A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

It is a lawful calling, if it be lawfully used. No man is bound to stay at home: he may visit foreign countries, if either authority or necessity send him forth. A calling is a good warrant, and it cannot want danger to go unsent. But two things are to be weighed; who must go, and whither. Who; not a feeble and ungrounded Christian. Religion hath in it all statures, all strengths; children and men. Let a child or a fool be turned loose into the Apothecaries shop, that gallipot which looks fairest, shall soonest have their fingers, though there be poison in it. He that is unsettled, endangers his own infection, he had need be a resolute Caleb, that goes to view the land of the Canaanites. Whither; not a place of enforced blindness, and compulsion to idolatry: but where holy profession is free. Is there no tra•e allowed with Heretics? Yes, but not with heresies. We may converse with men not with idolatries: civilly, not in religion: deal with them in the business of commerce, not communicate with them in their superstitious services. How hateful is a Bimmonite, pretending an upright heart in a prostrate body! Trade with their persons, not with their vices: traffic is allowed, not amity; not friendship, b•• peace.

It is a lawfull calling, if it be lawfully used. No man is bound to stay at home: he may visite forraine countreyes, if either authority or necessitie send him forth. A calling is a good warrant, and it cannot want danger to goe unsent. But two things are to be waighed; who must goe, and whither. Who; not a feeble and ungrounded Christian. Religion hath in it all statures, all strengths; children and men. Let a child or a foole be turned loose into the Apothecaries shop, that gallipot which lookes fairest, shall soonest have their fingers, though there be poyson in it. He that is unsettled, endangers his owne infection, he had need be a resolute Caleb, that goes to view the land of the Canaanites. Whither; not a place of enforced blindnesse, and compulsion to idolatrie: but where holy profession is free. Is there no tra•e allowed with Heretickes? Yes, but not with heresies. We may converse with men not with idolatries: civilly, not in religion: deale with them in the businesse of commerce, not communicate with them in their superstitious services. How hatefull is a Bimmonite, pretending an upright heart in a prostrate body! Trade with their persons, not with their vices: trafficke is allowed, not amitie; not friendship, b•• peace.