- Au Apology againp Brownifh. SEP. The mtmher•fSacraments foemu greater amongjlJOH b) Dll<atthe I<~Jf, tha11 Chrift ht~tbkft inbw1ej/tlment, and/halls M~riage; whichh.,.foroertondoe not inexprefje termes eaU t~S/JCrtlmtnl(noi?JOre didChrift 1ndthe 4pojlles <411Baptifnuand1/JeSupper sacr•ments,) ;et d"JOIIID truth cr~ate it 4 Sacrament, m tiJ<adminijlratlon tlnduje of it. T/J<re are tlit parties to hem4friedt111d their marri•ge reprefontivg Chrijl andhir Chtm·h, •ntlt/Jeirjpirit11•U1111ion: to whic/1 mJJietr, f•ifb the Oracle ofyoNrServiceboo~ 1expreJIJ, Goil!Jatlm•focratetltl>tm : t/Jere illhe Ring haUowtd bJ theJaitl Service Boo~, (whmo10 il mlljl he laid)for the element; th<te is therPords ofcMfecratlo•; 111 the Name oftbe F•ther, aniof the Sonne, tlndofthe hoiJGhoft :. there istiJlpi4Ce, the B Church; the time ll[ut~IIJ, the l.ords dtiJ; the Minijler, the Parifh-Pritft. A11d heing mt~deas it is a p~rtofGodl1•orjhip, t~nd oftheMlnijlers office, what is ittfitbenot4 Sacr•mwt I I lis no part ofPraJer, ITfttiiC~ing, andwith aSacrament it /Jaththegreatejl confimililutk: ht~lat~Idoll I""'Jure it it in the ulehratlooof it, beingmade • Mimjle· ri•ll dulj t1nd f"l ofGodt IYorjhip, rr>ithoutWtlrri111,C4Uit 6J whtll nameJDH will. SECTIoN XXXVIII. HOwdidConfirmation ef<:ape this numbber?how did Ordination?itwas your over-fight, I feare, not your charity: Come things feem , and are nor: fuch is thisyour number ofoorSacraments: you will need• have us take inmarC riage inro this ranke: why fo? we doe noc (youconfeffe) call it aSacramentas the vulgarmifinterpreting P4His MJJieriHm, Eph.s. why fhould we not ifwe foefreemed it? wherefOre fervenames, but todenocate the narureofthings? ifwewerenot afhamedofthe opinion,we could noc be afhamed ofthe word : No more(fay you) didChrifr and his Apofrles call Baptifme and theSupper,Sacraments; but we <!oe, and youwith us: See nowwhether this claufedoe not confute your lafr: where hath Chri!l: ever faid,There are two Sacraments? Yet youdare fay fo: what is this but in your f<nfe an addition to the word? yea, we fay flatly, there are but two: yet we doe (fay you) in truth create it aSacrament: how oft, and how rcfolutely hath our Churchmaintainedagainfi Rome, that nonebutChrift immediately can create Sacraments? Ifthey had this advantage again(! us,howcould we ftand? Howwrong. full is thisforce, to faften anopinionupon our Churchwhich lhe bath condemned? l) But wherein frandsthisour creation? It is true, theparties to be married, and their marriage reprefent Chrifi, and his Church, and their fpirituall union: Beware, lei you flrike God throughour fides : whathath Gods Spirit faid, either leffe, orother than this? E ph. 5. ~ 5, ~ 6, o 7 ,& 3 2 .Dothhe not makeChrifi rhe hulband,theChurch his Spoufe? Dothhe not from that fweet conjunaion, and the etfell:s ofit, argue the deare refpects that fhould be in mariage? Or what doth the Apofile alludeeJfe. where unto, when he fa yes· (as M1}i1 of Eve) we are the flefhofChrifls flefh, and bone ofhis bone? And how famous amongft the ancient is that refemblance of Eve taken out of Adao11 fide fleeping,to the Church taken out ofChrirts fide Oeepingon the Croffe; Sincemarriage therefore fo clearely reprefems thismyrterie,and this ufe is holy and facred: what error is it, to fay that marriage is confecrated m thismyfrerie? But what is theElement? the Rinp:; Thefe things agree not; you had before E made the two parties to be thematter ofthisfacrament : What is the matterofthe Sacrament, but Element( Ifthey be the matter,they are the Elemenr,and fo not the Ring; both cannot be: ifyou will make rhetwopmies tobe but the receiver•; how doth all themyfiery lie in their reprefenration? Or iftheRing be the Elemenr,then all themyrterie murt be in the 1\.ing,not in the parties: Labour tobemore perfect, ere you makeany more newSacraments:but thisRingis laid upon theServicebook: why not? Forreadineffe, not ror holineffe: Naybut it is hallowed (you fay) by the booke: Ifir beaSacramental!Elemenr, it rather hallow~ the book, than the booke it;you are not mindfull enough fur thistrade: Butwhat exorcifmes are ufedin this hallowing?Orwhoever held it anyother thana civill pledge of fidelity I Then fOllow thewords ofConfecration: I prayyouwhat difference is there berwixt hallowing, and M3Iriagenot madc:a Sacra- =bythe Church of E•suoo'e
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