Part 1. The lmprefe ofGod. A uication ofthe Englifb ac Amllerdam;There thJil he fee fuch Wlfres ~>aged betwixr brorhers for but a bu!ke, orwhale-bone, or lace, or cork Cbooe, as ifall L•w and Gofpell frood upon this point;asifheaven and eanhwere littleenough w be m in~ led in this q~arrell; Nee gemino 6diHtD TroJ•n,.m. To plfre over all other hghter mceneffe of this kinde: Who can chufe buc be afbamed ofrhe Church ofRome; whtch is here i·n adouble extremity, bothgrofre : In denying, wipingout holinefre, where God harh written it:and ia wriringir,whcreGod hath not written it: in the firfr,how doe they driveoutDevils out ofgood creatures, by foolifb exorcifmes? I would he were nomofe in themfelves.How do they forbid mears,drinks,dayes,mariage wtich God bathwritten holy I Hee that·reades Na••u MamtaU, !ball finde cholerkke blafphemie a veniall finne,pag. 91. fome theft venhll,l'. I 4o.Common lying,vePiall, p.I 91.CurfingofParents,ifnot malicious,veniall, p. I oo.and yet the fame Author, chap.2 1 .nu. I I.p.209.to eat ofaforbiddendifb, or an allowed difh more than once B on a forhidden day,is amortall fin: And nowthefe venials (fJith Franck a VilJoria) by aPater-noller, or fprinkingofbolywater, or knockofthe breftare cleared; but that mortall eater is '":i!"l •ri<.. ,guilty ofjudgemenr, yea, of hell it felfe: Scribes, Pharifes, Hypocrites, which prate of Peten chaire, bm will nevertake out Peters Jefron, That whichGod bath fanttified,pollute thou nor. In the other: What holinetfe doe they "'rite in reli~ionscowles,Airars,Reliques,Afhes,Candles,Oyles,Salts, Warers,Entignes,Rofes,Words, Graines, AgnusDei, Medall•, and aworld of fuch trafb: Somuch, rha11hey haveleft noce in themfelves. Let me have no faith, if e. ver play-bookwere more ridiculous, than theirPomificall, and bookofholyCeremonies. lr iswell tharJmme reads rhefewords,fopet fr11!n¥m,norfoper T intinRa- !JNium; Elfe, what a rule Cbould we have had; tho he had Caid,Equorum, not TemploC rHm, What comparifons would have been; IfHolimffi to tl>e l.ord muft be written on the Bells of Horfes, muchmore on the Bellsof Churches. What a colour.would this have been for the wafbing,anoiming,bleffing,chriftening ofthem?What a warrant for driving away Devils,chafing ofghofts. fti!Jing oftempeft1, fraying ofthunders,yea delivering from tentations,which the Ponrificall afcribes to them?By whole account,there fhould be more vertue in this peeceofmerall,rhan in their holy father himfelfe, yea than in any Ange!J of heaven: But their vulgar bridles them in this, ¥'hkh read1 it,f•P" {rll!num, which fome fuperftitiolls man wou!d fay were fulfilled in CMjlantiocs fna(lie m•deofthe nailes that pierced Chnft. Howworthy are they in the meaa rime ofthewhip, not ofmen onely, but of God, which thus in a ridicuIom pr•fumption write holioefre, where God wou:d have a blanke; and wipe our holinetfe,whereGud bath written it? D For us, there is • double holindTe; for ufe,for ve;tue: All things are holy to us for ufe; norhing is holy fur vertueofSanLtification, but thofe thingswhich God bath fanttified to this venue;his word, his facraments: Wee may ufe the orher, and put no bolioetfein them; we muft ufe thefe, and expel:t holinetTe from them: •'·"'' """'• Norhing unclean,is Pet<rr rule,but with PaHI> explication,Mtmd•muDdM: All rhJOgs •re clean in them!i:Jves; to thee they are not cleaoe, unlene thou becleane. Mine owneclmhes fhallmakemefilthy, faith Job,9. 31 . Many aone ma.y fay fo, more juftly. The proud mans gay coat, the wamonwomans beaftly fafi1ions, both thew them to be uncleane, and make them fo. But th~ lewd man makes his own clothes. filthy, hismeats,drinks,fpotts,garments,are uncleane to him, becaufe he is uncleane toGod ; they are curfed to bim, becanfe he is cmfed ofGod: God bathwritten on the ourtide ofhis crearures, Holy to the Lord; we write on the intide, Unholy to men; becanfe our outfide and infide is unholy to God: yea, we doe notonly deface E rhis infcriptionofho!inefre in other creatures to us, bmwe wiR not letGod write it upon us, forhimfe!fe. 0 our miferyand Cbame! All things elfeareholy; Men, Chrilliam,are unholy. There is no impurity bat where is Reafon, and Faith, the grounds of HoHnetfe. How oft would God have written thistitle upon our foreheads?Jnd erehecan have written one full word,w<blocom a\I:O.oe fwem it away, anotherdrinks it •way,a third fcoff;itaway, a fourth riots it away,a fifr fwag!(ers it away; and I would toGod it were uGchuitable to fay,that there is as mud> holinetTe Nn in
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