DECAD. VI. and ohhtm,tor rbcprincipall, except but their ptrpetuallt0~< ur,and ltmc f<w •m- A materiall Rites, let an en<my Gy \\h2t~hy dit!er fr< m£uper·inttrdenrs; ond c•n their dcuble hone m make I hem r.oE!dm? If thy havt •r }' rcrfonall faults, \\by is their calling fcourged? Look into our Saviours times:" hac cormptions '<<re in the .very Pridl-hood? Icwas now made annuall, which was before fixed and fingular. Chrifl faw rhefeabufeo,and was filenc: here was muchdiflike and no clamour: we, for lelfe,exclaime and feparate: even pulcnall clienccs are fetcht into the cor.demnarion oflawfu!lccurfes.Ood give both pordon and redreae ro rhis foule uncharitableneUe. Alas,how ready are we 10 wife the fore-part ofocrWallet," hiles ourown faulrsare reody to break our necks behind us: allrhe world f<cs and condemns their Ordination co be fau!ty,yea noneat all: yecth<y cryom firflon us,crafrily(Ithink) lt fl we fhould compbine. Th3l Church-governors fhouldordaineMiniflers, barb been the conflanc practice<MfcheChurch, fromChrifls time, to this hcure. I except onely, in an exrrfllle defolarion, meerly forrhe firflcourfe: thanhe pccplefhou!d B make their Miniflers,was unhe·rd ofin all agesand Cf urche11 till Bulton,Bnwweand Barrow; and h•th n<ither colour nor example: Dorh not rhis comparifon feme Hrangeand harfh?Their uadef-m<n maymake trueMinifle",our M.iniflerscannCJ!: who burrhey would noc be afhamed of fuch a pofirion? Or who bm you "<tould not chink the rime mif-penc in anfwering ic ? No lelfe frivolcus are ·thofe except;ons chat are taken againfl onr worfhip ofGod, condemned for falfe and idolatrous, whereofVolumes ofApologies are written by others: wemeer rogether,pray,read, heare,preach,fing, adminfler, and receive Sacramencs; wherein offendwe ? How manyGodsdocwe prayco? or towhombutrhecroeGod? In wh>twordsburholy? whomdoewepreach burrhe"-meCbriflwitbthem? what poinroffJirh,nor theirs? whac Sacraments bur thofe they dare not but allow? where Iyes our Idola- C rry,thac we may lecicour? In che manner of performing: in fecprayer>, Antichrifcian Ceremonies ofcroliing, kneeling,&c. For the former: what fin is rhis? The originall and truthofprayeris in the heart, the voice is bm ~s accidcntall; ifrhe heart m•y of£Cn conceive che fame thought, the rongll'C her fervanc may ofcen utcer it, in thefame words: and ifdaily to repeat theGme fpeEChes be amitfc,then ro entercaine rhe f:mefpirituall defires, is finfdl: to fpeak oncewithout the heart is hyprccricicall : bur ro fpeak often the13me requeflwith the hearr, never offcndeth, What intolerab1e boldnelfe is this ; to condemn that in us which is rrcorded eo havebeen che continuall practiceof,Gods Church in all fuccdlion? Of rhe '}"""• in che timeof M ofes, Vavid,sol omon,'jehofophat,~z,kj•h,'jere"'J' Of1he anci<mChri· flian alfemblres, bothGreekand Larine, and now ar rhis day ofall reformed Church<s in Chriflendome; yea, which our Saviour himfelffo diT<ltly allowed,and in a D ·manner prefcribed, and the blell'ed Apofl!es Paril and Peter in all their formal! falmatiom(which were no other than fer prayers) focommonly praClifed : for the orher, (lefr I exceed a Letcer) though we yee!d them fuchas you imagine (worfe t~ey can· not be) they are bur Qremonious •pperulances, the body and fobfl:mce isfound. Bleffed be God that we cnn havehis true Sacraments at fo eafie a rare, tt the payment (ifthey were fuch) ofa few circumflanciall inconveniences: howmany dearechildren ofGod in all ages, even ncer the golden times of1he A pofiles,havcgladly pur· chafed themmuch dearer, and notcomplained: buc fee howour Church impelks them : noc as ro bind theconfcience,otherwifethan by rheccmmcn bond ofobcdicnce;not os afrions,whereinGods worfhip dfemially confif!et11, bm as tlicmfcives, Ceremonies: comely or convenient, notnecelfary ; "hatfoever: is rhis a fufficimt ground offepararion?How many moderace and wifer fpirics have we,that cannot ap· E prove the Ceremonies,yet dorenot forfake the Church? & that hold your depmure farrc more evill,rban thecaufe,You are inviced toa feafi:!ifbut a Napkin orTrmcher be mif-placed,ora difb ill carved; doe you run from rhe Table,and noc flay tg •hank the Ho•fl?Eitherbe leffe curious,or morecharitable,WouldGod both you ar.d all other,which either favour theSepararion,or prof<ffe ic, cou~d but reade over the anI cienr floriesofrheChurch to fee the trueflate of1hingsand cirres; the be~innings, I proceedings, incrcafes,encounrers, yeeldings, rcfraurations ofrhc Gofpcll, what rhe
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