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         Hales, John, 1584-1656.
      
       
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             A tract concerning schism and schismatiqves wherein is briefly discovered the originall causes of all schisme / written by a learned and judicious divine ; together with certain animadversions upon some passages thereof.
             Hales, John, 1584-1656.
             Page, William, 1590-1663.
          
           [2], 33 p.
           
             Printed by Leonard Lichfield for Edward Forrest,
             Oxford :
             1642.
          
           
             "The Animadversions which are the raison d'être of this issue were, according to Wood, by Dr. William Page." Cf. Madan, Oxford books.
             Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Church of England -- History -- Sources.
           Heresy -- Early works to 1800.
           Schism -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
       A44476  R2860  (Wing H278).  civilwar no A tract concerning schisme and schismatiques. Wherein, is briefly discovered the originall causes of all schisme. Written by a learned and j Hales, John 1642    12477 4 25 0 0 0 0 23 C  The  rate of 23 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 
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           A
           TRACT
           CONCERNING
           SCHISME
           AND
           SCHISMATIQVES
           .
           WHEREIN
           ,
           Is
           briefly
           discovered
           the
           originall
           causes
           of
           all
           Schisme
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Learned
           and
           Judicious
           Divine
           .
        
         
           TOGETHER
           ,
           With
           certain
           Animadversions
           upon
           some
           Passages
           thereof
           .
        
         
           OXFORD
           ,
           Printed
           by
           LEONARD
           LICHFIELD
           for
           
             Edward
             Forrest
             .
          
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           A
           TRACT
           CONCERNING
           SCHISME
           .
        
         
           HEresie
           and
           
             Schisme
          
           as
           they
           are
           commonly
           used
           ,
           are
           two
           Theologicall
           scar
           crows
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           ,
           who
           uphold
           a
           party
           in
           Religion
           ,
           vse
           to
           fright
           away
           such
           ,
           as
           making
           enquiry
           into
           it
           ,
           are
           ready
           to
           relinquish
           and
           oppose
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           appeare
           either
           erronious
           or
           suspitious
           ;
           for
           as
           
             Plutarch
          
           reports
           of
           a
           Painter
           ,
           who
           having
           unskilfully
           painted
           a
           Cock
           ,
           chased
           away
           all
           Cocks
           and
           Hens
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           imperfection
           of
           his
           Art
           might
           not
           appeare
           by
           comparison
           with
           Nature
           ;
           so
           men
           ,
           willing
           for
           ends
           to
           admit
           of
           no
           fancy
           but
           their
           own
           ,
           endeavour
           to
           hinder
           all
           enquiry
           into
           it
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           comparison
           of
           somewhat
           with
           it
           ,
           peradventure
           truer
           ,
           that
           so
           the
           deformity
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           might
           not
           appeare
           :
           but
           howsoever
           in
           the
           common
           manage
           ,
           
             Heresie
          
           and
           
             Schisme
          
           are
           but
           ridiculous
           tearmes
           ,
           yet
           the
           things
           in
           themselves
           are
           of
           very
           considerable
           moment
           ,
           the
           one
           offending
           against
           Truth
           ,
           the
           other
           against
           Charity
           ,
           and
           therefore
           both
           deadly
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           by
           imputation
           ,
           but
           in
           deed
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           then
           a
           matter
           of
           no
           small
           importance
           ,
           truely
           to
           descry
           the
           nature
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           feare
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           on
           the
           contrary
           strengthen
           themselves
           ,
           who
           ,
           through
           the
           iniquity
           of
           men
           and
           times
           ,
           are
           injuriously
           charged
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Schisme
          
           (
           for
           of
           
             Heresie
          
           we
           shall
           not
           now
           treat
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           by
           accident
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           occasion
           of
           a
           generall
           mistake
           ,
           spread
           through
           all
           the
           writings
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           in
           which
           their
           names
           
           are
           familiarly
           confounded
           )
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           I
           say
           ,
           upon
           the
           very
           sound
           of
           the
           word
           imports
           division
           ,
           
             Division
          
           is
           not
           but
           where
           
             Communion
          
           is
           or
           ought
           to
           be
           :
           now
           
             Communion
          
           is
           the
           strength
           and
           ground
           of
           all
           Society
           ,
           whether
           
             Sacred
          
           or
           
             Civill
             ;
          
           whosoever
           therefore
           they
           be
           ,
           that
           offend
           against
           this
           Common
           society
           and
           friendlinesse
           of
           men
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           in
           civill
           occasions
           ,
           are
           guilty
           of
           Sedition
           or
           Rebellion
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           by
           reason
           of
           
             Ecclesiasticall
          
           difference
           ,
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           
             Schisme
             :
          
           So
           that
           
             Schisme
          
           is
           an
           
             Ecclesiasticall
             sedition
             ,
          
           as
           
             Sedition
          
           is
           a
           
             lay
             Schisme
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           great
           benefit
           of
           Communion
           notwithstanding
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           divers
           distempers
           men
           are
           subject
           to
           ,
           Dissention
           and
           Disunion
           are
           often
           necessary
           ;
           For
           when
           either
           false
           or
           uncertain
           Conclusions
           are
           obtruded
           for
           truth
           ,
           and
           Acts
           either
           unlawfull
           ,
           or
           ministring
           just
           scruple
           are
           required
           of
           us
           to
           be
           perform'd
           ,
           in
           these
           cases
           ,
           consent
           were
           conspiracy
           ,
           and
           open
           contestation
           is
           not
           faction
           or
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           but
           due
           Christian
           animosity
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           opening
           therefore
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           something
           must
           be
           added
           by
           way
           of
           difference
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           it
           from
           necessary
           separation
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           cause
           upon
           which
           division
           is
           attempted
           ,
           proceed
           not
           from
           Passion
           ,
           or
           from
           Distemper
           ,
           or
           from
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           Avatice
           ,
           or
           such
           other
           ends
           ,
           as
           humane
           folly
           is
           apt
           to
           pursue
           ,
           but
           from
           well
           weighed
           and
           necessary
           reasons
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           all
           other
           means
           having
           been
           tryed
           ,
           nothing
           will
           serve
           to
           save
           us
           from
           guilt
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           but
           open
           separation
           ;
           so
           that
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           if
           we
           would
           define
           it
           ,
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           an
           unnecessary
           separation
           of
           Christians
           from
           that
           part
           of
           the
           visible
           Church
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           were
           once
           members
           ;
           now
           as
           in
           mutinies
           and
           civill
           dissentions
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           attendants
           in
           ordinary
           belonging
           unto
           them
           :
           one
           ,
           the
           Choyse
           of
           an
           Elector
           or
           Guide
           ,
           in
           place
           of
           the
           Generall
           or
           Ordinary
           Governor
           ,
           to
           rule
           and
           guide
           ,
           the
           other
           the
           appointing
           of
           some
           publique
           place
           ,
           or
           Randevous
           ,
           where
           publike
           meetings
           must
           be
           celebrated
           .
           So
           in
           Church
           dissentions
           and
           quarrells
           ,
           two
           appurtenances
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           serve
           to
           make
           
             Schisme
          
           compleat
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           in
           the
           choyce
           of
           a
           
             Bishop
             ,
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           very
           frequent
           amongst
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           and
           which
           many
           times
           was
           the
           cause
           and
           effect
           of
           
             Schisme
             .
          
           )
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           erecting
           of
           a
           new
           Church
           and
           Oratory
           ,
           for
           the
           
           dividing
           parts
           to
           meet
           in
           publiquely
           .
           For
           till
           this
           be
           done
           ,
           the
           
             Schisme
          
           is
           but
           yet
           in
           the
           wombe
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           late
           famous
           Controversy
           in
           
             Holland
             ,
             De
             Pradestinatione
             &
             auxiliis
             ,
          
           as
           long
           as
           the
           disagreeing
           parties
           went
           no
           farther
           then
           Disputes
           and
           Pen-Combats
           ,
           the
           
             Schisme
          
           was
           all
           that
           while
           unhatched
           ;
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           one
           party
           swept
           an
           old
           Cloyster
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           pretty
           Art
           suddenly
           made
           it
           a
           Church
           ,
           by
           putting
           a
           new
           Pulpit
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           separating
           party
           there
           to
           meet
           ;
           now
           what
           before
           was
           a
           Controversy
           ,
           became
           a
           formall
           
             Schisme
             .
          
           To
           know
           no
           more
           then
           this
           ,
           if
           you
           take
           it
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           had
           been
           enough
           to
           direct
           how
           you
           are
           to
           judge
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           think
           of
           
             Schisme
          
           and
           
             Schismatiques
             ,
          
           yet
           because
           of
           the
           
             Ancients
             ,
          
           (
           by
           whom
           many
           are
           more
           affrighted
           then
           hurt
           )
           much
           is
           said
           and
           many
           fearefull
           doomes
           are
           pronounced
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           we
           will
           descend
           a
           little
           to
           consider
           of
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           as
           it
           were
           by
           way
           of
           story
           ,
           and
           that
           partly
           farther
           to
           open
           that
           ,
           which
           we
           have
           said
           in
           generall
           by
           instancing
           in
           particulars
           ,
           and
           partly
           to
           disabuse
           those
           ,
           who
           reverencing
           Antiquity
           more
           then
           needs
           ,
           have
           suffered
           themselves
           to
           be
           scared
           with
           imputation
           of
           
             Schisme
          
           above
           due
           measure
           ,
           for
           what
           the
           Ancients
           speake
           by
           way
           of
           censure
           of
           
             Schisme
          
           in
           generall
           is
           most
           true
           ,
           for
           they
           saw
           (
           and
           it
           is
           no
           great
           matter
           to
           see
           so
           much
           )
           that
           unadvised
           and
           open
           fancy
           to
           break
           the
           knot
           of
           union
           ,
           betwixt
           man
           and
           man
           (
           especially
           amongst
           Christians
           ,
           upon
           whom
           above
           all
           other
           kind
           of
           men
           ,
           the
           tye
           of
           love
           and
           communion
           doth
           most
           especially
           rest
           )
           was
           a
           crime
           hardly
           pardonable
           ,
           and
           that
           nothing
           absolves
           men
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           true
           and
           unpretended
           Conscience
           ,
           yet
           when
           they
           came
           to
           pronounce
           of
           
             Schisme
          
           in
           particular
           ,
           (
           whether
           it
           was
           because
           of
           their
           own
           interest
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           saw
           not
           the
           truth
           ,
           or
           for
           what
           other
           cause
           God
           only
           doth
           know
           )
           their
           judgements
           many
           times
           (
           to
           speak
           most
           gently
           )
           are
           justly
           to
           be
           suspected
           ,
           which
           that
           you
           may
           see
           ,
           we
           will
           range
           all
           
             Schisme
          
           into
           two
           rankes
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             Schisme
             ,
          
           in
           which
           only
           one
           party
           is
           the
           
             Schismatique
             :
          
           for
           where
           cause
           of
           
             Schisme
          
           is
           necessary
           ,
           there
           not
           he
           that
           separates
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           separation
           is
           the
           
             Schismatique
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             Schisme
          
           in
           which
           both
           parties
           are
           the
           
             Schismatiques
             ,
          
           for
           where
           the
           occasion
           of
           separation
           is
           unnecessary
           ,
           
           neither
           side
           can
           be
           excused
           from
           guilt
           of
           
             Schisme
             .
          
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           aske
           ,
           who
           shall
           be
           judge
           ,
           what
           is
           necessary
           ?
           Indeed
           it
           is
           a
           question
           which
           hath
           been
           often
           made
           ,
           but
           I
           think
           scarcely
           ever
           truly
           answered
           ,
           not
           because
           it
           is
           a
           point
           of
           great
           depth
           or
           difficulty
           truly
           to
           assoyle
           it
           ,
           but
           because
           the
           true
           solution
           of
           it
           ,
           carries
           fire
           in
           the
           taile
           of
           it
           (
           for
           it
           bringeth
           with
           it
           a
           piece
           of
           doctrine
           ,
           which
           is
           seldome
           pleasing
           to
           Superiors
           )
           To
           you
           for
           the
           present
           ,
           this
           shall
           suffice
           ,
        
         
           If
           so
           be
           you
           be
           
             animo
             defaecato
             ,
          
           if
           you
           have
           cleared
           your selfe
           from
           froath
           and
           grownes
           ,
           if
           neither
           sloath
           nor
           feare
           ,
           nor
           ambition
           ,
           nor
           any
           tempting
           spirit
           of
           that
           nature
           abuse
           you
           (
           for
           these
           and
           such
           as
           these
           are
           the
           true
           impediments
           ,
           why
           both
           that
           and
           other
           questions
           of
           the
           like
           danger
           are
           not
           truly
           answered
           )
           if
           all
           this
           be
           ,
           and
           yet
           you
           know
           not
           how
           to
           frame
           your
           resolution
           ,
           and
           settle
           your selfe
           for
           that
           doubt
           ;
           I
           will
           say
           no
           more
           of
           you
           ,
           then
           was
           said
           of
           
             Papias
          
           S.
           
             Iohns
          
           own
           schollar
           ,
           your
           abilities
           are
           not
           so
           good
           as
           I
           presumed
           .
        
         
           
             ANIMADVERSION
             .
          
