A defence of the principles of love, which are necessary to the unity and…

A Preface to those Readers who are of the Excepters mind, and are offended at my Book, called The Cure of Church-Divisions, Expostulating with them that have made my persuasions to Love and Communion, the occasion of their displeasure, backbitings and slanders; and proving the necessity of Union among all real Christians, and in particular between the Non-conformists and Conformists. 1. The General Part, or Introduction. Chap. 1. A Narrative of those late Actions which have occasioned mens displeasure of both sides against me: The Reasons of my omitting the Narration of those former Actions, which Mr. Durel ⟨image 5⟩and many others have reported falsely, because they wrote of that which they knew not: The Reasons of my earnest displeasing endeavours with the Bishops for Reconciling and Uniting terms in 1660. Our Common Profession about a Liturgy at that time, and about this Liturgy, and my practice ever since. How the Non-conformists must be united among themselves. Of our judgement about Communion in the Liturgy and Sacrament with the Parish Churches in a•. 1663. My ends in opening this. 27. Reasons for the writing and publishing my Book called The Cure of Church-Divisions. A word of the Debate maker. Of the false reports that have been vented of my Book a•d me, and of some Inferences to be noted by the Reporters. Chap. 2. The state of the Controversy which I specially managed in that Book, with th•se that I called Dividers. Chap. 3. Objections and Questions about this subject. Quest. 1. Doth not the second Commandment and Gods oft expressed jealousy in the matters of his Worship, make it a sin to communicate in the Liturgy? Quest. 2. Doth not the Covenant make it now unlawful? Quest. 3. Whether the case be not much altered since the Old Non-c•nformists wrote against separation, ⟨image 5⟩then called Brownism? And whether we have not greater Light into these Controversies, than they had? Quest. 4▪ Is it not a shameful receding from our Reformation, now to use an unreformed Liturgy? and a pulling down what we have been building? Quest. 5. Will it not strengthen and encourage the adversaries of Reformation? Quest. 6. Will it not divide us among our selves, while one goeth to the Parish Churches, and another doth not? Quest. 7.