.A11 Apologie againft Brownijh. SECT I 0 N X. A ConftcJ.inc re- ><h'·lH"ll ground ofall yourexception: Bur it is orherwife inGods city, the Church, ic'£':.33.,6. youfee thenwhat an idle plea CO'nflraim is in theconflitutionofaCitty, the ~~~ l · why rhen doth his DoLl:or!hip par~llel_rhefe two?And ~hy may not even c?- Gyff.JJ,~.R•· flroint it felfhave placein the lawfull confimlt!onor reformation of a Church? Did fonnation not Man•Jfotafter hiscomming home to God, char$eancJ,.comandJJ!d• to ferve the r,~h"" mrry· LordGodofifrael?Did nor worthy Jojiab,whenjfe hadmade acovenantlle ore the Gnt,..,l Lord,caufeall rhat were found in Jeruf31em~and1lenjafl#n,to fland to it,and compel- ;~r~:;:,~ led all tharwerefound in Ifroel, to (erve rhe Lord theirGod? What have Q\leen E- ,,.,..,,Rcfor· ti:ubeth,or King James done more?Orwhat other?did not A]• upon Oberlr prophecy m>toon wi<h- gather both}tda andlle3Jamin,and all the flrangersfromEphraim,M4naffit ands;me- B (;~.{;~~- 01,, and enact with them, that whofoever would nor feek the LordGod, !hould be w«h DoCtor Oaine? What means this perverfnefTe ? You that reach we may not !lay Princes ~~;~~~eh. lf:ifure to reform, will younotallow Princes eo urge others to reform? What crime w<hDollo• isthis, that men were nor fuffered to beopen Idolaters, rhatcheywereforcedto ~";J;!:f'.;., yeeld fubmiffion to Gods ordinancos? Even your own reach, that Magillrates may =ying. compell Infidels to hear the doLl:rine ofrhe Church; and Papills,you fay elfe-where •"·fiduf"· (though tooroughly)are Infidels: bur you fay, nor robe members of the Church: ::.~ ~~:: Godspeople are ofthewilling fort: True, Neither did they compell them to this: «rpoifon. Theywere before enrred into the vitible Church by trueBaptifme, though miferaoir" '-'"·!•- bly corrupted: They were not now initiated,but purged: Your fubtill DoCtorcan ~(,f::;~:i~ cellnsfromBerD4rd,rhac faith is to oeper!ivaded,nortobe compelled:yer let himre- C ""'"""• "!.'" member that rhe guellsmull be compelled ro come i~,though not ro eatewhen rhey ""'"' ' ' &r. are come.Compelled, nor by perf\vafion•; fbr rhefewere the firfl invitations; rhere- :;.~~:f;~· fore by further me11nes; Though this conceit bathno place wirh us, where men are d•f· r.Io. urged nor to receive a new faith, but ro perform the old ; to abandon that wicked :,~tp:~:f~ ~~~~~:rtf~~!frh~~~~~fi~~~~~~~ge~n~ :~~~~:~~~e ~~: :~~\:~a~t;h~ ~~if~n~~f~~ b'""ti""fli';. Donarills; far beir from our confcience, to compell any man to the faith. IfGod ~:;,:Fft;£:" did not drawus,and by afweet violence hendour wils to his,when!houldwefollow p•rilf"""" ,.,; him I Eitheryou havenot read,or not cared for rhepraCticeofrhe ancient Church, ~lw~u ~ frd & A•g•ftlmt refolutionconcerning the !harp penalties impofed upon the Donatifls ,.~{,;.,";,:,'., (wouldGod noneofyour kindred) in his time; with hi! excellent defencesoftbefe D .tdftd~mr.~~·' proceedings. t-- ';t~~~~lpiP·48.&68 .Q.0 pbrmtticum lit4t ,&. qui!tthm'f. txcitar,an:bclnc moitflus lltr.bos alllat,Ibid. Cf,lJn:lllt, NMJilrtm aJ ~ml ~~ii:,11 a1t,tndNm; qr1Ul b« alitld qu.:m qMQJ tit 111hil qu1dam. Q!!_,od"tllumi!J {~Utflum tJ. Conftirution <Jf the Church ofE;tg,t.vd•. B11rr~and Grunw.p•ffim. SECTION XI. BUt tell usrhen, what !hould have been done? The Gofpell !hould have been every wherepreached; All converts !hould have been fingled out, and have given avoluntary and particular confeffion oftheir Fauh, andRepentance: I anfwer you: TheGofpeUwas long"•nd worthily preached in rhe dayesofKing Ed- "'''J; enough to yeeld bothMartyrs rothe flake and Profef!Orsro the f~Uceeding rimes. Were theirholy Sermons, theirlearned writings a11d their precious blond E (which was no !efTe vocall) ofno force? Afrerwardsin the beginning of Famous ' Q!)eene Eilz.ahethr reparation, what confluence was thereofzealous ConfefTors re- I ruroingnow from rheirlare exile? Howpainfully anddivinelydid they laborin this I Vineyard ofGod? How did they (with their many holy Partnerswhich had !brow· 1 dedrbemfelve.duringthat llormeofperfecution, in a dangerousfecrecy) fpread rhemfelves over this Land, and each-wheredrew flockes of hearers to them, and with them? Is all rhis nothing to their ingratefull Poflerity ?· Ifyou murmuretbar there were no more, rake heed lefl you forger there were fo many : for us, we doe feriouOy blefTeGod for the!e, and triumph in rqet)l. All this premifed;now comes aChrillian Edilt from the llate,rhat everyman flJal yeeld obedience to this Trurh,wherin rhey hadbeen thus inllrufted: It wasperformed
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