An Apologie againft Brownifls. Wmlre•d or pre~ehed,,;hfjhould fuch folemtlt k,.4ttling hefo fromlj preffod 11 thll time, A. r•therthen •po11tbeotheroccajiond AndweUand truly hll'l1; fOUr ':"'•e men ajfiroud that itfl'erefar ltffe finm, am/appearance of•n Id•l•tTJ that u not/n,g(o groffo, to tie ''""in theirpr•J<rl to ftneelt hifore • Crucifix, than hefore the BreadandWin<: and th< re•fo11 foUowetb, for that P4piflscommit an Idolatry f•r moregro/Je Dtl!l •diotu in ,. 01 _ - jhippi"g the Jread,than inTllorjhipping anJ othet oftheir Imagu or IdoltrPh4tfoever.Apol. ofthe Mi11. ofLi•co/,. Dioc. part. I ·P•g 66. ' Kneenng" the Saccamtnt oftheLords Supper. Dtton{itr.tl.1.. l!t,oBtrtli!• "t"· S'ECT<ON XXXVI. OUr kneeling you derive (like agoodHerald) from theerrour ofTranfubftantiation: but to fet down the defcenrof this pedigree, will trouble you: wee doe utterly denie ir, and challenge your proofe. How n<w a fill ion Tranfubflantiarion i,, appeares our ofBmngaries Recantation to Pope NlcoiiH: The error was then fo young, it had not learned to fpeake; !hewus the fame noveltie in ourkneeling. Tilloflate,menheld nor the bread tobe God; ofold, they have heldit facred: B This is the geftureofreverence in our Prayer at the receipt, as Mafler Burgeffi well interpreted it, nor ofldolacrous adorationofthe bre3d. This wasmofl-whatin rhe elevation: the aboli!hing whereofdeers us ofthis imputation :you knowweebate this conceit, why doe you thus force wrongs upon the innocent ? Neither are wee alone in rhisufe: The Church of!ohemy allows and prall:ifesit:andwhy is this error leffe palpable in the wafers of Ge,ro•l Ifthe King !hould offer us hisband to kiffe,we rake it upon ourknees: howmuch more when the Kingof Heaven gives us hisSon in rhefe pledges?But ifthere were nor fomething more than jullreverence,whydoe C we folemnly kneel at the Commuoion,norat Baptifme?Can you finde no difference? In this (belides that there is bothamore lively and feeling lignification ofthe thing reprefenred) we are the patties, but in the other wimetfes: This therefore I dare boldly fay, that ifyour partner M. Smith lbould ever ( wpichGod forbid) perfwade you to rebaptize, your firtefl geflure (or any others arfi1llage) wouldbe ro receive that Sacramenrallwater, kneeling: How glad you are to rakeallfcraps,thar fall from any ofours for youradvanrage? would to God this obfervation of your malicious gathering, wouldmakeallour reverendBrethrenwary oftheir cenfures:Surely,no idolatrycan beworfe than thatPopi!h "f'""''""· TheBread,andtheCrucifix flrive for the higher place : ifwe therefore !hould be fo tied to kneele before the bread, as they are tied to kneele befOre the Crucifix,their fenrence were jufl: They adore the Crucifix,not we theBread: they pny to the Crucifix, not wee to rhe Bread: they D dirett theirdevotions (at the beft)by theCrucifix to their Saviour,wee doe not fo by theBread,we kneele nomore to theBread, than tQ the Pulpitwhen we joyneour prayerswith theMinifiers: but ourqumell is nor with them; you that can approve their judgements indiOike,might learne to follow them in approbation, andpeaceableCommunion with the Church: if there be agalled place, youwill be fure to light upon that. Your charity is good; wharfoeveryour wifdome be. SEf. To let paffiyoMr devo11t flt.eeling untoyoutOrdit14T),r>btnJotltafl! the OAthofCanonicaiJoheditllce, or receiveahfolutitm at hishandJ, which ( tll themain.e dlJion1t1re religiDIH) mup 11eedshe religiomadoralion: rPh41 k the ad~ring •fyoNr truly hNmane( though E caUedDivine) Service hoofl!, ill af1dbyw/Jichyo" worjhip God, os the Papijls d•hJ theit Images i l(theLord'jefmin bw Tefl•ment have not commanded any foch 8ool;f, ilu accurftdatlllahominable: ifyou think! he have,fbe'tOtH theptace l'f'hm, thatwemaJk,_nowlt fl'ilhyou; 01 manififl u"loiH that ever the Apojllts ufedth<mfelvu, or comrnentkd to the churchesdft<r tbem d11Jfuch Seroice-boof<:Was nl!ttbe Lordi11 the apojllestime,andapojlolikechurchet,porelj af1dperfef11J rt>orfhipped,wbentheofficersofthe cburch in thtitmlnijlrAti•nmanifejledlheJPirit ofptt1Jtrwhich theJhadreceivedaccording tothe pttfeDt neceffitiu af1doccajiot~softhe chntch bifore the le•ft parcel/of this p1lcherJ C41n!)•to the world?Andmlghtnottbt Lord flOw bealfopu"IJ & perfe/1/y ,.orfoipped,thoNghthis ptinledimagq•ilhthe paitlted•nd coroed im•gu,were font hack..to R.ome,yea,or e~jl to ht/1, from
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