/ )38 An Apologie againft Browniflt. GrttJ~.w.&Bar. the ramecaufe ofdecayedDoCtrine, with their diligent preaching, and reaching of A Arg.toMafttt the people.Goe nowand fay,chat fuddenly in '?ne~ay,by Queen l!.lir.•kthl TrlllllC6rlW· Miller Tr4"vtrs,MJft, per,or by rhefoundofabell,in thenameof Ant~chnft,all were calle~ to the Church: ~,Br.n:nt, Goe, laywith your Patriarch, that we erefr Rehgtonsby Proclamauons, andParliaRe oan.lUOn wmwt""'J'· ments. ing. Upon thefepremifes I dare conclude, and d'?ubt not to. maintain again~ all Separatifts in theWorld, thatEngland(togoe nohtgher)had tnthedayesofKtng Henry i--, theEighth,a true vifibleChurchofGod: and fo byconfequent theirfucceediilg_feed wasby true Baptifme juftly admitted into the bofome thereof; and therefore that even ofthem, without any furrherprofeflion, Gods <llurchwas truly conftituted, If you (ball foy,that the fOllowing Idolatry offameofthemin Q~een tM arlts dayes excluded them:Coofider,howhard it will be roprove,thatGods covenantwithany B people, is prelem\ydifanulled by the !innesofthe rnoft, whetherofignorance, or weakneffe; and ifthey had herein renounced God, yetthatGod a\fo mutually reM. SMith .1- nounced them. To Onu up your cnnfiitution1hen: There is no remedy: Either you g•unftR.cUf>"' muftgoe fot\Vard to {l.nabaptifme, or comeback to us.All your Rabbinscannot an- I Pri~. and (wer that charge of yonr rcbaptized brother : )f we be a true Churchyou muft relnk'I"S·"· rurne; ifwe be not (asa fa\feChurch isnoChurch ofGod) youmuft rebaptize: If ourBapttfmcbe good, then isour con!titutiongood. Thusyourown principles reach. Theoutward part of aernevifible Church is a vow,Promife,Oath,orCovenant betwixtGod and theSaints: Now I aQ<, Is thismadebyusin baptifme, orno? Ifit be,thenwe haveby your confeflion(for fo much as is omwo.rdly required)a rrue vifibleChurch: fa your reparation is unjuft: Ifit beaot,then you muft rebaptize· for c the firft Baptifmeisonullity: and(ifours be not ) youwere neverrhereby asyer'entred into any vifiblcChurch. S EP. To the tit I< ofaRin,~ltader,wbmrr>ith # pleafotb thisPiflltr toflile me,I a11jl>'er th~tlf tht thing I bavedMebegood, i I is goodand ce•1nentla6/eto h~ve ltefl fomardi• it; if# ·. buviU,Iet it btreproved hJ tht ligl>tofGods Word, o»d thot God, to whow1Ihave done th•t 1have d011<, will(Ioo•bt not)ghleme both tofoe, andto htok mint error b1fpeed)npent•nce : ifl llllvefled#WIIJ 011 foot, IjballretBrn on Horfe-bacft: BMt4t l dwrfl""'"' [<1 fool into tbisW•! , b•t •pon 4mojlJo11nd andonrejijl~blt contJiflio110fco11(ciefiCt 6J tht ,.ordofGod: ( a1 I 1'41pttrfw•ded ) {o m•ft 111J rtiJringbe r>rought6Jmm{olid m• ~ {o111 from thef•meword,tbanort ID befou11d 111 ~ tho•f~"' [•ehprttiJ l'•mphk11,4ndformallJlo•rif/Jull tbi111. SECTION XII. TheA.nli'ld'ctc ASfor the title of Ring-leader,wherewith I {Hied thisPamphleter;ifl have gitide. ven himtoomuo:h honor in hisSell:, I am forry: Perhaps llbould haveput him(pardon anhomly, but in this fenfe,not unufuall word)in the caileofthis Traine: Perhaps,I fbou\d haveendorfed my Letter to M.smith,aod his fbad~w;So I perceivehewas: Whatfoever whether he leador fOllow, God meetswith him- If Jtrtm.t 3·P· he lead:Behold I,.iJlcome •g•i~ftthem that prophejief .tfdrt<tJmJ(Caith theLord)aM dot tell them, 411dca•fe '"J peopleto me by thtir fJu. If he come behind; Thowjlutit ~I folE to"' amultitudein evil/( faithOod.)Ifeither,or both,or neither,Ifhe wil ~o alone;.-• L:t,«h.t J.!. · Nntethe foolif/> Propht11(faith the Lord)whichfoi/Of9theirown[plriti,•nd 1ve[ttnlfothing. Howfoever,your evil! fball be reproved by the light ofGods word: Yourconjunction I c>nnot promife,your reproofe I dare; Ifthereuponyou finde grace to fee andheale your!errors,we lhonldwith a\1 brotherlyhumblenelfeattend on fOot upon your rerumonHorfe-b"'k ; but ifthe livayofyour mif-refolved confdence beheadyandunrefiffab\e , and yourretyringbopeleffe ; thefe not folid reafons, thefe prettyPamphlets,thefc forrnall flourifhes fhall oneday befearefull andmateriall eviPn:~-19 u dencesagainft youbefore thatawfuiiJudge, which h011h a\readyfaid, That judgements 3 rcprepared for the Scornen, and ftripes for theback ofFoolc~. S!i:CTION
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