Irenicum, to the lovers of truth and peace heart-divisions opened in the causes and…

Wherefore he that differs in his judgment from wise, learned, godly men, had need

First, spend much time in Prayer and Humiliation before §1the Lord. There is a notable expression of Basil, cited in an Appendix of an Epistle of Luther to the Ministers of Nuremberg,¹ who were at variance one from another: He who will separate him self from his brethren, had need consider many things even to anxiety; he had need break his sleep many nights, and seek of God with many tears, the demonstration of the truth.

First, spend much time in Prayer and Humiliation before §1the Lord. There is a notable expression of Basil, cited in an Appendix of an Epistle of Luther to the Ministers of Norimberg,¹ who were at variance one from another: He who will separate him selfe from his brethren, had need consider many things even to anxiety; he had need break his sleep many nights, and seeke of God with many teares, the demonstration of the truth.

1. 1Multa anxie considerare eum oportet, & multas noctes ab sumere insomnes, & cum multis lacrymis petere a Deo veritatis demonstrationem, qui se a fratribus separare vult.

2ly. You must even then when you cannot subject to their judgments, preserve due reverence in your heart, and show due respects to men of learning and grace according to their worth. We have a notable relation of that holy man. Mr. Greenham, in a Letter of his to the Bishop of Ely, in whose Diocese he lived; the Bishop seeking to bring him to conformity, objected thus unto him, Why will not you yield? Luther