The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…

To cry out of the intolerable mischiefs of Toleration, and call for sharper execution, while dividing snares are made the terms of Union, is the work of ignorant, proud and malignant Church-destroyers.

To cry out of the intolerable mischiefs of Toleration, and call for sharper execution, while dividing snares are made the terms of Vnion, is the work of ignorant, proud and malignant Church-destroyers.

§. 1. TO tolerate all evil that pretendeth Religion, is to be no friend to Religion, Government or peace. To tolerate no error in Religion, is for no Prince to tolerate himself, his wife, his child, or any one subject: And to pretend to this, is to crave self-destruction (neque enim lex justior ulla est, &c.) and to proclaim himself ignorant, yea grossly ignorant, what is a Church, a Pastor, a Government, a Christian, or a Man.

§. 1. TO tolerate all evil that pretendeth Religion, is to be no friend to Religion, Government or peace. To tolerate no error in Religion, is for no Prince to tolerate himself, his wife, his child, or any one subject: And to pretend to this, is to crave self-destruction (neque enim lex justior ulla est, &c.) and to proclaim himself ignorant, yea grosly ignorant, what is a Church, a Pastor, a Government, a Christian, or a Man.

§. 2. Multitudes of Books are written for and against Toleration: They that are lowest usually write for it (Even Jer. Taylor's Liberty of Prophesying before he was a Bishop, was thought a commendable or tolerable Book). But most are against it that are in power, and think they can force others to their wills. But it is wise and just and impartial men, that are here the discerners of the truth, whose judgements are not biassed by interest or passion, nor blinded by unacquaintedness with their adversaries