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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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Fifthly, All believers who live in a place together, ought §5so far as they can, join into one Church, though they be of different judgements and tempers, what ever things they differ in, yet if they may stand with grace they can have no encouragement ⟨p. 164⟩from the examples of any of the Churches, we read of in Scripture, for them to divide themselves into little pieces. The way of Christ all along in Scripture is, that all the Saints in such a place, who are not more then can join in one, should join together and make but one Church; certainly this is more for the honour of Christs Body then the division of Saints in the same place into several little societies, Christ stands much upon the union of his Saints in one, in all ways, by all means that may be.
Fifthly, All beleevers who live in a place together, ought §5so far as they can, joyne into one Church, though they be of different judgements and tempers, what ever things they differ in, yet if they may stand with grace they can have no encouragement ⟨p. 164⟩from the examples of any of the Churches, we read of in Scripture, for them to divide themselves into little pieces. The way of Christ all along in Scripture is, that all the Saints in such a place, who are not more then can joyne in one, should joyne together and make but one Church; certainly this is more for the honour of Christs Body then the division of Saints in the same place into severall little societies, Christ stands much upon the union of his Saints in one, in all wayes, by all meanes that may be.
Sixthly, as things are yet with us, there is no such great reason of that outcry there is amongst us against gathering of Churches as so great a dividing practice as many seem to make it.