The second part of The nonconformists plea for peace being an account of their…

33. If therefore the Pastors shall contrary to the decree of the Holy Ghost by the Apostles, Act. 15. impose unnecessary things on the Church, not only under the obligation of duty, but as a necessary condition of Church communion; they will tyrannize over Gods heritage, and usurp a power never given them, and contradict one end of Christs own Sacraments, and the ancient Creed.

34. The long and sad, experience of all the Christian Churches, which have been divided by necessary humane impositions, and the voice of all wise peace-makers in all times (who have still called for [Unity in things necessary, Liberty in things unnecessary, and Charity in both] do leave those that yet will not be persuaded to these terms, as unexcuseable persons, as almost any in all the world; worse than Physicians that would use all those things as the only remedies, which have killed all that ever used them for 1500 years.

34. The long and sad, experience of all the Christian Churches, which have been divided by necessary humane impositions, and the voice of all wise peace-makers in all times (who have still called for [Vnity in things necessary, Liberty in things unnecessary, and Charity in both] do leave those that yet will not be perswaded to these terms, as unexcuseable persons, as almost any in all the world; worse than Physicians that would use all those things as the only remedies, which have killed all that ever used them for 1500 years.

35. A Pastor should love his own flock as well as the people of a foreign land: Therefore they that confess that for the communion of all the Churches, there are no terms like these which we now mention, should not be more cruel to their own at home, nor turn them out of their ⟨p. 156⟩