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Certain letters, translated into English, being first written in Latin. Two, by the reverend…Certayne letters, translated into English, being first written in Latine. Two, by the reverend…
Certain letters, translated into English, being first written in Latin. Two, by the reverend and learned Mr. Francis Junius, divinity reader at Leiden in Holland. The other, by the exiled English Church, abiding for the present at Amsterdam in Holland. Together with the confession of faith prefixed: where upon the said letters were first writtenCertayne letters, translated into English, being first written in Latine. Two, by the reverend and learned Mr. Francis Iunius, divinitie reader at Leyden in Holland. The other, by the exiled English Church, abiding for the present at Amsterdam in Holland. Together with the confession of faith prefixed: where vpon the said letters were first written
Amsterdam : Printed, in the year. 1602Amsterdam : Printed, in the yeare. 1602
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
which thing if ye have not yet considered and conceived by my advise and counsel, and by the admonition of those which wish you well, experience it self at last (God grant it be not to late, and he inform you in good) will prove all th•se things unto you. For by the trueth of doctrine, holiness of life, by the work of faith and patience, and by the duties of charity even towards them of whom ye profess that ye are wronged, ye shall rather approve your selves and your cause, than by outcries and publishing of writings, even as our Saviour is said to bring judgement to victory not by filling the streets with shouting and clamours, but by blowing gently into the smoking flax and tender handling the bruised reed.
which thing if yee have not yet considered and conceived by my aduise and counsell, and by the admonition of those which wish you wel, experience it selfe at last (God grant it be not to late, and he informe you in good) will prooue all th•se things vnto you. For by the trueth of doctrine, holinesse of life, by the worke of faith and patience, and by the dueties of charitie euen towards them of whome yee professe that ye are wronged, yee shal rather approove your selves and your cause, thē by outcryes and publishing of writings, euen as our Sauiour is saide to bring iudgement to victorie not by filling the streetes with shouting and clamours, but by blowing gently into the smoking flax and tender handling the bruised reede.
Which things seeing they be so, I beseech you most loving brethren in Christ by that most holy name of Christ which ye profess, by those bowels ⟨p. 38⟩mercy, wherewith Christ hath embraced us from on high, that ye would think of another course, that ye would take another way to salvation, to edification, to peace.“ If there be consent, shake not your faith, which is not to be winnowed again by new reasons. This course is suspicious. But if it must needs be sifted, let it suffice you that it be first approved by those servants of God among whom ye dwell: this is certainly a lawful course: Forgive the former injuries if any have been, by Christian charity to them from whom ye have received the same, & hide them from others by Christian wisdom. There is no fear, that by so doing ye should