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And we have incurred no small damage and danger, by ignorant Over-doing against the Papists: Partly with the self-wise Sectaries, calling many laudable or blameless things, by the Name of Popery, Antichristianity and Idolatry, because they are cross to their pre-judging partial conceits: And partly by some unsound doctrines, which some defend as parts of the Protestant Religion: And partly by magnifying verbal differences, and making a noise about them as if they were real, and such as salvation lieth on: For want of skill to state a controversy, and discern a verbal difference from a real. And when a Papist can but show their Novices one such palpable error in the Writings of a Protestant; What sad work will he make with it? and still harp upon that string, and persuade the people that the rest of our differences are such like. And thus many Overdoing well-meaning ignorant men both Ministers and people, have unwittingly done as much to harden Papists, and increase their numbers, almost as if Satan had hired them as Spies, to betray the Churches and Cause of Christ: Yea, and if one better studied in these points, shall go a sounder and ⟨p. 178⟩more successful way to work, and take these weapons out of the Papists hands, which some ignorant Protestants have given them, the same mens blind zeal will rage against them, (as some did against Chillingworth, Anthony Wotton, and divers others our greatest Champions) as if it were not themselves but these, that were befriending Popery. So that they neither can confute them soundly themselves, nor will suffer others, but zealous Protestants assault Christs ablest servants at their backs, while their faces are towards the adversaries whom they oppose. 5. But nothing among us (except Ignorance and wickedness) increaseth them more, than the scandal of our numerous, and some of them abominable Sects. When the people see many zealous professors turn Quakers, or Ranters, or Seekers, or Antinomians, or Socinians, or Familists; and shall see the more tolerable parties (Episcopal, Presbyterian, Independent, Erastian, Separatists, and Anabaptists) condemning, backbiting, reproaching and making odious (if not persecuting) one another, and shunning (many of them) the Communion of one another, as they do the Papists. This makes them think, that they must seek some surer soberer way than any of us have yet found:

And we have incurred no small dammage and danger, by ignorant Over-doing against the Papists: Partly with the self-wise Sectaries, calling many laudable or blameless things, by the Name of Popery, Antichristianity and Idolatry, because they are cross to their pre-judging partial conceits: And partly by some unsound doctrines, which some defend as parts of the Protestant Religion: And partly by magnifying verbal differences, and making a noise about them as if they were real, and such as salvation lyeth on: For want of skill to state a controversie, and discern a verbal difference from a real. And when a Papist can but shew their Novices one such palpable error in the Writings of a Protestant; What sad work will he make with it? and still harp upon that string, and perswade the people that the rest of our differences are such like. And thus many Overdoing well-meaning ignorant men both Ministers and people, have unwittingly done as much to harden Papists, and increase their numbers, almost as if Satan had hired them as Spies, to betray the Churches and Cause of Christ: Yea, and if one better studied in these points, shall go a sounder and