           from
           the
           Church
           ;
           so
           likewise
           they
           divide
           asunder
           an
           entire
           period
           of
           the
           Scripture
           .
           For
           when
           our
           Lord
           advised
           his
           disciples
           to
           unanimity
           and
           peace
           ,
           he
           thus
           addrest
           to
           them
           :
           
           
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             if
             two
             shall
             agree
             upon
             earth
             ,
             as
             touching
             any
             thing
             they
             shall
             ask
             ;
             it
             shall
             be
             don
             for
             them
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             heaven
             :
             for
             where
             two
             or
             three
             are
             gathered
             together
             in
             my
             name
             ,
             there
             am
             I
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
          
           ;
           shewing
           thereby
           that
           the
           success
           and
           force
           of
           prayer
           was
           not
           to
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           number
           of
           supplicants
           ,
           but
           unanimity
           of
           them
           .
           
             If
             two
             of
             you
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             shall
             agree
             upon
             earth
          
           ,
           he
           placed
           unanimity
           in
           the
           front
           ,
           and
           began
           with
           the
           agreement
           of
           peace
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           instruct
           us
           to
           agree
           faithfully
           and
           firmly
           together
           .
           But
           how
           can
           he
           agree
           with
           any
           one
           ,
           who
           agrees
           not
           with
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           brotherhood
           in
           general
           ?
           How
           can
           two
           or
           three
           be
           gathered
           together
           in
           Christs
           name
           ,
           who
           apparently
           are
           separated
           from
           Christ
           and
           his
           Gospel
           ?
           For
           we
           did
           not
           go
           out
           from
           them
           ,
           
           but
           they
           departed
           from
           us
           .
           And
           whereas
           heresies
           and
           schisms
           had
           their
           birth
           and
           original
           from
           mens
           making
           of
           distinct
           conventicles
           for
           themselvs
           ,
           t
           is
           they
           who
           are
           desertors
           of
           the
           head
           from
           whence
           truth
           takes
           it's
           original
           .
           But
           the
           Lord
           speaks
           there
           concerning
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           speaks
           to
           them
           who
           are
           of
           it
           and
           in
           it
           ;
           that
           if
           they
           shall
           according
           to
           his
           command
           and
           counsel
           ,
           unanimously
           joyn
           in
           prayer
           ,
           tho
           they
           be
           but
           two
           or
           three
           gather'd
           together
           ,
           yet
           they
           shall
           obtain
           from
           the
           Divine
           Majesty
           a
           grant
           of
           what
           they
           ask
           .
           
           
             Where
             two
             or
             three
             are
             gatherd
             together
             in
             my
             name
             ,
             there
             am
             I
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
          
           :
           i.
           e.
           of
           such
           who
           are
           simple
           and
           peaceable
           ,
           who
           fear
           God
           and
           keep
           his
           commands
           .
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           these
           ,
           tho
           but
           two
           or
           three
           ,
           
           he
           promised
           he
           would
           be
           .
           After
           this
           sort
           he
           was
           with
           the
           three
           Children
           in
           the
           fiery
           furnace
           ;
           and
           because
           they
           kept
           their
           simplicity
           towards
           him
           ,
           and
           continued
           in
           unanimity
           with
           one
           another
           ;
           he
           therefore
           refresht
           them
           ,
           amidst
           the
           flames
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           with
           a
           cooling
           breath
           of
           air
           ,
           or
           the
           falling
           of
           dew
           :
           
           He
           was
           with
           the
           two
           Apostles
           ,
           shut
           up
           in
           prison
           ;
           forasmuch
           as
           they
           were
           simple
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           they
           were
           unanimous
           .
           He
           opened
           the
           prison
           gates
           ,
           and
           brought
           them
           into
           the
           
           court
           of
           the
           temple
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           declare
           that
           word
           ,
           they
           had
           before
           faithfully
           preached
           ,
           to
           the
           multitude
           .
           
           When
           therefore
           he
           commands
           and
           saies
           ,
           that
           
             wheresoever
             two
             or
             three
             are
             gatherd
             together
             in
             my
             name
             ,
             I
             am
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
          
           ;
           he
           who
           founded
           and
           instituted
           the
           Church
           ,
           doth
           not
           divide
           men
           from
           it
           :
           but
           upbraiding
           the
           discord
           of
           the
           unfaithful
           ,
           and
           recommending
           with
           his
           own
           mouth
           peace
           to
           the
           faithful
           ,
           he
           thence
           declares
           ,
           he
           will
           rather
           afford
           his
           presence
           to
           two
           or
           three
           who
           are
           met
           together
           with
           one
           heart
           and
           one
           mind
           in
           prayer
           ,
           then
           to
           very
           many
           dissenters
           ;
           and
           that
           more
           may
           be
           obtain'd
           by
           the
           prayer
           of
           a
           few
           who
           agree
           in
           what
           they
           ask
           ,
           then
           by
           the
           supplication
           of
           many
           ,
           whose
           very
           petitions
           as
           well
           as
           themselves
           are
           at
           variance
           against
           each
           other
           .
           Upon
           which
           account
           ,
           when
           he
           gave
           a
           rule
           of
           prayer
           to
           his
           disciples
           ,
           he
           added
           :
           
           
             And
             when
             ye
             stand
             praying
             ,
             forgive
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             ought
             against
             any
             :
             that
             your
             Father
             also
             which
             is
             in
             heaven
             ,
             may
             forgive
             you
             your
             trespasses
             .
          
           Nay
           he
           calls
           back
           the
           person
           who
           designs
           him
           a
           sacrifice
           ,
           from
           the
           very
           altar
           ,
           
           if
           he
           comes
           thither
           having
           a
           difference
           with
           his
           brother
           ,
           and
           bids
           him
           first
           to
           be
           reconciled
           to
           his
           brother
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           come
           again
           in
           peace
           ,
           and
           offer
           his
           gift
           ;
           
           for
           upon
           this
           ground
           God
           had
           not
           respect
           to
           the
           offering
           of
           Cain
           .
           
           For
           God
           could
           not
           be
           reconciled
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           thro
           envy
           ,
           hated
           his
           brother
           .
        
