An Apologie againft Brownijlr. -A- fu- pe- rfi_i_ti_o_u_sw- o-r(::-:- bip-,-.-nd a thoufandotherofrhis bran-, i:-n_r_e_g._r-:d-o-:f:--al-1-th_c_fe-1-Jt-t-er-, 1 weprofeffe ro theworld a jufi and ancient feparauon from thisfa!fe faith anddevotionofthe RomilhChurch; which neitheryou will fay, northey!ball everprove B faulty : yea rather they have in all thefefeparated from us,who fiillirrefragablyprofeffe to hold with the ancient, from whomthey are departed.Inregard oftheother weare!Hll with,.them, holdi~g and embracing with them what they hold with Ctmfi: : neither will you (Ithmk) everprove thatm thefewe lbould differ. As for our communion, they have feparated usby theirproudand foolifb excommunications: if they had not, we would jufilyhave begun: from their Tyr.ny and Antichrifiianifme, from theirmiferableldolatry : but as for thebody oftheir poorefeducedChrifiians,which remaine amongfi rhem upon the true foundation(a.doubtletfe there are thoufands ofthemwhich laughat their Pardons,Miracles, Superfiitions and their trufi In merits repofingonly upon Chrifi) we adhere to themin love ancl' piry,an~ haverefiified our a~ettion !'yourbl::md,ready upo~ any jufi call rodo it more. neitherwould feare ro Joyn wuh themmany trneferv1ceofonrcommon God: But the full difcourfeofthis point,thathonorable and learned Pltjfet hstb fo forefialled, that wharfoever I fay,wouldfeem butborrowed. Untothisrich Tre:uife 1 rererremyReader, for full fatisfaaion: WouldGod this point were throughly known , andwell weighed on our parrs. Theneglefr or ignorancewhereofhath bothbred and nurfed your feparation, and driven theweakeandinconfiderateinto !lrange extremities. 549 Pl>il,Uorn.du Pl~ffuldl. dt Ecclt .up. t o. Thisfay we ofourfelves innomoreCharity than T rurh : But for you; howd"re c you make this fbamele!fe comparifon? Canyourheart futferyour tongue to fay,that there is nomoredifferencebetwixt BDme and us, than there isbetwixt us and yon? Howmanyhundrederrors,howmanydamnable herefieshave we evinced with yon, in rhat(focompounded) Church? lbewus but onemif-opinion in ourChurch that , you can provewithin thekenofthe foundation: Let nor zealemake you impudent: Count . p. r7 r , YourDofrorcould fay(ingenuonlly fure)that in the Dofrrincswhich fbeprofeffcth, !be is f.nrebetterand purer than theWhoreMother of Rome; and y<>ur Jafi Martyr, yetbetter: Ifyoumean (faithhe )by aChurch(as the mofi doe)that publikeprofeffionwhereby mendoe prore!fefall(ation robehad by thedeath and righteoufn~!Te of JefusChrifi,Iam freefromdenyingany ChurchofChtifi robe in thisLand : for 1 know theDofuinetonching theholyTrinity,thenatures andofficesofthe Lord J eO fus,free jufiificarionby him; both the Sacramenrs,&c.pnbli{bed by her M;ajefliesauthority,and commandedbyherlaws,ro be the Lords bletfed and undoubted Truths, without the knowledgeand profeffionwhereofno falvation is to behad : Thus he with famehone([ , though little fenfe. Iftherefore your will doe not !land In your light, you maywell fee, whywe lhould thus forfake their communion , and yet not youours.Yet though their corruptionsbe incomparablymore,wehavenot dared ro feparate fo farre from them, asyou have done from usfor Jeffc : Still wehold them even aviGbleChurch, but unfound,fick, dying; fick , not ofa confumption only but ofa leprofieor plague (fo is the Papacie to rheChurch)dileafes,notmoredead!; than infefrious : Ifthey be norrather in 84rdiJ raking; ofwhom the fpirit ofGod E faith, thou hafia name thatthou liven,bur thou art d~ ; andyet in thenextwords bidsthemawake, and firengthen the thingswhich are ready to die. And thoughour judgement and praCtice have forfaken their erroneous dotl:rines and fervice, yet our charity (if you take that former difiinltion) hath not lltterly forfaken and condemned their perfons. This is our coolene!Te, but equality : your reprobationof us for themhath not more zealethanhead firong uncharitablenc!Te. SEP• .Andwertlll11 Lurher, Zuinglius, Cranmer,Latimer, 411dtht rrjl k got to the Lord;, thtWqmbeoftht RomijhChu"h? didthtjnol rmivt thek._~~tmledgeofhiJTruthwhen the} foodafJu•ll f1lem/JerJ of it?"'"''" 110""ithjl4t>diflg4fttmardJ theyforfook._,•nd thatjujl1) (or htrf m ric41iol1. SEGTIO~ r PtltYJExam. beforcM.rr.us· jh'"' andjuft. r,~t:g. Fr Jun.l.dtEt.- ' lt[ .M. HP!Jlr.tr• r.ull[.pri.DJ~ PltjJtJ,l.dt Eecl. Jatlb.Armilf, Difput.,P- ltrJnalds.ThrfT. D. Fitld oidle Church. lttvt(.joC'lo .
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