Au Apology againft Brownifls. 529 A · fo unlearned,., he durfrnoccharge hisoppofite with ignorance. If D. Whit~k,_<r, Mr. Perki111, Mr. GJ.fford, and that Oracle ofour prefent times Dr. A11drwu,wenr away content with this livery from yours;how c•n I repine?IfI have cenfuredwh•r caufe I knew not,let me becenfured for more than ignorance,impudency:bur ifyou know nor what I cenfured(let all my trufr lie on this itrue)rake both ignorance,bold netfe, and malice to your felf: Is your caufe fo my!licall,rl)at you can feare anymans ignorance?What Cobler ofSpinfrer bath not heard of the main holds ofBrownifm? Ami onlyafrrangcrin Hierufalern?Ifi knownot allyouropinions,pardon me:your own have not receiv.ed this illumination; I fpeak boldly,not your fdfe; Every day brings newconceirs,and not oneday teaches,but corrects anorher:youmufr bemore confrant to your felves,ereyoucan upbraid ignoranceor avoid it.Butwhither! knew B yourprime fancies,appeares fufficienrly by aparriCtJlar difcourfe,which above ayeer fince was in the haads offomeofyourCiyems,and I wonder itnot in yours:Shorrly; am I ignorant? Ifi were obtlinate too, you might hope(with the nextGale) for me, your more equal! aduerfary, at Amfrerdam. As I am; my want ofcare and fkill, !ball (I hope) lofe nothing ofthe truth by you,nor fulfer any ofyour foule afperlions upon the face ofGods Church andours. S.:p.:r,u.(cbif.M GJf!itrdan•g-: nannt PriC:q:. Bu.po63.Cenfer.ofD.And. &M.Hutcf.in[. with B.uTOw. M.Spr.C(!IJjidtr.:~t. Irm. lih.I Ptr jiRgulD!ditJ~ vu;JJaliquu:itUI [tflllilt,&(. Butwhileswe frrive, who lball be our Tudge? TheChrifrian Readers : who are rhofe? Prefume nor,yemore zelousand fOrward Coumreymen, rhat you are admit· red ro this beuch: fo farre as wemeer Englitb, fiom beingallowed Judges ofrhem; rharrhey have already judgedus to be no* Chriftians : We areGoats and Swine,no C SheepofGods: !incenone but your Parlour in the Wefr, andAmfrerdam, mufr be our Jodges, who(I befeech'yoo)!ball beouradverfaries?God £hall be Judge berwixt you and vs,corrett this your unchrifrian uncharirahlenetre. •!.1rr. confer. 1\it-h Hutcbill{. fot.t .Bruwnt Ell.:tteofrrue ChriftUns. Defcnc., of rn~e Chriftians D S £P, ThetriMeiJtre ohjtlledi1{iplr•ti••, 1 thU.g 'Vtr} Ddiot'4 in the tJtt of •I/ themfrom "'hom it i1 ,,.;, : 11 evermtwe e~jlint. "P•• themthe impNt•lioll•fetHU,when•f •11 """ are impltie•t: AndheMce it <o111mt1h t• pajfo , th~tthe ChNrch ofEngland cao~efler broo~ I m vileft perfons continNillgcomiHNIIiMWilh lt, lh41J4flJ fllho•foe11er fep•lllling from it, tho11gh upon neverfo j11jl 11JIIwellgfONndedreafonl· S~:CT I ON Ill. ~i~fo~~: ]11hn[.~inL1: ].1c1,p.Jifia1Jitr af?inftGJfJNd. Ther3rties wr~tttnto,and their crime. ToM. Smith and M If.o/1. ~i~l~ I Wrote not to you alone: what isbecomeofyour parrner,yeayour guide?Woe ~""""'""' isme,he harh renounced ourCbrifrendomewirh ourChurch: and bath wafhr off ~=~i,h, his former wuer,wirh new: and condemnes you all, fur not feparating further, lleJft, wdtt<n nolelfe then we condemn you for feparatingfo farre.As ifyou could not be enough by ";;;';[."• our ofBabylon,unletreyou be our ofyour felves.Alas, miferableCounrreymen,whi- &;" ...,:,., ther run you? Religion harh but his height, beyond which is errorand madneffe: '~";/•" wall he rels you true, your ftation is unfafe ; either !you mufr forward to him, or back :~~~~"· to us. cou11t them in *I objected feparation tO you : yet not fo extreme as your anfwer bewra'yes:a late r<i~of<h<;, fepararion, nor the firfr; mycharity hoped you le!Te ill, than you will needs dcfervc: ~::,~;:<;~;'0 E you gram it odious, becaufe it cafrs imputarion ofevill upon the forfaken: Ofevil!? Hulot,as,;. Yeaofrheworft,an eflateincurable&defperate·lle is an ill Phyfirian, rhatwlilleave :~"h"hM<> his P-atient upon everydifremper: hisdepartureargues the difeafe helpletre,werewe d:UC:, ~fEnbur faulry,as your Land-LordChurche>,your own rules would nor abideyourflight ~I.nd,ot he, Yid.'}ohnfon, freface ;, his in1Mire; E[47 5· 2 0 . Hence theChurchofEngland jultc ,,~";!:;;;~~~~ lymarches Separariftswirhrhevileft perfons. God himfelfedorh fo: whoaremore "'" ''P'h!"" vile thanpatronsofevi\l ? yet no greater woe is to them that fpet1kegood ofevill, frwtttr,iuraro than tboferhat fpeak evi1lofgood : So wife Generals punifh mutincus perfons, ~p;~~t~::,~ worfe than Robbers or Adulrerers : So Co'Ph and his company (aStory cunningly ~;;_;;;.t::•."if;, turned upon usby your Marryr) their oppo!ition to Moju , wrre more fearefully cnm<ofthef<. plagued, than the Idolatrous Ifroelites. The~ linnesare moredirectly againlrcom· !"c.ltion ""• mon fociety, theother more perfonally: ':rnd ifboth have ltke iniquity; }'er the fur- ~~d1f/'.7 mer this fubjeCl.
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