           
             THIS
             tract
             ,
             I
             must
             confesse
             ,
             is
             handsomly
             and
             acutely
             penned
             ,
             and
             many
             things
             in
             it
             well
             worthy
             our
             observation
             .
             Yet
             because
             I
             greatly
             honour
             antiquity
             ,
             and
             highly
             reverence
             the
             holy
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             I
             must
             crave
             pardon
             ,
             if
             I
             deale
             plainly
             ,
             and
             roundly
             with
             the
             Author
             thereof
             ,
             who
             in
             some
             passages
             (
             as
             I
             conceive
             )
             doth
             two
             much
             neglect
             antiquity
             ,
             and
             indeed
             all
             authority
             .
          
           
             For
             first
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               the
               Fathers
               generally
               mistake
               in
               confounding
               these
               names
               of
               Heresies
               and
               Schisme
               ,
            
             they
             doe
             not
             mistake
             them
             ,
             but
             commonly
             distinguish
             them
             ,
             or
             it
             is
             no
             great
             matter
             if
             they
             doe
             ,
             they
             are
             so
             neerly
             linked
             together
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             seldome
             seperated
             ,
             you
             shall
             hardly
             find
             any
             one
             guilty
             of
             Schisme
             ,
             but
             he
             doth
             easily
             and
             very
             often
             fall
             into
             Heresie
             .
          
           
           
             
               Schisme
               ,
            
             say
             you
             ,
             
               is
               an
               unnecessary
               seperation
               of
               Christians
               from
               that
               part
               of
               the
               visible
               Church
               ,
               of
               which
               they
               were
               once
               members
               .
            
             But
             as
             you
             will
             put
             the
             question
             afterwards
             ,
             
               who
               shall
               be
               judge
               what
               is
               necessary
               ?
               and
               you
               are
               loath
               to
               assoile
               this
               question
               because
               the
               solution
               thereof
               carryeth
               fire
               in
               the
               taile
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               it
               bringeth
               with
               it
               a
               peice
               of
               doctrine
               ,
               seldome
               pleasing
               to
               superiors
               .
            
          
           
             Is
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             let
             me
             aske
             you
             ,
             good
             or
             bad
             ?
             If
             good
             ,
             then
             it
             should
             ,
             then
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             be
             pleasing
             to
             superiours
             ;
             If
             bad
             ,
             then
             should
             it
             displease
             superiours
             and
             inferiours
             too
             .
             But
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             the
             doctrine
             is
             most
             pernicious
             to
             government
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             people
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             in
             plaine
             termes
             ,
             it
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             must
             judge
             for
             himself
             with
             this
             proviso
             ,
             so
             he
             be
             
               animo
               defaecato
               ,
            
             And
             I
             pray
             who
             shall
             judge
             of
             this
             ?
             Even
             your selfe
             also
             .
             So
             that
             if
             you
             be
             perswaded
             that
             you
             are
             
               animo
               defaecato
               ,
            
             and
             if
             you
             thinke
             
               you
               have
               cleared
               your selfe
               from
               the
               froath
               and
               grownes
               of
               feare
               ,
               sloath
               ,
               and
               ambition
               ,
            
             then
             it
             must
             needs
             be
             so
             ,
             whereas
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             being
             deceitfull
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             usuall
             then
             for
             a
             man
             to
             deceive
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             think
             he
             is
             thus
             and
             thus
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             nothing
             so
             .
             And
             seeing
             the
             best
             of
             us
             all
             have
             
               faces
            
             enough
             in
             us
             ,
             why
             may
             not
             superiors
             have
             as
             few
             of
             these
             dreggs
             in
             them
             as
             inferiors
             ,
             and
             so
             as
             well
             able
             ,
             at
             the
             least
             ,
             to
             judge
             a
             right
             ,
             as
             they
             .
             And
             you
             may
             talke
             what
             you
             will
             of
             being
             clear
             from
             the
             froath
             of
             ambition
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             greater
             pride
             and
             ambition
             there
             can
             be
             then
             thus
             to
             pull
             downe
             all
             authority
             and
             jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             erect
             a
             tribunall
             in
             euery
             mans
             brest
             ;
             And
             yet
             he
             that
             goeth
             about
             it
             ,
             will
             think
             him selfe
             to
             be
             
               animo
               defaecato
               :
            
             And
             you
             may
             well
             say
             
               it
               carrieth
               fire
               in
               the
               taile
               of
               it
               .
            
             For
             thus
             to
             trample
             under
             foot
             all
             power
             and
             authority
             ,
             by
             making
             every
             one
             
             his
             own
             judge
             ,
             must
             needs
             raise
             a
             great
             combustion
             and
             a
             strange
             confusion
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             you
             cannot
             endure
             that
             they
             should
             be
             truly
             Hereticks
             and
             Schismaticks
             which
             were
             anciently
             so
             esteemed
             .
             For
             say
             you
             ,
             
               men
               are
               more
               affrighted
               then
               hurt
               by
               the
               Auncients
               ,
               and
               that
               many
               reverence
               antiquity
               more
               then
               need
               ,
            
             and
             after
             tell
             us
             in
             plain
             tearmes
             ,
             
               that
               when
               they
               came
               to
               pronounce
               of
               Schismes
               in
               particular
               ,
               whether
               it
               were
               because
               of
               their
               own
               interests
               ,
               or
               that
               they
               saw
               not
               the
               truth
               ,
               or
               for
               what
               other
               cause
               God
               only
               doth
               know
               ,
               their
               judgements
               many
               times
               to
               (
               speak
               most
               gently
               )
               are
               justly
               to
               be
               suspected
               .
            
          
           
             Where
             I
             will
             not
             goe
             about
             to
             defend
             all
             the
             particular
             tenents
             of
             every
             Father
             ,
             for
             questionlesse
             ,
             being
             men
             ,
             they
             had
             their
             passions
             and
             perturbations
             as
             well
             as
             wee
             ,
             so
             that
             take
             them
             singly
             ,
             wee
             shall
             find
             in
             many
             of
             them
             such
             private
             conceits
             of
             their
             owne
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             so
             well
             excused
             :
             Yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             when
             all
             ,
             or
             most
             of
             them
             agree
             together
             in
             any
             point
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             to
             question
             or
             doubt
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             it
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             ancient
             and
             hitherto
             well
             approved
             rule
             of
             
               Vincentius
               Lirinensis
               ,
            
             
             
               Whatsoever
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               or
               most
               of
               them
               ,
               in
               one
               and
               the
               same
               sense
               shall
               plainly
               frequently
               and
               constantly
               deliver
               and
               confirme
               ,
               let
               that
               be
               esteemed
               as
               a
               ratified
               ,
               certaine
               ,
               and
               undoubted
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             though
             one
             or
             two
             of
             them
             may
             be
             mistaken
             ,
             yet
             that
             all
             or
             the
             greatest
             part
             should
             agree
             together
             in
             a
             falsehood
             ,
             I
             cannot
             easily
             believe
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             cannot
             think
             that
             the
             current
             of
             the
             Fathers
             should
             thus
             be
             mistaken
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             generally
             account
             them
             for
             Hereticks
             and
             Schismaticks
             ,
             which
             were
             not
             so
             indeed
             ;
             I
             shall
             not
             so
             much
             suspect
             their
             
               judgements
               ,
            
             as
             his
             that
             thinks
             so
             .
             But
             all
             this
             I
             perceive
             
             is
             ,
             that
             there
             might
             be
             some
             opinions
             favoured
             now
             ,
             which
             were
             commonly
             condemned
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             we
             shall
             see
             afterward
             .
          
        
         
           
             TRACT
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             goe
             on
             with
             what
             I
             intended
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             that
             diverted
             me
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             the
             better
             judge
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             
               Schismes
            
             by
             their
             occasions
             ,
             you
             shall
             find
             that
             all
             
               Schismes
            
             have
             crept
             into
             the
             Church
             by
             one
             of
             these
             three
             waies
             ,
             either
             upon
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             or
             upon
             matter
             of
             opinion
             ,
             or
             point
             of
             ambition
             :
             for
             the
             first
             ,
             I
             call
             that
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             when
             something
             is
             required
             to
             be
             done
             by
             us
             ,
             which
             either
             we
             know
             ,
             or
             strongly
             suspect
             to
             be
             unlawfull
             ;
             so
             the
             first
             notable
             
               Schisme
               ,
            
             of
             which
             we
             read
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             contained
             in
             it
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             for
             it
             being
             upon
             error
             taken
             for
             necessary
             ,
             that
             an
             
               Easter
            
             must
             be
             kept
             ,
             and
             upon
             worse
             then
             error
             (
             if
             I
             may
             so
             speak
             )
             for
             it
             was
             no
             lesse
             then
             a
             point
             of
             Iudaisme
             forced
             upon
             the
             Church
             ,
             upon
             worse
             then
             error
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             thought
             further
             necessary
             that
             the
             ground
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             for
             keeping
             of
             that
             Feast
             must
             be
             the
             rule
             left
             by
             
               Moses
            
             to
             the
             
               Iewes
               ,
            
             there
             arose
             a
             stout
             Question
             ,
             whether
             we
             were
             to
             celebrate
             with
             the
             
               Iewes
            
             on
             the
             fourteenth
             
               Moon
               ,
            
             or
             the
             
               Sunday
            
             following
             ?
             This
             matter
             though
             most
             unnecessary
             ,
             most
             vaine
             ,
             yet
             caused
             as
             great
             a
             combustion
             as
             ever
             was
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             
               West
            
             separating
             and
             refusing
             Communion
             with
             the
             
               East
               ,
            
             for
             many
             years
             together
             :
             In
             this
             fantasticall
             hurry
             I
             cannot
             see
             but
             all
             the
             world
             were
             
               Schismatiques
               ,
            
             neither
             can
             any
             thing
             excuse
             them
             from
             that
             imputation
             ,
             excepting
             only
             this
             ,
             that
             we
             charitably
             suppose
             that
             all
             parties
             did
             what
             they
             did
             out
             of
             Conseience
             ,
             a
             thing
             which
             befell
             them
             through
             the
             ignorance
             of
             their
             guides
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             will
             not
             say
             through
             their
             malice
             )
             and
             that
             through
             the
             just
             judgement
             of
             God
             .
             because
             through
             sloath
             and
             blind
             obedience
             men
             examined
             not
             the
             things
             which
             they
             were
             taught
             ,
             but
             like
             beasts
             of
             burthen
             ,
             patiently
             couched
             downe
             ,
             and
             indifferently
             underwent
             whatsoever
             their
             Superiours
             laid
             upon
             them
             :
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             by
             this
             we
             may
             plainly
             see
             the
             danger
             of
             our
             appeale
             to
             Antiquity
             ,
             for
             resolution
             in
             controverted
             points
             of
             Faith
             ,
             and
             
             how
             small
             reliefe
             we
             are
             to
             expect
             from
             thence
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Guides
             ,
             &
             Directors
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             did
             in
             a
             point
             so
             triviall
             ,
             so
             inconsiderable
             ,
             so
             mainely
             faile
             them
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             see
             the
             truth
             in
             a
             subject
             ,
             wherein
             it
             is
             the
             greatest
             marvaile
             ,
             how
             they
             could
             avoide
             the
             sight
             of
             it
             ,
             can
             we
             without
             the
             imputation
             of
             great
             grossenesse
             and
             folly
             ,
             think
             so
             poore
             spirited
             persons
             ,
             competent
             Iudges
             of
             the
             questions
             now
             on
             foot
             betwixt
             the
             Churches
             ;
             pardon
             me
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             what
             Temptation
             drew
             that
             note
             from
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             ANIMADVERSION
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             about
             keeping
             of
             Easter
             ,
             say
             you
             ,
             
               anciently
               all
               the
               world
               were
               Schismaticks
               .
            
          
           
             A
             strange
             assertion
             ,
             to
             lay
             such
             an
             heavy
             imputation
             upon
             all
             those
             auncient
             worthies
             .
             Had
             they
             been
             thus
             guilty
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             the
             part
             of
             a
             dutifull
             sonne
             to
             have
             made
             some
             apology
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             covered
             his
             Fathers
             nakednesse
             .
             But
             a
             farre
             greater
             crime
             it
             is
             ,
             thus
             to
             accuse
             them
             without
             a
             cause
             .
             The
             best
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             haue
             occasion
             here
             to
             excuse
             their
             error
             ,
             but
             to
             defend
             their
             innocencie
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             their
             difference
             is
             not
             about
             a
             point
             that
             concerneth
             
               Faith
            
             or
             
               Good
               manners
               ,
            
             but
             only
             the
             outward
             discipline
             and
             government
             of
             the
             Church
             :
             about
             the
             keeping
             of
             a
             solemne
             feast
             .
             And
             that
             not
             ,
             whether
             we
             should
             keep
             it
             or
             no
             ,
             (
             for
             all
             agreed
             well
             enough
             that
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             kept
             )
             but
             about
             the
             time
             of
             keeping
             it
             ,
             whether
             at
             this
             or
             that
             time
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             matter
             of
             farre
             lesse
             moment
             .
          
           
             The
             occasion
             of
             this
             difference
             briefly
             was
             thus
             ,
             St
             
               Peter
            
             and
             his
             successors
             at
             Rome
             kept
             Easter
             the
             Sunday
             after
             the
             foureteenth
             Moon
             .
             But
             S.
             
