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Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and…
Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and evils of them : with cautions that we may not be hurt by them, and endeavours to heal them / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and evils of them : with cautions that we may not be hurt by them, and endeavours to heal them / by Jeremiah Burroughes.
London: printed for Robert Dawlman, 1653
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CHAP. VIII.
The third dividing Principle, That nothing which is conceived to be evil, is to be suffered.
The third dividing Principle, That nothing which is conceived to be evill, is to be suffered.
This is the other extreme; some think all things should be suffered, and they are loose, and cause divisions on the one hand; others think nothing is to be suffered, and these are rigid, and cause divisions on the other hand; If any thing be conceived evil, either in opinion or practise, if instructions and persuasions cannot reform, there must be means used to compel: This is a harsh and a sour Principle, a disturbing Principle to Churches and States, to mankind. This Principle seldom prevails with any but those who have got power into their hands, or hope to get it. This must needs be a dividing Principle.
THis is the other extream; some think all things should be suffered, and they are loose, and cause divisions on the one hand; others thinke nothing is to be suffered, and these are rigid, and cause divisions on the other hand; If any thing be conceived evil, either in opinion or practise, if instructions and perswasions cannot reform, there must be means used to compell: This is a harsh and a sowr Principle, a disturbing Principle to Churches and States, to mankind. This Principle seldome prevails with any but those who have got power into their hands, or hope to get it. This must needs be a dividing Principle.