The cure of church-divisions, or, Directions for weak Christians to keep them from being…

There is no good work but Satan is a pretender to it, when he purposeth to destroy it: He resisteth Light as an Angel of Light; and his Ministers hinder Righteousness, as pretended Ministers of Righteousness: And he will be a zealous Reformer when he would hinder Reformation. And this is the mark of Satan's way of Reformation: He doth it by by dividing the Churches of Christ, and teaching Christians to avoid each other: And to that end he zealously aggravateth the faults of every party to the rest; that they may have odious thoughts of one another; and Christian Love may be turned into aversation: As in the Plague time every one is afraid of the breath and company of his neighbour, and they that were wont to assemble and converse with peace and pleasure, do timerously shun the presence of each other; because they know that it is an infectious time, and they are uncertain who is free: even so doth Satan break the societies and converse of Christians, by making them believe that every party hath some dangerous infection, which as they love their souls, they must avoid.

There is no good work but Satan is a pretender to it, when he purposeth to destroy it: He resisteth Light as an Angel of Light; and his Ministers hinder Righteousness, as pretended Ministers of Righteousness: And he will be a zealous Reformer when he would hinder Reformation. And this is the mark of Satans way of Reformation: He doth it by by dividing the Churches of Christ, and teaching Christians to avoid each other: And to that end he zealously aggravateth the faults of every party to the rest; that they may have odious thoughts of one another; and Christian Love may be turned into aversation: As in the Plague time every one is afraid of the breath and company of his neighbour, and they that were wont to assemble and converse with peace and pleasure, do timerously shun the presence of each other; because they know that it is an infectious time, and they are uncertain who is free: even so doth Satan break the societies and converse of Christians, by making them believe that every party hath some dangerous infection, which as they love their souls, they must avoid.

And he destroyeth your Love to one another, by pretending Love to your selves: O how careful will he be for your souls! when the Devil would undo you, he will do it as your Saviour: And when his meaning is to save you from Heaven, and from Christ, and from his saving grace, and from Union and Communion with his Church, and