Those that are tainted with Pride, Uncharitableness and Schism, will itch to be persecuting those that comply not with them in their way: And yet while they do it, they will most cry out against Pride, Uncharitableness and Schism themselves. This is, and hath been, and will be too ordinary in the world: You may think that Schism should be far from them that seem to do all for Order and Unity. But never look to see this generally cured, when you have said and done the best you can: you must therefore resolve not only to fly from Church division your selves, but also to undergo the persecutions or wrongs of Proud or Zealous Church-dividers. It is great weakness in you to think such usage strange: Do you not know that Enmity is put from the beginning between the woman's and the Serpents seed. And do you think the name or dead profession of Christianity doth extinguish the ⟨p. 48⟩[…] ⟨p. 49⟩[…] ⟨p. 50⟩[…] in the serpents seed. Do you think to find more kindness from proud ungodly Christians,1 than Ab•• might have expected from his Brother Cain? Do you not know that the Pharisees (by then zeal for their […], and Traditions, and Ceremonies, and the expectation of worldly dignity and rule from the Messiah) were more zealous enemies of Christ, than the Heathens were? And that the ca•nal members of the Church, are oft the greatest persecutors of the spiritual members? As then •e that was born after the flesh, did persecute him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is […] and will be▪ Gal. 4. 29. It is enough for you, that you shall have the inheritance, when the S••s of the Bo•dwoman shall be cast out. It is your taking the ordinary case of the godly for a strange thing▪ that makes you so disturbed and passionate when you suffer: And Reason is down, when passion is up: It is by overwhelming Reason with passion and discontent, that oppression maketh some wise men […]: Eccles. 7. 7. For passion is a short imperfect madness. You will think in your passion that yo• d[…] wel•, w•en you do ill: and you will not perceive the force of reason, when it is never so plain […] against you. Remember therefore, that the great motive that causeth the Devil to persecute y•u, […] to ••rt your bodies, but to tempt your souls to impatience and sin: And if it may but be […] you, as of Job 1. 22. [In all this Job sinned not], You have got the victory, and are more than Conquer[…], Rom. 8. 37, 38, 39.
Those that are tainted with Pride, Uncharitableness and Schism, will itch to be persecuting those that comply not with them in their way: And yet while they do it, they will most cry out against Pride, Uncharitableness and Schism themselves. This is, and hath been, and will be too ordinary in the world: You may think that Schism should be far from them that seem to do all for Order and Unity. But never look to see this generally cured, when you have said and done the best you can: you must therefore resolve not only to fly from Church division your selves, but also to undergo the persecutions or wrongs of Proud or Zealous Church-dividers. It is great weakness in you to think such usage strange: Do you not know that Enmity is put from the beginning between the womans and the Serpents seed. And do you think the name or dead profession of Christianity doth extinguish the ⟨p. 48⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 49⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 50⟩〈…〉 in the •erpents seed. Do you think to find more kindness from proud ungodly Christians,1 than Ab•• might have expected from his Brother Cain? Do you not know that the Pharisees (by then zeal for their 〈…〉, and Traditions, and Ceremonies, and the expectation of worldly dignity and rule from the Messiah) were more zealous enemies of Christ, than the Heathens were? And that the ca•nal members of the Church, are oft the greatest persecutors of the spiritual members? As then •e that was born after the flesh, did persecute him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is 〈…〉 and will be▪ Gal. 4. 29. It is enough for you, that you shall have the inheritance, when the S••s of the Bo•dwoman shall be cast out. It is your taking the ordinary case of the godly for a strange thing▪ that makes you so disturbed and passionate when you suffer: And Reason is down, when passion is up: It is by overwhelming Reason with passion and discontent, that oppressin maketh some wise men : Eccls. 7. 7. For passion is a short imperfect madness. You will think in your pssion that yo d wel, wen you do ill: and you will not perceive the force of reason, when it is never so plain against you. Remember therefore, that the great motive that causeth the Devil to persecute yu, to rt your bodies, but to tempt your souls to impatiency and sin: And if it may but be you, as of
- 1[…] & sine agnitione ••••• Dei atque hinc sine omni bon•, si•e ulla affection pia, &c. Et quod etiam qui ex illis […] t•mpo•e possit esse & fieri, quod Cain fratri su•, modo non desit occasio: N•ander […] & qu• habet •• Regno Cainico pag. 38, 39.〈…〉 & sine agnitione ••••• Dei atque hinc sine omni bon•, si•e ulla affectione pia, &c. Et quod etiam qui ex illis 〈…〉 t•mpo•e possit esse & fieri, quod Cain fratri su•, modo non desit occasio: N•ander 〈…〉 & qu• habet •• Regno Cainico pag. 38, 39.
