The[ep;tration t112debyour holy Martyrs. Whatfc:paratJonWand hathma<lc. - An Apologie againfl Brownifts. A SECTION XXIV. BUt how couldyou without blu!hingonce name era"""' ,latlmer,•nd rhofe oth<r holy Martyr<, which have been fo oft objefred ro the convi/Honofyour Schifme?Thofe Saints fo forfooke the Romi!h Church, a. we hove done, dyed witnelfes ofGod• truth in that Church, from whic\l.you are fepan fl: lived, prcached,governed,filed their bloud in the communion of theOmrth ofEnglllnd,which you difcl•ime and condemn os no Chqtch ofGod,as meerly Amichrillian: Either of neceffity they were noMartyrs,yea,no Chrifiians,or dfe yomSeperarions& Cenfures ofus3fe wiGked. Chufe whether youwill; They were in the lilme cafewirh us· we are in the fame cafe with ehem; no difference but in che rime: either their bloud will be upon your heads, or your own: this Church had then the fame conflirution, B the fame confuuon, the fame wor!hip the fame: minificry, the fame government (which you brand wirh Anricbiflianifme)fwayed by rhe holy handsofrbefemen of God; condemn them, or allow us. Forrheir Separation: They found m•ny main errors ofDofrrine in theChurch ofRome(in the Papacynorhingbut errors)wonh dying for: fbew us one fuch inours, andwewill nor only approve your Separation, but imitate it. S £ P. B11t htre in t!Je '""" oftheCht~rchof England,JIH wafo pwr hawd1 ofa!/Babyloni!h domina#on1, r;hich JOII pretotiJoll haveforfaktn, •ndherfor them. AHdi11 thi1 ngard 1011fptak}hHJ: The RiformatioiJJOII havemade •fthe f114111411d111ainecorruptiDIIJ ofthe Romifb Ch11rch, we doe ingenHo>fiJ acknowlrdge •ni 6otr;ithallnw~race withJ01Iall the lrttthr1Phicb t..Hr ltno.,kdgtyoHh•ve received in fteai of them. But Rome rPaJ C tJOt buillaUi11ad•J· ThemJftery if iniruity did adv1nce it Jilfi bJdtgrw: attdat therifo rP4t, fo muft tluf•Uhe. That Man ofSi1111e, a11dLa.,ltjfe ma,, mt~ft lan. guijh anddie lrPaJ ofa cMfumptiM, 2 Theffal. 2 ·8. ANd•hat tf.oHghm•nJ ofthe higheft Towert ofBabel,•nd•ftheftrongtft Pillart alfo be demolijhtd,andp•lltdd'"">J" may tht 611zldingjl•ndftiU,t6ough tWeringtoandfro ( aJ it doth) ondoniJ under-propptd amiuph<ldwoth thejboNider atJdarmeofjlefb; rPitbout which in a very mOJfltYI it n>o11/d [•Uflat upon, andl:!e level/ rPit~ the earth. S £ C T r o N XIV. THeChurchofEngland doch :noc noww•fh her hands ofS.bylonifbabomi- D nacions,buc rother fbewes they are cleane. WouldGod chey were nomore foule wich your llander chan her ownAncichrifiianifme. Here will be found not pretences, but proofes ofour forlilking Babylon; ofyoor forfaking us, not fo much aswell coloured pretences: Youbegin to be ingenuous; whileyou confelfe areformation in che Church ofEngland: not offome corruptions, but many; and chofe many noc flighc, but maine. The gifrs ofAdverfaries are chank!ef!'e:AsJerom fiaid ofhisR,ffimn;fo may we of you,that you wrong us with p!3ifes:This is no more pr~ife rhan your nexr page gives to Ancicbrifr himfelfe.Leaveouc many,and though yom commendations bemore uncercaine, we fballaccepc ic : fo your indefinite propofirion fball found to us as general!, Thacwe h•ve reformed the mainecorrupcions ofche Romi!hChurch:None E therefore rem•in upon us,buc flight and fuperficiall blemilhes.Soyou have forfaken a Church offoule fkin, bucofa found heart; for wane ofbeaucy, noc oftruth. Bmyou fay many, noc All, that ifyou can pick aquarrel!wirhone, youmight rejefr all: yecfbew us rhar onemaine and fubfbnci•ll error,which we have not reformed: and you doe not more embt3ce chofe truthswith us which we have received, ch•nwewill condemn that fa I !hood which you have rejefred,and embrace che truth ofrhac reparation which you have pracrifed. The degreeswhereby rhac firumpec ofBabylon got on horfbackyou have learned ofus, whohave both learned and caughc, char as Chrifl came not abruptly into the world, buc with manyprefages, and prefigurarions,(Theday w.slong dawning ere cbis Sunne arofe) (o his advecfary (chat Antichrifr) breakes not flrddenly upon rhe Church
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