freedome from sinne, and error. Conscientia in tantum libera, in quantum ab errore liberata. And liberty of Error nothing but a Prison for Conscience. Then small will bee the kindnesse of a State to build such Prisons for their Subjects.
The Scripture saith, there is nothing makes free but Truth, and Truth saith, there is no Truth but One: If the States of the World would make it their sumoperous Care to preserve this One Truth in its purity and Authority it would ease them of all other Political cares. I am sure Satan makes it his grand, if not onely taske, to adulterate Truth; Falshood is his sole Scepter, whereby he first ruffled, and ever since ruined the World.
If Truth be but One, me thinks all the Opinionists in England should not be all in that One Truth, some of them I doubt are out. He that can extract an unity out of such a disparity, or contract such a disparity into an unity; had need be a better Artist, then ever was Drebell.
If two Centers (as we may suppose) be in one Circle, and lines drawn from both to all the points of the Compasse, they will certainly crosse one another, and probably cut through the Centers themselves.
There is talke of an universall Toleration, I would talke as loud as I could against it, did I know what more apt and reasonable Sacrifice England could offer to God for his late performing all his heavenly Truths, then an universall Toleration of all hellish Errors, or how they shall make an universall Reformation, but by making Christs Academy the Devils Uni
versity, where any man may commence Heretique per saltum; where he that is filius Diabolicus, or simpliciter pessimus, may have his grace to goe to hell cum Publico Privilegio; and carry as many after him, as he can.
Religio docenda est, non coercenda is a pretty piece of album Latinum for some kinde of throats that are willingly sore, but Hæresis dedocenda est non permittenda, will be found a farre better Diamoron for the Gargarismes this Age wants, if timely and throughly applyed.
| If there be roome in England for | |||
| Religious Men but pernicious Heretiques | Familists | then room for | Manes |
| Libertines | Lemures | ||
| Erastians | Dryades | ||
| Antitrinitarians | Homadryades | ||
| Anabaptists | Potamides | ||
| Antiscripturists | Naiades | ||
| Arminians | Hinnides | ||
| Manifestarians | Pierides | ||
| Millinaries | Nereides | ||
| Antinomians | Good Spirits, but very Devils. | Pales | |
| Socinians | Anonides | ||
| Arrians | Parcades | ||
| Perfectists | Castalides | ||
| Brownists[1] | Monides | ||
| Mortalians | Charites | ||
| Seekers | Heliconides | ||
| Enthusiasts | Pegasides | ||
| &c. | &c. | ||
In a word room for Hell above ground.
[1] By Brownists I mean not Independents, but dew-clawd Seperatists: farre be it from me to wrong godly Independents. I truely acknowledge that I judge my self neither able nor worthy to honour some of them as they deserve.