               Iames
            
             and
             many
             of
             his
             successors
             at
             
               Ierusalem
               ,
            
             being
             all
             of
             them
             Ministers
             of
             the
             circumcision
             ,
             the
             sooner
             to
             win
             their
             brethren
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             condescended
             to
             keep
             their
             Easter
             ,
             as
             the
             Iewes
             
             did
             ,
             
               14o
               Lunae
               .
            
             Which
             diversity
             of
             observation
             continued
             for
             the
             space
             of
             200.
             years
             ,
             neither
             Church
             censuring
             or
             condemning
             one
             another
             for
             it
             .
             Till
             at
             the
             length
             
               Victor
            
             Pope
             of
             Rome
             would
             needs
             take
             upon
             him
             to
             bring
             all
             those
             Easterne
             Churches
             to
             his
             custome
             ,
             and
             excommunicate
             them
             for
             not
             yeelding
             ,
             whereupon
             grew
             the
             Schisme
             .
             So
             that
             although
             at
             the
             first
             they
             kept
             Easter
             diversly
             for
             a
             long
             time
             together
             ,
             yet
             so
             long
             as
             there
             was
             no
             breach
             of
             charity
             between
             them
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             Schisme
             ,
             by
             your
             own
             confession
             ,
             who
             tell
             us
             ,
             
               that
               Schisme
               offends
               against
               charity
               ,
               as
               Heresy
               against
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             So
             then
             ,
             whiles
             they
             were
             charitable
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             all
             the
             world
             were
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             Schismaticks
             ,
             that
             no
             part
             of
             it
             could
             be
             justly
             thus
             branded
             .
             The
             Schisme
             indeed
             began
             ,
             when
             the
             Pope
             would
             needs
             rashly
             and
             unadvisedly
             excommunicate
             those
             Easterne
             Churches
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             doe
             .
             But
             then
             was
             not
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             but
             only
             
               Victor
            
             and
             his
             partizans
             the
             Schismaticks
             according
             to
             you
             ,
             who
             unjustly
             divided
             themselves
             from
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             the
             East
             Churches
             continuing
             their
             old
             custome
             without
             any
             Schisme
             at
             all
             ,
             yet
             some
             of
             them
             not
             forbearing
             to
             tell
             
               Victor
            
             of
             his
             unadvised
             and
             unjustifiable
             action
             .
          
           
             For
             shall
             we
             not
             allow
             to
             severall
             Churches
             (
             especially
             when
             they
             have
             no
             dependency
             one
             upon
             another
             )
             their
             severall
             rites
             and
             observations
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             be
             all
             Schismatick
             for
             it
             ?
             You
             may
             as
             well
             call
             both
             these
             Churches
             Schismaticks
             for
             this
             also
             ,
             because
             the
             one
             Church
             fasts
             on
             Saturday
             ,
             the
             other
             fasts
             not
             ;
             the
             one
             administers
             the
             Eucharist
             in
             unleavened
             ,
             the
             other
             in
             leavened
             bread
             .
             These
             and
             such
             like
             points
             concerne
             not
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             her
             garments
             :
             now
             although
             
             her
             body
             must
             be
             but
             one
             ,
             yet
             her
             garments
             are
             of
             divers
             colours
             .
             Nay
             ,
             as
             one
             saith
             very
             well
             ,
             
               diversitas
               rituum
               commendat
               unitatem
               fidei
               .
            
             The
             unity
             of
             faith
             doth
             more
             gloriously
             appeare
             amidst
             the
             diversity
             of
             ceremonies
             and
             rituall
             observations
             .
          
           
             I
             wonder
             if
             one
             of
             our
             refined
             spirits
             now
             a
             daies
             ,
             who
             is
             
               animo
               defaecato
               ,
            
             had
             lived
             in
             those
             times
             ,
             what
             could
             he
             have
             done
             to
             avoid
             this
             Schisme
             ?
             how
             could
             he
             have
             chosen
             but
             be
             a
             Schismatick
             on
             one
             side
             or
             another
             ?
             I
             conceive
             how
             he
             should
             have
             escaped
             by
             you
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             to
             joyne
             with
             neither
             side
             by
             keeping
             no
             Easter
             at
             all
             :
             for
             with
             you
             
               it
               is
               an
               error
               to
               think
               that
               an
               Easter
               must
               be
               kept
               :
            
             which
             position
             being
             put
             in
             practise
             will
             prove
             the
             greatest
             Schime
             of
             all
             ,
             thus
             to
             divide
             ones
             selfe
             from
             all
             the
             Christian
             world
             .
             For
             although
             these
             holy
             Fathers
             differed
             for
             a
             while
             amongst
             themselves
             about
             the
             time
             ,
             yet
             they
             all
             agreed
             against
             you
             about
             the
             thing
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             the
             Orthodoxe
             but
             the
             very
             Hereticks
             of
             those
             times
             kept
             an
             Easter
             .
             Not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Novatians
             (
             who
             called
             themselves
             
               Cathari
            
             the
             Puritans
             of
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             )
             but
             an
             Easter
             they
             had
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             very
             indifferent
             about
             the
             time
             of
             keeping
             it
             .
             And
             the
             whole
             Christian
             world
             ever
             since
             hath
             duely
             observed
             the
             keeping
             of
             Easter
             .
             But
             you
             take
             no
             notice
             of
             this
             ,
             only
             your
             eare
             is
             to
             excuse
             those
             Fathers
             the
             best
             you
             can
             .
             And
             you
             can
             find
             but
             this
             one
             way
             to
             doe
             it
             ,
             
               That
               we
               charitably
               suppose
               that
               all
               parties
               did
               what
               they
               did
               out
               of
               conscience
               ,
               a
               thing
               which
               befell
               them
               through
               the
               ignorance
               of
               their
               guides
               ,
               for
               I
               will
               not
               say
               through
               their
               malice
               ,
               and
               that
               through
               the
               just
               judgement
               of
               God
               ,
               because
               through
               sloath
               and
               blind
               obedience
               ,
               men
               examined
               not
               the
               things
               which
               they
               were
               taught
               ,
               but
               like
               beasts
               of
               burthen
               patiently
               couched
               downe
               ,
               and
               indifferently
               
               underwent
               whatsoever
               their
               superiors
               laid
               upon
               them
               .
            
          
           
             Doe
             you
             call
             this
             an
             excusation
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             an
             heavy
             censure
             and
             accusation
             both
             of
             
               Priest
            
             and
             
               People
            
             in
             those
             purer
             times
             :
             For
             what
             a
             dishonour
             is
             this
             to
             the
             Pastors
             and
             Prelates
             then
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             lived
             so
             neare
             the
             Apostles
             should
             be
             such
             ignorant
             guides
             ?
             Nay
             what
             a
             disparagement
             is
             it
             to
             the
             very
             Apostles
             themselves
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             choose
             such
             ignorant
             guides
             ,
             that
             could
             instruct
             the
             people
             no
             better
             .
             For
             some
             of
             these
             you
             speak
             of
             ,
             certainly
             were
             the
             immediate
             successors
             of
             the
             Apostles
             themselves
             .
             They
             have
             been
             accounted
             hitherto
             men
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             conscience
             but
             of
             learning
             ,
             knowing
             and
             understanding
             ,
             pious
             and
             devout
             men
             ,
             in
             many
             of
             them
             the
             gift
             of
             doing
             miracles
             still
             remained
             .
             I
             cannot
             with
             patience
             speak
             against
             this
             imputation
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             are
             as
             bold
             with
             the
             people
             ,
             by
             accusing
             
               them
               of
               sloath
               and
               blind
               obedience
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               beasts
               of
               burthen
               ,
               because
               they
               did
               not
               examine
               what
               they
               were
               taught
               .
            
          
           
             Whereas
             this
             good
             people
             had
             well
             learned
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             wiser
             then
             their
             teachers
             ;
             and
             they
             had
             been
             newly
             taught
             from
             St
             
               Pauls
            
             own
             mouth
             ,
             that
             they
             
               were
               to
               obey
               those
               that
               had
               the
               rule
               over
               them
               ,
               and
               submit
               themselves
               .
            
             Which
             was
             not
             a
             blind
             but
             a
             wise
             discreet
             holy
             and
             dutifull
             obedience
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             it
             seems
             will
             teach
             the
             people
             another
             lesson
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             to
             guide
             their
             guides
             .
             And
             they
             are
             now
             apt
             enough
             to
             learne
             it
             .
             For
             they
             begin
             to
             practise
             it
             apace
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             inferre
             upon
             these
             weak
             premises
             .
             
               By
               this
               you
               may
               plainly
               see
               the
               danger
               of
               our
               appeale
               to
               antiquity
               for
               resolution
               in
               coutroversed
               points
               of
               faith
               ,
               and
               how
               small
               reliefe
               we
               are
               to
               expect
               from
               thence
               ;
               For
               if
               the
               discretion
               of
               the
               chiefest
               guides
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               did
               in
               a
               point
               so
               triviall
               ,
               
               so
               inconsiderable
               ,
               so
               mainely
               faile
               them
               as
               not
               to
               see
               the
               truth
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             But
             you
             build
             too
             large
             a
             structure
             upon
             such
             a
             sandy
             foundation
             .
             For
             here
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             chiefest
             guides
             of
             the
             Church
             did
             not
             faile
             them
             ,
             as
             you
             imagine
             :
             but
             they
             constantly
             kept
             their
             own
             severall
             customes
             in
             love
             and
             charity
             ,
             and
             therefore
             without
             Schisme
             ,
             till
             
               Victor
            
             would
             needs
             take
             too
             much
             upon
             him
             ,
             whereas
             the
             whole
             businesse
             was
             afterwards
             setled
             in
             that
             famous
             Councell
             of
             
               Nice
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             here
             is
             no
             oversight
             of
             any
             truth
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             ,
             unlesse
             ,
             as
             you
             intimate
             before
             ,
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             kept
             no
             Easter
             at
             all
             :
             and
             then
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             it
             was
             most
             unnecessary
             and
             most
             vaine
             to
             strive
             about
             the
             time
             of
             keeping
             it
             .
             But
             such
             a
             truth
             as
             this
             ,
             the
             Christian
             world
             hath
             not
             yet
             embraced
             ,
             neither
             doe
             I
             know
             when
             it
             will
             .
             So
             that
             for
             ought
             yet
             appeares
             ,
             (
             unlesse
             you
             bring
             better
             reason
             against
             them
             )
             we
             may
             take
             good
             directions
             from
             antiquity
             in
             the
             resolution
             of
             our
             moderne
             controversies
             :
             and
             we
             may
             for
             all
             this
             examine
             the
             question
             on
             foot
             ,
             by
             the
             doctrine
             of
             those
             purer
             times
             ,
             and
             Heroick
             spirits
             ,
             although
             you
             are
             pleased
             to
             terme
             them
             
               poore
               spirited
               persons
               .
            
             Which
             to
             mee
             seemeth
             a
             very
             strange
             appellation
             ,
             was
             S.
             
               Ambrose
            
             a
             poore
             spirited
             person
             ,
             who
             durst
             excommunicate
             that
             great
             Emperour
             
               Theodosius
               ,
            
             and
             forbid
             him
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             Church
             ?
             Was
             S.
             
               Chrisostome
            
             a
             poor
             spirited
             person
             ,
             who
             did
             preach
             against
             
               Eudoxia
            
             the
             Empresse
             ,
             and
             valiantly
             suffered
             banishment
             for
             it
             ?
             Was
             S.
             
               Athanasius
            
             either
             ,
             a
             poor
             spirited
             person
             who
             durst
             stand
             out
             even
             against
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             storied
             of
             him
             ,
             
               Athanasius
               against
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               the
               world
               against
               Athanasius
               ?
            
             Or
             were
             any
             of
             those
             Fathers
             poor
             spirited
             persons
             ,
             who
             did
             couragiously
             
             suffer
             martyrdome
             for
             the
             testimony
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Can
             you
             name
             any
             one
             author
             auncient
             or
             moderne
             ,
             that
             hath
             so
             called
             or
             esteemed
             of
             them
             ?
             If
             not
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             but
             thus
             with
             you
             .
             
               The
               Fathers
               are
               poor
               spirited
               persons
               ,
               because
               I
               say
               so
               ,
               who
               am
               animo
               defaecato
               .
            
          
           
             Neither
             are
             you
             yet
             constant
             to
             your selfe
             in
             this
             assertion
             ,
             for
             although
             here
             you
             call
             them
             poor
             spirited
             persons
             ,
             yet
             afterwards
             you
             doe
             in
             effect
             unsay
             it
             ,
             where
             you
             so
             much
             approve
             of
             what
             
               Socrates
            
             observeth
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             the
             great
             disturbers
             of
             the
             Christian
             world
             .
             Doe
             poore
             spirited
             persons
             use
             to
             make
             such
             hurly burlies
             ?
             
               Pardon
               me
               ,
            
             say
             you
             ,
             
               I
               know
               not
               what
               temptation
               drew
               this
               note
               from
               me
               .
            