         
           
           What
           peace
           therefore
           can
           they
           expect
           who
           are
           at
           enmity
           with
           their
           brethren
           ?
           What
           oblations
           can
           they
           offer
           who
           strive
           with
           the
           Priest
           ?
           Can
           they
           think
           Christ
           will
           vouchsafe
           to
           be
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           when
           they
           are
           gathered
           together
           ,
           whose
           meeting
           is
           without
           the
           Church
           ?
           Such
           if
           slain
           for
           the
           confessing
           of
           Christ
           ,
           would
           not
           wash
           away
           their
           sin
           even
           with
           their
           blood
           .
           The
           heinous
           and
           inexpiable
           crime
           of
           discord
           is
           not
           to
           be
           purg'd
           away
           ,
           no
           not
           with
           death
           .
           He
           cannot
           be
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           in
           the
           Church
           :
           nor
           can
           he
           ever
           come
           to
           the
           kingdom
           of
           Christ
           triumphant
           ,
           who
           here
           deserts
           it
           being
           militant
           .
           Our
           Lord
           left
           us
           peace
           for
           a
           legacy
           ,
           commanded
           unanimity
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           gave
           in
           charge
           that
           we
           should
           
             keep
             the
             unity
             of
             the
             spirit
             in
             the
             bond
             of
             peace
             .
          
           He
           cannot
           be
           a
           martyr
           ,
           who
           is
           destitute
           of
           brotherly
           love
           .
           Saint
           Paul
           both
           teacheth
           and
           contests
           this
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Altho
             I
             have
             all
             faith
          
           ,
           
           
             so
             that
             I
             could
             remove
             mountains
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             charity
             ,
             I
             am
             nothing
             .
             And
             tho
             I
             bestow
             all
             my
             goods
             to
             feed
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             tho
             I
             
             give
             my
             body
             to
             be
             burned
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             charity
             ,
             it
             profiteth
             nothing
             .
             Charity
             suffers
             long
             ,
             and
             is
             kind
             :
             charity
             envieth
             not
             :
             charity
             vaunts
             not
             it self
             ,
             is
             not
             puffed
             up
             ,
             doth
             not
             behave
             it self
             unseemly
             ,
             seeketh
             not
             her
             own
             ,
             is
             not
             easily
             provoked
             ,
             thinketh
             no
             evil
             :
             beareth
             all
             things
             ,
             believeth
             all
             things
             ,
             hopeth
             all
             things
             ,
             endureth
             all
             things
             :
             charity
             never
             faileth
             .
          
           This
           shall
           continue
           in
           that
           kingdom
           we
           look
           for
           ,
           this
           shall
           remain
           to
           all
           eternity
           in
           the
           brotherhood
           and
           never
           to
           be
           divided
           union
           of
           glorified
           saints
           .
           Discord
           cannot
           enter
           heaven
           nor
           recieve
           rewards
           from
           Christ
           ,
           who
           has
           declar'd
           to
           his
           disciples
           :
           
             This
             is
             my
             commandment
          
           ,
           
           
             that
             ye
             love
             one
             another
             ,
             even
             as
             I
             have
             loved
             you
             .
          
           He
           can
           have
           no
           relation
           to
           him
           who
           violates
           his
           love
           by
           perfidious
           dissention
           .
           Whoever
           hath
           not
           charity
           ,
           hath
           not
           God.
           It
           's
           the
           blessed
           Apostle
           John's
           assertion
           :
           for
           he
           saith
           :
           
           
             God
             is
             love
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             dwelleth
             in
             love
             ,
             dwelleth
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             in
             him
             .
          
           They
           cannot
           dwell
           with
           God
           who
           thro
           dissention
           will
           not
           abide
           in
           his
           Church
           .
           Tho
           they
           fry
           in
           flames
           ,
           tho
           cast
           into
           the
           fire
           or
           to
           wild
           beasts
           ,
           they
           lay
           down
           their
           lives
           ,
           therein
           they
           recieve
           not
           the
           crown
           of
           faith
           ,
           but
           the
           reward
           of
           disobedience
           ;
           not
           the
           glorious
           exit
           of
           religious
           fortitude
           ,
           but
           
           the
           final
           destruction
           of
           despair
           .
           Such
           a
           one
           may
           be
           killed
           ,
           but
           cannot
           be
           crown'd
           .
        
         
           
           The
           schismatic
           assumes
           the
           Christian
           name
           no
           otherwise
           then
           the
           Devil
           do's
           ,
           when
           he
           counterfiets
           Christ
           ;
           according
           as
           he
           forewarn'd
           us
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Many
             shall
             come
             in
             my
             name
             ,
             saying
             :
             I
             am
             Christ
             ,
             and
             shall
             decieve
             many
             .
          
           Now
           as
           Satan
           is
           not
           Christ
           ,
           tho
           he
           falsly
           takes
           his
           name
           ;
           so
           neither
           is
           he
           to
           be
           lookt
           upon
           as
           a
           Christian
           ,
           who
           perseveres
           not
           in
           the
           truth
           of
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           faith
           thereof
           .
           It
           is
           indeed
           a
           sublime
           and
           wonderful
           privilege
           to
           prophesy
           ,
           cast
           out
           Devils
           ,
           and
           to
           perform
           on
           earth
           works
           of
           power
           .
           And
           yet
           whosoever
           he
           be
           who
           hath
           these
           gifts
           ,
           doth
           not
           thereby
           attain
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           heaven
           ,
           unless
           he
           tread
           in
           the
           strait
           and
           even
           path
           of
           duty
           .
           The
           Lord
           hath
           pronounced
           such
           a
           one's
           doom
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
           
             Many
             will
             say
             unto
             me
             in
             that
             day
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             have
             we
             not
             prophesied
             in
             thy
             name
             ?
             and
             in
             thy
             name
             cast
             out
             Devils
             ?
             and
             in
             thy
             name
             don
             many
             wonderful
             works
             ?
             And
             then
             will
             I
             profess
             unto
             them
             :
             I
             never
             knew
             you
             ,
             depart
             from
             me
             ye
             workers
             of
             iniquity
             .
          
           'T
           is
           righteousness
           alone
           that
           can
           recommend
           us
           to
           God
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           judgment
           .
           We
           must
           obey
           his
           commands
           and
           counsels
           ,
           that
           the
           good
           works
           
           which
           we
           have
           don
           may
           be
           rewarded
           .
           Our
           Lord
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           when
           he
           would
           guide
           the
           progress
           of
           our
           faith
           and
           hope
           in
           the
           shortest
           track
           ,
           tells
           us
           :
           
             The
             Lord
             thy
             God
             is
             one
             .
          
