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might be reconciled; and by the happy 

 union of them both together, the Church 



of England might be a glorious church, 

 and that without persecuting, banishing, 

 or any such thing, which some moutlis are 

 too full of. I confess it is most desirable 

 that confusion (that many people fear by 

 Independency) might be prevented ; and 

 it is likewise desirable that the severity 

 that some others fear by the rigor of pres- 

 bytery might be hindered; therefore let 

 us labor for a prudent love, and study to 

 advance one happy accommodation." l 



On the side of the Congregationalists 

 Jeremiah Burroughs advanced these mag- 

 nanimous sentiments. It is notable to see 

 that the finest and highest of recent words 

 for the universal peace of Protestant Chris- 

 tendom are but the echo of these proposals 

 of the seventeenth century. 



" Why should we not think it possible," 

 says Burroughs, " for us to go along, close 

 together in love and peace, though in some 

 things our judgments be apparently differ- 

 ent one from another? I will give you 



1 An Olive Branch of Peace and Accommodation. 

 Lord Mayor's sermon, 1G45. London, 1648. p. 38. 

 Quoted by Briggs in Presbyterian Review, viii., 451. 



