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SECT. XXVII.
I Have been larger upon this Use then at first I intended;* 1.1 Partly because of the general neglect of Heaven that all sorts are guilty of; Partly because mens Salvation depends upon their present Striving and Seeking; Partly because the Doctrine of Free Grace mis-understood, is lately so abused to the cherishing of sloath and security: Partly because many eminent men of late do Judg, That To work or labor for Life and Salvation is Mercenary, Le∣gal, and Dangerous; Which Doctrine (as I have said before) were it by the owners reduced into practice, would undoubtedly damn them; because they that seek not shall not finde, and they that strive not to enter shall be shut out; and they that labor not shall not be crowned: And partly because it is grown the custom of this distracted age, in stead of striving for the Kingdom and con∣tending for the Faith, to strive with each other about * 1.2 uncertain Controversies, and to contend about the circumstantials of the Faith;* 1.3 wherein the Kingdom of God doth no more consist then in meats or drinks, or Questions about the Law▪ or Genealogies. Si••s, shall we who are Brethren fall out by the way home? and spend so much of our time about the smaller mat••ers, which thou∣sands have been saved without, but never any on•• saved by them? while Christ and our Eternal Rest are almost forgotten? The Lord pardon and heal the folly of his People!