Meat out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and…Meate out of the eater, or, Hopes of unity in and by divided and…

Thus I have touched upon the causes and state of the present distempers, much more might be said upon this subject, But now I was only willing to point at the heads of things: But you will say, then what hopes? I Answer, our wound is grievous but not incurable, many things there are to encourage us to keep silence, and wait upon God, till he ordain better things for us, let me speak a word or two in this matter, consider then, Errors usually are not long-lived; the next age declareth the folly of them, 1 Cor. 3. 13. the day shall declare it; time will show what is stubble and hay, though men have high thoughts of it for the present; we raise so much dust by the heat of our contentions that our eyes are blinded, the glory of truth darkened: but things will clear up again, we wounder at the contests of former ⟨p. 20⟩ages, and so will they at ours. When God cometh into his holy Temple, all the earth will keep silence, Hab. 2. 20. The nearer we approach to Antichrists ruin, God will give out more light, Revel. 18. Babylon fell when the earth was enlightened with the Angels glory; Light will increase towards the perfect day, and as light increaseth so doth love, that great unity, spoken of before, is when there shall be more knowledge, for that's the reason rendered, Isa. 11. 9. For the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the world, as the waters cover the Sea. And then again the Devil usually overacts himself by appearing in some odious delusion, no longer as an Angel of light, but as a foul fiend, in such direct opposition to Christ, that all good men loath him: usually when God maketh any great change things come to an extremity and excess of corruption; The Arians prevailed for a long time, but being so detestably vicious and insolently cruel, they ruined their own cause. Or else Satan runneth himself out of breath in some civill Commotions.

Thus I have touched upon the causes and state of the present distempers, much more might be said upon this subject, But now I was onely willing to point at the heads of things: But you will say, then what hopes? I Answer, our wound is grievous but not incurable, many things there are to incourage us to keepe silence, and waite upon God, till he ordaine better things for us, let me speake a word or two in this matter, consider then, Errors usually are not long-lived; the next age declareth the folly of them,