          
           
             And
             if
             you
             would
             pardon
             me
             ,
             I
             could
             give
             a
             great
             guesse
             at
             the
             temptation
             .
             I
             feare
             it
             is
             a
             temptation
             of
             pride
             and
             singularity
             ,
             thus
             to
             trample
             upon
             those
             auncient
             worthies
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             make
             way
             for
             some
             kind
             of
             novelty
             .
             And
             I
             would
             it
             were
             no
             worse
             then
             this
             ,
             of
             not
             keeping
             Easter
             .
          
        
         
           
             TRACT
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             
               Schisme
            
             which
             had
             in
             it
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             is
             that
             of
             the
             
               Donatist
               ,
            
             who
             was
             perswaded
             (
             at
             least
             pretended
             so
             )
             that
             it
             was
             unlawfull
             to
             converse
             or
             communicate
             in
             holy
             duties
             with
             men
             stained
             with
             any
             notorious
             sinne
             ,
             for
             howsoever
             ,
             that
             
               Austen
            
             doe
             specifie
             only
             the
             
               Thurificati
            
             and
             
               Traditores
            
             and
             
               Libellatici
               ,
               &c.
            
             as
             if
             he
             separated
             only
             from
             those
             ,
             whom
             he
             found
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             yet
             by
             necessary
             proportion
             ,
             he
             must
             referre
             to
             all
             notorious
             sinners
             ,
             upon
             this
             he
             taught
             that
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             where
             good
             and
             bad
             were
             mixt
             together
             ,
             there
             could
             be
             no
             Church
             by
             reason
             of
             Pollution
             ,
             evaporating
             as
             it
             were
             from
             sinners
             ,
             which
             blasted
             righteous
             persons
             ,
             who
             conversed
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             made
             all
             unclean
             on
             this
             ground
             ,
             separating
             himselfe
             from
             all
             that
             he
             list
             to
             suspect
             ,
             he
             gave
             out
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             was
             no where
             to
             be
             found
             but
             in
             
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             Associates
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             only
             men
             among
             whom
             wicked
             persons
             found
             no
             shelter
             ,
             and
             by
             consequence
             the
             only
             cleare
             and
             unpolluted
             company
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             only
             Church
             .
             Against
             this
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             laid
             downe
             this
             Conclusion
             ,
             
               Vnitatem
               Ecclesiae
               per
               totum
               Mundum
               dispersae
               propter
               nonnullorum
               peccata
               non
               esse
               deserendam
               ,
            
             which
             is
             indeed
             the
             whole
             summe
             of
             that
             Fathers
             disputation
             against
             the
             
               Donatists
               .
            
             Now
             in
             one
             part
             of
             this
             Controversy
             ,
             one
             thing
             is
             very
             remarkable
             .
             The
             truth
             was
             there
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             ,
             by
             meer
             chance
             ,
             and
             might
             have
             been
             on
             either
             side
             ,
             the
             reason
             brought
             by
             either
             party
             notwithstanding
             ,
             for
             though
             it
             were
             
               Defacto
               false
               ,
            
             that
             
               pars
               Donati
            
             shut
             up
             in
             
               Africke
            
             was
             the
             only
             Othodox
             party
             ,
             yet
             it
             might
             be
             true
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             thing
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             brings
             to
             confute
             it
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             
               de
               facto
            
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             part
             of
             Christians
             dispersed
             over
             the
             whole
             Earth
             were
             Orthodox
             ,
             yet
             it
             might
             have
             been
             false
             ,
             notwithstanding
             any
             thing
             Saint
             
               Augustine
            
             brings
             to
             confirme
             it
             .
             For
             where
             ,
             or
             amongst
             whom
             ,
             or
             how
             many
             the
             Church
             shall
             be
             ,
             or
             is
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             indifferent
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             in
             any
             number
             more
             or
             lesse
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             in
             any
             Place
             ,
             Country
             or
             Nation
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             for
             ought
             I
             know
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             in
             none
             ,
             without
             any
             prejudice
             to
             the
             definition
             of
             a
             Church
             ,
             or
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             
               North
            
             or
             
               South
               ,
            
             many
             or
             few
             ,
             dispersed
             in
             many
             places
             ,
             or
             confined
             to
             one
             :
             None
             of
             these
             doe
             either
             prove
             or
             disprove
             a
             Church
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             
               Schisme
               ,
            
             and
             likewise
             that
             former
             ,
             to
             a
             wise
             man
             that
             well
             understands
             the
             matter
             in
             Controversie
             ,
             may
             afford
             perchance
             matter
             of
             pitty
             ,
             to
             see
             men
             so
             strangely
             distracted
             upon
             fancy
             ,
             but
             of
             doubt
             or
             trouble
             what
             to
             doe
             ,
             it
             can
             yeeld
             none
             ;
             for
             though
             in
             this
             
               Schisme
            
             the
             
               Donatist
            
             be
             the
             
               Schismatick
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             both
             parties
             be
             equally
             ingaged
             in
             the
             
               Schisme
               ;
            
             yet
             you
             may
             safely
             upon
             your
             occasions
             communicate
             with
             either
             ,
             if
             so
             be
             you
             flatter
             neither
             in
             their
             
               Schisme
               :
            
             For
             why
             might
             not
             it
             be
             lawfull
             to
             goe
             to
             Church
             with
             the
             
               Donatist
               ,
            
             or
             to
             celebrate
             
               Easter
            
             with
             the
             
               Quartodeciman
               ,
            
             if
             occasion
             so
             require
             ?
             since
             neither
             Nature
             ,
             nor
             Religion
             ,
             nor
             Reason
             doth
             suggest
             any
             thing
             of
             moment
             to
             the
             contrary
             ?
             For
             in
             all
             publique
             meetings
             pretending
             holinesse
             ,
             so
             there
             be
             nothing
             done
             ,
             but
             what
             true
             Devotion
             and
             piety
             brooke
             ;
             why
             may
             not
             I
             be
             present
             in
             them
             ,
             
             and
             use
             communication
             with
             them
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             what
             if
             those
             to
             whom
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             publique
             service
             is
             committed
             ,
             doe
             something
             either
             unseemly
             or
             suspitious
             ,
             or
             peradventure
             unlawfull
             ?
             what
             if
             the
             garments
             they
             weare
             be
             censured
             ,
             nay
             indeed
             be
             superstitious
             ?
             what
             if
             the
             gesture
             of
             adoration
             be
             used
             to
             the
             Altars
             ,
             as
             now
             we
             have
             learn'd
             to
             speak
             ?
             what
             if
             the
             Homilist
             have
             preached
             ,
             or
             delivered
             any
             doctrine
             of
             the
             truth
             ,
             of
             the
             which
             we
             are
             not
             well
             perswaded
             ?
             a
             thing
             which
             very
             often
             falls
             out
             :
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             we
             may
             not
             separate
             ,
             except
             we
             be
             constrained
             personally
             to
             beare
             a
             part
             in
             them
             our selves
             ;
             The
             Priests
             under
             
               Ely
            
             had
             so
             ill
             demeaned
             themselves
             about
             the
             daily
             sacrifice
             ,
             that
             the
             Scripture
             tells
             us
             ,
             they
             made
             them
             to
             stink
             ,
             yet
             the
             People
             refused
             not
             to
             come
             to
             the
             Tabernacle
             ,
             nor
             to
             bring
             their
             Sacrifice
             to
             the
             Priest
             ,
             for
             in
             those
             
               Schismes
            
             which
             concerne
             fact
             ,
             nothing
             can
             be
             a
             just
             cause
             of
             refusing
             of
             Communion
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             require
             the
             execution
             of
             some
             unlawfull
             or
             suspected
             act
             ;
             for
             not
             only
             in
             reason
             ,
             but
             in
             religion
             too
             ,
             that
             maxime
             admits
             of
             no
             release
             ,
             
               cautissimicuiusque
               Praeceptum
               quod
               dubitas
               ne
               feceris
               ;
            
             long
             it
             was
             ere
             the
             Church
             fell
             upōSchisme
             
               ,
            
             upō
             this
             occasion
             ,
             though
             of
             late
             it
             hath
             had
             very
             many
             ,
             for
             until
             the
             second
             Councell
             of
             
               Nice
               ,
            
             in
             which
             concileable
             ,
             Superstition
             and
             Ignorance
             did
             conspire
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             untill
             the
             Rout
             did
             set
             up
             Image-worship
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             any
             remarkable
             
               Schisme
            
             upon
             just
             occasion
             of
             fact
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             
               Schismes
            
             of
             that
             kinde
             were
             but
             wantons
             ,
             this
             was
             truly
             serious
             ;
             in
             this
             the
             
               Schismaticall
            
             party
             was
             the
             Synod
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             conspired
             with
             it
             ;
             for
             concerning
             the
             use
             of
             Images
             in
             sacris
             ,
          
           
             First
             ,
             it
             is
             acknowledged
             by
             all
             that
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             unnecessary
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             by
             most
             suspected
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             it
             is
             by
             many
             held
             utterly
             unlawfull
             ,
             can
             then
             the
             enjoyning
             of
             such
             a
             thing
             be
             ought
             else
             but
             abuse
             ?
             or
             can
             the
             refusall
             of
             Communion
             here
             be
             thought
             any
             other
             thing
             then
             duety
             ?
             Here
             or
             upon
             the
             like
             occasion
             to
             separate
             ,
             may
             peradventure
             bring
             personall
             trouble
             or
             danger
             ,
             (
             against
             which
             it
             concernes
             any
             honest
             man
             ,
             to
             have
             
               pectus
               bene
               Praeparatum
               )
            
             further
             harme
             it
             cannot
             doe
             ,
             so
             that
             in
             these
             cases
             you
             cannot
             be
             to
             seek
             what
             to
             think
             ,
             or
             what
             you
             have
             to
             doe
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             ANIMADVERSION
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             you
             fall
             foule
             upon
             S.
             
               Austin
            
             in
             particular
             ,
             who
             ,
             I
             may
             boldly
             say
             ,
             hath
             deserved
             as
             well
             of
             the
             Christian
             world
             as
             any
             one
             man
             since
             the
             Apostles
             times
             .
             And
             if
             this
             were
             my
             opinion
             alone
             ,
             I
             should
             suspect
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             appeale
             herein
             to
             the
             generall
             applause
             the
             learned
             have
             of
             him
             .
          
           
             
               The
               truth
               was
               ,
            
             say
             you
             ,
             
               on
               S.
               Austins
               side
               against
               the
               Donatist
               ,
               but
               by
               meer
               chance
               .
               For
               the
               Donatist
               might
               have
               been
               the
               only
               Orthodoxe
               party
               ,
               for
               any
               thing
            
             S.
             Austin
             
               brings
               to
               confute
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               party
               might
               not
               have
               been
               Orthodoxe
               ,
               for
               any
               thing
            
             S.
             Austin
             
               brings
               to
               confirme
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             which
             ,
             what
             could
             have
             been
             spoken
             more
             derogatory
             to
             so
             famous
             ,
             learned
             and
             renowned
             a
             Father
             ?
             As
             if
             his
             arguments
             were
             so
             slight
             and
             silly
             ,
             both
             to
             defend
             himselfe
             and
             offend
             his
             adversary
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             worth
             the
             reading
             or
             regarding
             ,
             but
             are
             as
             much
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             said
             nothing
             at
             all
             .
             Whereas
             it
             is
             well
             known
             and
             confessed
             ,
             that
             although
             this
             good
             father
             was
             renowned
             for
             many
             things
             ,
             yet
             his
             master
             peece
             doth
             appeare
             in
             his
             Polemicks
             ,
             who
             ,
             to
             the
             admiration
             of
             the
             World
             hitherto
             ,
             is
             accounted
             to
             have
             acutely
             subtly
             ,
             &
             soundly
             confuted
             all
             those
             Hereticks
             and
             Schismaticks
             he
             wrote
             against
             ;
             and
             therefore
             deservedly
             stiled
             
               Malleus
               haereticorum
               ,
               the
               mauler
               of
               the
               hereticks
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             he
             must
             be
             esteemed
             a
             silly
             man
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             said
             nothing
             against
             them
             .
             You
             should
             doe
             well
             ,
             now
             you
             have
             thus
             accused
             him
             ,
             to
             set
             downe
             and
             make
             it
             appeare
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             his
             arguments
             both
             offensive
             and
             defensive
             against
             the
             Donatist
             ,
             are
             so
             slight
             and
             
             weake
             as
             you
             would
             make
             us
             believe
             .
             There
             be
             some
             that
             will
             defend
             him
             ,
             and
             maintaine
             that
             this
             Father
             hath
             proved
             against
             the
             Donatist
             by
             irrefragable
             arguments
             drawn
             out
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             neither
             then
             was
             ,
             nor
             ever
             shall
             be
             ,
             drawn
             into
             such
             a
             narrow
             compasse
             ,
             as
             you
             and
             they
             imagine
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             aske
             you
             this
             question
             .
             If
             S.
             
               Austin
            
             hath
             given
             you
             so
             little
             satisfaction
             against
             the
             Donatist
             ,
             how
             doe
             you
             know
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Donatist
             may
             be
             
               defacto
            
             in
             the
             right
             ,
             and
             S.
             
               Austin
            
             in
             the
             wrong
             ;
             for
             it
             seems
             by
             you
             ,
             it
             was
             but
             hap
             hazard
             ,
             which
             way
             it
             would
             goe
             .
             I
             would
             therefore
             willingly
             learne
             the
             way
             you
             take
             to
             discerne
             which
             of
             these
             two
             waies
             is
             the
             right
             ,
             for
             it
             seems
             you
             have
             learnt
             nothing
             by
             S.
             