           And
           ,
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             with
             all
             thy
             heart
             ,
             with
             all
             thy
             soul
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             thy
             strength
             .
             This
             is
             the
             first
             and
             great
             commandment
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             is
             like
             unto
             it
             :
             Thou
             shalt
             love
             thy
             neighbour
             as
             thy self
             .
             On
             these
             two
             commandments
             hang
             all
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Prophets
             .
          
           In
           his
           instruction
           he
           joyns
           together
           love
           and
           unity
           ;
           and
           in
           two
           precepts
           comprised
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Prophets
           .
           But
           how
           doth
           he
           retain
           unity
           ,
           or
           preserve
           love
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           think
           on
           't
           ,
           who
           furiously
           mad
           with
           the
           poyson
           of
           discord
           ,
           mangles
           the
           Church
           ,
           destroyeth
           the
           faith
           ,
           disturbs
           the
           peace
           ,
           dissipates
           charity
           and
           profanes
           all
           holy
           mysteries
           .
        
         
           This
           mischief
           ,
           my
           beloved
           Brethren
           ,
           
           began
           long
           since
           ,
           but
           now
           the
           destruction
           occasion'd
           thereby
           ,
           is
           apparently
           encreased
           ;
           and
           the
           poysonous
           bane
           of
           heretical
           perversness
           and
           separation
           hath
           shot
           up
           and
           shews
           it self
           .
           For
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           foretelling
           &
           admonishing
           us
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           declares
           that
           in
           the
           declination
           of
           the
           world
           it
           was
           necessary
           so
           it
           should
           be
           .
           
           
             In
             the
             last
             days
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             perilous
             times
             shall
             come
             .
             For
             
             men
             shall
             be
             lovers
             of
             themselves
             ,
             covetous
             ,
             boasters
             ,
             proud
             ,
             blasphemers
             ,
             disobedient
             to
             parents
             ,
             unthankful
             ,
             unholy
             ,
             without
             natural
             affection
             ,
             truce-breakers
             ,
             false
             accusers
             ,
             incontinent
             ,
             fierce
             ,
             despisers
             of
             those
             that
             are
             good
             ,
             traitors
             ,
             heady
             ,
             highminded
             ,
             lovers
             of
             plesures
             more
             then
             lovers
             of
             God
             ,
             having
             a
             form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             but
             denying
             the
             power
             thereof
             .
             Of
             this
             sort
             are
             they
             which
             creep
             into
             houses
             ,
             and
             lead
             captive
             silly
             women
             ,
             laden
             with
             sins
             ,
             led
             away
             with
             divers
             lusts
             ,
             ever
             learning
             ,
             and
             never
             able
             to
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             truth
             .
             Now
             as
             Jannes
             and
             Jambres
             withstood
             Moses
             ;
             so
             do
             these
             also
             resist
             the
             truth
             .
             But
             they
             shall
             proceed
             no
             further
             ;
             for
             their
             folly
             shall
             be
             made
             manifest
             unto
             all
             men
             ,
             as
             theirs
             also
             was
             .
          
           What
           hath
           been
           foretold
           ,
           hath
           been
           exactly
           fulfill'd
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           now
           drawing
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           the
           times
           and
           men
           are
           a
           proof
           thereof
           .
           The
           adversary
           now
           raging
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           in
           like
           proportions
           error
           decieves
           ,
           stupidity
           thrusts
           forward
           ,
           envy
           enflames
           ,
           avarice
           blinds
           ,
           impiety
           depraves
           ,
           pride
           puffs
           up
           ,
           discord
           provokes
           ,
           anger
           transports
           .
           Yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           abounding
           of
           iniquity
           ought
           not
           to
           shake
           and
           disturb
           us
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           prediction
           ought
           to
           confirm
           and
           strengthen
           our
           faith
           .
           Therefore
           should
           the
           brethren
           
           rather
           take
           heed
           of
           such
           ,
           for
           that
           all
           things
           were
           foretold
           of
           them
           :
           our
           Lord
           himself
           teaching
           us
           and
           saying
           :
           
             But
             take
             ye
             heed
          
           :
           
           
             behold
             ,
             I
             have
             foretold
             you
             all
             things
             .
          
           Avoid
           I
           beseech
           you
           such
           men
           ,
           and
           walk
           not
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           keep
           your
           ears
           shut
           ,
           and
           your selves
           far
           from
           their
           infectious
           communication
           ,
           which
           carrieth
           death
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           writen
           ;
           
             Set
             an
             hedge
             of
             thorns
             about
             thine
             ears
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             hearken
             not
             to
             an
             evil
             tongue
             .
          
           And
           again
           :
           
             Evil
             communication
             corrupts
             good
             manners
          
           .
           The
           Lord
           instructs
           and
           counsels
           us
           to
           withdraw
           from
           this
           sort
           of
           persons
           :
           
             They
             are
             blind
             leaders
             of
             the
             blind
             .
             And
             if
             the
             blind
             lead
             the
             blind
             ,
             both
             shall
             fall
             into
             the
             ditch
             .
          
           Whoever
           he
           is
           that
           lives
           in
           separation
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           be
           detested
           and
           shunn'd
           .
           
             He
             who
             is
             such
          
           ,
           
           
             is
             perverted
             and
             sinneth
             ,
             being
             condemn'd
             of
             himself
             .
          
           Can
           he
           concieve
           himself
           to
           be
           on
           Christ's
           side
           ,
           who
           acts
           against
           his
           Priests
           ,
           who
           departs
           from
           the
           communion
           of
           his
           Clergy
           and
           people
           ?
           Such
           a
           one
           bears
           arms
           against
           the
           Church
           ,
           against
           God's
           ordinance
           ,
           is
           an
           enemy
           to
           the
           altar
           ,
           a
           rebel
           against
           the
           sacrifice
           of
           Christ
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           faithful
           is
           a
           traitor
           ,
           instead
           of
           religious
           sacrilegious
           ,
           an
           undutiful
           son
           ,
           an
           ungodly
           servant
           ,
           an
           hostile
           brother
           ;
           
           contemning
           the
           Bishops
           and
           renouncing
           God's
           priests
           ,
           he
           presumtuously
           sets
           up
           altar
           against
           altar
           ,
           makes
           new
           and
           unlawful
           praiers
           ,
           profanes
           by
           false
           sacrifices
           the
           true
           offering
           of
           our
           Lord
           ;
           not
           deigning
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           
             they
             who
             resist
             the
             ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             recieve
             to
             themselves
             damnation
          
           .
        
