Peace is precious to me, I feel the sweetness of it; I am willing to do what I can to honour it. The public jars, contentions, disturbances abroad in Church and Common-wealth are very grievous. They say there are in the world such things in Families also. I have brought here some water: if my line had been longer, my bucket had been fuller. You have here what I delivered: some things are added, especially quotations of Authors and Histories. When they grow to be many I think them fitter for the Press then the Pulpit. I was the more willing these things should come forth to public view, because otherwise what other men apprehended to be my mind, would be put into their own words, and so rendered in an evil appearance. But will Printing help? The boldness of this age is such, as not only to make a mans words sound otherwise then when they came from him, and so traduce him; but confidently to aver that there are such things written in such Books, of such men, which never yet came into their thoughts, much less into their pen. With what boldness hath it been said and printed again and again, that I in that Book entitled, The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts, did call the Earle of Essex the Lord of Hosts. Surely the sight of these men is extramittendo, not intramittendo, they send forth species of their own dyed with the evil of their hearts, and then they say they find them in such a book. No man can find that name given by me to him. I indeed endeavoured to encourage him in his work, because the Lord had made him the Lord of our Hosts, which is no more then the Lord of ⟨image 4⟩our Armies. The utmost that ever was said or writ comes but to this, that God had put a name upon him that came near to his, but never mentioned without some difference from it. An abuse in this kind, though not altogether so high, I have had from the Anti-Apologist; he quotes many places in my Lectures upon Hosea, he sets down the pages, wherein he says, I have contrary to what is in the Apology preached for that way you call Independent. Would any man but think, when he sees the Book named in Print, the Lecture, the very page mentioned, but that the thing is true, it is to be found there? But to this day it hath never come to my ears that ever any man hath found such things there but himself. Are those the places?
Peace is pretious to me, I feele the sweetnesse of it; I am willing to do what I can to honour it. The publique jarres, contentions, disturbances abroad in Church and Common-wealth are very grievous. They say there are in the world such things in Families also. I have brought here some water: if my line had been longer, my bucket had beene fuller. You have here what I delivered: some things are added, especially quotations of Authors and Histories. When they grow to be many I thinke them fitter for the Presse then the Pulpit. I was the more willing these things should come forth to publique view, because otherwise what other men apprehended to be my minde, would be put into their owne words, and so rendred in an evill appearance. But will Printing help? The boldnesse of this age is such, as not onely to make a mans words sound otherwise then when they came from him, and so traduce him; but confidently to averre that there are such things written in such Bookes, of such men, which never yet came into their thoughts, much lesse into their pen. With what boldnesse hath it been said and printed againe and againe, that I in that Book entituled, The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts, did call the Earle of Essex the Lord of Hosts. Surely the sight of these men is extramittendo, not intramittendo, they send forth species of their owne dyed with the evill of their hearts, and then they say they finde them in such a book. No man can finde that name given by me to him. I indeed endeavoured to encourage him in his worke, because the Lord had made him the Lord of our Hosts, which is no more then the Lord of ⟨image 4⟩our Armies. The utmost that ever was said or writ comes but to this, that God had put a name upon him that came neare to his, but never mentioned without some difference from it. An abuse in this kinde, though not altogether so high, I have had from the Anti-Apologist; he quotes many places in my Lectures upon Hosea, he sets downe the pages, wherein he sayes, I have contrary to what is in the Apology preached for that way you call Independent. Would any man but thinke, when he sees the Booke named in Print, the Lecture, the very page mentioned, but that the thing is true, it is to be found there? But to this day it hath never come to my eares that ever any man hath found such things there but himselfe. Are those the places?
