A77999:13
A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in the Abbey…A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres, in the Abbey…
A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peers, in the Abbey at Westminster, the 26. of Novemb. 1645. Being the day appointed for solemn and public humiliation. / By Jer: Burroughs. Published by order of the said House.A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the House of Peeres, in the Abbey at Westminster, the 26. of Novemb. 1645. Being the day appointed for solemne and publique humiliation. / By Jer: Burroughes. Published by order of the said House.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1645
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If I know mine own heart, I can say, Peace is dearer to me then my life, I could joyfully lay down my life to procure peace between brethren, but surely this is not the way.
It is a good rule of Augustine, If any truth hath that weight, that it exceeds the strength of the learner; it is to be suspended, that that which is little and tender, may have liberty by degrees to put forth it self; it must not be imposed, left it bruise and oppress it, and so hinder the growth.
It is a good rule of Augustine, If any truth hath that weight, that it exceeds the strength of the learner; it is to be suspended, that that which is little and tender, may have liberty by degrees to put forth it selfe; it must not be imposed, left it bruise and oppresse it, and so hinder the growth.
Whatsoever liberty shall be granted according to the Word, I hope there is a generation that will not abuse it, but will in the middest of their liberties be servants to Peace and Concord, according to that I find in an Epistle of Master Calvins to Farell, Nos liberi, Servi sumus Pacis & Concordiae.