         
           
           Thus
           Corah
           ,
           Dathan
           ,
           and
           Abiram
           ,
           who
           challeng'd
           to
           themselves
           the
           power
           of
           sacrificing
           in
           opposition
           to
           Moses
           ,
           and
           Aaron
           the
           priest
           ,
           were
           immediately
           punisht
           for
           their
           attemt
           .
           
           
             The
             earth
             opened
             her
             mouth
             ,
             and
             swallowed
             them
             up
             .
          
           Nor
           did
           the
           Anger
           of
           God
           thus
           stirr'd
           up
           punish
           only
           the
           authors
           of
           this
           rebellion
           ,
           but
           two
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           others
           ,
           complices
           in
           their
           seditious
           enterprise
           :
           who
           joyning
           themselves
           to
           them
           in
           their
           insolence
           ,
           
           were
           with
           a
           speedy
           revenge
           
             consumed
             by
             fire
             from
             the
             Lord.
          
           From
           whence
           we
           learn
           and
           are
           taught
           ,
           that
           whatever
           wicked
           men
           do
           in
           opposition
           to
           Gods
           ordinance
           ,
           is
           don
           against
           him
           .
           
           So
           King
           Uzziah
           ,
           taking
           a
           censer
           in
           his
           hand
           to
           burn
           incense
           contrary
           to
           the
           law
           of
           God
           ,
           violently
           invading
           the
           priesthood
           ,
           and
           refusing
           to
           obey
           and
           retire
           when
           Azariah
           the
           priest
           oppos'd
           his
           design
           ,
           was
           by
           divine
           vengeance
           put
           to
           shame
           ,
           being
           
           markt
           in
           the
           forehead
           with
           the
           stein
           of
           Leprosy
           .
           The
           offended
           Lord
           set
           the
           mark
           of
           his
           anger
           on
           that
           conspicuous
           part
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           sign'd
           who
           are
           reciev'd
           into
           his
           favor
           .
           So
           likewise
           the
           sons
           of
           Aaron
           for
           offering
           up
           strange
           fire
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           he
           commanded
           not
           ,
           
           were
           forthwith
           consumed
           before
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           displesure
           ;
           and
           yet
           these
           are
           imitated
           and
           followed
           by
           all
           such
           ,
           who
           slighting
           what
           was
           delivered
           by
           God
           ,
           seek
           after
           and
           are
           in
           love
           with
           doctrines
           of
           human
           invention
           :
           for
           which
           crime
           our
           Lord
           in
           his
           Gospel
           sharply
           rebukes
           and
           reprooves
           them
           :
           
           
             Ye
             transgress
             and
             make
             the
             commandment
             of
             God
             of
             none
             effect
             ,
             by
             your
             tradition
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           more
           flagitious
           wickedness
           then
           that
           which
           the
           Lapsed
           commit
           ,
           
           who
           being
           reciev'd
           to
           Penance
           ,
           by
           acts
           of
           mortification
           recommend
           themselves
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           God.
           In
           this
           case
           the
           Church
           is
           sought
           to
           ,
           in
           the
           other
           she
           is
           oppos'd
           :
           in
           this
           there
           might
           be
           some
           pretence
           of
           necessity
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           crime
           is
           purely
           voluntary
           :
           here
           the
           lapsed
           person
           prejudiceth
           himself
           alone
           ;
           there
           who
           so
           proselytes
           others
           to
           schism
           or
           heresy
           ,
           decieves
           as
           many
           as
           he
           draws
           in
           :
           here
           is
           the
           loss
           of
           one
           soul
           ,
           there
           the
           danger
           of
           many
           .
           This
           is
           plain
           ,
           
           the
           lapsed
           understands
           he
           hath
           offended
           ,
           and
           mourns
           and
           bewails
           his
           condition
           ;
           but
           the
           sectary
           is
           puft
           up
           in
           his
           sin
           ,
           and
           pleaseth
           himself
           in
           his
           transgression
           ;
           he
           parts
           the
           mother
           and
           her
           children
           ,
           whom
           he
           draws
           off
           from
           her
           ;
           he
           enticeth
           the
           sheep
           to
           follow
           his
           voice
           and
           not
           the
           shepheards
           ;
           and
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           disorders
           Gods
           sacraments
           .
           And
           whereas
           the
           Lapsed
           person
           sin'd
           but
           once
           ,
           the
           persevering
           schismatic
           goes
           on
           in
           daily
           sinning
           .
           To
           conclude
           ,
           the
           lapsed
           recovering
           his
           station
           ,
           may
           be
           honour'd
           now
           with
           the
           crown
           of
           Martyrdom
           ,
           and
           may
           hereafter
           were
           a
           Heavenly
           one
           ;
           while
           the
           schismatic
           slain
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           can
           never
           recieve
           those
           rewards
           which
           are
           peculiarly
           hers
           .
        
         
           
           And
           here
           ,
           my
           beloved
           Brethren
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           no
           wonder
           to
           any
           of
           you
           that
           Confessors
           fall
           into
           schism
           ;
           and
           that
           some
           of
           that
           rank
           may
           be
           guilty
           of
           crimes
           so
           heinous
           as
           not
           to
           be
           mention'd
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           the
           confessing
           of
           Christs
           name
           which
           privileges
           a
           man
           from
           the
           Devils
           snares
           ,
           or
           which
           defends
           and
           perpetually
           safeguards
           one
           while
           in
           this
           world
           :
           for
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           we
           should
           never
           meet
           with
           deceit
           ,
           uncleaness
           ,
           and
           adultery
           in
           Confessors
           ,
           and
           yet
           these
           are
           crimes
           which
           to
           our
           grief
           and
           sadness
           we
           
           see
           in
           some
           .
           Whosoever
           that
           Confessor
           be
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           greater
           ,
           nor
           better
           ,
           nor
           dearer
           to
           God
           then
           Solomon
           ,
           who
           yet
           held
           that
           grace
           he
           once
           obtain'd
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           so
           long
           only
           as
           he
           walkt
           in
           his
           ways
           :
           But
           after
           he
           forsook
           his
           way
           ,
           he
           lost
           his
           favor
           also
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           writen
           :
           
             The
             Lord
             rais'd
             up
             an
             adversary
             against
             him
             .
          
