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to_o be_v expect_v whatever_o be_v design_v we_o know_v it_o be_v too_o much_o the_o custom_n of_o politician_n to_o cry_v peace_n peace_n even_o when_o they_o mean_v nothing_o less_o and_o every_o man_n that_o have_v but_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o kid_n in_o the_o fable_n will_v easy_o perceive_v in_o the_o present_a case_n that_o although_o it_o may_v be_v the_o voice_n of_o the_o goat_n which_o we_o hear_v yet_o it_o be_v real_o the_o wolf_n that_o stand_v at_o the_o door_n nor_o be_v mr._n h._n more_o unfortunate_a in_o his_o method_n of_o peace_n than_o he_o be_v in_o the_o description_n of_o schism_n it_o be_v certain_o the_o late_a that_o have_v be_v coin_v and_o perhaps_o the_o wild_a that_o ever_o any_o man_n father_v upon_o the_o scripture_n or_o offer_v to_o set_v up_o in_o contradiction_n to_o the_o receive_a opinion_n of_o sixteen_o hundred_o year_n he_o tell_v we_o p._n 15._o that_o schism_n be_v a_o uncharitable_a distance_n division_n or_o alienation_n of_o affection_n 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the_o less_o the_o fault_n be_v the_o great_a the_o crime_n for_o instance_n if_o people_n diviâ—…e_v from_o the_o church_n because_o they_o will_v not_o own_o the_o divinity_n of_o our_o saviour_n or_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o trinity_n these_o people_n be_v no_o schismatic_n because_o they_o differ_v in_o fundamental_o but_o if_o two_o gentlewoman_n of_o his_o own_o congregation_n shall_v happen_v to_o fall_v out_o and_o carry_v at_o a_o distance_n because_o they_o can_v not_o agree_v about_o the_o upper_a end_n of_o a_o seat_n in_o mr._n h_n meetinghouse_n this_o will_v be_v the_o horrid_a crime_n of_o schism_n the_o arch_a rebel_n against_o god_n according_a to_o every_o branch_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a description_n three_o another_o inference_n to_o be_v make_v from_o it_o be_v that_o alienation_n of_o affection_n be_v schism_n but_o a_o division_n and_o alienation_n of_o communion_n be_v not_o and_o consequent_o not_o one_o can_v charge_v another_o with_o schism_n except_o he_o be_v able_a to_o look_v into_o his_o heart_n it_o be_v impossible_a to_o know_v according_a to_o this_o description_n that_o people_n be_v real_o schismatic_n if_o they_o profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v in_o charity_n except_o we_o can_v make_v enquiry_n into_o the_o secret_n of_o their_o heart_n and_o discover_v every_o thing_n transact_v there_o and_o on_o the_o contrary_a people_n may_v be_v the_o great_a schismatic_n under_o the_o outward_a profession_n of_o charity_n and_o yet_o no_o body_n can_v accuse_v they_o with_o that_o fault_n if_o these_o proposition_n be_v due_o infer_v from_o mr._n h_n description_n i_o believe_v he_o will_v not_o find_v many_o that_o will_v join_v with_o the_o vindicator_n in_o his_o commendation_n of_o it_o and_o as_o for_o the_o clearness_n he_o talk_v of_o there_o be_v so_o many_o ambiguity_n still_o remain_v as_o perhaps_o may_v trouble_v another_o inquir_a to_o explain_v to_o we_o as_o one_a whether_o the_o uncharitable_a distance_n must_v real_o be_v among_o those_o who_o be_v christian_n or_o they_o that_o be_v none_o for_o people_n many_o time_n call_v thing_n by_o wrong_a name_n second_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o fundamental_o of_o religion_n whether_o salutis_fw-la or_o theologicae_fw-la veritatis_fw-la whether_o those_o that_o be_v so_o to_o every_o man_n in_o his_o private_a capacity_n or_o those_o which_o be_v the_o fundamental_o of_o church_n communion_n three_o what_o he_o mean_v by_o little_a thing_n whether_o division_n of_o affection_n about_o all_o manner_n of_o little_a thing_n be_v schism_n or_o only_o about_o ecclesiastical_a little_a thing_n the_o trifle_n and_o religious_a impertinency_n which_o the_o vindicator_n so_o frequent_o despise_v the_o clear_n of_o these_o particular_n have_v be_v of_o no_o small_a importance_n in_o this_o controversy_n and_o therefore_o if_o the_o describer_n have_v be_v please_v to_o have_v explain_v they_o to_o we_o his_o notion_n may_v have_v be_v abundant_o clear_a than_o 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either_o the_o jewish_a church_n be_v in_o no_o danger_n of_o schism_n at_o least_o wise_a not_o infest_a with_o it_o or_o else_o the_o inspire_a writing_n be_v seem_o defective_a that_o have_v not_o one_o word_n relate_v to_o it_o and_o furthermore_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o in_o this_o text_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o any_o division_n or_o alienation_n of_o affection_n and_o therefore_o unless_o it_o be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o some_o other_o place_n which_o mr._n h._n deny_v there_o be_v not_o one_o old_a testament_n schismatic_a in_o the_o whole_a bible_n or_o last_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o guilt_n among_o they_o it_o can_v not_o be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o that_o which_o mr._n h._n determine_v to_o be_v the_o only_a schism_n among_o christian_n but_o if_o all_o or_o most_o of_o these_o consequence_n be_v false_a or_o absurd_a they_o will_v give_v we_o some_o occasion_n to_o suspect_v the_o ingenuity_n and_o truth_n of_o his_o first_o account_n as_o 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