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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14374	A plea for peace: or A sermon preached in St. Pauls Church in London. Iuly 9. 1637. By Henry Vertue, parson of the parish church of Alhollowes Honey-Lane in London	Vertue, Henry, d. 1660.	1637 (1637)	STC 24691; ESTC S114883	38,111	69

by the harmony of confessions They therfore are justly to go in the fore-front Though yet it must with griefe be eonfessed that many among our selves are fearfully guiltie of breaking the peace and unitie of the Church the more the pitie some contending for and about worldly things maintaining tedious suits sometimes for trifles not worthy to be named some about Theologicall Articles as Pareus calls them Par. Irenicon And the Disciplinarians about innocent ceremonies enjoyned by the Church with respect to decencie and uniformity in the worship of God concerning which God hath not in his Word given any expresse order one way or other leaving them to be ordered by the Church according to those generall rules layed downe in the Word about indifferent things And yet about these things what fearfull breaches are among us Some not contenting themselves not to submit to the authoritie of the Church but endeavouring to set all in a combustion not onely in private whispering against the Church and the power of it but also publishing and divulging scandalous libels by which they study to make men our of love with the Government setled pratling of innovations and perswading people that Popery must needs be creeping in because those things which tend to reverence and devotion to order and decencie are somewhat more strictly urged now then formerly they have beene though it might easily be manifested that these things were practised by the Christian Church long before Popery was so much as thought on as may easily appeare to any that are in the least manner skilled in the writings of the Ancients and I doubt not but the ignorance of Antiquity is one maine cause of this violent opposition But let all that are guilty in this kinde not being studious of peace but for these things breaking the unitie of the Church let these I say know that they walk unworthy of their calling that they have an argument that they are carnall and that their wisedome is earthly lensuall devillish they say they are Christians but it were to be wished they would walke as such lest they be found to lye against the truth Just Mort. des●●s pro Christien ad Anconinum Pium. Heare they what Saint Iustin Martyr said long ago 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 If any bee found not to live as Christ hath taught it is a certaine argument that they are not Christians though with the tongue they confesse the doctrine of Christ for not those which onely professe but those which second their profession with answerable works doth Christ assure of salvation And to the same purpose Tertullian Tertull. Apologet c. 45. though more concisely Dicet aliquis etiam de nostris excedere quosdam à regula disciplinae Some will say that even some of our owne violate the rule of Christianitie but he answers Desinunt tunc Christiani haberi penes nos We then cease to acknowledge them to be Christians Let not such judge their sinne to be small Aug. tom 7. parte 1. contra Epist Parmen l. 1. c. 4. but know as Saint Austin sayes that Sacrilegium schismatis omnia scelera supergreditur The sacriledge of schisme exceeds all sinnes And for proofe of this let them take into consideration that other passage of the same Father Id. de Baptis contra Donat. l. 2. ca. 6. Sub veteri testamento idolum fabricatur adoratur liber Propheticus irâ Regis contemptoris incenditur schisma tentatur Exo. 32.3 4 5 In the old Testament we reade of an Idoll made and worshipped even a golden calfe by the Israelites a propheticall book burnt in a rage by a contemptuous King Ier. 36.23 Ieremiahs book first written then read by Baruch lastly cut in pieces and burnt by Iehojakim Num. 16. and a schisme attempted namely by Korah and his complices Idololatria gladio punitur exustio libri bellica caede captivitate schisma hiatu terrae authoribus vivis sepultis caeteris coelesti igne consumptis The idolatry is punished with the sword the burning of the book with warre-like slaughter and captivitie Num. 16.29.30.31.32.33 but for the attempters of the schisme a common visitation will not serve God will do a new thing the earth opens her month and the principals go downe quicke into the pit and the confederates are confumed with fire from heaven Verse 35. Quis jam dub tat saith the Father hoc esse sceleratius commissum quod est gravius vindicatum Who can now doubt but that the sinne is the greatest in the punishment of which we finde the greatest severitie Nor let such men as these flatter themselves in their otherwise unblameable conversation in their prayers in their almes nor in ought else it being most true of all such that the same Father sayes of the Donatists omnia illa quae laudantur in Ecclesia nihil illis prosunt quia conscindunt unitatem Aug. in Ioan Euang. tract 13. All those things namely virginity continency almes profit them nothing because they violate the unity of the Church Such men are worse then those rude Souldiers who were the crucifiers of our Saviour In which respect we may say of them as Saint Austin of the Donatists Venit persecutor non fregit crura Christi venit Donatus Aug. in Psal 34 disrupit Ecclesiam Christi Integrum corpus Christi est in cruce inter manus persecutorum inter manus Christianorum non est integrum corpus Ecclesiae The Souldiers comming broke not the legs of Christ Donatus comming hath made a breach in the Church of Christ The body of Christ remaines entire on the Crosse in the hands of his enemies and the body of the Church is not entire in the hands of Christians finally let not such expect peace and comfort in the conclusion but except they repent of their attempts against the peace of the Church let them be sure of it that as they love wrath they shall have wrath and that as Ioshua spake to Achan so it will be done to them that as they have troubled Israel Iosh 7.25 so God shall trouble them 2 For a close therefore suffer a word of exhortation in the words of Saint Paul 1 Cor. 1.10 I beseech you brethren in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ that there be no divisions among us but be perfectly joyned together At any hand take we heed that we be not leaders of others into schisme from the unity of the Church this would be in all respects as ill an office as we could possibly doe them and of as dangerous consequence to our selves But because it is not enough for us to abstaine from evill except we also set our selves to doe good let us not content our selves not to draw others from the unity of the Church doe we also our utmost diligence to hold others in it and to reduce them to it in case we know any drawne from it let the