rhejud,"'· mcnt arid pra· lliceof cdler t<foonod, Chutdt<s. P[ltl.to.t . 1:t'(_dt .At1111flr. ~::!;[(!~ 8. D DIWIJ.p. Z.9 Htmin~pu. ]Mduat.,f~triJ Mm.{lros/utJ EpifwpUM~ttm ptrtrrt debtrt. P111fl·Eu .c.IQ. An Apologie againft Brownifts. SECTION XXXI. A FRomyour own verdiCt you defcend to the te!limoniesofall Reformed Churches: I blu!b to fee fo wilfull aQanderf.lll from thepenofa Chrifiian. That all RefOrmed Churches renounce our Prelacy as Amichn!lian; what onebath done it? yea, what one lOrraine I:>ivineof ~ore, bath not given toour Clergie the right handofFel!owlbtp? fo fa~ ts tt_from th1s, that J. Al4jco was the allowedBi!bop ot our fir!lReformed !lrangers 10 th1s land;fofar,tharwhen your DOCtor found himfelfe urged(by M.Spr.)with a cloud ofwitnelfes for ourChurch & 1',1ini!lry,as BNctr Marl)r,F 4git~~,Aiaj<P,C4/vi'!,BtU,BNUinge;, Gll~lttr,Simkr,Z411thi111,JHMiiii,R18octl' and others, he had not~mg to fay fo.r h1mfclf, hut, Thoughyou comeagain(l us withHorfe-men andChanors,yer wewtll remember the nameoftheLordourGod· and turns it offwith the accufation ofaPopilb plea & reference to the pracriceof rh~ Reformed: And if therforetheyhaveforenounced it,becaufetheirprafrice receives B it not;Why,like a trueMake-batedo you not fay,thatourChurcheshave fo renounced theirGovernment?Thefe fifters have learned to differ, and yet to loveand reverence each other : and in rhefe cafes to enjoy their own forms, without pre/Criprion ofnecefiiryor cenfure. Let Reverend Bez• be the Trumpetofall the refr, who relsyou rharrhe Reformed Engli!bChurches continue, upheld by the•urhoriryof Bi!bops, and Archbi!bops, that they have had menofthat Rank, both famous Marryrs,and worthy Pa!lon andDOCtors: and Ia!lly, congratulates thi!blefiing roour Church: or let Htmingill4 reil you rhejudgemenrofrheDani!bChurch: jNdic•t cettros,Mmijlros,&c.lt judgerh,faitll he,rharotherMini!lers lhouldobey theirBi!bops .in all things,which make eo rhe edificationoftheChurch,&c. Bur what do I oppofe any tohis nameleffe Alii his own filence coofateshimenough in my filence. C tL... It feems,the fdcrel(fo calkr/)8JttDdA/fHmttb littk le(tu11to htr felfiinher tktmll;,tatioMJ: othtrwije,ho"' tl•rftjhetkcree fo abfoluteiJ, ar foe joth, lo¥cbisg thiMgt repottdill· diffi rmt,viz.that alltntll-jlu/1pl1ct1mHftfHbmittmtotbtm llltthcutexception,or limitatiM? Except]he coolditifallibiJileltrmiM, thatthtfebtr Ctrtf601Jitt thrH •bfoiNttfJ impofod1Jhooldei/ijieallmmat ai1Htt~es1 ho., rl•tflfheth114 impofethtml To exaflobe1 die net ;, a•dusto them, ,;htthtr thtJoffend •nffi'ld •ot, J¥hethv lheJ edijtordtftf"J, were intolerabltprefumptioll. SECTION XXXIX. ~ THerowasneveramoreidle an'dbeggerlycavill thanyournexr : yourChri- D I or.ru:.:Uf. !lian 1.\.eadermu!lneeds thinke you hard driveo for quarrels, wheo you are ferau. Artick faine roferch the Popes inf.lllibility,outofour Syood, wbofe flat Decree ic ~~iig.ftio fiM wasofold; That even Generall Counce)s trulY erre,and have erred.Bot wherein doth 1""'""' .. a. our facred Synodalfume this inf.lllibility, io her dererminarions?WherefOre isaSy- !~;f.;~d;,.,. nod, ifnot todetermine?But ofrhings reputed indifferenc?What elfe are fobjecho •• f-mtf&<. rhe con(lirutionsofmen? Good and evill are either direB:ly, orby necefTary fequell ~~;,~~1 ;t' • ordred by God; thefeare above humane power: What have men todoe,ifnot with Admo things indifferenc? All necefTary things aredetermined by God, indtfferentbymen citod alfob; 7 • · from God,which areas fo many parriculars,exrraas from the generals ofGod:Th& ~.;'F;~/i!i~~· things (faith learned Calvin)are indifferenr,and inthe power oftheChurch: Either E tn bu ,.;,. ,_ you mu!l allow the Church this, or nothing. But the(edecrees are abfolure, what ;,., ' '1'""' laws can be without acommand? The law that tiesnor is nolaw:Nomore than that ~·;,::;;;,~;~: (faith A•ftil~which ties us roevill. Bur for all men, and all times? Howfor all? For ,;,,, '" pop•«• none( I hope)bur our own. Andwhy nor for rhemlbot without exception and limi- ~::,_~;t;~;· ration:Doe not thus wrongourChurch:owlate Archbifhop(ifitwerenor piacular iLL""'"" run~ for you to readought ofhis)couldhave caught you in his publikewrirings,rhefe five " "'"' d"'·'~- limitationsofenjoyned ceremonies:Firll:,that they benot again(! thewordofGod; ;V:::_:.; f:.~ Secondly,that Ju!lificationor Remiffionoffins be not attributed ro rbrm; Thirdly, bw tfl,;.r mod• thattheChurch be oor troubledwith theirmulrirude;Fourthly,thattheybe notde- _1""'""'·~"'': ·creedas neceffary,and not robechanged,And lafily,tbar men be not fo tied to them j;~~~;~.d/ but that by occafion rbeymay beomitted,fo itbe without offence & contempt;you · fee
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