AnApokgie againft Browniftr. aKing, how that Kingcould!tandone day unexcornmunicated ? Or ifthis cenfure meddle onlywirh his foule,nor with hisScepter :Howmore than credible isit that fame of your Af1emblies in Ot:;een Elizabethsdaies concluded, th.c fhe wa; not (even in our fence) SupremeHeadoftheChurch, neith~ had authority to make LawsEccle!ia!licall in the Church? It iswell ifyou will difclame it :But youknow your received po!ition; That nooneChurch isSuperiour toother: No authority there!Orecan revcrfe this Decree;yourwill may do it: yea,what better rhan Rebellion appears inyour nextclaufe? W.hileyou accpfeourLoyalty to an earthly King as treafonable to theKing of the Church,Chrifi'Jefus; I four Loyalty be a!in, where is yours?Ifwe beTrayrors inourobedience,what do youmakeofhim that commands B it? Whether youwould have us eachman to play the Rex,and ereCt anewGovern· menr, orwhether you would have accufe us as Rebels to Chrifl inobeying theold: Godbleffe King 1•mes from fuch fubjeCls. But whofe is that fo unfavory weed; No Bifhop, noKing? Knowyouwhom you accufe? let me Chewyou your Adverfary . it isKing 1amet him-Celfin is HamptonConference: is there not nowm(pition in the word? tluely youhad cauferofeare that the Kingwould prove no good fubjefr: Belike,not to Chrifr:Whatdoe you elfe in the next bur proclaimhisoppofition to the KingofKings? orours in notoppofing his? Asifwemightfay wirh the lfraelires, 0 LordourGod ,other Lordsbefides thee have ruled us:Ifwe would admit eachof yourElders eobe fa manyKings in rhe Church,we !hould froope underChrifrsOrdinances: Shew usyour commillion, ·and let it appcare whether we beEnemies,or you Ufurpers; Ala!, you both ~efufe rhe rule o~ this erne Deputy, and fer upf.life; C Letthis fearefull doome ofChnfrhghr where1t1smofrdue: F.vm fo ltt thhtwmmu ptrifh 0 Lord. SEP. Not toJpeaf<..oftht error ofunivtrfaii<'Jrace; lnd cMfo~uentiJ,•fFm-t»i/1 that &flltP· ethon •pACeamon&JIJDH, ..hat loe)ON tlfobut p111 illfor • part t»itb God;,, converfton i thoHgh ~•tthro•ghfreedome of,.iU, Jtt ;, • devifeilminifterJ,tht meant•fco11'Verjion: it king tht Lordt pecull~r At t»<Uto appoint the OHit»ilrd MlniPerJ•fconverft•n, lit IQ give tht int»ard gr~ce. SECTION XXXV. GOeon to llander: Even that whichyou fay you will not fpeak, youdoefpeak withmuch (pightand notruth : What bathour Church todoewith errorsof D univerfall grace or Free-will ? Errors which her Articles doe lhtly oppofe: whot !hamelefnelfe is this? Is !heguilty even ofthat which !hecondemns? lffome few private judgements!hallcqpceive,orbring fOrth an error,!hall the who! Church doe penance? WouldGod that wicked and heretical! J\nabaptifme, did notmore grow upon you than thofeerrorsupon us,you had more need ro defend,then accufe: But fee ( Chrifrian Reader) how this mandrags in crimes upon us, a; CacHt did his Oxen : We doe (fotfooth) part frakeswith God inour converfion ; wherein? in a devifed Miniflerie: themeanes ofconverfion;well fetcht about: Theremay be a Minifierie,witoout aconverfion; and c.e CD!Itmfo) there may beoconver!ion withE our aMiniflerie:Whcre noware the frakes parted? yer thus we parr frakes(with the Apoflle)that we areGods Fellow labourers in this great worke: He bath fer,arated · us to ic,and joynedus with him in ir,it is he(as we haveproved)that hathdevifedour Minifrcrie: yea,your felf!hall proveit: it is his peculiar to appoint the outwardMinifiery, tlut gives the inward grace. But hath nor Godgiven inward grace, byour outwardMiniflerie?Your heart !hall beourwitndfes: What will follow therefore, but that our Minifreie ishis peculiar appointment? SEP. Whm([•J)OH )are thofe rottenhtapes •fTranfobftat~tiatiftg of bread?a fill where(J•J I) learmdJON10Hr r!e'IIONtf<..oetling lo,or kfo•e the hrtad,hutfromtheerrot oftr•nJubftlitialioD?Te•)wbat lu can it injin~tate,thAntither th~t,orfollle~tbertbe Jik_; idlfl•tfl/11 c'Oceil Ifthertflleret~ol f•mething 111ore in the Bread & Wit~e than in thet»4t<r 41 Bapti{ m, or;, Bbb the 559 IPitf. Inquiry into Tho.wbjJr. £(11]16.13· ErrorsofFrt"ewill,&c.fLincd upon the Church of llngr.M, 1Ctff.3.9· f>ti ,S C~tutp~ p~ if"fUr.
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