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

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 ⟨p. 71⟩from the impartial Love of one another, he takes on him that he is saving you only from sin and from Church-corruptions: Or rather that it is Christ and not he that giveth you counsel: And he can do much in imitating Christ, in the manner of his suggestions, to make you believe that it is Christ indeed. Perhaps his counsel shall come in in the midst of a fervent prayer, or presently after it, to make you believe that it is an undoubted answer of your prayers: And oft times his impulses are vehement and much affecting, to make you think that it is something above nature: And the pious pretence will much persuade you to think that sure this can never come from an evil spirit: But if you had well studied 2 Cor. 11. 13, 14, 15. Gal. 1. 8. Luke 9. 55. 1 Joh. 4. 1, 2. 2 Thes. 2. 2. you might be wiser and be saved from this deceit. I will not recite the words, because I would have you turn to them, and seriously study them.

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 ⟨p. 71⟩from the impartial Love of one another, he takes on him that he is saving you only from sin and from Church-corruptions: Or rather that it is Christ and not he that giveth you counsel: And he can do much in imitating Christ, in the manner of his suggestions, to make you believe that it is Christ indeed. Perhaps his counsel shall come in in the midst of a fervent prayer, or presently after it, to make you believe that it is an undoubted answer of your prayers: And oft times his impulses are vehement and much affecting, to make you think that it is something above nature: And the pios pretence will much perswade you to think that sure this can never come from an evil spirit: But if you had well studied