The kinds of :~~~.h~ht:~· "'ft. ~.V.•n'IL . Nnm.tS. 14 NH1n.r 6.9 . Jki((,J0- 1. £;ud.r3-n. l.n,.,ir.I S.Z.I. Dt1tt.4 41. R.om. I .I. a!~udmn J'n p.~l l';«VAo~ . r T1"'1fT.u1t . ad pn.J~.lP'J· VWTwul.& ,,.p. Num.t6. M.::.r.s s. .tr'l• 1.C;•rU1ol 9. 1· IC,r>6.1¥ifin. .v,U.:t:,"'n:.Jis (0JrJ;%J,:.:t.d t~l {«[!I'll. rr.ifa.l--:- tt11,fim:.[f}'. .tbiiJ t .i lf'Srp,z-a!i, f·'lm•ft~1:t 1flJ nbmlrfiaDti f rr/uri.(_rpr.lr tpi{l.:d Col'l! l • Cloaratlcrof Boofl,P<,f. An Apofogie againft Brownifts. mer have borhmore offence, and more danger: And ifnot fo, yet who cannot rather brooke alewd fervam, then an undunfuii fonne, though pretending faire coleurs for his difobedience? AcleJfi, you rhmkcheChurch ofEngland thinks her felf Gods Church, aswell as your Saintsof Amlterd~m, You char fo accurfeApofia· liein others, could you expell:, !be lhouldbrook 1t myou? But your reafons are jufi and well grounded: every \YaY ofaman is right in his ownc eyes; Said wenot wdl,. chat tho.u art aSama.ntane, and haft a Devill, fay the Jewes? What Schifine ever d1d norchmkewell of !C felre? .For U!: we call Heaven andEarth to record, your caufebath no more jufiice than your felv~s bath charity. SEP. "AndJet feparatiMfrom theWorld, •IIJd fo from the 11ien oftheWorld, and foji-om t!Jt Prmce ofoftbe world th•t reig~~eth In thtm,andjofron' w4•tfoever is contrary to God, it thefirflJleptoo•rcommNnionwith God, and Angdr, andgoodmen, arthtfirftJleptoa laJder ir tokave tbe Eorth. SECTION IIII. YET there is acommendable and happy feparation from the World, from the Prince & men oftheWorld,andwharfoever is contrary roGod: whodoubts B it? There were no Heaven for uswithout this, no Church; which bath her name given by her Father and Hulband,ofcallingour from other. Out ofthe A<:gypc oftheWorld doth God call hisfonnes: Bur this feparation is into the vilibleChurch from the World; nor (as yours)oucofthe Church, becaufe of fome particularmixtures with cheWorld: or (ifyou had rather take ic ofprofellion)out oftheWorld of Pagans and Infidels, into the vilible Church; not oucoftheWorldoftrue (though C faulty)Chriflians, inro a purer Church. That I may hereat oncefor all give light eo this point offeparation: we find in Scripturea feparation either ro good, or from evill : To good; fo the Leviteswere feparated from among the childrenoflfrael, to beare the Ark, and tominifrer: fothe lirfr born,firfi fruirs,and Citiesofrefuge: So P4itl W3S ( •'•"'""''& ) feparated, which fome would have allude to his Pharifaifme, burbath plain reference ro GaPs own words( A/1r r 3.o .)Separateme Bar11a6'" and Sa•d: Though this israther a defiination tofome worthypurpofe, than aproperly calkd fepararion. . Fromevill, whetherGone or !inners:Fromfinne; fo every foulmufi efchew evil!, wberher ofdoltrine ormanners,&difclaimall fellow!bip with the unfmirfull works D ofdarknctfe, whether in himfelfe or others. So S. P4NI charges us tohold that which is good, and abllaine from all appearance of evill: fo Jmmie is charged to feparate the prociou• ( doltrine or praltice) from the vile. From finners, not only praaifed by God himfelf(to omit his erernall and fecret Decree, whereby theElecr are fepara. red from the R.<probatc)bmh in his gracious vocarion,fequefiring them from nature and fin, a!llfo in his cxecucionofjudgemenr,whether parricular,as ofthe Hraelites from the Tabernacles ofCcrah; oruni•erfall, and finall , ofthe Sheepe from the Go>. ts; But alfo cnjoyned fromGod to men, in refpeCl: either of our affection, orof our yoke,and familiar fociety,whereofSainr PAuL: Benot IINe{llallyyok,dwithinfiddr, Comeout fronl•mong thtm, andfoparate-your[elver. In all this we agree: In the IJtitudeofthis Iall: only we differ : I finde you call for adouble feparation. A fir£1: E reparation in the gatheringofthe Church: A.fecond in the menagingofir: The firfi .rour entrance into the Church, the fecond in our continuance: The firfi ofthe Church, from Pagans and Worldlings, an ioitiacoryprofeffion;The fecond oflewd men from the Church by jufl: cenfures; You fpeakconfufedly ofyour own feporatinn;onewhileofborh,another whileof<irher tingle.For the r.eirher confeffe itdone by our Boptifme,or dfeyou 0101 be forced to hold,wemufi reboptife:But ofrhis conHirmive feparation anon : For the o. offtnners,whether in judgement,or life,fome 1re more groffc, hainous, incorrigible: mhers leffe notorious, and more traCtable: thofe othermull: be feparared by jull cenfures; not thefe. Which cenfures ifthey be negletred, the Church isfoul,and(in your Pafiors word)faulry, and cherfore calsfur our teares,not for our flight. NowofChurchesfaulry and corrupted,fome raze1he · founda1.-.
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