BP! ST. IV. A a man be perfect Papift, without his opinion againftic ~If he may,then your G•mtt znd DrNrJ died not for religion: ifhemay not, then ~opory istreafon. Chufe no_w whether you will leave your Marryrs, or.your P.ehg10n. What you hold of menr, free-will, uanfubftanriation,invocarion ofSainrs,falfe adomion,fupremacyof Rome, no man preffes, no man Inquires: your prefent inquilicion, your former <KJmples would teach us;mercy will not let us lcarne.The only qijeltion is,Whether our King may live and rule ; whether you may refrainefrom his blood, and not finne: Would you have a man deny this and not die~Wouldyou have;~man thus dying honoured~ Dare you approve that religion,which defends the fact,canonizcs the pcrfon~ I hcore your anfwer, fromtharyourgrcat Champion, which not many daicslince, with one blow harh driven out three (not llighr) wedges: That nor Civil! obedience is ftood . , B upon, but Pofirive doctr~ne: T~ac you are read~ to fwc:ar~ forthe Kings fafcry, not ~~~e ~~f~~~~~ ao:tinftthe Popes authonty: K1ng Iamts rnufi: ltve and ra1gne; but Pattbts J!.::Jntm Englifl1-ll'l~n ;ufi rulr and be obeyed: and betrer wero it for you to die, then your fworno •liege- b•" ilh<d, &,. ance lhould prejudice the Sea Apoftolike. An e!uuon fit for children.What is to dal- ~o;~~;;:~-~~; ly,ifnotthis~ As ifhe faid,The King lhalllive,unleffe the Pope will not;Thar he ilia !I o,h of All,. nor be difcrowned, depofcd, mallacr<d by your hands, unleffe your holy Father j'd'"" ' '""'"· fl10uld command.Buc(l aske,lS who fbould not~)Whatifhedo command, W har if J,),;91 '" " ' · your PANftM J2!!_intm IJJou!d breath OUt (like his predeceffors) not threatnings, bur tlrong hello\Yings ofExcommunications, ofdepofi tion of Godsanoinred ~ What it he ilia !I command(afrer that French fafl1ion) thc thro>tS of all Heretikes to bleed in a night ~ Pardon you in this: Now it is grown< a point ot dotlrinall Divinicic, to deC crrmine how farthe power of Pttlrs fucceiTor m"y extend: Youmay neither fweare, nor fay your hands lhall nor be fterp't in the blood of your true Soveraigne ; and to die mhor rhen fweare it, ismartyrdomc. But V{ hat if heaven fall,fay you~ His Holinetfc(os you hope)will ca~enonc fuch courfes. Woe werous;ifour f.1fecy depended upon your hopes , or his mercies. Bldfcd be that God, which malgre bath 1mdeand kept 115 happy, and bath life us above our enemies. But what hope is there, that he who chargech fubjetls nor to fwoare allegeance will never difcharge them from allegeance; rhatthofe who clamoroufly anollhame!elly complaine to theworldofour cruelty,will forbeare to foliciteotherscrudcy to us~ Your hopes to you; to us ourfecuriri«. Is this the Religion you father upen chafe Chriftian Pamarchs of the Primitive Age~ 0 blotTed Irtnt'J, Cltmtns, Cyprian, B•fii,ChrJf•fl•mt, A•gttj/i6t,Jtrsmt, D and thou the fevereft cxaelorofjuftcenfures,holy Ambro(tl llow would you have fpet at fuch a rebellious affertion! What fpeak l ofFachers~whofc very memion in fuch a caufe were injury,were impiety.Which ofthofe curfed herd ies of ancient times(for to them I h~ld i~ fittorto al'pealc) have ever beene fo defptrately Jhame!effe, as eo preed,tomamta10e a conceit fo palpably unnatural!; unleffc perhl ps thole old ..Anti-· tA.?.t may upon genotall rermes be compelled eo pmonize ir, while they hdd it pietie to brea~ the laws ofth_eir Maker~ For you, ifY?U profdfe nor ro love willing errors, by th!Sfufped,and judge tho roft: you f<e this defended With equal! rcfolucion and with nolelli: cheerful! expencoofblood. In the body, wht re you fee one moo: ftrous deformicie, you cannot alfed;ifyou can doe fo in your religion, yet howdare Y'?u!iince the greater halfe ofir ftaods on no other ground. Ondy God make you E wife and honeft, you lhall lhake handswith ibis faction of Popery - and l with you to giveyouacheerefu!l wdcomeintothe bofomeofthe Church.' ' R\~-W~~&M~JJ.w.tVJ!!WJ~J!~M!~aW! T o.my brother M. SA. HALL. E:P. V. A difi••rfeofthepwch4rgt~fthe minijltri•Pfunflilll; tlgttber withp•rti . eu/ar d1rtfl1Dns J~rdue Jrtp4rtftion thtrtuml, •nd &Arri•g t therein. I T is'.~_gre?t & holy purpofe(de~e Brother)that you baveencertained, offerving God ID hiS Church : for w~at h•ghet, or more worthy imploimentcan there be, then to doe thefc d!Vlne dunes, to fuch a matler, and fuch a mother~ wherein yet E e • I
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