Part II. ,A Saint 1r 4 Brute~ 193 will come to me ~ I will fuew you the Words of the Chroniclers7 ana Hiitori ans of tho fe ages, that make more lamenrable corn- , ·plain ts of rhe v;ces of thofe t i m~s , and tell us of far more e~il then, and of .a far greater f,a rClty of good, then can be tr~ly fpoten concerning us. _And are you that never [#lw thofe dates, to be bdieved before th<:m tharfaw them? 16. And I :uo fure alfo that you fpeak falfly , lnc~tufe JOU mak._c the mtJft barbaroHs Huzthens to be moft h:tPPJ, and_t~e worft ofmen to be the be/f. If it be beft where _there 1s leafi Reltgwn, and leafi: Teaching, or meddling with holy things; then are the naked In– dians the bell and the Cannibals that live on the flefh of men. Thefe be the~/that are Jeafi troubled with Preaching and Religi– on. And if you thinft that thefe miferable fouls ~e beft and hap– pyeft, I pray you go to them • and be happy with them. And by my confeiJt the Magifirate !ball promote your .happinefi, and fend yoH chit her. · · I 7. And would you have us believe you , ~·when ~rott contrlldia JOHr Jelves ?Out of your own moathes wip we filence or con– (jemn you. It is ChriH that teacheth us too~ Holy. And do you mr pretendyo~tr{elves tfJ /Jelieve inChrifl ? That which you dif. Jikeas a trouhlefom orneedlefs thing,is nothing bu t feriom Chri– ftianity it [elf. And do yon.not fay your felves that you are Cbriftians ? Do not you profefs the Articles of the Chri{han Belief ? And what dowe bl:lt practice that whichyon profefs? We do but obey that Godwhom you fay you believs in, as the Father Almighty,maker of heaven and earth, and all thing~. We do but love the Lord our Saviour, whom you fay you believe in a& your Sav-iour. We dobut obey the Holy-Ghofl: that fanct:fie thall that God wit\ fave, whom you alfo profds to believe in }·our fe-lves. We practife that Communion of Saints which you deride, and yet profefs tha.t you ~elie7:1e. We fcek after the remiffion of fin, and that life everlafting , which you take on ) ' OU to bel ieve your felves. And will you profefs to Believe thefe things, otn d yet by they arenaught, or that it was never a good worl d fince they were rtg11.rded ancl. prafti[ed ? And do you not profefs to take eh~: ten . Commandments for the Law of God, which all men ilioniJ obey? And what do we btu endeavour tO obey them? All that wh ich you hate as too much precifenefs , is nothing but the obe\ ing of rhefe ten Comrnandmencs. And 0 that we t;ou\d do it bet– ter ! And doyou not ufe in the faying qf the Lords l'rapr, to · C .C • fray
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