All!,-eont.Epi{l. Par~~ttn,lib.,. E.pifl.Jiiniiad Stpar. How the Churchof Engilndh.1th fcpanted fiom Babyltm. GJjj:re[ut. z.: tranfg. Kt"',;r/.18.1. Anfw.fore- ~~~:~{ ASimont Ztlota Nictph.Aiii.ii Jof.Ari,...Jb, cuj!U hie frpldclmtiiiCI71fit~tr. Antli.T'.l{cbJ. G7.1tfOTIUT1tCC- /t/Jrtrrli1ft, Jacob.Armiw. DlfP. Cll1tt.8.8. 1-".]lm..t.png. d~£uft, Ait Apologieagainft Bronmifts. Pens, Tongues,and Prelfes ,bufie and violem. I will not apply to you that which A A•g•ftin ofhis DonatiO:>. Though truth C<?mpell you to be dumbe, yet iniquity will notfuffer you to be ltlem. But1fyou wmewho! Marts and worlds ofVolumes, you !hall never be able either to jafl:ifieyour Innocence, or excufe your fault: In the meane time, the noife ofyour contenti?~• is fo great: that yourtroth cannot be heard.Learr.ed J•ni111,and our learnedfl: DIVInes,and ne~ghbour Churches,have oft heard your clamors, never your trurh: So little have youofthis, and fo much ofthe other, that we are ready t?wilh(ashe ofold)either our fel vcs deafe, or you dumbe. SEP. 11 not BabyIon the <M otherofGodJ people? wbo• he thmforeconmJIIndeth to dep4rt oHtofher, left heingpartafwrsofherfinJ,they alfopart•k.! ofher pl•gNtJ. At:dto <O!IciNde, ll wh•t (ay JOM more •gainjltH, foryo•r Mother theChurch of England , tha, thePapijl1 doefor tl,.ir Motber,andyour Mother/ Motber, the clmrchofRome,aga111ft )ON, rohom thry condemN< a1 unllafHrallBaftardr alldio1pious Plllricides inJ'"'Jeparatio11 front her? S£CTI ON XXIII. THe fpiritof yourProto-MartJr,would hardly have digefred this title ofBIIDylolt Mother ofGodspeople; amurderinl( Step-mother, rather: Shecannot be a Mother ofChildreu toGod, and no ChurchofGod:Notwithfranding,Gods people (would he fay)may be in her, not ofher. So B•/J.Jior: bore them nor,but s;., in B•hJion; But! feace nor your excelfeofcharity ' You fly ro your Doctors challenge; and alkewhat we fay againfl you for us, which.ltomewiN not fay for her felf againfl: us: Will you jufl:ifie this Pleaof Rome,or not? lfyou will,why doe you revile C her? Ifyouwill not, whydoeyouobjectit? Heare then whatwe fay both ro you and tbem,our enemicsboth:andyet theenemies ofour enemies: firfl:,we difclamie, and defieyour Pedegrecand theirs. The Church of Rome was never ourMothersMother: Our Chrifl:ian f.1ith came not from the feven·hils: Neither was derived either from A•g•jli11e the Monke,or Pope Gregory. Brit4~yhad aworthy Church beforeeither ofchemlookt into rheworld: Itis true char the ancient Romane Churchwas fifrertoours: here was neer kindred,no dependance: And nor more confanguinity, than (while fbe continued faithftlll) Chrifiian love: Now lhe is gone a whoring, hercha(r Gfl:er jufl:ly fpirteth at her:yet even fl:ill(ifyou diflingui!h,as your learnedAmagonifl: hath taught you,betwixt che D Church and Papacie)(be acknowledges herSifrerhood, though lhe refrains her converfation: as lhebath manyOavilh and factious abertors ofher known and gro!Te errors (to whomwedeny this title) affirming them che body, whereofAotichrifl:is che head,the great Whore,aod Mocher ofabominations;IOagainehowmany thoufands hath lhe, which retaining the foundation according ro their knowledge( as our learnedWhilafwr~ had wont to fay ofBernard)fullowAbfoloMWith a limple heart: all which torejefr from GodsChurch,were no better than prefumpruouscruelcy. It were well fur youbefore God and theWorld, ifyou could as ealilywalh your hands ofunnatural! impiety, and crecheroufne!Te, as weofBafl:ardyand unjufl: fcquefl:ration. There can be noBafl:ardy, wherewas never any Motherhood, we wereNephews to tlrat Church, never fonncs : nnlelfe as Rome was the motherCirty ofrhe E world,foby humane infl:itucion,we fuffered ourfelves to be ranged under herPatri· archall authoriry,as beingthe mofr famousChurch ofrheWefr:a matterofcourtdie, andprecendedOrder; no necdlity,no fpircuall obligation.As for our fequefimion, yourmouth and theirs may be fropt wich this Anfwer : Asall corrupted Churches, fo fome thingsrhe Chnrchof Rome frill holds aright; a trueGod in three periOns, true$criptllres,thoughwith addition,a trne Chrift, rhoup,h mangledwich fouleand erroneou;confequences; true Baptifme, though lhamefullydeformedwith rotten Traditions;and many other undeniable truths ofGod : fome other things (and too many) her wicked Apofrafie harh devifed andmaintained abominablyami!Te; t~e hody of her Antichrifrianifme, grolfeerrors, and (by jufl: fequell) he relies; thw PopesSupremacy, Infalltbiliry,Illuminacion, Tranfubftanriation, Idolacrousand fuper-
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=