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

But God will make men more tender of his honour and less tender of our own, and more willing openly to take shame to our selves to vindicate the honour of Religion, before he will give us a […] discharge.

But God will make men more tender of his honour and less tender of our own, and more willing openly to take shame to our selves to vindicate the honour of Religion, before he will give us a 〈…〉 discharge.

It is the nature of true Repentance, to cry out as publicly as we can to all the world, and be glad to leave it upon record [It was not God or Religion that ever encouraged me to these sins; but it was my own doing: Religion is clear but I am guilty.] Pardon this long excursion on this subject. And if you cannot bear it, I cannot help that. I made not the sore, nor galled place which is so tender. I only mind you, in answer to your objection, that Faction and opinions will raise persecutions, and have done, even by such as you, yet do not separate from. I know none of you that separate from the Anabaptists and Separatists who were the authors of these aforesaid persecutions, nor do I urge you to it. Therefore do but impartially judge of the sin.

It is the nature of true Repentance, to cry out as publickly as we can to all the world, and be glad to leave it upon record [It was not God or Religion that ever encouraged me to these sins; but it was my own doing: Religion is clear but I am guilty.] Pardon this long excursion on this subject. And if you cannot bear it, I cannot help that. I made not the sore, nor galled place which is so tender. I only mind you, in answer to your objection, that Faction and opinions will raise persecutions, and have done, even by such as you, yet do not separate from. I know none of you that separate from the Anabaptists and Separatists who were the authors of these aforesaid persecutions, nor do I urge you to it. Therefore do but impartially judge of the sin.