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ment ; yea, I know some of them that would think 

 it a tempting of God, to hear or read what may be 

 said against them ; as if there could be a &quot; quod 

 bonum est, tenete ;&quot; without an &quot; omnia probate,&quot; 

 going before. 



This may suffice to offer unto themselves a 

 thought and consideration, whether in these things 

 they do well or no ? and to correct and assuage the 

 partiality of their followers. For as for any man 

 that shall hereby enter into a contempt of their 

 ministry, it is but his own hardness of heart. I 

 know the work of exhortation doth chiefly rest upon 

 these men, and they have zeal and hate of sin : But 

 again, let them take heed that it be not true which 

 one of their adversaries said, that they have but two 

 small wants, knowledge, and love. And so I con 

 clude this point. 



The last point, touching the due publishing and 

 debating of these controversies, needeth no long 

 speech. This strange abuse of antiques and pasquils 

 hath been touched before : so likewise I repeat that 

 which I said, that a character of love is more pro 

 per for debates of this nature, than that of zeal. As 

 for all direct or indirect glances, or levels at men s 

 persons, they were ever in these causes disallowed. 



Lastly, whatsoever be pretended, the people is 

 no meet arbitrator, but rather the quiet, modest, and 

 private assemblies, and conferences of the learned. 

 &quot; Qui apud incapacem loquitur, non disceptat, sed 

 calumniatur,&quot; The press and pulpit would be freed 

 and discharged of these contentions ; neither pro- 



