The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises

The things that we must do ¹to preserve love, are these:

The things that wee must doe ¹to preserue loue, are these:

1. 1What we must do to preserve our love to the godly. We must labour to be of one judgement with them.What wee must do to pr•serue our loue to the godly. We must labour to be of one iudgement with them.

First, we must strive to be like minded in matters of opinion; many discords or abatements of affection grow among Christians for their offences of opinion in divers things. It is true, that difference of Judgement should not cause difference in affection: If we cannot be of one ⟨p. 609⟩mind, yet we should be of one heart: yet we see the contrary, and therefore every Christian should make conscience of it, to be so wary and so humble in his opinions, especially in things doubtful, or not so necessary, as to take heed of admitting what might show dissent from the godly; or if he must needs dissent, yet to be very wary how he discover it to the vexation or entanglement of others. Now because this is very hard to persuade Christians unto; mark how vehemently the Apostle speaks of it, Rom. 15. 5, 6. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded, that ye may with one mouth and one mind glorify God. We must learn of the Apostle to pray fervently for this, that our natures, and the natures of others, with whom we converse, may be fitted hereunto: and,