EPJSCJ:IL 331 red. The Churchof R•me dirlributed the facramentall Bread:rhe Church of A ltxa~r --- A dri• permitted the people to take it: the Churchesof Afi&ke and R•me, mixed their holy Wine with water; other colder Regions dranke it pure. Some kneeled in their praiers, other fell prorlrate; a~d fome hftedup eyes, hands , feet towards heaven : tome kept their Earler accor?mg to the Iew1!h ufe, the fou~teenth of <.Mar;h; the French (as Nietphorm) the e1ghtof the Calends of v!przll, 10 a fet fulemmue :the Church of RDm(.the Sundayafter the fourteenth Moon<; which yet (as S.crattt truly ·writes) was neverrerlroined by any Go.fpdl, by any Aporlle. That Romi!h Victor overcame the other world in this point,with too much rigour l whofe cen{ure there. fore of the Afian Churches was jurlly cenfured by Irtn~u. . What !hould I fpeake of their different< offarls ~There can fcarce be more varjerie in dayes,or mears. It hath B ever beenethus feene, according to our Anfolmes rule, thatthemultitude ofdiffaent ceremonies in all Churches, hath juflly cornmended theirunitiein faith. The French Divines preach covered, (upon the fame rule which required the Corinthians tobee uncovered) we bare: The Dutch fir at the Sacrament,we kneele; Genua ufcth wafers, we leavenedbread; they common verlures in Divine Service, we peculiar: each is free : no one cloth either b!Jme, or over.ruleothers. I cannot bur commend thofe very Novatian Bi!hops(though it is awonder any precedentofpeace fi10uld fall from Schifinaricks)who meeting in Councell together, enacted that Canon of indifferencie when the Church was dirlracted with the differences ofher Pafchal folemnities; co~cluding, how infuflicient this caufe was to difquiet the Church ofChrill. Their owne iffue (our Separatirls) will needs be unlike them ingood; and rlrive to a furc ther dirlance from peace : ·whiles in a conceit not leffe idle, then fcrupulous, thoy preffe ustoan uniforme conformitie in our fa!hions to the Aponies. Their owne praliice coodemnes them : thfo call for fome, and yet keepe not all : yet the fame reafon inforcesall, that pleads or fome: and that which warrants the forbearance of fome, holds for all. Thofetooles which ferve for the foundation, are nor ofufe for the roofe. Yea the great mairler-builder chofe thofe workmen for the firrl. Clones, which he meantnottoimploy inthew~lls. Doe we not fee all Chrirls firrl agents extraordinary; Aporlles, Evange!ills,Prophets, Propheteffes ~ See we not fiery and cloven tongues defcendiog ~What Church ever fince boafted offuch founders, of fuch meanes(Why would God beginwith thofewhich he meant not to continue;bur to !hew us we may not alwaies look for one face of things~ The nurfe feeds and rends D her child at firrl; afrerward heis undertaken by the di{cipline of aTutor: murl he be alwayes under the fpoone, and ferule, becaufe he began fo~ Ifhe have good breeding, it matters not by whofe hands.Who can denie,thar we have the fubrlance of all thole royalllawes,which Chrirl and his 1\pG!lles left to his Church; What doe we now thus importunately catchingat lhadowes ~ Ifthore had beene a neceffity of having what we want, or wantingwhat we have, let us not fo farre wrong the wifdome and perfection ofthe Law-giver, as to thinke he would not have injoyned that, and forbidden this. His filence in both argues his indifferencie,and callsforours; which while it is not p<aceably entertained, there is clamour without profit,malice without caufe, and !!rifewithout end. E To my Lady M A R v D E N N v. E P.! I!, C~nt•inl»g the def<ripli•n•f• chrijlian,and hu diffmnas {rDmthe w~rldling. MADAM: ITis true, that worldlt eyes can fee no difference betwixt aChrirlian and another man; .the out-fide o both is made of one chy, and earl in one mould; both are infpired with one common breath: Outward events dirlingui!h them not ; thofe God never made for evidences of love or hatred. So the fen{es can perceive no difference be11vixt the reafonable foule, and that which informes the bean , yet the foule koowes there is much more, then betwixt their bodies.The fame holds in this: Faith fees more inward difference, then the eye fees outward refemblaoce. This point is not
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