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

Answ. First, the discovery of mens spirits, that they which are approved may be manifest, says the Apostle. By those divisions in Corinth,¹ wherein the rich divided from the poor, whereby the poor were condemned, the graces of the poor in bearing this were manifested. Thus Chrysostom upon the place: The Apostle says this, That he might comfort the poor which were able with a generous mind to bear that contempt. The melting of the metal discovers the dross, for they divide the one from the other. These are melting times, and thereby discovering times. If Reformation had gone on without opposition, we had not seen what drossy spirits we had amongst us. Those who have kept upright without warping in these times are honourable before God, and his holy Angels and Saints.²

Answ. First, the discovery of mens spirits, that they which are approved may be manifest, sayes the Apostle. By those divisions in Corinth,¹ wherein the rich divided from the poore, whereby the poore were condemned, the graces of the poore in bearing this were manifested. Thus Chrysostome upon the place: The Apostle sayes this, That he might comfort the poor which were able with a generous minde to bear that contempt. The melting of the metall discovers the drosse, for they divide the one from the other. These are melting times, and thereby discovering times. If Reformation had gone on without opposition, we had not seen what drossie spirits we had amongst us. Those who have kept upright without warping in these times are honourable before God, and his holy Angels and Saints.²

1. 1Chrysost. in 1. Cor. 11. 9. [Greek or Hebrew].Chrysost. in 1. Cor. 11. 9. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
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