But, Readers, I must tell you, that my title An End of Doctrinal Controversies] is •ot intended as prognostic, but as ded•ctical •nd directive. I am far from expecting an end •f Controversies, while consecrated Ignorance is •y worldly Interest, Faction, and Malice, mixed with Pride sublimated to an envious Zeal (Jam. 3. 15, 16.) and hath set up a Trade of slandering all those that are true Peace-ma[…]errs, and concur not with them to destroy it, on pretence of defending it, by their impossible pernicious terms. He that will now be taken for a Peace-maker, must be content to be so called by a few, even by the Sect that he chooseth to please, and be contrarily judged of by all the rest. And this satisfieth some, because their Faction seemeth better than others, be they never so few; and others, because their Faction is great, or rich, or uppermost, how noxious and unpeaceable soever: For vespae habent favos, saith Tertullian, & Marcionitae Ecclesias: We could wish the Bees seldom used their stings, for it is their Death; but those of Wasps and Hornets, that make no Honey, are less sufferable.
But, Readers, I must tell you, that my title An End of Doctrinal Controversies] is •ot intended as prognostick, but as ded•ctical •nd directive. I am far from expecting an end •f Controversies, while consecrated Ignorance is •y worldly Interest, Faction, and Malice, mix•d with Pride sublimated to an envious Zeael (Jam. 3. 15, 16.) and hath set up a Trade of slandering all those that are true Peace-ma〈…〉ers, and concur not with them to destroy it, on •retence of defending it, by their impossible per•icious terms. He that will now be taken for a Peace-maker, must be content to be so called by a few, even by the Sect that he chuseth to please, and be contrarily judged of by all the rest. And this satisfieth some, because their Faction seemeth better than others, be they never so few; and others, because their Faction is great, or rich, or uppermost, how noxious and unpeaceable soever: For vespae habent favos, saith Tertullian, & Marcionitae Ecclesias: We could wish the Bees seldom used their stings, for it is their Death; but those of Wasps and Hornets, that make no Honey, are less sufferable.
