I and Chripianity. . L 377 _ A Pad, a Pharifo, was acording to the righteoufndfeofthe Law unreproveable: ycr ifj Phij. •· l· Paulnad norgone from Gamalitls feet, to Chrijls, he had never been f.wed. Unreproveable, and yec rejected? Alas,rny brerhren,wh>t !ball become ofour glutcony, druokenneffc,pride,oppre!lion,bribiog, coufenages, adulcrirs, blafphemies, and our (elves for them?God and men reprove us for thefe; what fhall becomeofus? If the civilly righteous !hall notlie faved, where !hall the notorious !innerappearc? A Chrifiiao belowa Jew? Forfhatne, whereare we? where is our emulation? Heaven isour Goale,weall run; loe the Scribes and Phariforare bcfo.re chee; what Cafety can it be tO come fhorr ofrhofe char come fhorr ot heaven? Exctptyo•r right,oHf· 11tj[e, &c. . You have feen thcfe S<ribesand Pharlfos; their righreoufnclfe and our unrighte· oufOeffe.Secnow with like patience,rhelt unrighreoulneffe rhltwas,and our righrell ou{noffe charmu!! be, wherein rhey fai!ed,and \ve mu!! exceed. They failed then in rheir Traditions and Prafrice. May I lay they failed, when chey exceeded? Their Traditionsexceeded in number and profecnrionlfaulry in matter. To run well,bur oat of theway (according ro rheGreeke Proverbe) i• nor better doi.+tS. rban to !land !till. Fire isan excellent thing: bar ifit be in the ropofthe chimney,it doth mifchiefe rather. Irisgood to be zealous in fpight ofall fcotfes, bur [ ;.. .,.,"] ;.. goodthi•g. Ifthey had been ashorforGod, asthey were for rhemfelves, it had been happy: but nowi" v.Jnt they ll'o>jhip mee(faith our SJvionr) ttach111g{or ti•Orim ihe TrJditinsof'""'· Hencewasrbataxiome received curtamly among!! their Jewilh followers: There is moreinthe,ordsofth: wif.th~n i•thewordsoftbeLaw: More; rhar is,more marrer,more authority: •nd from this principallyarlfes and continues C that mortal! quarrell betwixrrhem•nd rheir (K 4rraim) and ( ~tinills) unto this day. I Pl:utflim.m;;t {o~pit:tflll11t]tiU!J ihvtrbidkgll. G.:!.uin. Srrarill.l. l'll11tft.d~crJmp:~'r.:ri t'IJ,r.ri· l {.!QS C4lbQ/icis. A ~rm Jefuire(at lea!! that thinkshimfelfe fo) writes rhus ingreat earne!!: The Pha. ri(e.r(1airhhe)m4, ~•t unfot_, hecomp•redto olh Clf/J()/i~s. Somemen fpeok rruth ignorantly,!Ome unwillingly;CIIiqph.Hnever fpake truer,when hemcanr it not: one egil," lsnorlikcr ro another, than theTridenrine Fathers ro rhefe Pharifes in rhispoint, ""riri "''"fbofides rhar offree-will, mellir, full perfonllanceofrhe Law, whith they abfolurely ~~;;,,";:,.:,;~~ received fromthem: For m~rkt,Wllh tbeJdl>ll reverence anddevoti9Md-. wee receive •tJdrcfP<O Ttad!tloos, that ll>edoelhe Boo~t oftheOidandNe>P TeftJitimt,Rly thofe Fathers in their fuurrh Seffion: H~at<buth ofthefefptake, and foe rteirher: ifthou canfi difcerllewberhcr is rhe.Pharife, refufe me in agreater rrt' th, Nor that wr. did ever C.y with char ArrU• in HildfJ~Itle ri<6arre 4/lwbrdi rhat•rerP>ttorilftM:or wou!d thinke fir with rhofephanatitall Anabapti!!snfMunller, that :111 bookes thbuld he bu111r befides rhe Bible: folfle Traditi6hs mull h.ve place in c\'61)' Ghur<l\; bur, D Their place: they may nor take w~llofScriprure: Sttbllantt ma)' hot in out valuariori give way tocircumfunce, God forbid. Ifany man expefr that my fpeechon this opportunity fhould deiCend to tht difcourfeofoutconrradi(ted atcmonies, ler aim know char I h•d rather mourne fot rhis breach th4n meddle with it. God knoweshowwlllingly I woold fpend my felf~lr\rl'l pertwafions,ifthofe would av~i le tJ£JJ!f14(MIJ'I {w bris-=.tt,iS & r.~-:Ji Trj1JW.r!ui [lljfifihflt:f I!'" '::tMT.lT.Uf', Dm.i S•[4- j ~·6~iff6.t•1t..t ·'r!f111r.OIIj4T;; _k~j. ~y thing: but I weli fee that tears are fitter forthi! Theme than Wbtd,. The name of our Morh~rilwcr~~ 1 ~tld her pe2ce precious. As it wasa truefpeerhelted fr<c>m BrP•.• Hmri· that Father byBi04flfiultrrhe ' '"' ofH mti~s il rhe '"'~ ofthl Ch*rt:h:fo \VO\Jid God "'"m p.x •ft bur expetientedid not il\V<irt it up6n us:TIJef>Jr t!ftbe Ch•rch it t/Jt peactiJfHtrcti~s. I lttdtfi."" .'!•· Ourdllcordis theif rilllfidke; oilrtUihe their glory: Oh what a G~hris this, Bre1',.,. 8 ' 11 ·"· I rhrert flriv~, while the enemy n~nds ftill, atld latlglis and ttiumphs, Ifwe defired rhe gricfeof6ur commnn mother, rhe languiihingoftheGofpell, rhe exri!potion of ·· £ 1\.eligion, the loffeofpolteriry, die a<.J~•mage ofour adverGri.il, wbich way could •f""d'. rhe~ be becr~r clfefred than by out dllfenrions? That Spnnifll1'ropher in our Age r tor fo I findt him fhled) when Kin~ Phitip afked him hOw he might becbmemafler , · af the Low-Countries,anfwered: Ifhe t o•IJ.iivi4e I hemfrom tbffn{<lv<J; According ~o rhar oldMdchivellian principleof<Jur Jefuires , Divid• •nriii•JI. And itideede ir cw";·ti,"' I is concord o~dy ( •stbe Poefieor Met ofthe unlred State!.rutu) which h1th up- ~""'[""''I held themin a rith and l!outilhin~ efl!te<~g~in!l fo great and porenr enemie•. · Our I '· 1 J Ad'ICrfanes alre:tdy bugoftl\eit vi(toiies: and whir good he:tHcan but bleed ra [.., ~---- _ ~ .. Kk :;~ _____what --=-,
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