               Austin
               .
            
          
           
             But
             me thinks
             you
             goe
             a
             strange
             way
             to
             worke
             to
             say
             the
             
               Church
               may
               be
               in
               none
               ,
               without
               any
               prejudice
               to
               the
               definition
               of
               the
               Church
               or
               the
               truth
               of
               the
               Gospell
               .
            
          
           
             I
             would
             willingly
             know
             how
             you
             define
             a
             Church
             ,
             which
             shall
             consist
             of
             none
             ,
             and
             whether
             this
             be
             not
             most
             derogatory
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             Gospell
             ,
             that
             Christ
             should
             have
             a
             Church
             which
             is
             in
             none
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             I
             conceive
             it
             ,
             should
             have
             no
             Church
             at
             all
             .
             For
             although
             it
             pleaseth
             God
             to
             remove
             his
             Candlestick
             from
             one
             Country
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Church
             should
             be
             like
             the
             Moon
             ,
             sometimes
             in
             the
             full
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             in
             the
             waine
             ;
             yet
             that
             it
             should
             be
             utterly
             eclipsed
             ,
             and
             quite
             vanish
             away
             ,
             directly
             crosseth
             the
             prophesies
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
             and
             the
             promises
             of
             the
             new
             .
          
           
             
               But
               you
               will
               pitty
               S.
               Austin
               and
               those
               Fathers
               before
               him
               ,
               that
               were
               thus
               distracted
               upon
               fancy
               .
            
          
           
             And
             me thinks
             the
             greatest
             pitty
             of
             all
             is
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             
               our
               wise
               men
               that
               so
               well
               now
               understand
               the
               matters
               in
               controversy
               ,
            
             had
             not
             lived
             in
             their
             times
             ,
             to
             have
             rectified
             
             them
             ,
             and
             put
             these
             fancies
             out
             of
             their
             heads
             .
             But
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             the
             greatest
             fancy
             of
             all
             ,
             to
             think
             our selves
             so
             wise
             ,
             and
             them
             so
             phantasticall
             .
          
           
             
               But
               you
               easily
               resolve
               the
               doubt
               ,
               and
               think
               it
               lawfull
               to
               goe
               to
               Church
               with
               the
               Donatist
               ,
               or
               to
               celebrate
               Easter
               with
               the
               Quartodeciman
               ,
               so
               you
               flatter
               neither
               in
               their
               Schisme
               ,
               and
               there
               be
               nothing
               done
               but
               what
               true
               devotion
               and
               piety
               will
               brooks
               .
            
          
           
             But
             how
             can
             this
             be
             ?
             for
             your
             joyning
             with
             them
             in
             their
             custome
             and
             communion
             ,
             must
             needs
             ,
             if
             not
             flatter
             ,
             yet
             much
             harten
             and
             encourage
             them
             in
             their
             Schisme
             .
             Besides
             you
             give
             a
             great
             scandall
             and
             offence
             to
             the
             Orthodox
             party
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             justly
             so
             suspect
             ,
             that
             because
             you
             thus
             joyne
             with
             them
             in
             their
             publique
             communion
             ,
             that
             you
             favour
             ,
             at
             the
             least
             dislike
             not
             ,
             their
             private
             opinion
             .
             Thus
             then
             to
             scandalize
             your
             brethren
             ,
             can
             never
             stand
             with
             true
             piety
             and
             devotion
             .
          
        
         
           
             TRACT
             .
          
           
             Come
             we
             then
             to
             consider
             a
             little
             of
             the
             second
             sort
             of
             
               Schisme
               ,
            
             arising
             upon
             occasion
             of
             variety
             of
             opinion
             :
             It
             hath
             been
             the
             common
             disease
             of
             Christians
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             not
             to
             content
             themselves
             ,
             with
             that
             measure
             of
             Faith
             ,
             which
             God
             and
             Scriptures
             have
             expresly
             afforded
             us
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             a
             vaine
             desire
             to
             know
             more
             then
             is
             revealed
             ,
             they
             have
             attempted
             to
             devise
             things
             ,
             of
             which
             we
             have
             no
             light
             ,
             neither
             from
             Reason
             nor
             Revelation
             ,
             neither
             have
             they
             rested
             here
             ,
             but
             upon
             pretence
             of
             Church
             authority
             (
             which
             is
             none
             )
             or
             Tradition
             (
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             is
             but
             fained
             )
             they
             have
             peremptorily
             concluded
             ,
             and
             confidently
             imposed
             upon
             other
             a
             necessity
             of
             entertayning
             conclusions
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             &
             to
             strengthen
             themselves
             have
             broken
             out
             into
             divisions
             and
             factions
             ,
             opposing
             man
             to
             man
             ,
             Synod
             to
             Synod
             ,
             till
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Church
             vanished
             ,
             without
             all
             possibiity
             of
             recall
             :
             hence
             arose
             those
             ancient
             ,
             and
             many
             seperations
             
             amongst
             Christians
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             
               Arianisme
               ,
               Eutychianisme
               ,
               Nestorianisme
               ,
               Photinianisme
               ,
               Sabellianisme
               ,
            
             and
             many
             more
             both
             ancients
             ,
             and
             in
             our
             owue
             time
             ,
             all
             which
             indeed
             are
             but
             names
             of
             
               Schisme
               ;
            
             howsoever
             in
             the
             common
             language
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             they
             were
             called
             
               Heresies
               ,
            
             for
             
               Heresie
            
             is
             an
             act
             of
             the
             will
             ,
             not
             of
             the
             reason
             ,
             and
             is
             indeed
             a
             lye
             and
             not
             a
             mistake
             ,
             else
             how
             could
             that
             of
             
               Austen
            
             go
             for
             true
             ,
             
               Errare
               possum
               ,
               Hareticus
               esse
               nolo
               :
            
             indeed
             
               Manichanisme
               ,
               Valentinianisme
               ,
               Macedonianisme
               ,
               Mahometisme
               ,
            
             are
             truly
             and
             properly
             
               Herises
               :
            
             For
             wee
             know
             that
             the
             Authors
             of
             them
             received
             them
             not
             ,
             but
             invented
             them
             themselves
             ,
             and
             so
             knew
             what
             they
             taught
             to
             be
             a
             lye
             :
             but
             can
             any
             man
             avouch
             that
             
               Arius
            
             and
             
               Nestorius
               ,
            
             and
             others
             that
             taught
             erroniously
             concerning
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             the
             person
             of
             our
             SAVIOUR
             ,
             did
             maliciously
             invent
             what
             they
             taught
             ,
             and
             not
             rather
             fall
             upon
             it
             by
             error
             and
             mistake
             ?
             till
             that
             be
             done
             ,
             and
             upon
             good
             evidence
             ,
             we
             will
             thinke
             no
             worse
             of
             all
             parties
             than
             needs
             we
             must
             ,
             and
             take
             these
             Rents
             in
             the
             Church
             to
             be
             at
             the
             worst
             but
             
               Schismes
               ,
            
             upon
             matter
             of
             opinion
             ,
             in
             which
             case
             what
             we
             are
             to
             do
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             point
             of
             any
             great
             depth
             of
             understanding
             to
             discover
             ,
             if
             so
             be
             distemper
             and
             partiality
             do
             not
             intervene
             :
             I
             do
             not
             see
             that
             
               opinionum
               varictas
               &
               opinantium
               unitas
               ,
            
             are
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             or
             that
             men
             of
             different
             opinions
             in
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             may
             not
             hold
             communion
             in
             
               Sacris
               ,
            
             and
             both
             go
             to
             one
             Church
             ,
             why
             may
             I
             not
             go
             ▪
             If
             occasion
             require
             ,
             to
             an
             
               Arian
            
             Church
             ,
             so
             there
             be
             no
             
               Arianisme
            
             exprest
             in
             their
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             were
             Liturgies
             and
             publique
             formes
             of
             Service
             so
             framed
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             admitted
             not
             of
             particular
             and
             private
             fancies
             ,
             but
             contained
             onely
             such
             things
             ,
             as
             in
             which
             all
             Christians
             do
             agree
             ;
             
               Schismes
            
             on
             opinion
             were
             utterly
             vanished
             :
             for
             consider
             of
             all
             the
             Liturgies
             that
             are
             and
             ever
             have
             beene
             ,
             and
             remove
             from
             them
             whatsoever
             is
             scandalous
             to
             any
             party
             ,
             and
             leave
             nothing
             but
             what
             all
             agree
             on
             ,
             and
             the
             event
             shall
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             publique
             Service
             and
             Honour
             of
             God
             shall
             no
             wayes
             suffer
             .
             Whereas
             to
             load
             our
             publique
             formes
             ,
             with
             the
             private
             fancies
             upon
             which
             we
             differ
             ,
             is
             the
             most
             soveraigne
             way
             to
             perpetuate
             
               Schisme
            
             unto
             the
             worlds
             end
             ;
             Prayer
             ,
             Confession
             ,
             Thanksgiving
             ,
             Reading
             of
             Scriptures
             ,
             Administration
             of
             Sacriments
             ,
             in
             the
             plainest
             and
             the
             simplest
             manner
             ,
             were
             matter
             enough
             to
             furnish
             out
             a
             sufficient
             Liturgy
             ,
             
             though
             nothing
             either
             of
             private
             opinion
             ,
             or
             of
             Church
             Pomp
             ,
             of
             Garments
             ,
             or
             prescribed
             Gestures
             ,
             of
             Imagery
             ,
             of
             musike
             ,
             of
             matter
             concerning
             the
             Dead
             ,
             of
             many
             superfluities
             which
             creep
             into
             the
             Church
             ,
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Order
             ,
             and
             Decency
             ,
             did
             interpose
             it selfe
             .
          
           
             To
             charge
             Churches
             and
             Liturgies
             ,
             with
             things
             unnecessary
             was
             first
             the
             beginning
             of
             all
             superstition
             ,
             and
             when
             scruple
             of
             Conscience
             began
             to
             be
             made
             or
             pretended
             ,
             there
             
               Schisme
            
             began
             to
             breake
             in
             ;
             if
             the
             speciall
             Guides
             and
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Church
             would
             be
             a
             little
             sparing
             of
             incumbring
             Churches
             with
             superfluities
             ,
             or
             not
             over-rigid
             either
             in
             reviving
             obsolete
             Customes
             ,
             or
             imposing
             new
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             farre
             lesse
             cause
             of
             
               Schisme
            
             or
             
               Superstition
               ,
            
             and
             all
             the
             inconveniance
             likely
             to
             ensue
             ,
             would
             be
             but
             this
             ,
             they
             should
             in
             so
             doing
             yeeld
             a
             little
             to
             the
             imbecillity
             of
             their
             Inferiors
             ,
             a
             thing
             which
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             would
             never
             haue
             refused
             to
             do
             ;
             meane
             while
             wheresoever
             false
             or
             suspected
             opinions
             are
             made
             a
             peice
             of
             Church
             Liturgy
             ,
             he
             that
             seperates
             is
             not
             the
             
               Schismatique
               ,
            
             for
             it
             is
             alike
             unlawfull
             to
             make
             profession
             of
             known
             or
             suspected
             falsehood
             ,
             as
             to
             put
             in
             practise
             unlawfull
             or
             suspected
             actions
             .
          
        
         
           
             ANIMADVERSION
             .
          
           
             Fiftly
             ,
             having
             trampled
             upon
             the
             Auncients
             ,
             you
             come
             now
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             levell
             that
             also
             with
             the
             ground
             .
             
               It
               hath
               been
               ,
            
             say
             you
             ,
             
               the
               common
               disease
               of
               Christians
               from
               the
               beginning
               ,
               not
               to
               content
               themselves
               with
               that
               measure
               of
               faith
               which
               God
               and
               Scriptures
               have
               expressely
               afforded
               us
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               a
               vaine
               desire
               to
               know
               more
               then
               is
               revealed
               ,
               they
               have
               attempted
               to
               devise
               things
               of
               which
               we
               have
               no
               light
               from
               reason
               nor
               revelation
               .
               Neither
               have
               they
               rested
               here
               ,
               but
               upon
               pretence
               of
               Church
               authority
               (
               which
               is
               none
               )
               or
               Tradition
               (
               which
               for
               the
               most
               part
               is
               but
               fained
               .
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             I
             ,
             hath
             the
             Church
             no
             authority
             ?
             did
             not
             our
             Saviour
             giue
             power
             to
             the
             Church
             to
             punish
             &
             excommunicate
             a
             
             notorious
             offendor
             ?
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               goe
               tell
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               heare
               not
               the
               Church
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               to
               thee
               a
               heathen
               or
               a
               Publican
               .
            
             And
             did
             not
             his
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             give
             great
             power
             to
             the
             Church
             when
             he
             calleth
             
               it
               the
               Pillar
               and
               fortresse
               of
               truth
               .
            
