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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fifthly, others seeing much evil come of the divisions amongst us, they think there is no way to help them but by violence, forcing men to yield to what they think is right. They think they do God good service in compelling men to the same judgement and way that themselves are of.1 This is a very ill use of them. It is a new and unheard-of way of preaching, says Gregory, to require men to believe by blows. To go from the Divine Word to an iron Sword, from the Pen to the Halberd, to persuade men to believe,2 is a way that Gerard. confess. Cath. l. 1. p. 809. exclaims against.
Fiftly, others seeing much evill come of the divisions amongst us, they think there is no way to help them but by violence, forcing men to yeeld to what they think is right. They think they do God good service in compelling men to the same judgement and way that themselves are of.1 This is a very ill use of them. It is a new and unheard-of way of preaching, sayes Gregory, to require men to beleeve by blowes. To go from the Divine Word to an iron Sword, from the Pen to the Halbert, to perswade men to beleeve,2 is a way that Gerard. confess. Cath. l. 1. p. 809. exclaims against.
- 1A verbo ad serrum, ab atramento ad armamenta, à pennis ad bipe••nes confugere. Gerard.
- 2Nec religionis est cogere religionem quae sponte sus•pi debeat non ut; & si nos compulernis ad sacrificandum, nihil praestab tis d•is vestris, ab invitis enim sacrificia non desiaerabunt, nisi contentiosi sunt; contentiosus autem Deus non est. Tertul.Nec religionis est cogere religionem quae sponte sus•pi debeat non vt; & si nos compulernis ad sacrificandum, nihil praestab tis dis vestris, ab invitis enim sacrificia non desiaerabunt, nisi contentiosi sunt; contentiosus autem Deus non est. Tertul.