           
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           said
           :
           
             Hold
             fast
             that
             which
             thou
             hast
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             take
             thy
             crown
             .
          
           Which
           threat
           had
           not
           bin
           menaced
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           upon
           departing
           from
           righteousness
           ,
           the
           crown
           likewise
           was
           to
           be
           translated
           .
           Confession
           is
           the
           first
           setting
           out
           towards
           glory
           ,
           but
           carries
           not
           the
           prize
           :
           perfects
           not
           praise
           ,
           tho
           it
           initiate
           to
           honor
           :
           as
           it
           is
           writen
           :
           
           
             He
             who
             endureth
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             saved
             .
          
           Whatsoever
           is
           before
           the
           end
           ,
           may
           be
           a
           step
           to
           ascend
           by
           to
           the
           height
           of
           salvation
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           not
           that
           last
           round
           which
           seats
           us
           in
           the
           utmost
           summity
           thereof
           .
           By
           being
           a
           Confessor
           ,
           one
           becomes
           afterwards
           in
           greater
           danger
           ,
           because
           it
           gives
           greater
           provocation
           to
           the
           enemy
           .
           Is
           any
           one
           a
           Confessor
           ,
           for
           this
           very
           reason
           he
           ought
           to
           keep
           close
           to
           the
           Gospel
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           having
           by
           the
           Gospel
           obtain'd
           glory
           from
           him
           .
           For
           he
           has
           said
           :
           
             To
             whom
             much
             is
             given
          
           ,
           
           
             of
             him
             much
             shall
             be
             required
          
           ;
           and
           the
           higher
           a
           person
           stands
           
           rais'd
           in
           dignity
           ,
           the
           more
           service
           shall
           be
           demanded
           of
           him
           .
           Let
           no
           man
           perish
           by
           the
           example
           of
           a
           Confessor
           ,
           nor
           any
           one
           learn
           injustice
           ,
           pride
           ,
           faithlesness
           from
           a
           Confessors
           ill
           morals
           .
           Is
           any
           one
           a
           Confessor
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           humble
           and
           quiet
           ,
           let
           him
           in
           his
           conversation
           be
           orderly
           and
           modest
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           is
           call'd
           the
           Confessor
           of
           Christ
           ,
           let
           him
           imitate
           that
           Christ
           whom
           he
           has
           confest
           .
           For
           when
           he
           saith
           :
           
             Every
             one
             that
             exalteth
             himself
          
           ,
           
           
             shall
             be
             abased
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             humbleth
             himself
             ,
             shall
             be
             exalted
             ,
          
           and
           was
           himself
           exalted
           by
           his
           father
           ,
           because
           being
           the
           word
           ,
           the
           power
           ,
           the
           wisdom
           of
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           he
           humbled
           himself
           here
           upon
           earth
           ;
           how
           can
           it
           be
           that
           he
           should
           love
           a
           proud
           advancing
           of
           our selves
           ,
           who
           both
           himself
           requir'd
           humility
           in
           his
           law
           ,
           and
           reciev'd
           from
           his
           father
           a
           name
           above
           all
           names
           as
           a
           recompence
           of
           his
           humility
           ?
           A
           Confessor
           he
           is
           of
           Christs
           ;
           but
           upon
           this
           condition
           ,
           that
           he
           doth
           not
           afterward
           blaspheme
           Christs
           Majesty
           and
           Glory
           .
           The
           tongue
           which
           hath
           once
           confess'd
           Christ
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           rail
           ,
           or
           be
           turbulent
           ;
           should
           not
           be
           heard
           making
           a
           noise
           in
           reproches
           and
           wrangling
           ;
           nor
           having
           set
           forth
           the
           divine
           praises
           ,
           spit
           out
           serpentine
           venom
           against
           the
           Brethren
           and
           Priests
           of
           God.
           
           But
           if
           the
           Confessor
           shall
           grow
           criminal
           and
           detestable
           afterwards
           ,
           if
           he
           shall
           overthrow
           his
           good
           confession
           by
           an
           ill
           conversation
           ,
           if
           with
           some
           filthy
           action
           he
           shall
           bring
           a
           foul
           blot
           upon
           his
           life
           ,
           if
           lastly
           forsaking
           that
           Church
           in
           which
           he
           became
           a
           Confessor
           ,
           and
           cutting
           asunder
           the
           band
           of
           Unity
           ,
           he
           shall
           exchange
           his
           first
           faith
           for
           infidelity
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           to
           flatter
           himself
           as
           if
           his
           confession
           made
           him
           one
           of
           the
           Elect
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           rewarded
           with
           Glory
           ;
           when
           hereby
           he
           deserves
           the
           severer
           punishment
           .
           Our
           Lord
           chose
           Judas
           to
           be
           an
           Apostle
           ,
           and
           yet
           this
           Judas
           betray'd
           afterwards
           his
           Lord.
           
        
         
           But
           albeit
           the
           traitor
           Judas
           fell
           off
           from
           the
           fellowship
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
           yet
           was
           not
           this
           an
           empeachment
           of
           their
           fidelity
           and
           duty
           ;
           and
           so
           here
           in
           the
           present
           affair
           ,
           it
           doth
           not
           lessen
           the
           dignity
           of
           Confessors
           ,
           because
           the
           faith
           of
           some
           hath
           faild
           .
           The
           blessed
           Apostle
           speaks
           to
           this
           purpose
           :
           
             For
             what
             if
             some
             have
             not
             believ'd
             .
          
           
           (
           or
           fallen
           away
           )
           
             shall
             their
             unbelief
             make
             the
             faith
             of
             God
             without
             effect
             ?
             let
             God
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             a
             lyar
             .
          