             It
             were
             easy
             here
             to
             enlarge
             my selfe
             ,
             and
             prove
             out
             of
             the
             Ancient
             Fathers
             did
             you
             not
             reject
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             attributed
             great
             powre
             &
             authority
             to
             the
             Church
             .
             But
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             (
             whose
             sonne
             suppose
             you
             are
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             so
             well
             neglect
             her
             authority
             )
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             
             that
             
               the
               Church
               hath
               powre
               to
               decree
               rites
               or
               ceremonyes
               ,
               and
               authority
               in
               controversies
               of
               faith
               .
            
             But
             here
             you
             would
             cry
             up
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             that
             thereby
             you
             might
             decry
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             whereas
             these
             two
             are
             not
             opposite
             ,
             but
             subordinate
             one
             to
             another
             ;
             I
             meane
             the
             Church
             to
             the
             Scripture
             ;
             If
             therefore
             you
             will
             commend
             unto
             us
             the
             authority
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             you
             must
             also
             uphold
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             founded
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             nullify
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             you
             must
             also
             neglect
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             giveth
             the
             Church
             such
             power
             .
             And
             let
             no
             man
             think
             the
             Roman
             Church
             will
             here
             break
             in
             upon
             mee
             ,
             for
             by
             Church
             ,
             I
             meane
             the
             
               truly
               auncient
               Catholick
               and
               Apostolicke
               Church
               ,
            
             from
             which
             the
             Roman
             Church
             is
             farre
             enough
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             by
             Church
             ,
             so
             I
             meane
             by
             Tradition
             ,
             for
             where
             Tradition
             is
             fained
             ,
             none
             are
             to
             esteem
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             when
             it
             doth
             appeare
             unto
             us
             to
             be
             
               truly
               auncient
               Catholick
               and
               Apostolick
               ,
            
             it
             is
             not
             a
             little
             to
             be
             regarded
             .
             Hereupon
             
               Vincentius
            
             would
             have
             us
             
               duplici
               modo
               munire
               fidem
               ,
            
             to
             fortify
             our
             faith
             two
             manner
             of
             waies
             ,
             
             
               primò
               ,
               divinae
               legis
               authoritate
               ,
               deinde
               Ecclesiae
               Catholicae
               traditione
               ,
            
             first
             ,
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             divine
             law
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             tradition
             
             of
             the
             Catholick
             Church
             .
             Then
             he
             putteth
             that
             objection
             ,
             which
             you
             here
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             are
             used
             to
             make
             ;
             
               seeing
               that
               the
               canon
               of
               Scripture
               is
               perfect
               enough
               and
               more
               then
               enough
               sufficient
               in
               it selfe
               to
               all
               things
               ,
               what
               need
               is
               there
               that
               wee
               should
               joyne
               unto
               it
               the
               authority
               of
               Ecclesiasticall
               exposition
               .
            
             Unto
             which
             me thinks
             he
             giveth
             a
             very
             satisfying
             answere
             ,
             
               Because
               all
               doe
               not
               understand
               the
               holy
               Scriptures
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               height
               thereof
               ,
               in
               one
               and
               the
               same
               sense
               :
               but
               one
               interprets
               it
               one
               way
               ,
               and
               another
               a
               severall
               way
               .
               So
               that
               there
               be
               as
               many
               minds
               and
               meanings
               about
               it
               ,
               almost
               as
               there
               be
               men
               .
               For
            
             Novatus
             
               expounds
               it
               one
               way
               ,
            
             Donatus
             
               another
               ,
            
             Arius
             
               another
               ,
            
             Pelagius
             
               another
               ,
               &c.
               
               Therefore
               it
               is
               very
               needfull
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               so
               great
               and
               diverse
               errors
               ,
               that
               the
               line
               of
               Propheticall
               and
               Apostolicall
               interpretation
               ,
               be
               directed
               according
               to
               the
               rule
               of
               Ecclesiasticall
               and
               Catholick
               meaning
               .
            
          
           
             So
             that
             true
             and
             Catholick
             Tradition
             ,
             is
             like
             unto
             a
             strong
             wall
             about
             the
             garden
             of
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             which
             keeps
             it
             from
             the
             incursion
             of
             Hereticks
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             chance
             to
             get
             in
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             soveraine
             antidote
             to
             preserve
             us
             from
             the
             poison
             they
             suck
             out
             of
             these
             sweet
             flowers
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             take
             the
             Church
             and
             Tradition
             in
             a
             right
             sense
             ,
             there
             is
             much
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             them
             ,
             but
             I
             entend
             brevity
             .
             Only
             I
             cannot
             omit
             ,
             how
             you
             would
             make
             us
             believe
             ,
             that
             this
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             hath
             caused
             those
             seperations
             which
             
               Arius
               ,
               Nestorius
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Hereticks
             have
             raised
             ,
             when
             you
             say
             ,
             
               hence
               arose
               those
               auncient
               and
               many
               separations
               amongst
               Christians
               .
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Whereas
             indeed
             it
             was
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             Catholick
             Fathers
             which
             hath
             quelled
             ,
             confuted
             ,
             and
             silenced
             all
             those
             Heresies
             ,
             and
             Hereticks
             which
             it
             seems
             you
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             revive
             ,
             for
             you
             will
             not
             have
             
             them
             called
             Heresies
             ,
             but
             Schismes
             ,
             
               for
               indeed
               ,
            
             say
             you
             ,
             
               they
               are
               but
               names
               of
               Schisme
               ,
               howsoever
               in
               the
               common
               language
               of
               the
               Fathers
               they
               were
               called
               Heresies
               .
            
          
           
             But
             you
             must
             pardon
             those
             who
             thinke
             it
             safer
             and
             sounder
             to
             follow
             the
             common
             language
             of
             the
             Fathers
             ,
             then
             your
             own
             private
             assertion
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             have
             a
             reason
             for
             it
             .
             
               For
               Heresie
               ,
            
             say
             you
             ,
             
               is
               an
               act
               of
               the
               will
               not
               of
               reason
               ,
            
             whereas
             indeed
             it
             is
             both
             .
             For
             doth
             not
             the
             hereticke
             first
             fasten
             upon
             a
             false
             opinion
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             act
             of
             the
             understanding
             and
             corrupted
             reason
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             materiall
             part
             of
             heresie
             .
             And
             then
             doth
             wilfully
             and
             stubbornely
             ▪
             being
             convinced
             of
             it
             ,
             maintaine
             the
             same
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             act
             of
             the
             will
             and
             formalizeth
             heresie
             .
             And
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             not
             in
             yours
             ,
             is
             that
             knowne
             speech
             of
             St.
             
               Austine
            
             true
             ,
             
               errare
               possum
               ,
               haereticus
               esse
               nolo
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             I
             may
             erre
             and
             so
             fall
             into
             the
             materiall
             part
             of
             heresie
             ,
             by
             apprehending
             and
             iudging
             that
             to
             be
             a
             good
             doctrine
             which
             is
             false
             and
             erroneous
             ,
             but
             
               haereticus
               esse
               nolo
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               be
               an
               hereticke
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             persist
             in
             this
             opinion
             ,
             being
             lawfully
             convicted
             and
             condemned
             for
             it
             by
             the
             Church
             and
             governours
             thereof
             .
             For
             then
             I
             should
             be
             formally
             and
             properly
             an
             hereticke
             .
             For
             howsoever
             you
             slight
             and
             nullify
             the
             authority
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             primitive
             times
             when
             the
             Church
             was
             at
             unity
             ,
             when
             there
             was
             not
             
               altare
               contra
               altare
               ,
            
             it
             was
             then
             esteemed
             to
             be
             of
             great
             power
             and
             authority
             ,
             which
             authority
             of
             that
             Church
             hath
             justly
             declared
             not
             only
             the
             
               Manichees
               ,
               Valentinians
            
             and
             
               Marcionites
               ,
            
             but
             also
             the
             
               Arians
               ,
               Nestorians
               ,
            
             and
             
               Pelagians
            
             to
             be
             hereticks
             .
             Howsoever
             you
             are
             willing
             to
             distinguish
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             these
             latter
             scarce
             
               Schismaticks
               ,
            
             for
             
               you
               will
               take
               these
               rents
               in
               the
               Church
               to
               be
               at
               the
               worst
               but
               Schismes
               .
            
             Then
             at
             the
             best
             it
             seemes
             they
             are
             not
             so
             much
             as
             
               Schismes
               .
            
          
           
           
             Yet
             I
             cannot
             be
             perswaded
             so
             ill
             of
             the
             former
             ;
             as
             to
             thinke
             they
             knew
             what
             they
             taught
             ,
             was
             a
             lye
             ,
             and
             so
             went
             directly
             against
             their
             owne
             consciences
             :
             nor
             yet
             so
             well
             of
             the
             latter
             to
             excuse
             them
             with
             you
             ,
             from
             heresie
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             yet
             to
             learne
             ,
             that
             
               heresie
               is
               nothing
               els
               ,
               but
               to
               know
               that
               a
               lye
               is
               taught
               ,
            
             such
             kinde
             of
             wickednesse
             I
             shall
             rather
             terme
             open
             blasphemy
             then
             heresie
             ,
             when
             men
             go
             against
             the
             light
             of
             their
             owne
             consciences
             .
          
           
             Sixtly
             ,
             you
             chalke
             us
             out
             a
             way
             ,
             wherein
             we
             may
             safely
             walke
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             the
             
               Donatists
               ,
            
             But
             with
             the
             
               Arian
            
             and
             all
             other
             hereticks
             .
             And
             that
             is
             
               to
               have
               Liturgies
               and
               publique
               formes
               of
               service
               so
               framed
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               admitted
               not
               of
               particular
               and
               private
               fancyes
               ,
               but
               contained
               onely
               such
               things
               ,
               as
               in
               which
               all
               Christians
               do
               agree
               ;
               and
               then
               ,
               Schismes
               on
               opinion
               were
               vtterly
               vanished
               ,
               and
               thus
               ,
               say
               you
               ,
               I
               may
               go
               to
               an
               Arian
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             A
             pretty
             fancy
             indeede
             .
             But
             first
             I
             thinke
             you
             could
             not
             prevaile
             with
             the
             
               Arian
            
             party
             to
             frame
             their
             Creede
             so
             ,
             as
             might
             not
             give
             offence
             to
             the
             orthodoxe
             side
             ,
             for
             in
             all
             Liturgies
             they
             use
             to
             have
             a
             confession
             of
             their
             faith
             .
          
           
             And
             secondly
             ,
             if
             you
             could
             prevaile
             with
             them
             ,
             how
             could
             you
             perswade
             all
             our
             Churches
             ,
             to
             put
             that
             clause
             out
             of
             our
             Creede
             .
             [
             
               I
               believe
               in
               Christ
               the
               only
               begotten
               sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               begotten
               of
               his
               father
               before
               all
               worlds
               ,
               God
               of
               God
               ,
               light
               of
               light
               ,
               very
               God
               of
               very
               God
               ,
               begotten
               ,
               not
               made
               ,
               being
               of
               one
               substance
               with
               the
               father
               by
               whome
               all
               things
               were
               made
               .
            
             ]
             which
             was
             a
             good
             illustration
             of
             our
             Creed
             joyned
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             part
             of
             it
             by
             the
             fathers
             of
             the
             
               Nicene
            
             Councell
             against
             the
             
               Arians
            
             then
             ,
             and
             will
             serve
             as
             a
             sufficient
             bulwarke
             against
             our
             
               Sosinians
            
             now
             :
             which
             Creed
             hath
             had
             the
             generall
             applause
             of
             the
             Christian
             Churches
             since
             ,
             and
             hath
             the
             
             honour
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             Creeds
             of
             the
             Catholicke
             Church
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             prevaile
             with
             them
             likewise
             to
             blot
             out
             of
             
               Athanasius
            
             Creed
             (
             which
             though
             it
             were
             made
             but
             by
             one
             man
             ,
             yet
             by
             generall
             approbation
             is
             now
             also
             become
             the
             Creed
             of
             all
             our
             Churches
             ,
             )
             I
             say
             you
             must
             put
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             these
             clauses
             .
             [
             
               there
               is
               one
               person
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               another
               of
               the
               sonne
               ,
               another
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               but
               the
               Godhead
               of
               the
               Father
               &
               of
               the
               sonne
               and
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               is
               all
               one
               ,
               the
               glory
               equall
               ,
               the
               majesty
               coeternall
               ,
               the
               Father
               eternall
               ,
               the
               sonne
               eternall
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               eternall
               :
               the
               Father
               is
               God
               ,
               the
               sonne
               is
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               is
               God
               .
            
             ]
             All
             which
             do
             directly
             overthrow
             these
             heresies
             .
             And
             do
             not
             call
             these
             clauses
             ,
             
               particular
               and
               private
               fancies
               ,
            
             for
             they
             are
             part
             of
             the
             universall
             and
             publique
             faith
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             all
             the
             East
             and
             West
             ,
             all
             Popish
             and
             Reformed
             Churches
             doe
             unanimously
             professe
             and
             believe
             .
             It
             is
             not
             a
             time
             now
             to
             add
             ,
             much
             lesse
             to
             detract
             ,
             from
             our
             publique
             Confessions
             of
             faith
             .
          
        
         
           
             TRACT
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             thing
             I
             named
             for
             matter
             of
             
               Schisme
            
             was
             
               Ambition
               ,
            
             I
             meane
             
               Episcopall
               Ambition
               ,
            
             shewing
             it selfe
             especially
             in
             two
             heads
             ,
             one
             concerning
             Pluralities
             of
             
               Bishops
            
             in
             the
             same
             Sea
             .
             Another
             concerning
             the
             superiority
             of
             
               Bishops
            
             in
             diverse
             Seas
             .
             
