AnApowgie againft Brow11ijl_s-=-. ::----::-c----l A Towersof that Babe! : Youa!ke therefore wherherrheOffice ofArchbi010ps, Bi010ps, and the relt of that ranke, were not in Q]een M ants dayes,pansofthat accurfed Hierarchie, andmembers ofthat manoffinne. Duubtlellethey were: Who candeny it ? Bur now(fayyou) they have the fame Ecclefia!ticallJunfdichoncomi· nued: This is your miferableSopbi!trie: Thofe PopifhArchbifhops,BJ01ops, ano Clergywere membersofAmichri!t: notasChurch-Governors,bmasPop fh; whik they fwore fubjefuon ro hfm, while they defended him, whiles they worfh1pt him above all char is calledGod, andextoned this homage fromothers, how could they beother but limmes of that man of finne? fhall others therefore which defie him, refill, trample upon him, fpend ~heir livesand labors inoppugnarion ofhim, be neB ceffarily in rbe fame cafe, bccaufemthe fame roome ~ Letme h;Jpeyour Anabaprilts with a found Argument : The Pnnces, Peeres, and MdgJftrares of the Land in Queene Mar/er dayes werefhouldeJsand armes ofAntichrilt; their calhng is fiill rhe fame therefore now they are fuch: YourMalter Smith upon noother ground difclaim~rh Infants Baprifme, cryingoutthat this is the maine reliqueofAnrid1rifl:ia· nifme: But fee how like a wifeMa!teryou confuteyour felfe : They are llill mem· bersofrhebody, though rhe bead ( rhePope) be curotf: The head isAnrichrifl:, therefore rhe body without the head isno part ofAmichrifl:: He that iswirhourthe headChrifi, is no ~1emberof~hrifl: .' fo contrarily; I hereyou fay, the very }uriCdiction and Office JShere Anuchnlt~an, not the abule : What? m them, and not inall BiChopsfince, and in the Apoltlestimes? Alas, who are yon that youfhould oppote all Churchesand times) IgnoranceofChurch-!tory, and nor dillinguillling c betwixt fubfl:ances and appendances,perfonall abufes, and callmgs, hath led you 10 this error.<Yet tince youhave reckoned up fo many Popes , let mehelpeyou with more:Wasthere not one in Lambeth,whenDo&or Crammr was there/One in Fulham when lUj(ef wasthere?One inWorcefl:er, when Lalimen vas there?One at Win~he!ter, when Philpol was tllere/Wewill goe higher; Was not fl il1ri111 at Aries P••linJH at Nola,Prim4}ifllatUti.ca,Eptheriutat Lyom_. CJril at Alexandria,chry[o}. atConfrantinople,:.t•guj<t.ve atHrppo,Amhrpft at M!llam?Wbat Chould I be infinite? Was not CJprid.9 at Carthage, Bvodim, and after him IgnatiiH in Saint 'joh111 time at Antioch, Pol]carpte at Smyrna, Philip ~t Cre~rea, 'jamu and Simeo,; and Cfeoph41 ar Hierufalom,and (by muchconfentofAntiquiry)TiiiH in Creet, 'l'JmolhJ at Ephefus M•r/i!at Alexandria: yea, to befhort, was there nor every where in all Ages, anal~ D !owed SuperiorityofChutch-Governorsunder this title? (ookintothefrequent Subfcriptions ofall Conncels, and theirCanons,· LookeintotheRegifl:ers ofall times,andfindeyourfelfeanfwered; LetRevetend * Calvi,beour Advocate: I would defirenoorher wotdsto cunfnte you, but his: He fhall tell you thateven in the primitive_Chutcb/ rbePrdbyters_chof:one out oft~eir number inevery City, whomthey ttded their Btfbop, le!t ditfent1on fhould afife !Tomequality. Let Hemivgim teach you that thiswas thepracticeofthepurefrChurch: Thus it was ever· and ifPrinceshave pleafed to annex either large maintenances , or fl:iles ofhighe; dignitie, andrefpell: unto thefe, doe their additions annibilate them? Hath their doublehonourmadevoide theircallings?Why,more than extreme needineffe? If E Arijlotlr would notallowa Prie!t to beaTradefman,yer Pau/cOQld yeeld tohomely Tent·making : ifyour Elders giow 'richornoble, doe they ceafe to be, or begin to beunlawfnll? But in how many Volumes bath this point beene fully difcutfed? I !illnot togleane afterrheir full cam. 555 C'l.:r.it i: ;f theB..'"Ilfi:ag:unftR.c/fi(l"l. Ard.~deacon. llt.llif}imuJP~ papatfimi11 tpifl.Ign.:t.ad Trll/li101.E11ftb. l.J .E.x&ftb. Hin. C.zta!cg. ScTip. Epiplu•· 1J~&t. * Calv.I•fl.t+ Hin• J.Ev.:~g:n• Htming. P11rt]f. Eul.t14f 3 '•lo Hinem~ji11.. 111Til r ftCNra ttmfn"•A.Joflo/. {tdt.d/.tiJPatri· arcbm IJNOTIIm tTIIlfUTA!'tNt it!~7,!~1;;{q; t lil,t rtn/Nr, Nt (IINifJ mJPIJU Epifcgpi fmgu!i prlk llli~nJnj {irttrtnt,&c. Arj{J.Pil.;.PotmU Ji.l'itiiVil &paupmatiJ hllfllilittU't.<tl ' hu111Uiornn vtl A11dfo doeaUthe&formed Ch••·chuio theWorU(off1'1!Qft tefti111DIIJJDHbo•JI fo foul) i•{.rimm Er[ rmou11ee the Prela<Jof England, "' part•fthll Pfeudo.Clergie,and d fJtichrijli4"Hie· "''mj/"'· r•rcbkdcrivedfroniRome. H~trNI. v.. g,r. Bbb
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