A vision of unchangeable free mercy, in sending the means of grace to undeserved…A vision of vnchangeable free mercy, in sending the means of grace to undeserved…

Fourthly, Another postulatum is, that men would not use an over-zealous speed, upon every small difference, to characterise men (otherwise godly and peaceable) as Sectaries, knowing the odiousness of the name, among the vulgar, deservedly or otherwise imposed, and the evil of the thing it self, rightly apprehended, whereunto lighter differences do not amount; Such names as this, I know are arbitrary, and generally serve the wills of the greater number. They are commonly Sectaries, who (jure aut injuria) ⟨p. 53⟩are oppressed. Nothing was ever persecuted under an esteemed name. Names are in the power of the many things, and their causes are known to few. there is none in the world can give an ill title to others, which from some he doth not receive: the same right which in this kind I have towards another, he hath towards me: unless I affirm my self to be infallible, not so he: those names which men are known by, when they are oppressed, they commonly use against others whom they seek to oppress. I would therefore that all horrid appellations, as increasers of strife, kindlers of wrath, enemies of charity, food for animosity, were for ever banished from amongst us. Let a spade be called a spade, so we take heed Christ be not called Beelzebub. I know my profession to the greatest part of the world is Sectarisme, ¹as Christianity: amongst those who profess the name of Christ, to the greatest number, I am a sectary, because a Protestant: amongst Protestants, at least the one half, account all men of my persuasion, Calvinistical Sacramentarian Sectaries: amongst these again, to some I have been a Puritanical sectary, an Aerian Heretic, because Anti-prelatical: yea and amongst these last, not a few account me a Sectary, because I plead for Presbyterial Government in Churches: and to all these am I thus esteemed, as I am fully convinced, causelessly and erroneously, what they call sectarisme, I am persuaded is ipsissima veritas, the very truth it self, to which they also ought to submit, that others also though upon false grounds, are convinced of the truth of their own persuasion, I cannot but believe; and therefore as I find by experience, that the horrid names of Heretic, Schismatic, sectary, and the like, have never had any influence or force upon my judgement, nor otherwise moved me, unless it were unto retaliation;

Fourthly, Another postulatum is, that men would not use an over-zealous speed, upon every small difference, to characterise men (otherwise godly and peaceable) as Sectaries, knowing the odiousnesse of the name, among the vulgar, deservedly or otherwise imposed, and the evil of the thing it self, rightly apprehended, whereunto lighter differences do not amount; Such names as this, I know are arbitrary, and generally serve the wills of the greater number. They are commonly Sectaries, who (jure aut injuria)