           The
           better
           and
           greater
           part
           of
           Confessors
           stands
           firm
           in
           the
           faith
           and
           in
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Lords
           law
           and
           discipline
           .
           Nor
           do
           they
           depart
           from
           the
           Churches
           peace
           ,
           who
           
           keep
           in
           mind
           that
           it
           was
           in
           the
           Church
           where
           thro
           the
           mercy
           of
           God
           they
           obtain'd
           grace
           :
           And
           in
           this
           respect
           their
           faith
           is
           more
           to
           be
           commended
           ,
           that
           they
           withdrew
           from
           a
           fellowship
           with
           them
           in
           schism
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           had
           bin
           join'd
           in
           an
           unconquerable
           confession
           :
           who
           withdrew
           from
           the
           contagion
           of
           guilt
           ,
           being
           irradiated
           with
           the
           true
           Gospel
           light
           ,
           shin'd
           upon
           by
           the
           pure
           and
           bright
           beams
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           as
           much
           to
           be
           renown'd
           for
           keeping
           Christs
           peace
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           for
           their
           conquest
           in
           their
           conflict
           with
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           
           I
           wish
           ,
           my
           beloved
           Brethren
           ,
           and
           withal
           give
           my
           counsel
           and
           advice
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           be
           possible
           ,
           not
           one
           of
           the
           Brethren
           may
           perish
           ,
           and
           our
           joyful
           mother
           the
           Church
           may
           recieve
           into
           her
           bosom
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           agreeing
           people
           .
           But
           if
           notwithstanding
           her
           wholesome
           counsel
           ,
           she
           cannot
           recall
           back
           some
           of
           the
           chief
           ringleaders
           of
           schism
           and
           authors
           of
           dissention
           ,
           obstinately
           resolv'd
           to
           persist
           in
           their
           blind
           madness
           ,
           into
           the
           way
           of
           salvation
           ;
           yet
           let
           the
           rest
           of
           you
           who
           have
           been
           caught
           by
           simplicity
           ,
           or
           led
           by
           mistake
           ,
           or
           beguil'd
           by
           the
           cunning
           craft
           and
           cozenage
           of
           others
           ,
           disentangle
           your selves
           from
           the
           deceitful
           snares
           ,
           retrieve
           your
           wandring
           feet
           out
           of
           the
           by-paths
           of
           error
           ,
           and
           
           take
           the
           straight
           way
           which
           leads
           to
           heaven
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Apostles
           adjuration
           :
           
           
             Now
             we
             command
             you
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             that
             ye
             withdraw
             your selves
             from
             every
             brother
             that
             walketh
             disorderly
             ,
             and
             not
             after
             the
             tradition
             which
             he
             reciev'd
             of
             us
             .
          
           And
           again
           he
           speaks
           to
           this
           sense
           :
           
           
             Let
             no
             man
             decieve
             you
             with
             vain
             words
             .
             For
             because
             of
             these
             things
             cometh
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             upon
             the
             children
             of
             disobedience
             .
             Therefore
             be
             not
             partakers
             with
             them
             .
          
           We
           must
           therefore
           depart
           from
           such
           offenders
           as
           these
           ,
           nay
           rather
           we
           ought
           to
           fly
           from
           them
           ,
           for
           fear
           least
           if
           one
           join
           himself
           to
           such
           disorderly
           walkers
           ,
           and
           goes
           with
           them
           in
           their
           ways
           of
           sin
           ,
           wandring
           from
           the
           track
           where
           the
           true
           road
           lay
           ,
           he
           may
           at
           last
           be
           involv'd
           in
           an
           equal
           share
           of
           guilt
           with
           them
           .
           There
           is
           one
           God
           and
           one
           Christ
           ,
           his
           Church
           one
           ,
           his
           faith
           one
           ,
           and
           his
           people
           by
           concord
           are
           firmly
           cemented
           together
           into
           one
           body
           .
           Unity
           is
           not
           to
           be
           divided
           ,
           nor
           can
           the
           same
           body
           by
           the
           dissolution
           of
           its
           contexture
           be
           dissever'd
           from
           its
           self
           ,
           or
           subsist
           ,
           having
           its
           bowels
           torn
           out
           piece-meal
           .
           Whatever
           infant
           is
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           womb
           ,
           cannot
           live
           and
           breath
           apart
           ,
           but
           looseth
           its
           safety
           and
           life
           .
           It
           is
           the
           holy
           Spirits
           admonition
           :
           
           
             What
             man
             is
             he
             that
             desireth
             life
             ,
             &
             loveth
             many
             days
             that
             he
             may
             see
             
             good
             ?
             Keep
             thy
             tongue
             from
             evil
             ,
             and
             thy
             lips
             that
             they
             speak
             no
             guile
             .
             Depart
             from
             evil
             ,
             and
             do
             good
             ;
             seek
             peace
             and
             pursue
             it
             .
          
           He
           who
           is
           a
           son
           of
           peace
           ,
           ought
           to
           seek
           and
           follow
           after
           it
           ,
           and
           he
           who
           is
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           hath
           any
           affection
           for
           the
           bond
           of
           charity
           ,
           ought
           to
           refrain
           his
           tongue
           from
           evil
           dissention
           .
           To
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           divine
           precepts
           of
           wholesome
           instruction
           which
           our
           Lord
           being
           about
           to
           suffer
           dispensed
           ,
           
           he
           added
           this
           :
           
             Peace
             I
             leave
             with
             you
             ,
             my
             peace
             I
             give
             unto
             you
             .
          
           This
           legacy
           of
           peace
           he
           left
           us
           ,
           and
           hath
           promised
           us
           all
           the
           gifts
           ,
           all
           the
           rewards
           he
           hath
           to
           bestow
           ,
           on
           condition
           we
           preserve
           it
           .
           If
           we
           are
           coheirs
           with
           Christ
           ,
           let
           us
           abide
           with
           Christ
           in
           peace
           :
           If
           sons
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           should
           be
           peacemakers
           .
           
             Blessed
             are
             the
             peacemakers
          
           ,
           
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             for
             they
             shall
             be
             call'd
             the
             children
             of
             God.
          
           Gods
           children
           ought
           to
           be
           peaceful
           ,
           of
           a
           mild
           spirit
           ,
           innocent
           in
           their
           discourse
           ,
           in
           affection
           united
           ,
           inviolably
           fastned
           to
           each
           other
           by
           the
           links
           of
           unanimity
           .
           This
           accord
           was
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           .
           So
           the
           new
           nation
           of
           believers
           kept
           the
           commandments
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           held
           fast
           their
           mutual
           charity
           ;
           for
           a
           testimony
           of
           which
           this
           Scripture
           may
           be
           alleg'd
           :
           
           
             And
             the
             multitude
             of
             them
             that
             believed
             were
             of
             
             one
             heart
             and
             of
             one
             soul
             .
          
