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§. 18. If then the way be to Teach and Learn, and quietly open the evidence of truth, and in meekness to instruct those that oppose themselves, and to avoid contentions as we avoid wars, till other mens assaults do make them unavoidably necessary; and yet not to be cowardly betrayers of the Truth and Church of God, nor suffer Satan to deceive men unresisted, but earnestly to contend for the faith once delivered to the Saints, It must be considered, I. To whom this earnest contending may be used, II. And by whom.

§. 18. If then the way be to Teach and Learn, and quietly open the evidence of truth, and in meekness to instruct those that oppose themselves, and to avoid contentions as we avoid wars, till other mens ass•ults do make them unavoidably necessary; and yet not to be cowardly betrayers of the Truth and Church of God, nor suffer Satan to deceive men unresisted, but earnestly to contend for the faith once delivered to the Saints, It must be considered, I. To whom this earnest contending may be used, II. And by whom.

§. 19. I. We must not be over sharp or earnest, 1. With those that are yet strangers to Religion, of whose conversion there is hope, and who are liker to be won by a gentler way, which more demonstrateth love and tenderness, 2 Tim. 2.25, 26.

§. 20. 2. Nor with Godly Christians who fall into such sins of infirmity as we are liable to, and whose tenderness maketh compassionate tender dealing fittest to their recovery, Gal. 6.1, 2, 3