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

And if you will call all those ⟨p. 5⟩modes of worship false, which God in Scripture hath not commanded, what a false worshipper are you, that use a translation of Scripture, a Version and tunes of Psalms, a dividing the Scripture into Chapters and Verses, yea the Method and words of every Sermon and Prayer, or most, and abundance such like which God commanded not? God never bid you use the words of Prayer in the Liturgy; Nor did he ever bid you use those which you used last without it.

And if you will call all those ⟨p. 5⟩modes of worship false, which God in Scripture hath not commanded, what a false worshipper are you, that use a translation of Scripture, a Version and tunes of Psalms, a dividing the Scripture into Chapters and Verses, yea the Method and words of every Sermon and Prayer, or most, and abundance such like which God commanded not? God never bid you use the words of Prayer in the Liturgie; Nor did he ever bid you use those which you used last without it.

O Brother, if you knew your self, and judged impartially, you would see, that whatever you say against mens communicating with other mens tolerable failings, as false worship, may be as strongly urged for avoiding communion in disordered prayers that are without book▪ and much more in the prayers of honest erroneous Separatists, Anabaptists, Antinomians, &c. which yet for my part I will not so easily avoid. I confess if my judgment were not more than yours against dividing from each other in the general, I should be one that should be as forward to disclaim Communion with many zealous Parties (now received by you) and that as false worshippers, as you are to disclaim Communion with others. I am sure you worship God falsely, that is, sinfully, every time that you worship him.

O Brother, if you knew your self, and judged impartially, you would see, that whatever you say against mens communicating with other mens tolerable failings, as false worship, may be as stronglie urged for avoiding communion in disordered prayers that are without book and much more in the prayers of honest erroneous Separatists, Anabaptists, Antinomians, &c. which yet for my part I will not so easily avoid. I confess if my judgment were not more than yours against dividing from each other in the general, I should be one that should be as forward to disclaim Communion with many zealous Parties (now received by you) and that as false worshippers, as you are to disclaim Communion with others. I am sure you worship God falsly, that is, sinfully, every time that you worship him.