-----=A_1z--:Apologie againft Brownift'-.r~. ::-----c---l A (ifar Ieaft yo11will grant rharChrifi had anyChurch rill now)have continued in a recorded fucceffion throughmany hundreds ofyeeres. Search the Monumentsofher Hitrories : fuew us"here ever in particular Congregations all thefe your neccffary Offices(as youdefcribe them)were either found orrequired. It was therfore a ncwno-neceffity that bound you to this courfe, or (if you had rather) a necellityofFallibility: Ifwith thefeGod ma bewell ferved, he may bewell fervcd without rhem. Thi$ imot that HJJII11J me~ffon "'that Chrift commends in Mary: you mig!.t have fate ll:ill with Ieffe trouble, andmore thanks. SE P. B11l alfoin ourmoftJinfNOJu6jel1i•n 1o m a"} Anlichrijlianenormitic1, rvhich rr>e are 6oumito efchHM< heU. · SECTION XX!. B BUtbelides that we ought to havehad fomwhat which wewant, we have Cornwhat whichwe thould have wanted: Some? yea, manyAmichrifiian enormities. To fay we are abfolute, andneither want nor abound, were the voiceof Laodiceaor Tyrus in the Prophet: OurChurch as the is true, fo humble: and is as farre from arrogatingperfellion,as ackowtedgingfalfuood; Iffue haveenormities, yet not fo many~ o~ ifmany, not Anti~hrifrian. Your cham h~th efpied ninety one nakednetfes in th!! htsmother,_and glones to thew them; All hn mahce cannot fuew one fundamental! error : and when the foule mouthofyour falfe Martyr hatb !aid c all they are but fomefpots and blemithes, not the old running iffues,and incurab:e oo'tches ofJEg?pl:the particulars fuall plead for themfelves.Thefe you e(chew as hell: Whileyougoeonthus uncharirablybochalike; Doe you hare thefe more, than Mafter SMit!J and his fa/.tion hates yours; His Character thall be judge: Sodoewe value your d~tefiation, as youhis. It were well for:you, ifyou efchewed thefeenormites leffe, and hell more: Your linfull fubjel.tion to thefe unchnftian humors, will provemore fearefull than roour Antichriftian enormities. S EP. Shce is oMr Mother: Jo m4Jfh'ht,lntljel11olthe CArd1 Wife:eveT} Mother ofchildrw is '"'a "''fi· Ammi and 1\.uhamah,.,ere hiddent•pk•dwith their motbtrApoftate lfrael, andplraiJth<tjherval nottheLord1Wife, norhtherHlllhAnd,Hof. 2. r,o. Am/though D )IJU forbid ttS4thoufondtilnet,Jll mHftD'e ple~d: flot toexckfo ourfault, huttojr'.ftifie ortTilmocencit:alldthatn•t .nly 1101 fo nr11ch inufpdJ ofoHrfi!vu,aJ ofthe truth: which without fomlege "''maynot[Hjfer to he condemned11nheard. A11difjMJethearther not ratbtr hlalile1""filvu as Jeafi,than '" a1 dumhe.Hierom,ad Euftoch.Epitaph.Paul~ exPfal.67. SECTION XXII. 547 Theenormiriesofthe Church"in common. F,f./m(.af!}inll M .JactJb. B.rr. GJJJ. rcfutcd,i.Tnmf!.rtf· p.t8. E SHe may be your Mother(your fay)and not the LordsWife. Iris a good Mother The Chun:h that bath Children, and no Hulband: Why did you not call her phineWhore? ofEngbnd is Your oldEmbleme is, As is the Mother fo is the Daughter. Thefe ore the mo- ~tu~f.'"'of deft circumlocurions of a good fonne, who cares not to prove himfelfe a Baitard,that 'Yi"'·d' ftmpt;,. hismothermay be markt for an harlot: be you a true£o-~mmi;but England thall ne- P,./,,,.Ad•~ ver(I hope)prove an Apoftate l{i-ad: _We have no Calves b our Dan andBethel, ;;~;~·;;,.; :? none of1erohoams Idolatry:Wemve tbll calledGod Jjbi,and never burnt incenfeof ·"'"""P" •Jl Baafim:lt is your Synagogue that bath fallen away from us,as Ifrael from Juda: Bm a- p•.1"'·. thefe Children were bidden to p_lead:Gods command thields them fromthe note of ~~;:;~:~;.-;. ungrat•OUS. A6raha111 mutt facnfice hiS Sonne; and thiS Sonne mufl condemn his Mother: thew useither our equall defert, or your equall warrant- Where bath God proclaimed our Churchnot hi'? By whofehand bath he pubtithed her dil•orce? Y cu have thamed her wombe, not fueher bed,not God her demeanour. Your tongues are your own, who can forbid you? We know you will plead, and excufe; and cenfin·e, and <iefend; till all the world be \veary; we may pray with Hiero!JJ to this fenfe thlt ofthe Pfalmift, I~crepa Do mine 8ejli.n cafarar: yet we fee your I A a a 3 Pens, --- -
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