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§ 34. XIV. The sad disaffection like enmity between the Ministry and the most Religious People must be healed: which will be easily done in those Parishes, where the Ministers Preach Judiciously, Experimentally, Spiritually and Powerfully, and live Piously, Charitably, Justly and Temperately, and love good men, and rebuke the wicked, and put due difference between the precious and the vile, those that serve God and those that serve him not, those that swear and those that fear an Oath: and make not the Church like the Commons or Wilderness. And where the Diocesans are the encouragers of serious Godliness, and duly rebuke the Enemies and neglecters of it, and the vicious and profane. I have never seen the place where such an exemplary worthy Ministry did not win the Hearts of the Nonconformists, and became not very dear and amiable to them, and usually drew them to Concord where before they differed.

§ 34. XIV. The sad disaffection like enmity between the Ministry and the most Religious People must be healed: which will be easily done in those Parishes, where the Ministers Preach Judiciously, Experimentally, Spiritually and Powerfully, and live Piously, Charitibly, Justly and Temperately, and love good men, and rebuke the wicked, and put due difference between the precious and the vile, those that serve God and those that serve him not, those that swear and those that fear an Oath: and make not the Church like the Commons or Wilderness. And where the Diocesans are the encouragers of serious Godliness, and duely rebuke the Enemies and neglecters of it, and the vicious and profane. I have never seen the place where such an exemplary worthy Ministry did not win the Hearts of the Nonconformists, and became not very dear and amiable to them, and usually drew them to Concord where before they differed.

§ 35. But it must be a wise and godly King that must be the principal means to accomplish all this, if ever it be done; such a one that understandeth Gods Law and Interest and his own and Kingdoms real welfare, may do that by good Laws and Prudent Government, which shall be to parties of erroneous opinions, a powerful bias to incline their Judgments to go right: One man we may have more hope of making wise than of multitudes. I had rather have a uniting settlement by the choice of a wise Prince and Parliament, yea or of Diocesans of Wisdom, Piety and Peace, than by the choice of any of the extremes, whether Separatists, or the Laudian New Church men, that are for a Foreign Jurisdiction. But through Gods great mercy the most of the Godly able Nonconformists Ministers, falsely called Presbyterians, of my acquaintance, are so much for Truth and Peace and Concord, that they would rejoice to live under such Bishops, as were Nazianzene, Basil, Chrysostom, Austin, or such as Beadle, Usher, Downame, (tho an angry man) Jewel, Dr. Parker, Grindal, Pilkinton, Sandies, G. Abbot, Rob. Abbot, Hall, Carlton, Morton, Davenant, Brownrig and such like. And are most Episcopal Nonconformists, and would choose none but healing Terms.