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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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Let not miscarriages in particular men or Churches in thing• of this nature, hinder our peace; what we say ought to be suffered in us, we profess to be our duty to suffer that or any thing of the like nature in others: and where there hath not been that brotherly and Christian forbearance as ought to be, there hath been sin committed against Christ: but let not this hinder brotherly and Christian agreement amongst our selves, or any other Churches of Christ.
Let not miscarriages in particular men or Churches in thing• of this nature, hinder our peace; what we say ought to be suffered in us, we professe to be our duty to suffer that or any thing of the like nature in others: and where there hath not been that brotherly and Christian forbearance as ought to be, there hath been sinne committed against Christ: but let not this hinder brotherly and Christian agreement amongst our selves, or any other Churches of Christ.
4ly. Evils that are small or uncertain, or come by accident,§4 must rather be suffered, then any good that is great, certain, and per se, should be hindered. We must take heed that in our zeal to oppose evil, we hinder not a greater good: If opposition of evil lies so far out of your reach as you cannot come at it but by hindering much good, you must be content then to let it alone.
4ly. Evills that are small or uncertain, or come by accident,§4 must rather be suffered, then any good that is great, certain, and per se, should be hindered. We must take heed that in our zeal to oppose evill, we hinder not a greater good: If opposition of evill lies so far out of your reach as you cannot come at it but by hindering much good, you must be content then to let it alone.