Catholic unity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…Catholick vnity, or, The only way to bring us all to be of one…

2. Moreover, the servants of God do mind the matters of Religion more seriously then others do; and therefore their differences are brought to light, and made more observable to the world. Their very heart is set upon these heavenly things, and therefore they cannot make light of the smallest truth of God; and this may be some occasion of their difference: Whereas the ungodly differ not about Religion, because they have heartily no Religion to to differ about: They trouble not themselves about these matters, because they do not much regard ⟨p. 293⟩them. And is this a Unity and peace to be desired? I had rather have the discord of the Saints, then such a concord of the wicked. They are so careful about their duty that they are afraid of missing it in the least particular; and this (with their Imperfect light) is the reason of their disputings about these matters. But you that are careless of your duty, can easily agree upon a way of sin, or take any thing that comes next to hand. They honour the Worship of God so much, that they would not have any thing out of order; but you set so little by it, that you will be of the Religion that the King is of, let it be what it will be: And its easy to agree in such an ungodly careless course. Astronomers have many controversies about the positions and motions of the heavens▪ and all Philosophers have many controversies ⟨p. 294⟩about the matter of their Sciences: when ignorant men have none of their controversies, because they understand not, and therefore regard not the things that the learned differ about. And will you think ever the better of Ignorance, or ever the worse of Learning for this? The controversies of Lawyers, of Historians, Chronologers, Geographer, Physicians, and such like, do no never trouble the brains of the ignorant: But for all that, I had rather be in Controversy with the Learned, then without such controversy with you. If you scatter a handful of Gold or Diamonds in the street, perhaps men will scramble for them, and fall out about them, when swine will trample on them and quietly despise them, because they do not know their worth: will you therefore think that swine are happier ⟨p. 295⟩then men? The Living are vexed with strifes and controversies, about almost all the matters in the world; when the dead carcasses in the grave lie still in peace, and are not troubled with any of these differences.