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A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…A sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…
A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By James Usher. Professor of Divinity in the University of Dublin, in IrelandA sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By Iames Vssher. Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Dublin, in Ireland
London: printed by I.Dawson for John Bartlett, 1624London: printed by I.Dawson for Iohn Bartlett, 1624
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If in some other things we be otherwise minded, than others of our brethren are; let us bear one with another, until God shall reveal ⟨p. 7⟩the same thing unto us: and howsoever we may see cause why we should dissent from others in matter of opinion; yet let us remember, that that is no cause why we should break the Kings peace, and make a rent in the Church of God. A thing deeply to be thought of by the Ishmaels of our time, whose hand is against every man, 1and every mans hand against them;2 who bite and devour one another, until they be consumed one of another; who forsake the fellowship of the Saints, and *by a sacrilegious separation break this bond of peace. Little do these men consider, how precious the peace of the Church ought to be in our eyes (to be redeemed with a thousand of our lives) and of what dangerous consequence the matter of schism is unto their own souls. For howsoever the schismatic secundùm affectum (as the Schoolmen speak) in his intention and wicked purpose, taketh away unity from the Church; even as he that hateth God, doth take away goodness from him, as much as in him lieth: yet secundùm effectum, in truth and in very deed, he taketh away the unity of the Church only from himself: that is, he cutteth himself off from being united with the rest of the body; and being dissevered from the body, how is it possible that he should retain communion with the Head?
If in some other things wee bee otherwise minded, than others of our brethren are; let vs beare one with another, vntill God shall reueale ⟨p. 7⟩the same thing vnto vs: and howsoeuer we may see cause why we should dissent from others in matter of opinion; yet let vs remember, that that is no cause why wee should breake the Kings peace, and make a rent in the Church of God. A thing deepely to be thought of by the Ismaels of our time, whose hand is against euery man, 1and euery mans hand against them;