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A68984
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A murmurer
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Breton, Nicholas, 1545?-1626?
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1607
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STC 3671; ESTC S104771
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22,871
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neere birth bretheren in our language is it not possible for our liues to make vs bretheren in loues Let vs see vvher is the fault vvhat is the cause and vvhy it should take place In God no hee loueth vnity In the King no hee vvould haue an Vnion In the Subiectes noe they vvould bee obedient to their King In the Godlie noe they vvould bee obedient to GODS vvill In vvhome then Surely in none except in some priuate persons for some priuate causes to some priuate endes oh then those priuate persons are not for the publique vveale those priuate causes for no common good and those priuate ends are for no godly end but hoping there are none such I speake to none but vvish all vvell that all may be vvell Is not our Religion all one and shall vvee differ in Ceremonies and if our Lavves vvere all one should vve differ in the execution our earth all as one and shall vvee then differ in nature vvhat should bee the cause but this vvhile God is vvorking and the King is vvilling the Deuill is stirring and man is striuing but God is aboue the Deuil and a King is aboue his kingdome and vvhile God is God and the King gratious though the Deuill bee vvicked let not man bee vvilfull A true loues knot is long in knitting vvhen both endes must meete in the middest but once vvell put togither it is both faire and fast So an vnion of people is long a vvorking but once sast lincked in Ioue vvhere farre and neere meet in the middest of a good mind hovv beautiful is such a peace vvhere the people are so blessed let then al murmurers be shut out from the sound of such a Parlee vvhere vvisedome may shevv her grace in the worke of such a worth for it must bee that our King and theirs is and must be and euer I pray God be al one our Religion and theirs one and our lavves and theirs all one els how can there be loue in our liues or vnion in our hearts but I hope that God who did create our hearts by his will will so vvorke our hearts to his will that wee shall not swarue from his will but as hee hath made all into one kingdome so vve shall bee all as one people vvith one voice praising God vvith one heart seruing one King and vvith one loue embrasing one another Many little birdes flie togither in one flocke many kindes of cattell feed in one field many kinde of sheepe lie togither in one fold and shall tvvo neighbour borne Children not liue togither in one loue God forbid It is an old saying and euer true Concordia paruae res crescunt discordia maxima dilabuntur by Concord small things proue greate by discord the greatest doe decay Tvvo little Landes haue made a greate Kingdome and shall one great people bee little in loue God forbid The Landes vvere deuided and are vnited and if the people may bee vnited let them not be diuided Diuision breeds Ambition Emulation and faction and vvhat are the fruits of these frenzies hovv many kingdomes to their great misery haue tasted but vniō breeds loue Charitie faith of vvhich blessings vvhat are the benefits vvhat kingdome may not bee glad to tast A King of a deuided peopl◠may haue povver in his svvord but a king of vnion may reioyce in his Scepter a people deuided may be grieuous to themselues but a people vnited may be pleasing to God diuision is the cause of distruction and vnion of Comfort compare them then togither see vvhich is to be accepted diuisiō breeds feare and ielouzie vnion breeds the resolution and trust diuision breeds warre and hatred vnion breeds peace and loue diuision breeds dearth and danger vnion plentie and safety diuision breeds malice and murther vnion breeds loue and life diuision breeds greefe and sorrow vnion breeds mirth and Comfort Thinke then vpon the venom of the one and the vertue of the other and if thou bee not senceles of thine owne good runne not headlong vpon thine own ill desire not rather to liue in the hatefull nature of diuision then to bee lincked in the liuely knot of vnion least the God of loue that offers it and thy louing King that desireth it both hate thee for refusing it and deny thee it vvhen thou vvouldest haue it The Tovver of Babell could not be builded vvhen the languages vvere diuided Jerusalem vvent to ruine vvhen the Princes vvere diuided Rome hath beene shaken since Religon hath beene diuided Antwerpe hath beene decayed since the States vvere diuided France vvas impouerished vvhen the Nobles were diuided and England vvas disturbed when Scotland vvas diuided but now the Landes all bearing one name the Subiects all one vnder one King the laws all tending to one ende vvhy should not the Nations bee all one people Flowers grovve svveetely together Trees beare fruite naturally together fishes swim friendly togither birdes sing merrily together beasts seede quietly together and is it not then a shame for men that vvee cannot liue louingly togither a drop of water is weake but many droppes of water will driue a mill a sparke of fire is little but many sparkes together will make a fire to consume a whole Countrie a corne of powder is little but a great many together will discharge a great shot a herring is a smal fish but a skull of them together vvill ouerthrovve a prettie ship a pike is a small vveapon yet a stande of them being together vvill ouerthrovve a greate Troope and a man is a small Creature but where men hold togither what monster can hurt them So these Lands being one land and the people one people what kingdome can annoy vs no let vs say and if wee bee our selues to our selues and in peace among our selues and that our God be with vs neither the world nor the Deuill can hurt vs But if there bee a breach in a banke the Sea breaks in ouerflowes the Land If there be a breach in a furnace the fire will burst out and burne the whole house If there bee a breach in a wall the Bore will breake in and spoile the whole vineyard If there be a breach in a hedge the cattel vvill breake in and eate vp the grasses if there be a breach in a Fort the enemie will enter and sacke the Towne if there bee a breach among pikes the horsemen will breake in and ruine the Campe If there bee a breach in a conscience Corruption will get in and kil the whole man if ther be a breach of loue in the hearts of a people the enemie will take aduantage for the inuasion of the kingdome See then and consider hovv dangerous a thing is diuision and hovv safe an assurance is vnitie and take the best and leaue the worst and so shall none of your pales bee broken oh heauens vvhat a hell is this in the vvorld that men should liue so like Deuills one one