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and_o be_v call_v christ_n he_o command_v they_o to_o maintain_v their_o unity_n by_o a_o constant_a and_o frequent_a communion_n of_o his_o sacrament_n 17._o 1_o cor._n 10.16_o 17._o what_o weight_n have_v he_o put_v upon_o his_o command_n of_o love_n the_o principle_n of_o unity_n and_o there_o be_v no_o duty_n more_o press_v by_o he_o and_o his_o apostle_n than_o those_o of_o unity_n and_o peace_n yea_o all_o those_o precept_n of_o long-suffering_a gentleness_n goodness_n meekness_n patience_n be_v in_o order_n to_o this_o great_a end_n of_o unity_n among_o the_o professor_n of_o his_o doctrine_n thus_o the_o necessity_n of_o unity_n and_o method_n by_o christ_n appoint_v for_o its_o preservation_n must_v needs_o argue_v dissension_n which_o be_v destructive_a of_o it_o to_o be_v of_o a_o nature_n hateful_a to_o every_o soul_n that_o have_v a_o true_a sense_n of_o christianity_n sect_n 3._o
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understand_v what_o cause_n there_o be_v for_o that_o heresy_n and_o never_o intend_v to_o search_v and_o consider_v it_o yet_o then_o when_o they_o begin_v to_o inquire_v into_o it_o and_o find_v nothing_o in_o it_o yet_o shall_v deserve_v a_o adherence_n even_o to_o suffer_v they_o without_o any_o difficulty_n become_v catholic_n so_o that_o after_o these_o law_n that_o sect_n do_v daily_o decline_v and_o the_o more_o obstinate_a remainder_n of_o they_o join_v themselves_o to_o the_o goth_n and_o vandal_n that_o then_o invade_v africa_n or_o else_o be_v mingle_v among_o the_o pelagian_o a_o heresy_n that_o arise_v about_o those_o time_n this_o instance_n show_v how_o toleration_n and_o connivance_n do_v not_o diminish_v dissension_n in_o religion_n and_o how_o wholesome_a law_n do_v serve_v to_o unity_n but_o be_v we_o without_o all_o other_o instance_n we_o can_v forget_v what_o be_v the_o issue_n of_o toleration_n in_o our_o own_o nation_n and_o our_o own_o day_n that_o faction_n which_o design_v the_o ruin_n of_o our_o church_n and_o state_n aim_v to_o get_v a_o party_n for_o themselves_o after_o they_o have_v quite_o overthrow_v all_o who_o care_n be_v to_o be_v for_o discipline_n do_v then_o give_v liberty_n to_o all_o tender_a conscience_n by_o which_o the_o dissension_n of_o religion_n be_v so_o far_o increase_v that_o it_o be_v the_o wonder_n of_o all_o consider_v man_n how_o it_o be_v possible_a so_o few_o year_n can_v produce_v such_o a_o prodigious_a catalogue_n of_o heresy_n all_o these_o also_o be_v carry_v on_o with_o the_o usual_a effect_n of_o schism_n the_o independent_o fasten_v antichristianism_n to_o the_o presbyterian_o the_o anabaptist_n charge_v the_o independent_o of_o some_o relic_n of_o theman_n of_o sin_n the_o seeker_n damn_v all_o for_o apostate_n the_o antitrinitarian_n and_o socinian_o daily_o belch_a out_o blasphemy_n against_o the_o son_n and_o holy_a spirit_n of_o god_n the_o antinomian_o cast_v off_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o the_o quaker_n all_o light_n to_o walk_v by_o but_o their_o own_o how_o be_v every_o house_n fill_v with_o strife_n and_o contention_n and_o even_o the_o very_a foundation_n of_o unity_n and_o society_n which_o be_v family_n tear_v in_o piece_n in_o every_o town_n almost_o which_o be_v capable_a of_o two_o preacher_n one_o presbyterian_a and_o another_o independent_a be_v plant_v there_o like_o the_o roman_a malefactor_n condemn_v as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o faction_n to_o dispute_v and_o preach_v and_o strive_v one_o with_o the_o other_o for_o the_o great_a congregation_n hence_o become_v they_o the_o sport_n of_o atheist_n and_o papist_n how_o often_o do_v the_o contend_a sect_n give_v disturbance_n to_o the_o author_n of_o their_o liberty_n sometime_o declare_v for_o they_o and_o another_o while_n bewail_v their_o lukewarmness_n force_v the_o usurper_n to_o all_o their_o art_n now_o to_o cajole_v one_o sect_n and_o to_o morrow_n to_o comply_v with_o another_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o parliament_n be_v one_o while_o adore_v and_o at_o another_o time_n scornful_o sling_v off_o the_o cruel_a tyrant_n be_v now_o their_o idol_n anon_o their_o abomination_n and_o they_o who_o raise_v they_o be_v often_o force_v to_o mourn_v for_o their_o imprudence_n in_o a_o toleration_n which_o be_v at_o first_o invent_v as_o a_o instrument_n for_o their_o design_n be_v afterward_o the_o engine_n of_o their_o ruin_n this_o be_v so_o fresh_a a_o instance_n that_o it_o be_v undeniable_a that_o toleration_n be_v in_o great_a part_n the_o cause_n of_o our_o former_a misery_n and_o our_o present_a disquiet_n sect_n 11._o that_o a_o toleration_n be_v not_o for_o the_o interest_n of_o this_o nation_n at_o this_o time_n those_o who_o so_o earnest_o press_v for_o a_o toleration_n of_o dissension_n in_o religion_n represent_v unto_o we_o for_o the_o necessity_n of_o it_o the_o great_a misery_n of_o the_o nation_n which_o come_v by_o they_o and_o which_o we_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v the_o 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