A11 Apologyagainft Brownifts. 531 I ---:--,---:--~:------==-::--="-;---;'-~;-;-:-;---;---;:;--;-;-;--;---:-::-- 1__::. -- I A foundation, oche" on the truefoundation build timber, hay,flubble>from rhofewe m•ft feparare, Worn thefe wemay not.Ptlm rule is eternall, Whithtrfb•U "' ' gaefrom thtt? tbo11h•JI tk words of etern•Ulift: where thefe wordsare found,woebe to us,if we benot found. Amongft many good feparations then, yours cannot be feparated from evill.for that we fbould fo far fej>arate from the evill, that thereforewelhould feparate fromGods children in thecommunionofthe holy things ofGod, that for fome(afier yourworftdone)not fundamentall corruptions,we lhould feparate from tbatChurch,inwhofewombewe were conceived,and from betwixtwhofe kneeswe fell to God: in aword, (as oneofyours once faid) to feparate notonly from vifible evill, but from vifible good, as all Antichriftian l who but yours can think leffe than abfurd andimpious?Granr, welhould beclean feparated from the world; yet ifwe B be not,muft yoube feparated from us? Doe bur fray tillGod havefeparated us from himfelf : Will the wife Hulbandman caft away his Corn-heap for the chaffe and duft? Shall the Filhercaft away a good draught,becaufe hisDrag-net bathWeed,? Doth God feparatefromthefaithfull foule, be<A~ufe ithath fame corruptionsher Inmates1rhough not her commande"?Cerrainly,ifyou could throughlyfeparate the World trom you,you would never thus feparate your felves from us:Beginat home, Ceparate all felf-love, and (elf-will, and uncharitableneffe from your hearts, and you cannot but joynwith that Church, from whichymj have feparated : Your Dotlor would perfwade us, you feparatefrom nothing but but corruptions: y<)u are honeUer,andgrant it fromourChurch: it \"ere happy for you, ifhe lied not; who in the C next pageconfutes himfelf, !hewing that you feparate from us, as Chrifi from the Samaritans, namely from the Church, not the corruptions only; and not ashe did from theJewes,namelyfrom their corruptions, not from their Church: His memory faves DIU labor, and marshis difconrfe. . SEP. T"• fop~r~ti•flwe have milk;, refpelJ of o11r kfawletlge,••tlaheiitllct, it intlerdlate, lltld- : J<# it ill the1141Hrelllltl coufos tlvereofaufltlellt at the G•!Jtll, ~Phi eh fl'dl frjl foNIJtl.dlntheemnitj#hichGotlhimfolftpHI betwixt the feetlofthtWom•n, antithe feed ofthe 6erpe111, Gen+ I 5·WhichenmiiJhath 1101 0111) been f•cceffwei.Jco"lillued,bNI •lfo vijiii.J fllallifijletl hJ the~IINIII fep•ra#on •faUtr11e Churches, fiom theWorldin their D coUelllon""' collf/iiHiiofl, bifonthe LIIW,NIItler the Law, 4nd1111tler tAeGofiell, Gen+ I3,I4,I6.&6.r,o.&7.I7·"'ilh I Pet-3->o.u.& Io.o.Levit. oo.o4.o6.Nehem. 9·•·Joh.I7.14·I6.Atts2.40.& I9·9•tCor.6.r 7· SECTION V. Yi:t, ifnot equity, it werewell you could plead age: Thisyour feparation in the nature_ and caufes of it (you fay)is no leffe ancient than the firft inflitution ofenmttybetwixt the two feeds: youmight have gone a little higher,and bave faid,than our firft Parentsrunning fromGod in the Gardeu,or their feparation from God by their fin: But we rake yourtime and eafily believethatthis your late feparation was founded upon that ancient enmityof the feed oftheferpent with the Womaos.That fubtill devill,when he faw the Church breath from the perfecntions E ofTyrants,vexedher noleffewithher owndivifions;feeking that by fraud,which by VIolencehe could not etfetl.Hence all thefearfull Schifmes oftheChurch,.whereof yours is part. Thisenmitybath not only been fucceffively continued, but altO roo vifibly manifelted by the afutall (but wilfull)feparationofHerericks and Seltaries from the Church in all ages: But I miflake you; yours is as ancient as theGofpell: Whar?thatEv••geli•m .etertJNIII ofthe Friers?whofe name theyaccurfedly borrowed fromBev.r 4.6.0r that F-vatJgtliMm Rtgniofthe familifls? Or thatEvangeliHm aliud, whereofS. PaNitaxeth hisOalatians? Noneofall thefe, you Cay ; but as that Gofpell ofPeace, ofTruth, ofGlory; fo ancient, and never known till Bolt M , Barron>, and Brow"? Coulditefcape all the holyProp.hers, Apoftles, Dotlorsofthe old, middle and latter world, and Jigbronly upon chefe your threePatriarchs 7 Perhaps No<>at>t; or Do#lltH (tbofe Saintswith theirSchooles) iad (ome little glimpfe ofit; but thh Zz perNrquprt~?Ur paltoU.'Irrlin~ qu.smartam Damini,r.tqHt p?apttrpifm mll/IIT1111J('iml!47tliaDI /1J; nj.AIIg.tpi•-t$. An)".Ca.tmer. poy!On,p.,. C«nuerpoifon pag.7.& 8&c. The <mriquity and exampb of~i<>n. Ht7t.Sttph.A· p~.Hmd. Fax. A(l. & Mm11. H,N.hisbookc G.J.t.6. EpMf6.t 7. (f!of. t .1 • I TJm. r.r r. 'lfi«,a.pfAn'w.
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