89) 2: The Scripture and Canons do not bid you reprove or fufpend or re jeë} one blafphemer, or drunkard of many_;; but all that are filch: And' do you fay that God and Councils diflembled, and bid us do that which they would not have usdo ? 3. To cenfure one Of a hundred or a thoufand, yea, or twenty offen- ders, will be no terror or warning to the re(i ;, who-will look to fcape that which falleth on fo few. 4. When one of ,fomanyonly is cen{ared, the Church will beRill un der moll of the forementioned danger and defilement ; and this muchwill not reach the End. 5, -Partiality is an odious Character of injuflice. and thould not be found in civil judges ; much lefs in the Churches of Chrifi. And is will but harden and enrage thofe perlons whom you deal with,when you enable them to lay,you. -cenfure-me, .and let many others alone, in the famefin: Is this yourChurch jatllice, or rather malice to me? Obj. IV. You confefyour felf that it is fa bard to ufe difcipline in one Pa- rifts, that moff f'4iniffers did Ivgleli it when the Bi(hops were out Andwhyblame you. the Bajhopsthen for negleelíng it ? Anf. r. We were to deal with the'Pari(hes in that defiled and unruly irateus the Bithops-left-them:.Ahd all great works mufk have time tobe done in. And at loft the reformation profpered apace,'till they pull'd it down. 2. We were to make ufe of loch Minillexs as theBithops left us, and of youngmen who were newly come from the univerfties.. And men cannot getwifdcm interefi, experience and refolution in aday:3. The remaining refpeé}s which the people had to the Prelates and their way was a hinderance to us that defired to meddle herein withnone but con- renters. 4. A gr.at number of Scé}aries, railed by the diflafies of the Prelates wayes,did allo hinder us. 5. Yet it was than pofbleand feafible to Miniiers that.werewife and willing to do fomud; as might very much attain the ends of difcipline, though not fo much as they defired. 6. But is this an Objcd ion fit for the Prelatifis tomake .? ordoth it notencreate their condemnation ? what would you fay to a Phyfician; a Pilot, a School- matter , that fhould [áv,It isnot an?bundred Pb}fcians, that can dowhat Aorta bedonefar all the Patients in this City', nor an hundred Pilot, that can reell govern all the Navy; nor an hundred Schoolntaijlers that can well Govern all the Schoolsin the Diocefs : Therefore I will get them all .turned oat and I will be the only Ploy- facian (with my Apothecaries) the only Pilot (with my Seamen) the only Schoolmafler (with my Monitors and Ufhers) nay fe f ; for the workcan but left undone? Such rule the Churches mull have while God forour this will fuller it. The doing it per alios is oft enough anfwcred before. Obj. V. Many Parilh Minifters are young and rawand unfit to govern. Anf.r. They areunfit whö make this Objedion,whobring and keep fuch in, and call fo many hundredout that-ar4 better (however ignorant ma- lice Hander them) 2. This alto may be laid againfi their preaching,much B b 3 more:
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