           And
           again
           :
           
             These
             all
          
           (
           i.
           e.
           
           the
           Apostles
           )
           
             continued
             with
             one
             accord
             in
             prayer
             and
             supplication
             with
             the
             women
             ,
             and
             Mary
             the
             mother
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             brethren
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           they
           could
           pray
           effectually
           ,
           and
           be
           confidently
           assured
           of
           obtaining
           what
           they
           askt
           of
           Gods
           mercy
           .
        
         
           But
           unanimity
           is
           decreas'd
           to
           that
           low
           degree
           among
           us
           ,
           
           that
           the
           bounty
           of
           charitable
           giving
           is
           contracted
           .
           They
           sold
           houses
           and
           lands
           then
           ,
           and
           being
           mindful
           only
           of
           laying
           up
           tresures
           in
           heaven
           for
           themselves
           ,
           they
           layd
           down
           the
           several
           prices
           for
           which
           their
           goods
           were
           sold
           at
           the
           Apostles
           feet
           ,
           to
           be
           distributed
           by
           them
           among
           the
           poor
           according
           as
           their
           necessities
           required
           .
           But
           alas
           ,
           now
           adays
           we
           give
           not
           the
           tithe
           of
           our
           estate
           ,
           and
           when
           the
           Lord
           calls
           to
           sell
           ,
           we
           are
           upon
           the
           buying
           and
           encreasing
           hand
           .
           So
           much
           hath
           the
           vigour
           of
           Faith
           witherd
           and
           decay'd
           ;
           so
           much
           hath
           the
           healthy
           constitution
           of
           Believers
           languish'd
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           with
           relation
           to
           our
           times
           saith
           in
           the
           Gospel
           :
           
           
             When
             the
             Son
             of
             man
             cometh
             ,
             shall
             he
             find
             faith
             upon
             the
             earth
             ?
          
           We
           see
           that
           accomplish'd
           which
           he
           foretold
           .
           In
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           Law
           of
           righteousness
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           actions
           ,
           we
           are
           most
           unfaithful
           .
           
           No
           man
           bears
           in
           mind
           the
           terrors
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           his
           wrath
           and
           future
           judgement
           ;
           the
           vengeance
           he
           will
           take
           on
           unbelievers
           ,
           and
           the
           eternal
           torments
           to
           which
           they
           are
           consign'd
           .
           Which
           are
           such
           as
           would
           terrify
           our
           consciences
           if
           we
           did
           believe
           them
           ,
           but
           therefore
           we
           disregard
           because
           of
           incredulity
           :
           If
           we
           did
           believe
           them
           ,
           we
           should
           avoid
           ,
           and
           avoiding
           should
           escape
           them
           .
           Let
           us
           rouse
           up
           our selves
           ,
           my
           dearest
           Brethren
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           it
           is
           possible
           ,
           and
           throwing
           off
           our
           old
           sloth
           and
           sleepiness
           ,
           let
           us
           be
           watchful
           to
           observe
           and
           perform
           the
           Lord's
           precepts
           .
           Let
           us
           be
           such
           as
           he
           hath
           commanded
           us
           to
           be
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             Let
             your
             loins
             be
             girded
             about
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             your
             lights
             burning
             ;
             and
             you
             your selves
             like
             men
             who
             wait
             for
             the
             Lord
             ,
             when
             he
             will
             return
             from
             the
             wedding
             ;
             that
             when
             he
             cometh
             and
             knocketh
             ,
             they
             may
             open
             to
             him
             immediatly
             .
             Blessed
             are
             those
             servants
             ,
             whom
             when
             the
             Lord
             comes
             he
             shall
             find
             watching
             .
          
           We
           ought
           to
           be
           ready
           ,
           least
           the
           day
           of
           our
           departure
           find
           us
           unprepar'd
           and
           engag'd
           .
           Let
           our
           light
           so
           shine
           in
           our
           good
           works
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           lead
           us
           out
           of
           the
           dark
           night
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           to
           the
           light
           and
           brightness
           of
           eternal
           day
           .
           Let
           us
           carefully
           and
           vigilantly
           expect
           the
           sudden
           coming
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           shall
           knock
           ,
           
           our
           faith
           may
           be
           found
           waking
           to
           recieve
           the
           reward
           of
           her
           watchfulness
           .
           If
           these
           duties
           are
           observ'd
           ,
           if
           these
           admonitions
           and
           precepts
           are
           obey'd
           ;
           we
           shall
           not
           be
           taken
           sleeping
           by
           the
           deceits
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           but
           as
           vigilant
           servants
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           shall
           reign
           with
           him
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           ADVERTISMENT
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           in
           the
           sixth
           page
           of
           this
           Treatise
           there
           is
           omitted
           the
           mention
           of
           
             Primacy
             being
             given
             to
             S.
             Peter
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             there
             was
             to
             be
             one
             Chair
             ,
             the
             which
             is
             his
          
           ;
           as
           also
           that
           
             the
             Church
             was
             founded
             thereupon
          
           :
           words
           seeming
           to
           justify
           the
           pretentions
           of
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ;
           all
           which
           appear
           every
           where
           in
           the
           late
           editions
           of
           this
           Author
           ,
           and
           as
           such
           are
           cited
           by
           others
           ,
           and
           therefore
           may
           be
           suggested
           to
           have
           bin
           left
           out
           by
           sinister
           practice
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           a
           falsification
           of
           the
           Text
           :
           the
           Reader
           is
           therefore
           desired
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           passages
           are
           not
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           ancient
           Manuscript
           copies
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           old
           Editions
           ,
           that
           of
           Spire
           ,
           that
           without
           name
           ,
           or
           time
           ,
           or
           place
           of
           the
           impression
           ,
           nor
           that
           of
           Rembolt
           ,
           those
           of
           Erasmus
           ,
           that
           of
           Morellius
           ,
           and
           onward
           to
           Manutius
           and
           Pamelius
           ;
           whereby
           it
           manifestly
           appears
           that
           the
           aforesaid
           insertions
           are
           a
           forgery
           ,
           suitable
           to
           diverse
           others
           ,
           which
           the
           patrons
           of
           the
           Roman
           omnipotence
           have
           attemted
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           omission
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           falsification
           ,
           that
           t
           is
           the
           
           doing
           justice
           to
           the
           genuine
           reading
           :
           which
           thing
           Rigaltius
           in
           his
           commentary
           ingeniously
           acknowledges
           ,
           tho
           he
           had
           not
           courage
           to
           restore
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           Indeed
           it
           had
           bin
           a
           great
           shortness
           of
           understanding
           in
           S.
           Cyprian
           ,
           if
           in
           the
           same
           breath
           wherein
           he
           declar'd
           that
           
             all
             Bishops
          
           of
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           
             preside
             therein
             with
             parity
             of
             power
             and
             honour
          
