All Apology againfo Browniftr. ~-- --------~~~~~~--~--~~~-/ A Church, buc comeswith much preparation & longexpell:ance: and as his rife,fo his &.11 mull begraduall,and leifurely: Why fay you then,that the "holeChurch every where,mull at once utterly fall offfrom the Church where theMan offinne fitreth? His fall depends on the fall ofochen,or rather their riling from under him: If neither ofthefemull be fudden, whyisyourhafie?But this mullnot be,yet ought: as there muft be herdies,yetthereought nor: It is one thingwj!atGod bath fecrctly decreed, anotherwhat muftbedefiredofus: Ifwe couldpull that Hariot from her feat, and put her to J•z•btl1 death,itwere happy: J:Iave we nor e~devou~ it? What fpeak youofthe highellTowers,and fuongeft ptllars,or tottermg remamdorsofBabyIon? we (hewyou all her roofebare, herwalls razed, her vaults dig!(ed up, hermonuments def.tced,herAltarsfacrificed to defolation. Shortly, all her building demoB Ji!bed, not a lloneupon a llone, fave in rude heapes, ro tell that here oncewas BabyIon:Your llrife goesabout to buildagain thather Tower ofconfufion.Goddivides yourlanguages: It willbewell; ifyet youbuild notmore thanwe have referved. SEP. TON h1ve rtnollncttl fiiiiiJ fAI[edol1rinesl!l Popery, and In thtirpl1c<s eiJJ6r4cttlthe trNth. BHtPhalifthistrNth k taNghtuntlertht[Mile hAtef•ll Pre/•cle inthtfomedeviJitlofftce•fMinifttry,••tlconf11JitlcomfiiHIIion•fthtproph4ntmNititttdt,tlldthat minglrdwith "''IIJ '"o" ? SECT, ION XXVI. c yOuwillnowbefree!x>thinyourprofdlionandgifr;Yougiveustohavere· nounced many falfedollrines in Popery: and to have embraced fo many truths : we take it unrillmore : You profcffewhere you fiick,whacyoumiflike: In chefe foure famous heads, which you have learned by heart fromall Y,Our predeceffours;An hatefull Prelacy, A devitedMiniftery, aconfufed and prophane communion, and laf.Hy, the intermixruresofgrievouserrors. What ifthis truthwere taught under ahacefull Prelacy? Suppofe itwere fo; Muft I notembrace thetruth,becaufe I hate thePrelacy?What iflfrael!iveunder the harefulllEgyptiaos? What if ]tr.,it live under hatefull Ptl{hNr? What ifthe Jewes live under an hateful!Priellhood;What ifthe difciples live under hateful! Scribes?What are other perfons to my profeffion ? If I may befreely allowed to be atrue profelfed D Chriftian, what care I underwhofe bands?Boc whyiisogr Prelacybatefull?All:ively to you, or paffively fromyou?Inchat itbates you? Would God you were notmore your ownenemies; Or rather becaufe you hate it? your hatred is neitherahy news or paine; Whoorwhat ofours is not hacefull to you? OurChurches,Bels,Cioathes' Sacraments,Preachings, Prayers, Singings,Cateehifmes,Courts, Meetings,Burial~ Mariages :it ismarvell thatour aire infeCts ttot;and that our heaven and earrh(as o p· IIIIH fa idofthe Donarills)efcapeyourJbatred ; not the forwardeft ofourPreachers (as you rerme tbem)have found anyother entercalnment; no enemycould be more fpightfull; I fpeak it to your !bame. 1\.ome it felfin diverscontroverfarydifcourfes hath bewrayed leffe gall,rhanAmllerdam; thebetter they are toothers,you profelfe they are theworfe: yea,would to God thatofP•N/werc not verified ofyou·hateful and hatingoneanother;but we havelearnei:f,chat ofwifeChrillians,ndtthe'm~afur~ ofhatred !bould ~ refpeeted, but the defert; Davit/is hated for DD caufe, Mich4i•h E for agood caufe: Your caufes !ballbe examined in theirplacesonwards.!t were hapPY ifyou hated your own finnes more, and peace lcffe; our Prelacywould trouble you Jeffe, and you theChurch. S£C TI oN XXVII. FOrourdevifed officeofMinillery youhave given it a true title.It was devifed 1bdeedby ourSaviour,when he uid,Go reach allNationsandBaptize;andperformed incontinuance,when he gavefome eo be Pallors & Teachers; and nor onely theOfficeofMinifury in generall,butourswhom be bathmadeable to teach, and defirous,feparated us fur rhiscaufe to rhe work, upondue trial! admitred u~ ordained us by impofition ofhandsofrheElderlhip,and praier,direll:ed us in the right divifion Thenuine %~~~~. B.sn".and Gr. ~!.~fx- :~m.Paffim. Plnrymhis Exam. £xod.I.t"3,&c ]trt11J. 2.0 , J, Jmm.j.~tlt. [t•fp<tef.to . 7-R<>f. . p.60.T~· J+ Pfd.69•i• Thctruth and Watrantofthe Miniftcryof Fngland. ill4t,:tS.t9. Epi.J.+o. 2.Tim.2..2., IT,im.I ,3·
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