AnApologie againft Browniftr. A fee ourlimits: but yonr feare is in this !all, contrary to his.He llandsupon offence in omirting,you in ufing: As i.fit were a jull offence to difpleafea beholder, no offence todifpleafe and violate amhority : What Lawcould ever be made ro offend none? Wife Cato might have taught you this, in Uvi<, that no Law can be commodiom to all: Thofe lipswhich pteferveknowledge,muft impart fo muchofit to their hearers, as to prevent their offence: Neither mullLaw-givers ever fore-feewhat conltrucrions will ha ofthei{ Laws, bnc hat ought to be: Thofe thingswhich your Coniiflory impofes, may youkeep them ifyou !ill) lsnorthewilling neglell: ofyourown Parlour-Decrees punilhed with Excommunication? And now what is all this ro infallibility? The facred Synod determines thefe indifferent R.ires, for decency and B comlinelfe to be ufedofrhofe whom it concernes, therefore it arrogates ro it felfe infallibility: A conclufion fir for aSepararifr. c You llumble at the TirleofSacred: every llraw!yes inyour way; your Caltpine couldhave raughtyou, that Houfes, Caflles,Religious bufinelfes, old age ir felfhave this {tilegiven them:and Virgil(vittafi; rifolvit S~erati capitiJ: )No Epithere ismore ordinary ro Councels & Synods:The reafon whereof may be fetched from that Infcriprion ofthe ElibertineSynod; ofthofe nineteen Bitbol" is faid: when the holy and Religious Bilhops werefet:HowrewCouncels have not had thisTitle?Toomic the !are; Theholy Synod of Carth~ge , under AnaftajitH, The holy and peaceableSynod at Anlioch, The holy SynodofGod,and Apoftoltcall,at Rome under JulitH,The Holy and great Synod at Nice : and not to be endleffe: Theholy Synodof Laodicea (though but provinciall)Wbatdoe thefe idle exceptions argue but wantofgrearer? St:P. To letp•ffiJ•"' Ecclejiajlicl/1CM.fiftoriu ,ahe7eiflji!IJanddfoiNtionlfrom themare ~~ veniaO4#df•k•hle 1t1t Rome; I/ it nota LAD! oftbe Etetn10God,thattbeMi#iflm oftheGofpeO, the Bijhopl of Eldmjhouldhe~pta!IJable lo teach? rTimoth. 3• >. Titus I. 9· 411diJit tJOt thtif grievoiH ji"t~eto6eu114pt hereNIIto? Efa. s6. I o, I'· A11d)etr.h• k.,nor&etluut tblt the P#lrMI4mongjiJ•11P"fent ,thltthe Bijhoplinjfitute,the Archdeacon/ it1dsfJ, theChurches ftCeifJe, 111dthe lAW I bothCivilla11d Ecclefi•JficaOal/o., ~nd jujfife J.timjferl HR4pt a11d un1hle to teach ? I1 i1 nota L•aoftheetern•llGod, that the EkkrJfoouldfeed the flock oven•hich the} artftt,laloring amongp them i11the Wo7d •wdDol17ind ACl:S>o. o8. IPec.s. I . o. A11lil i1 notjin11etoomillhir d111J? Plud D not fat Baal. roufdifpenfotklllfor N01J·7t.fidmcit411dPloral/tiu ofBe•ejicu,alfor IW>o thru,o;•ort;Jttl totquot,tH fll~llJIH'f!J41l JPiJJhaveDrcanget ... llrt fo "'4"} Di(penf41ionl with tile TA"'u ofGod, andjinnu ofmm. Theft thing1art loo impiotn to be defended, and too 111111iftjf to he denied. SECTION XXX!IT. 557 Cumcunftdifl(nt [allfli&rrlig,io-- fiE pi[co;i Rin. Tom.y,p. :i )9· StU!fl:t Syn~. canb.z.~i. + f 11b AnaPafio. 5S3· Stmtl.l&Pacifica S]t:od. An· tiocbt 11.1.p41oo SIZ.Itfli.Dti& Apoflo!ica SJ1111dus>41).l'tn:t• nit ad S:Diffili!J S]lwfum C""'• N(J(/. 18.301)- S:m(laSJNJd, r.uJ;u,~,lss. SOmegreat men, when they have done ill, our-face rheidhame with enall:ing Lawes to make their fins lawfull. While you rhus <hargeour praCl:ice, you be- ~C:,!:.~in wray your own: Who having feparated fromCodsChurch, devife llanders to E colonr your finne: We muft be lhamefull, that youmay be innocent: You loadour Ecclefiafricall Confilrories with a lhamelelfe reproach: F arre be it from us to jullifie anymansperfonall finnes; yet it is fafer finning to the better P"tt: Fie on chefe odi, ous comporifons: finnes as faleableas at Rome? Who knowsnor rhat robe the Mart ofall the World? Perjuries, Murders, Treafonsarecherebought, ondfold: when ever in ours? The Popescoffers caneafily confine you alone: What tell you us of thefe? let me tell you :Many is as fit an advocate inaConfifrory,as favor ormali<e: ' Thefe,fomeofyourshavecomplainedof,as bitterly as you ofoun:As if we liked the abufes in Courrs: as i~corrupt executions ofwbolfome Laws mufr be imputed to ~/:1L~ theChurch, whofewrongsthey are. No leffe hainous, nor more true is chat which communi=- followerb. TrueElders(not yours)fbould be indeed,llA•"""· Thiswe call for as ve- :;"" ' Amfltt' bemenrly"(oot fo rumultuouOy) asyourfelves. """ That they lhould feed their Flocks withWord & Doll:rine,we requiremore than Bbb >
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