Catholic communion defended against both extremes, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…Catholick communion defended against both extreams, and unnecessary division confuted in five parts ...…

A. 1. How can that be, if they be all but one. 2. This is also above or below the ferula age. They are no members of one another, but all members of the whole: Yet how oft have we this with the sting of Schism (as Damning as Murder or Adultery) in the Tail of it. The hand is not a member or part of the Foot, or the Foot of the Hand, or the Liver a member of the Lungs, &c. but each one of the Man: If ever I were a Schoolmaster again, I would persuade my Boys, that A is not a member of B, nor B of C, &c. but each of the Alphabet; And that one leaf of their Book is not a member of another, but both of the Book; And if they were ripe for the University, I would persuade them that Exeter College is not a member of Corpus Christi, nor that of Lincoln, &c. but all of the University of Oxford. And I think that Bristol is not a member of Exeter or Gloucester, &c. but all of England; and that the Company of Stationers are not part of the Society of Merchants or Drapers, &c. but all of London.

A. 1. How can that be, if they be all but one. 2. This is also above or below the ferula age. They are no members of one another, but all members of the whole: Yet how oft have we this with the sting of Schisme (as Damning as Murder or Adultery) in the Tail of it. The hand is not a member or part of the Foot, or the Foot of the Hand, or the Liver a member of the Lungs, &c. but each one of the Man: If ever I were a Schoolmaster again, I would perswade my Boyes, that A is not a member of B, nor B of C, &c. but each of the Alphabet; And that one leaf of their Book is not a member of another, but both of the Book; And if they were ripe for the University, I would perswade them that Exeter Colledge is not a member of Corpus Christi, nor that of Lincoln, &c. but all of the Universitie of Oxford. And I think that Bristol is not a member of Exeter or Gloucester, &c. but all of England; and that the Company of Stationers are not part of the Society of Merchants or Drapers, &c. but all of London.

What a Privilege is it, that a Man may believe this about any such thing without Schism and Damnation! And how dreadful to fall into such Churchmen's hands that in their Case make it Schism, Separation and Damnation. But there is a Remedy.