           ;
           he
           should
           in
           contradiction
           thereto
           declare
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Church
           was
           subjected
           to
           ,
           and
           founded
           upon
           the
           primacy
           of
           the
           one
           Chair
           of
           S.
           Peter
           .
           And
           moreover
           the
           said
           Father
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           practice
           was
           known
           to
           have
           resisted
           Pope
           Stephen
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           stood
           his
           excommunication
           :
           and
           oppos'd
           Pope
           Cornelius
           ,
           tho
           his
           friend
           ,
           in
           the
           business
           of
           an
           appeal
           to
           Rome
           ;
           would
           have
           bin
           utterly
           inexcusable
           and
           self-condemn'd
           ,
           if
           in
           his
           writings
           he
           had
           taught
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Supremacy
           overall
           Churches
           and
           Persons
           ,
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           .
        
         
           Would
           to
           God
           those
           men
           who
           make
           large
           boasts
           of
           Antiquity
           and
           Fathers
           on
           the
           one
           part
           ,
           and
           those
           on
           the
           other
           side
           who
           cry
           out
           for
           a
           Reformation
           according
           to
           the
           primitive
           platform
           ;
           would
           diligently
           read
           the
           holy
           Fathers
           
           and
           Writers
           of
           the
           first
           ages
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           particularly
           S.
           Cyprian
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           continue
           their
           opinions
           ,
           and
           be
           either
           Papists
           or
           Separatists
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A35528-e220
           
             Writen
             in
             the
             251
             year
             after
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Prudence
             &
             obedience
             are
             to
             be
             joined
             to
             Christian
             simplicity
             .
             
               Mat.
               5.13.10.16
            
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.24
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             19.17
             .
          
           
             John
             15.14
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             7.24
             ,
             and
             25.
             
          
           
             Heresies
             are
             most
             carefully
             to
             be
             avoided
             .
          
           
             Luke
             2.32
             .
          
           
             Math.
             11.5
             .
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             11
             14
             ▪
             and
             15.
             
          
           
             The
             original
             of
             Heresie
             is
             the
             ignorance
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             contemt
             of
             the
             Vnity
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             16.18
             ,
             &
             19.
             
          
           
             Jo.
             21.17
             .
          
           
             Jo.
             20.21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Cant.
             6.8
             .
          
           
             Schism
             readily
             passes
             into
             Heresie
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.4
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             Out
             of
             the
             Church
             there
             is
             no
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             12.30
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             10.30
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             5.7
             .
          
           
             The
             unity
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             exprest
             by
             our
             Saviours
             seamless
             coat
             .
          
           
             John
             19.23
             ,
             and
             24.
             
          
           
             1
             Kings
             11.29
             ,
             30
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             If
             Christs
             garment
             will
             not
             brook
             division
             ,
             much
             less
             his
             body
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             10.16
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Josh
             .
             2.18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             12.11
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             68.6
             .
          
           
             The
             Dove
             and
             Lamb
             are
             the
             emblems
             of
             christianity
             .
          
           
             Heresy
             is
             a
             work
             of
             the
             flesh
             ;
             and
             invads
             not
             the
             truly
             good
             .
          
           
             1
             Jo.
             2.19
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.19
             .
          
           
             The
             character
             of
             heretics
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             1.1
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             Jerem.
             23.16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             ver
             .
             22.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             The
             promise
             of
             our
             Savior
             that
             he
             will
             be
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             two
             or
             three
             who
             are
             gathered
             together
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             belongs
             not
             to
             the
             separate
             from
             the
             congregation
             .
             
               Mat.
               18.20
            
             .
          
           
             Ib.
             v.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             18.20
             .
          
           
             Dan.
             3.25
             .
          
           
             Act.
             5.19
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             18.20
             .
          
           
             Mark
             11.25
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             5.23
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             4.5
             .
          
           
             Martyrdom
             it self
             cannot
             attone
             for
             the
             sin
             of
             Schisme
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             13.2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             John
             15.12
             .
          
           
             1
             John
             4.16
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             only
             Christians
             in
             name
             ,
             who
             do
             not
             maintain
             brotherly
             love
             .
             
               Mark
               12.6
            
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             7.22
             ,
             23.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             22.37
             ,
             38
             ,
             39
             ,
             40.
             
          
           
             The
             Apostles
             have
             long
             before
             foretold
             ,
             the
             rise
             of
             Schismes
             in
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Mark
             13.23
             .
          
           
             Eccles
             .
             28.28
             .
             according
             to
             the
             Vulg.
             Lat.
             1
             Cor.
             15.33
             .
             Mat.
             15.14
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             3.11
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             13.2
             .
          
           
             Gods
             vengeance
             pursues
             the
             invaders
             of
             the
             priest-hood
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             16.32
             .
          
           
             Ibid.
             35.
             
          
           
             2
             Chron.
             26.16
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Lev.
             10.1
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             15.3
             ,
             and
             6.
             
          
           
             The
             Schismatic
             is
             more
             criminal
             then
             the
             lapst
             person
             ,
             whose
             guilt
             even
             Martyrdom
             cannot
             expiat
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             wonder'd
             at
             ,
             if
             Confessors
             fall
             into
             Schism
             .
          
           
             1
             Kings
             11.14
             .
             Revel
             .
             3.11
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             10.22
             .
          
           
             Luke
             12.48
             .
          
           
             Luke
             18.14
             .
          
           
             The
             falling
             away
             of
             some
             ,
             do's
             not
             lessen
             the
             glory
             of
             those
             Confessors
             ,
             who
             retain
             their
             dignity
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             conversation
             of
             schismatics
             is
             to
             be
             avoided
             .
          
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             3.6
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             5.6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             34.12
             ,
             13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Jo.
             14.27
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             5.9
             .
          
           
             Acts
             4.32
             .
          
           
             Act.
             1.14
             .
          
           
             The
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             declining
             in
             its
             primitive
             zeal
             and
             purity
             .
          
           
             Luke
             18.8
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             12.35
             ,
             36
             ,
             and
             37.