               Aristotle
            
             tels
             us
             that
             necessity
             causeth
             but
             small
             faults
             ,
             but
             Avarice
             and
             Ambition
             were
             the
             mother
             of
             great
             Crimes
             ;
             
               Episcopall
               Ambition
            
             hath
             made
             this
             true
             ,
             for
             no
             occasion
             hath
             produced
             more
             frequent
             ,
             more
             continuous
             ,
             more
             sanguineous
             
               Schismes
               ,
            
             than
             this
             hath
             done
             ;
             the
             Seas
             of
             
               Alexandria
               ,
            
             of
             
               Constantinople
               ,
            
             of
             
               Antioch
               ,
            
             and
             above
             all
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             doe
             abundantly
             shew
             thus
             much
             ,
             and
             all
             Ecclesiasticall
             stories
             witnesse
             no
             lesse
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             greatest
             part
             consists
             of
             factionating
             and
             tumultuating
             of
             great
             and
             potent
             
               Bishops
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Socrates
            
             Apologizing
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             that
             professing
             to
             write
             an
             Ecclesiasticall
             story
             ,
             he
             did
             oft-times
             interlace
             the
             actions
             of
             secular
             Princes
             and
             other
             Civill
             businesse
             ,
             tels
             us
             that
             he
             did
             this
             to
             refresh
             his
             reader
             ,
             who
             otherwise
             were
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             cloyd
             by
             reading
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Acts
             of
             unquiet
             and
             unruly
             Bishops
             ,
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             in
             which
             as
             a
             man
             may
             say
             ,
             they
             made
             butter
             and
             cheese
             one
             of
             another
             ,
             for
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             shew
             you
             a
             cast
             of
             my
             old
             office
             and
             open
             you
             a
             mystery
             in
             Grammer
             ,
             properly
             signifies
             to
             make
             butter
             and
             cheese
             ,
             and
             because
             these
             are
             not
             made
             without
             much
             agitation
             of
             the
             milk
             ,
             hence
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             by
             a
             borrowed
             and
             translated
             signification
             ,
             signifies
             to
             do
             things
             with
             much
             agitation
             and
             tumult
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             I
             may
             a
             little
             consider
             of
             the
             two
             heads
             ,
             I
             but
             now
             specified
             ,
             the
             first
             I
             mentioned
             was
             the
             plurality
             of
             
               Bishops
            
             in
             one
             Sea
             .
             For
             the
             generall
             practise
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             since
             the
             beginning
             ,
             at
             least
             since
             the
             originall
             of
             Episcopacy
             ,
             as
             now
             it
             is
             ,
             was
             never
             to
             admit
             at
             once
             more
             than
             one
             Bishop
             in
             one
             Sea
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             in
             this
             point
             have
             they
             been
             carefull
             to
             preserve
             unity
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             have
             a
             Bishop
             in
             his
             Sea
             to
             have
             two
             Cathedrall
             Churches
             ,
             which
             thing
             lately
             brought
             us
             a
             book
             out
             of
             
               France
               De
               monogamia
               Episcoporum
               ,
            
             written
             by
             occasion
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
             
               La●gres
               :
            
             who
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             upon
             what
             fancy
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             content
             with
             one
             Cathedrall
             Church
             in
             his
             Diocesse
             but
             would
             needs
             have
             two
             ,
             which
             to
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Work
             seeme
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             kind
             of
             Spirituall
             Polygamy
             ;
             it
             fell
             out
             amongst
             the
             Ancients
             very
             often
             ,
             sometimes
             upon
             occasion
             of
             difference
             in
             opinions
             ,
             sometimes
             because
             of
             those
             who
             were
             interessed
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             Bishops
             ;
             that
             two
             and
             sometimes
             more
             were
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             all
             parties
             striving
             to
             maintaine
             their
             owne
             Bishop
             ,
             made
             themselves
             severall
             Churches
             ,
             severall
             Congregations
             ,
             each
             refusing
             to
             participate
             with
             others
             ,
             &
             many
             times
             proceeding
             to
             mutuall
             excommunications
             ;
             that
             is
             that
             which
             
               Cyprian
            
             cals
             
               Erigere
               Altare
               contra
               Altare
               ,
            
             to
             this
             doth
             he
             impute
             the
             originall
             of
             all
             Church
             disorders
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             read
             him
             ,
             you
             world
             thinke
             he
             thought
             no
             other
             Church
             tumult
             to
             be
             
               Schisme
            
             but
             this
             .
             This
             perchance
             may
             plead
             some
             excuse
             ,
             for
             though
             in
             regard
             of
             Religion
             it selfe
             ,
             it
             matters
             not
             whether
             there
             be
             one
             or
             more
             Bishops
             in
             one
             Diocesse
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             two
             are
             knowne
             
             to
             have
             set
             at
             once
             ;
             for
             
               Epiphanius
            
             reckoning
             up
             the
             Bishops
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
            
             makes
             
               Peter
            
             and
             
               Paul
            
             the
             first
             :
             and
             Saint
             
               Augustin
            
             acknowledgeth
             for
             a
             time
             he
             sate
             fellow
             Bishop
             with
             his
             predecessor
             ,
             though
             he
             excused
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             so
             by
             being
             ignorant
             that
             the
             contrary
             had
             been
             decreed
             by
             the
             Councell
             of
             
               Nice
               ,
            
             yet
             it
             being
             a
             thing
             very
             convenient
             for
             the
             peace
             of
             the
             Church
             to
             have
             it
             so
             ,
             neither
             doth
             it
             any
             whit
             savour
             of
             vice
             or
             misdemeanor
             ,
             their
             punishments
             sleeps
             not
             who
             unnecessarily
             and
             wantonly
             goe
             about
             to
             infring
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             ANIMADVERSION
             .
          
           
             Seventhly
             ,
             you
             come
             to
             
               Episcopall
               Ambition
               ,
               then
               which
               you
               say
               none
               hath
               caused
               more
               frequent
               ,
               more
               continuous
               ,
               more
               sanguineous
               Schismes
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             very
             true
             indeed
             ,
             we
             shall
             read
             of
             many
             uproares
             and
             much
             bloudshed
             about
             the
             election
             of
             some
             Bishops
             ,
             for
             which
             you
             cannot
             so
             much
             accuse
             the
             Bishops
             as
             the
             factious
             ,
             furious
             ,
             and
             unruly
             multitude
             ,
             who
             eagerly
             pursue
             their
             severall
             humors
             ,
             and
             are
             violently
             carryed
             into
             extreames
             .
             And
             therefore
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             this
             mischiefe
             ,
             the
             order
             and
             power
             of
             Bishops
             was
             not
             taken
             away
             ,
             but
             the
             choice
             of
             them
             ,
             you
             know
             ,
             was
             taken
             from
             the
             giddy
             multitude
             and
             translated
             unto
             the
             nomination
             and
             election
             of
             temporall
             Princes
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             your
             story
             out
             of
             
               Socrates
               ,
            
             you
             should
             have
             done
             well
             to
             have
             put
             downe
             the
             place
             ,
             that
             your
             reader
             might
             have
             seene
             ,
             you
             have
             urged
             it
             to
             your
             owne
             advantage
             .
             I
             shall
             set
             it
             downe
             plainly
             as
             I
             finde
             it
             in
             his
             proeme
             to
             his
             fift
             booke
             :
             where
             
               Socrates
            
             intending
             to
             write
             an
             ecclesiasticall
             history
             ,
             and
             yet
             withall
             is
             willing
             to
             mingle
             amongst
             it
             temporall
             affaires
             ,
             makes
             three
             apologies
             for
             it
             .
             First
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             that
             these
             warlike
             affaires
             might
             not
             be
             forgotten
             ,
             but
             come
             unto
             posterity
             ,
             for
             it
             seemes
             there
             were
             few
             or
             no
             historians
             in
             his
             time
             .
             The
             
             second
             excuse
             is
             (
             which
             you
             alledge
             )
             for
             variety
             sake
             ,
             least
             the
             reader
             should
             be
             cloyed
             with
             perusing
             only
             Church
             affaires
             ,
             which
             is
             no
             more
             then
             if
             a
             man
             writing
             a
             story
             of
             a
             common-wealth
             ,
             should
             for
             variety
             and
             delight
             ,
             intermixe
             here
             and
             there
             businesses
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Not
             that
             the
             common-wealth
             was
             then
             more
             quiet
             then
             the
             Church
             ,
             but
             there
             were
             full
             as
             many
             troubles
             and
             tumults
             in
             that
             as
             in
             this
             .
             Nay
             which
             may
             serve
             somewhat
             to
             excuse
             the
             unquietnesse
             of
             the
             Clergy
             ,
             it
             was
             caused
             through
             the
             disturbance
             of
             the
             common-wealth
             .
             For
             that
             is
             
               Socrates
            
             his
             thirde
             and
             chiefest
             reason
             ,
             because
             by
             setting
             downe
             the
             affaires
             of
             the
             temporall
             estate
             ,
             we
             may
             knowe
             from
             whence
             these
             tumults
             amongst
             Bishops
             arose
             .
             For
             when
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             the
             common-wealth
             was
             thus
             tossed
             up
             and
             downe
             with
             troubles
             and
             seditions
             with
             factions
             and
             divisions
             :
             the
             estate
             of
             the
             Church
             and
             chiefest
             Church-men
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               as
               it
               were
               by
               a
               certaine
               kinde
               of
               Sympathy
               ,
            
             could
             not
             chuse
             but
             be
             infected
             with
             the
             same
             disease
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             suppose
             some
             Bishops
             then
             were
             factious
             and
             ambitious
             ,
             you
             should
             consider
             that
             this
             concerneth
             the
             persons
             of
             Bishops
             ,
             not
             their
             calling
             ,
             though
             I
             thinke
             you
             might
             have
             spared
             both
             .
             Now
             what
             a
             vulgar
             and
             illogicall
             way
             is
             this
             ,
             through
             the
             sides
             of
             any
             mans
             person
             to
             wound
             his
             very
             calling
             .
             And
             had
             our
             great
             writer
             of
             Bishops
             lives
             been
             as
             carefull
             to
             lay
             together
             all
             that
             makes
             for
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             been
             industrious
             to
             rake
             together
             all
             that
             makes
             against
             them
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             made
             his
             volumes
             swell
             twise
             as
             bigg
             .
          
        
         
           
             TRACT
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             other
             head
             of
             
               Episcopall
               Ambition
               ,
            
             concerning
             
               Supremacy
               
               of
               Bishops
            
             in
             divers
             Seas
             ,
             one
             clayming
             
               Supremacy
            
             over
             another
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             a
             great
             trespasse
             against
             the
             Churches
             Peace
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             now
             the
             finall
             ruine
             of
             it
             .
             The
             
               East
            
             &
             
               West
            
             through
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             two
             prime
             Bishops
             being
             irremediably
             separated
             without
             all
             hope
             of
             Reconcilement
             .
             And
             besides
             all
             this
             mischiefe
             ,
             it
             is
             founded
             on
             a
             vice
             contrary
             to
             all
             Christian
             humility
             ,
             without
             which
             no
             man
             shall
             see
             his
             SAVIOUR
             ;
             for
             they
             do
             but
             abuse
             themselues
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             would
             perswade
             us
             ,
             that
             Bishops
             by
             CHRISTS
             Institution
             haue
             any
             superiority
             over
             other
             men
             further
             then
             of
             Reverence
             ,
             or
             that
             any
             Bishop
             is
             Superior
             to
             another
             further
             than
             Positive
             order
             agreed
             upon
             amongst
             Christians
             hath
             prescribed
             :
             for
             we
             have
             beleived
             him
             that
             hath
             told
             us
             that
             in
             IESVS
             CHRIST
             there
             is
             neither
             high
             nor
             low
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             giving
             honour
             ,
             every
             man
             should
             be
             ready
             to
             preferre
             another
             before
             himselfe
             ,
             which
             saying
             cuts
             of
             all
             clayme
             certainly
             of
             superiority
             ,
             by
             title
             of
             Christianity
             ,
             except
             men
             thinke
             that
             these
             things
             were
             spoken
             only
             to
             poore
             and
             private
             men
             .
             Nature
             and
             Religion
             agree
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             neither
             of
             them
             hath
             an
             hand
             in
             this
             heraldry
             of
             
               Secundum
               sub
               &
               supra
               ,
            
             all
             this
             comes
             from
             Composition
             and
             agreement
             of
             men
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             wherefore
             this
             abuse
             of
             Christianity
             to
             make
             it
             Lacquey
             to
             Ambition
             ,
             is
             a
             vice
             for
             which
             I
             have
             no
             extraordinary
             name
             of
             Ignominy
             ,
             and
             an
             ordinary
             I
             will
             not
             give
             it
             ,
             least
             you
             should
             take
             so
             transcendent
             a
             vice
             to
             be
             but
             triviall
             .
          
