B ToJAcOB VV A D s w o R T H lacely revo.Iced, in Spaine..,.,. Er 1 s T, I. Expo.JI•Iatingforhis dtparturt,andptr[w.Jing hil rttitrnt, Ow ur.happily is my llilc changed! Alas, tharto a fricnd,to abrorhcr, 1 munwri cas to an Apollacc,toan advtrf.1ry!Doth thisfcem harfh~You have turned it, by being turned your (cl fr. Once rbe fame wals hdd us in one loving Socirry; the fame Diore!fc,in one honorablc funtlion. Now, not one land,and (which I lament) not one Church. Yen arc gonc,we !land and wonder.For a fhccp, to Clray through fimpliciry, is both ordmary and lamentable: but fora Shepherd is more rare,more fcandalous.I dar< not prefume overC much,upon a~ appealc to a blinded confcience. Thnfe that are newly come from a bright candle into adark roome, are fo much more bltndc, as thmhght was greater; and the purell Ivoric rurnerh with fire into the dr<pell black. Tell us yet by your old ingenuity.and by thofc [parks ofgoodwhich yet( I hope) lie covered under your cold afhes rcli'us what divided you~ Your motives fhall once be !Canned before an higher barrJ. Sham~ not to have thewea\:c eyes ofthe world fee rhar, which once your un. deceivablc Judge fhall fee and cenf~re. What f3\y Y?"• what heard you ane.v, that mighrofler violence to a r<folvcd mmd,and make l!etther roalcer,or fufpend~Jfyour reafons be invincible, informc us, that we may follow you : bur if(as they are) £lighr and f<eble return< you to us:rerurne,1nd think it no fhame ro have erred,jurt fhame to continue .;ring. What fuch goodly beauty law you in rhar painted, bm ill-favoured D Strumper, that fhould rhus bewitch you, fo to forger your felfc and comemne the challelove ofthe Spouf< of your Saviour~ l faw her at the f•me rime in her gayell dreffe: Let my {oulenever profpcr, if !could fee any thing worthy ro command affedion. I fJw,and fcorned:you faw,and adored.Would God your adoration were .s farre from fupcrllirion, as my fcornc from impicrie. That God judge hcrwixr us, whether herein erred: yea, let men judge, that ore not drunk with rhofe Babylonifh dregs ! How long might an indifferent eye looltc upon the comical! and mimi<k atli ons in rhofc your minillers that fhould be facred, (your magical! exorcifm<s, your clerical! fhaviogs, youruncleanly undtons, your croffings,cre<pings,cenfings,fprinklings,your coozning miracles, garifh proceffions, barning ofnoone· dJy,chrillniog of b:ls, maning ofpardons, tolling ofbeads, your fupedlirious hallow in~ ofcandles, E wax,afhcs,palmcs,chrifme,garments,rofes,fwords,water,falr,rhe Pontifical! Solemnities 6fyour great Mafter, and whatever your new mother hath, bcfidcs, plaufiblc) before he fhould fee ought, in all rhcfe, worthy ofany other enrertainement, then cootcmpt!Who can but difdainc,that rhefe things fhould procure anywife profelyre~ Cannot your owne memory recount tbofe truly religious fpirirs, which having fought R•"'' as refolved Papills, have left the world as holy Martyrs, dying for the 1 dcrellarion ofthat which they cameto adore~ Whenccthis~They heard and magni. I fied that, which they nowf•w and abhorred. Their fire of zealc broughtthem to the flames ofManyrdome. Their innocent hopes promifed them Religion : they found !- nothing. but a pretence; promifed dcvorion,and behold,idolrtrry;thcy faw,lnted,fuffcred, and now reigne;whilcs you wilfully and unbidden,willlofe your louk, where others meant ro lofe, and have found it. Your zealc dies,where theirs began ro live: Y€ U
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