But the way you propose to bring us to Peace, is the embracement of Popery, which is that, that was fixed on by me, as the design of your Book, which now acknowledging, you have disarmed your self of that imaginary advantage, which you flourish withal, from a Capital Mistake, as you call it in me, in misapprehending your design. You were told before, that if by Moderation and Peace, you intended a mutual for bearance of one another, in our several persuasions, waiting patiently until God shall reveal unto us the precise Truth, in the things about which we differ, you shall have all the furtherance that I can contribute unto you; but you have another aim, another work in hand, and will not allow that any Peace is attainable amongst us, but by a resignation of all our Apprehensions in matters of Religion, to the guidance, determination, and decision of the Pope, or your Church, a way no where prescribed unto us in holy Writ, nor in the Councils of the Primitive Church, and besides against all Reason, Law, and Equity, your Pope and Church in our Contests being one Party litigant; yet in this persuasion, you say, you should abide, were there no other persons in the world but your self that did embrace it. And to let you see how unlikely that Principle is to produce Peace and Agreement, amongst those multitudes that are at variance about these things, I can assure you, that if there were none lest alive in the Earth but you and I, we should not agree in this thing one jot better, than did Cain and Abel about the Sacrifices; ⟨p. 10⟩though I should desire you, that we might manage our differences with more moderation, than he did, who by virtue of his Primogeniture, seemed to lay a special claim to the Priesthood. And indeed for your part, if your present persuasion be, as you sometimes pretend it to be, that your Fiat Lux is not a persuasive unto Popery, you have given a sufficient testimony, that you can be of an opinion, that no man else in the world is of, nor will be, do what you can. But the insufficiency of your Principles and Arguments, to accomplish your design, hath been in part already evinced, and shall, God willing, in our progress, be further made manifest.
But the way you propose to bring us to Peace, is the embracement of Popery, which is that, that was fixed on by me, as the design of your Book, which now acknowledging, you have disarmed your self of that imaginary advantage, which you flourish withall, from a Capitall Mistake, as you call it in me, in misapprehending your design. You were told before, that if by Moderation and Peace, you intended a mutuall for bearance of one another, in our severall perswasions, waiting patiently untill God shall reveal unto us the precise Truth, in the things about which we differ, you shall have all the furtherance that I can contribute unto you; but you have another aim, another work in hand, and will not allow that any Peace is attainable amongst us, but by a resignation of all our Apprehensions in matters of Religion, to the guidance, determination, and decision of the Pope, or your Church, a way no where prescribed unto us in holy Writ, nor in the Councels of the Primitive Church, and besides against all Reason, Law, and Equity, your Pope and Church in our Contests being one Party litigant; yet in this perswasion, you say, you should abide, were there no other persons in the world but your self that did embrace it. And to let you see how unlikely that Principle is to produce Peace and Agreement, amongst those multitudes that are at variance about these things, I can assure you, that if there were none lest alive in the Earth but you and I, we should not agree in this thing one jot better, than did Cain and Abel about the Sacrifices; ⟨p. 10⟩though I should desire you, that we might manage our differences with more moderation, than he did, who by vertue of his Primogeniture, seemed to lay a speciall claim to the Priesthood. And indeed for your part, if your present perswasion be, as you sometimes pretend it to be, that your Fiat Lux is not a perswasive unto Popery, you have given a sufficient testimony, that you can be of an opinion, that no man else in the world is of, nor will be, do what you can. But the insufficiency of your Principles and Arguments, to accomplish your design, hath been in part already evinced, and shall, God willing, in our progress, be further made manifest.
