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6. And it moveth me much also to consider the consequence of the point in hand. It is not a mere speculation, but a point so practical, that the right decision and understanding of it, is as much as the Peace of millions of souls, yea of all the Churches and Common-wealths in Christendom is worth. All that have any thing of the love of God alive within them, are somewhat sensible of the sinfulness and misery contained in the divisions and discord of Believers; and therefore they must needs be solicitous for the Cure, and lay out themselves and all they have or can do to accomplish it, if they knew the way. And the more zealous any man is for Peace, the more resolutely will he carry on his work, and bear down all opposition that would hinder him in that which he thinks the way of Peace. And when persons thus disposed by humanity and grace, shall be quite mistaken in the very thing they seek, even in the Nature of the Churches unity and peace, they will think themselves bound with all their zeal and diligence, to endeavour the doing of an evil work, and to accomplish a work neither possible nor desirable. And it is not hard for a man of an indifferent wit to fore-see what uncharitableness, discomposure of minds, ⟨p. 392⟩of Churches and Common-wealths, and abusing and endangering of souls, is like to be the fruit of such mistakes about the Churches Unity and Peace. And as the School useth to say (from Boethius and Anselm) Malum non est nisi à bono & propter bonum, so it will be like by experience to be made a proverb, that Bellum & discordia non sunt nisi à pacificis & propter pacem: The greatest discords and wars will be from the Love and Endeavour of Unity and Concord, and for the obtaining of them by impossible means. These following evils may easily be foreseen.

6. And it moveth me much also to consider the consequence of the point in hand. It is not a meer speculation, but a point so practical, that the right decision and understanding of it, is as much as the Peace of millions of souls, yea of all the Churches and Common-wealths in Christendom is worth. All that have any thing of the love of God alive within them, are somewhat sensible of the sinfulness and misery contained in the divisions and discord of Believers; and therefore they must needs be solicitous for the Cure, and lay out themselves and all they have or can do to accomplish it, if they knew the way. And the more zealous any man is for Peace, the more resolutely will he carry on his work, and bear down all opposition that would hinder him in that which he thinks the way of Peace. And when persons thus disposed by humanity and grace, shall be quite mistaken in the very thing they seek, even in the Nature of the Churches unity and peace, they will think themselves bound with all their zeal and diligence, to endeavour the doing of an evill work, and to accomplish a work neither possible nor desirable. And it is not hard for a man of an indifferent wit to fore-see what uncharitableness, discomposure of minds,