           
             Now
             concerning
             
               Schisme
            
             arising
             upon
             these
             heads
             ,
             you
             cannot
             be
             for
             behaviour
             much
             to
             seek
             ,
             for
             you
             may
             safely
             communicate
             with
             all
             parties
             as
             occasion
             shall
             call
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Schismatiques
            
             here
             are
             all
             those
             who
             are
             heads
             of
             the
             faction
             ,
             together
             with
             all
             those
             who
             foment
             it
             :
             for
             private
             and
             indifferent
             persons
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             spectators
             of
             these
             contentions
             as
             securely
             in
             regard
             of
             any
             perill
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             (
             for
             of
             danger
             in
             purse
             or
             person
             ,
             I
             keepe
             no
             account
             )
             as
             at
             a
             Cock
             fight
             where
             serpents
             fight
             ,
             who
             cares
             who
             hath
             the
             better
             ?
             the
             best
             wish
             is
             that
             both
             may
             perish
             in
             the
             fight
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             conventicles
             ,
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             which
             you
             desire
             to
             be
             informed
             ,
             thus
             much
             in
             generall
             evidently
             appeares
             ,
             that
             all
             meetings
             upon
             an
             unnecessary
             seperation
             are
             to
             be
             so
             stiled
             ,
             so
             
             that
             in
             sense
             a
             Conventicle
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             Congregation
             of
             
               Schismatiques
               ,
            
             yet
             Time
             hath
             taken
             leave
             sometimes
             to
             fix
             this
             name
             upon
             good
             and
             honest
             meetings
             ,
             and
             that
             perchance
             not
             altogether
             without
             good
             reason
             ,
             for
             with
             publique
             religious
             meetings
             thus
             it
             fares
             .
             First
             ,
             it
             hath
             been
             at
             all
             times
             confessed
             necessary
             ,
             that
             God
             requires
             not
             only
             inward
             and
             private
             devotion
             ,
             when
             men
             either
             in
             their
             hearts
             and
             Closets
             or
             within
             their
             privaet
             walls
             ,
             pray
             ,
             prayse
             ,
             confesse
             and
             acknowledg
             ;
             but
             he
             further
             requires
             all
             those
             things
             to
             be
             done
             in
             publique
             ,
             by
             troupes
             and
             shoales
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             from
             hence
             have
             proceeded
             publique
             Temples
             ,
             Altars
             ,
             formes
             of
             Service
             ,
             appoynted
             times
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             are
             required
             for
             open
             Assemblies
             ,
             yet
             whilst
             men
             are
             truely
             pious
             ,
             all
             meetings
             of
             men
             for
             mutuall
             help
             of
             piety
             &
             devotion
             wheresoever
             and
             by
             whomsoever
             celebrated
             ,
             were
             permitted
             without
             exception
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             it
             was
             espyed
             that
             ill
             affected
             persons
             abused
             private
             meetings
             ,
             whether
             Religious
             or
             Civill
             to
             evill
             ends
             ;
             Religiousnesse
             to
             crosse
             Impiety
             ,
             as
             appeares
             in
             the
             Ethnick
             Elusinia
             ,
             and
             Bacchanalia
             ,
             and
             Christian
             meetings
             under
             the
             Pagan
             Princes
             ,
             when
             for
             feare
             they
             durst
             not
             come
             together
             in
             open
             view
             ,
             were
             charged
             with
             foule
             imputations
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             report
             of
             Christians
             themselves
             plainely
             appeares
             ,
             and
             Civill
             meetings
             many
             times
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             friendly
             and
             neighbourly
             visites
             ,
             sheltred
             treasonable
             attempts
             against
             Princes
             and
             Common-weales
             ,
          
           
             Hence
             both
             Church
             and
             State
             joyned
             ,
             and
             joyntly
             gave
             order
             for
             Formes
             ,
             Times
             ,
             Places
             of
             Publique
             meetings
             ,
             whether
             for
             Religious
             or
             Civill
             ends
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             meetings
             whatsoever
             ,
             besides
             those
             of
             which
             both
             time
             and
             Place
             ,
             are
             limited
             ,
             they
             censured
             for
             Routs
             and
             Riots
             ,
             and
             unlawfull
             Assemblies
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             for
             Conventicles
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             ,
             no
             not
             for
             prayer
             ,
             ●earing
             ,
             for
             Conference
             ,
             for
             any
             other
             Religious
             office
             whatsoever
             ,
             for
             people
             to
             Assemble
             otherwise
             ,
             then
             by
             publique
             order
             is
             allowed
             ,
             neither
             may
             wee
             complaine
             of
             this
             in
             times
             of
             incorruption
             ,
             for
             why
             should
             men
             desire
             to
             do
             that
             suspitiously
             in
             private
             which
             warrantably
             may
             be
             performed
             in
             publique
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             times
             of
             manifest
             Corruptions
             and
             persecutions
             ,
             
             wherein
             Religious
             Assembling
             is
             dangerous
             ,
             private
             meetings
             howsoever
             ,
             besides
             publique
             order
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             lawfull
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             of
             necessity
             and
             duty
             ,
             else
             how
             shall
             we
             excuse
             Meetings
             of
             Christians
             for
             publique
             Service
             ,
             in
             time
             of
             danger
             and
             persecutions
             ,
             and
             of
             our selues
             in
             Queene
             
               Maries
            
             dayes
             ?
             and
             how
             will
             those
             of
             the
             Romane
             Church
             amongst
             us
             ,
             put
             off
             the
             imputation
             of
             Conventicling
             ,
             who
             are
             knowne
             amongst
             us
             privately
             to
             assemble
             for
             Religious
             exercise
             against
             all
             established
             order
             ,
             both
             in
             State
             and
             Church
             ?
             For
             indeed
             all
             pious
             Assemblies
             in
             times
             of
             persecution
             and
             corruption
             howsoever
             practised
             ,
             are
             indeed
             or
             rather
             alone
             the
             lawfull
             Congregations
             ,
             and
             Publique
             Assemblies
             though
             according
             to
             forme
             of
             Law
             ,
             are
             indeed
             nothing
             else
             but
             Riots
             and
             Conventicles
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             stayned
             with
             corruption
             and
             superstition
             .
          
        
         
           
             ANIMADVERSION
             .
          
           
             Eightly
             and
             lastly
             ,
             you
             take
             away
             all
             superiority
             from
             Bishop's
             when
             you
             say
             ,
             
               they
               doe
               but
               abuse
               themselves
               and
               others
               ,
               that
               would
               perswade
               us
               ,
               that
               Bishops
               by
               Christs
               institution
               have
               any
               superiority
               over
               other
               men
               ,
               further
               then
               of
               reverence
               .
            
          
           
             Where
             (
             although
             you
             intended
             onely
             to
             speake
             against
             the
             superiority
             of
             one
             Bishop
             over
             another
             )
             yet
             you
             seeme
             to
             take
             away
             ,
             not
             only
             all
             power
             of
             one
             Bishop
             over
             another
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             Bishop
             over
             a
             Presbyter
             ,
             yea
             of
             a
             Bishop
             over
             any
             other
             private
             man
             .
             I
             cannot
             here
             (
             intending
             brevity
             )
             enter
             upō
             the
             dispute
             about
             the
             power
             of
             one
             Bishop
             ouer
             another
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             power
             of
             a
             Bishop
             over
             a
             Presbyter
             .
             The
             former
             of
             which
             is
             no
             doubt
             confirmed
             by
             a
             long
             continued
             Ecclesiasticall
             power
             ,
             the
             latter
             by
             an
             Apostolicall
             .
             But
             that
             a
             Bishop
             should
             not
             have
             any
             superiority
             over
             an
             ordinary
             lay-man
             ,
             seemes
             strange
             to
             mee
             .
             Certainely
             our
             Saviour
             intended
             some
             power
             and
             authority
             unto
             
               Peter
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             
               Apostles
               ,
            
             
             when
             he
             gave
             them
             the
             keyes
             and
             wisht
             them
             to
             open
             and
             shut
             ,
             to
             binde
             and
             loose
             ,
             whose
             successors
             Bishops
             are
             ,
             and
             though
             some
             make
             question
             whether
             they
             succeede
             them
             as
             Bishops
             ,
             yet
             none
             doubt
             but
             they
             succeede
             them
             as
             Pastors
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             thus
             have
             they
             power
             over
             lay-men
             .
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             wills
             Timothy
             
               to
               command
               and
               teach
               ,
            
             1.
             Tim.
             4.
             11.
             and
             in
             another
             place
             willeth
             others
             
               to
               obey
               those
               who
               had
               the
               oversight
               of
               them
               ,
            
             Heb.
             13.
             17.
             
          
           
             Now
             where
             there
             is
             commanding
             on
             the
             one
             side
             and
             obeying
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             there
             must
             needs
             be
             superiority
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             could
             not
             have
             imagined
             this
             had
             been
             your
             meaning
             ,
             but
             for
             your
             proofes
             which
             followe
             .
             
               For
               we
               have
               believed
               him
               that
               hath
               told
               us
               ,
               that
               in
               Christ
               Iesus
               there
               is
               neither
               high
               nor
               low
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               giving
               honour
               every
               man
               should
               be
               ready
               to
               preferre
               another
               before
               himselfe
               ,
               which
               saying
               cuts
               of
               all
               claime
               certainly
               of
               superiority
               ,
               by
               title
               of
               Christianity
               ,
               except
               men
               thinke
               that
               these
               things
               were
               spoken
               only
               to
               poore
               and
               private
               men
               .
            
          
           
             Where
             ,
             you
             consider
             not
             ,
             that
             you
             run
             into
             an
             Anabaptisticall
             humor
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             all
             superiority
             in
             the
             common-wealth
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             entrench
             upon
             the
             Scepter
             of
             the
             King
             as
             well
             as
             upon
             the
             Miter
             of
             the
             Bishop
             .
             But
             your
             proofes
             are
             easily
             satisfied
             .
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             though
             we
             finde
             not
             those
             very
             words
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             yet
             I
             suppose
             you
             aime
             at
             that
             place
             wherein
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               Wee
               are
               all
               one
               in
               Christ
               Iesus
               ,
            
             Gal.
             3.
             28.
             where
             the
             true
             meaning
             of
             the
             place
             is
             ,
             that
             as
             wee
             are
             Christians
             we
             are
             all
             one
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             wee
             have
             all
             equally
             ,
             and
             alike
             beene
             partakers
             of
             Christ
             by
             baptisme
             ,
             as
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               vers.
               27.
               as
               many
               of
               you
               as
               have
               beene
               baptized
               into
               Christ
               ,
               have
               put
               on
               Christ
               .
            
             So
             that
             as
             members
             of
             Christ
             we
             are
             all
             one
             ,
             &
             all
             make
             but
             one
             body
             of
             Christ
             .
             Yet
             as
             amongst
             
             the
             naturall
             members
             of
             our
             bodies
             ,
             so
             amongst
             the
             mysticall
             members
             of
             Christ
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             all
             one
             as
             members
             ,
             being
             compared
             with
             the
             head
             :
             yet
             being
             compared
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             tels
             us
             ,
             there
             are
             
               more
               honourable
               and
               lesse
               honourable
               members
               ,
            
             1.
             Cor.
             12.
             23.
             
          
           
             Your
             other
             place
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             in
             giving
             honour
             preferre
             one
             another
             ,
             teacheth
             humility
             ,
             but
             taketh
             not
             away
             superiority
             .
          
           
             
               But
               you
               go
               on
               and
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               nature
               and
               religion
               agree
               in
               this
               ,
               that
               neither
               of
               them
               hath
               an
               hand
               in
               this
               heraldry
               of
               Secundum
               sub
               &
               supra
               :
            
             whereas
             in
             it
             they
             both
             joyne
             hand
             in
             hand
             .
             Nature
             acknowledgeth
             this
             heraldry
             ,
             that
             shee
             may
             avoyd
             ataxie
             and
             confusion
             :
             And
             religion
             also
             ,
             for
             did
             not
             our
             Lord
             and
             Master
             acknowledge
             a
             
               Caesar
               ,
            
             and
             commanded
             us
             to
             give
             unto
             him
             that
             which
             belonged
             unto
             him
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             obedience
             &
             subjection
             .
             And
             doth
             not
             his
             Apostle
             S.
             
               Paul
            
             command
             that
             
               every
               soule
               should
               be
               subject
               to
               the
               higher
               power
               .
               Rom.
            
             13.
             1.
             where
             you
             see
             this
             heraldry
             of
             
               sub
               &
               supra
               ,
            
             is
             put
             downe
             in
             expresse
             tearmes
             :
             and
             pray
             let
             us
             observe
             the
             Apostles
             reason
             why
             wee
             should
             thus
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             higher
             powers
             ,
             for
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             
               there
               is
               no
               power
               but
               of
               God
               ,
               &
               the
               powers
               that
               be
               are
               ordained
               of
               God
               .
            
             How
             heare
             I
             then
             ,
             
               that
               all
               this
               comes
               from
               composition
               and
               agreement
               of
               men
               amongst
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
             But
             I
             spare
             to
             prosecute
             this
             doctrine
             any
             further
             ,
             least
             I
             should
             discover
             in
             it
             a
             very
             transcendent
             crime
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A44476e-100
           
             Lib.
             ad
             Her.
             cap.
             39.
             
          
           
             Artic.
             20.
             
          
           
             Cap.
             1.
             
             &
             2.
             
          
        
      
      
  

