Au Apology againfl Brownifh. l _2E_ ·' SEP. TourpifJiflg •f•sa•d rommisgfor '", efpeci•l~ forthe,.roll(, done lJ ru,JPerti8JDU comme8dablt affdJions, ifo/ HI juft/Joccaft•"ed; bHI ifJDNI Church be deep~'""'"' in Apojlajie, aniJJoU cl}, Peace, Peace, JPhe•fodalnea•dcert4i!ltdtfJalionil at ha•d, it i< 10 u that doe ,.,.llg) though 1"' ••k.r the compUi11t : <~•d Jo bei•g cruellttJfPards.Jour folvu, a11d1 our wn, ..hotn.JUHflatter, JO~ cannot be tr~l!fitifir/ltorurdtothert ,.,hom JON Dl:tP4i/t, IJHtl1/PiiJ 1101 d:toHr4gt)OH IIJ thu affe010fl, .'efl'"t jintkf"". ltlthe ~~111< falllt:the moft illjleadofpii.J compaj{10n,ajfordlng Ill noth1ng but f•'l & riHilgnatum. ~ SECTION XIII. j"(' I Profefl'ed tobellow pity and farrow upon you and your wrong: ·You entertain !~bt~~ bothharfhly,andwith a churlifh repulfe: What fbould aman.doe with fuch difpofitioos? Let himllroke themon the ba~k,. they fnarle at h1m, and fbew ~belt ofE.nt,IJnd. teeth: Let him fbew them a Cudgell,they Hy ID hiS face: you allownot ourachons, and returnourwrong; Our. isboth the injury and complaint; How can this be l You are theAgenrs, we fit fiil~a nd fuf!fr inthis renr; Yet( fince the caufemakes the Schifme) letusenquire, not whole the action is, butwhofe thedeferr:Our Church is deepc drencht in Apofiafie;andwe cry Peace, peace: No lefl'e than awho! Church at c once,aod that not fprinkled,or wetfuod,but drencht inApofiafie;What,did we fall offfrom you,or you from us?Tell me,werewe ever the,rrueChurchofGod?andwere we then yours?Wecannot f.all, unlefl'c weonce frood: Was your Church before this Apoflafie?Shew us your Ancefrors inopinion: Namemebut one that ever taught as yoo doe,and I vowto fepamte: Was it not?Then we fell nor from you: EveryA pollafieoftheChurchmufr no;edsbe from the rrueChurch.Atrue Church,&nor1ours? And yet can there be but one true;See nowwhether in branding uswith Apofrafie, ATrclril<of you have not proved yours tobe no true Church;Still I am ignoranr:Ql1een M~rier the Minitlerv dayes (fay yoo) had a trueChurch,whichfepaNted fromPopery, Jchofe themMini- ofE'!_!,!iUid,.tllers,fervedGod holily,from thencewasour Apollafie: Bur,were notthe fame alfo gain1lM.H. (forthemoll parr)Chrilliansin King Edrl>41dtdaits?Did they then,in that confufed pat.I1.fo 0 allowanceoftheGofpell,feparate? Or(f pray you)were Cr4nmer,L4timrr, Ridlg, H•oper, and the reil, parrsofthat Church, or no?Was there any other ordinationof Miniflers than from them? Rejefr thefe, and aD theworld will hifk at you;Receive H-A•fwmbin them,&where is our Apoflafte.? What Antichriltianifm havewe,wherofthefe were hisforcf,><.ch to his Count:- freed; But you leapback ( if r urgeyou farre )from-hence tothe Apollles times, 10 1nqu.intowb. fetch our once trueChurch trom far, that it might bedeare 1 toou fball not carve for TmiJI.JIOTil• us: we like not thefebold over-leapsoffomanyCemuries: I peak boldly;you dare Ttrtull.dtPrt~ fmpt not lland ro the triall ofany Church, fince theirs: Now I heare your Doetor fay,this St:J.tMP'ir[.inib. Challenge favours of Rome: Antiquity iswith you, aPopifbplea: wehave willingly VtLvtd. fhar nocootinuancc takenup our Adverfaries, at this (by pretence, theirown)weapon 1 Youdebarir in ofumeClll rheco!Cienceofyourown novell fingularity;Yet your Pallorcan be cotenrtomake prcJUdLcecruth ufe ofTertu/.aloneagainfr all Fathers;Th~t fuch thingsare jufrly to be charged with SJ me rt:prth(nd.r&~TaJt/lm, vanity,as are donewithoutany precept,eitheroftheLord,oroftheApollles:And the f.Jttrtlll&'qu4• E Apollles did faithfully deliver to theNations the Difcipline they received ofChrill t7TilTttwntaJtwhichwemull believe to be rhetumultuaryDifciplineof the refined houfeful a rAmbus. Aug. Hm·. F~.]ohll[onio-- fterd4m: What?all in all ages, and plac.s rill now Apollar.s?Say ifyou can,rhat thofe hisJn(w, roT, famous Churches,wherein.C.Jpviiii,AthapdjitH,Ambrofe, Hierome,Aufte,,cbryfoftom, rb.p,l6.Anf. ~inftBr,:Jtb. and the reil ofthofebleffed,Lights lived,were lefl'e deepe in this ApollaGe than ours? Jl:lgol7• 0 Apollaticall Fathers, that feparared not/ yea,fay ifyou dare, that other reformed The(cDuub Churches are not over theAnkles with nsin this Apollafie: whathard newsis<his ra Churches of. us, when as your Ora~:ledare fay not much lefl'e, ofthe reformed ChurchesofNethtr- :~&:7 l4•1s,with whomyou live?Thushewrires;Fornot hearing pfthem in otherC6gre- d1forders,lxa: mrhe1rCon- !!3tions in rhefe countries; this I anfwer, That feeing by themercyofGod,we .have tlitutioo, Go-- feen & forfaken thecorruprions,ye< remaining in the publikeminillrarion and con- vemmcnr,: d1tion Worlhip,&c. -
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