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§. 3. All this while I desired to have lived by them in peace and quietness, but I could not obtain it: Mr. Tombs thought that I stood in the way of his successes, even when I meddled not with them. And therefore I must be either converted to them or conquered, that the triumph might promote their ends. And when that quarrel was over I was glad, and purposed to meddle with them no more.

§. 3. All this while I desired to have lived by them in peace and quietness, but I could not obtain it: Mr. Tombes thought that I stood in the way of his successes, even when I medled not with them. And therefore I must be either converted to them or conquered, that the triumph might promote their ends. And when that quarrel was over I was glad, and purposed to meddle with them no more.

§. 4. One of the greatest things that offended me, was that (even in the Parishes where there were the ablest faithful laborious Ministers,) they laboured to gather separated Churches, upon the account of their opinion; And when they had gathered them, they were militant Churches: Presently that Town was in a war; and the meetings employed for the extolling of their opinions, ⟨p. 218⟩and vilifying the Ministers and Churches that were against them, and making them odious or contemptible to their followers: which could not be the work of God.

§. 5. I dare challenge any man to make it good, that ever I fought to persecute any Anabaptists, or stirred up others to persecute them for their judgements: I know not that ever I did any of them any harm, except by not being of their minds, or contradicting them.