Our approbation ofauunle.~mcd Miniftcrydifproved Confer.~ lhmp<· Sau~ &ciiUrj itc rbart~ t~rpm fordlbwtb(mrart,presbyttru advofui,&ark DtiadH•nitulari,Ttrt'"'.dt pmit. C/Vfon.Grt_g. Ntou{~tr. ~it.A«.um b-toct111J,&c. An Apologie againft Brownifls. - "J, th~t ignorance is conjlrai~~td andappprovtdamongjlyou. Iftht forvict {aid orf•ng l\ tiJ the P4rifh church 1114) he caUedkv•tio11,the"fMre there is goodJlore ofunl:Mwadevotlon, the greatejl pari inmojlparijhu,, ntilhtr/i..11owing nor regarding r¥>hat ;, [aid, nor . r¥>hmfore. SECTION XLII. YOurwantofquarrelsmakes you llill run over the fame complaints: which if you redouble a thoufand times, will not become jufi, may becon;~e tedious: God knows howfar we are from approving an unlearnedMini!l:'ery:the protefiations of our graciousKing, our Bilhops, our greatell Patronsofconformitym their publike writings , mightmake you afhamedofthis boldaffertion: .we doe not allow that it lhould be, we bewaile that icwill be: our number ofPariilies compared B withour number of Divines, will foone !hew, that either many porilhes mufi have none,or fame Divines mull: have manyCongregations,or too many Congregations mufi have fcarce Divine-Incumbents. Our deare Soveraigne hath promifedamedicine for this difeafe; But withall telsyou that Jeruf•lt~nwasnot built all 011 a day. Theviolenceyou fpeakeofis commonly in cafeofwtlfullconcempt, notofhon~fi andpeaceabledefire offurther infiructi.on, or in fuppofall offometokrable ability in theMinifiery furfaken; we doe heartily pray fur labourers into thisharvelt: we doewifh that all Ifrael could prophelie: we publilh the Scriprnres,we Preach,Catechife, Write,and (Lord thouknowefr)how many ofuswoulddoemore,ifwe knew whatmore could bedone , fut the information ofthypeople, and remedy of this ignorancewhich this adverfary reproves-m ioapprove. We doubt not butthe fervice faid in 9ur patilh-S:hu,rches ; isas gOQd afervice to God, as the extempor>J:ydevotions \11 your_Par~ours ;, llur, it is an un!}no~n devotion, you fay: Through whofefau\t? TheR.eaders, or rpeHearers, orthe 1\.fatt~r? : Difiintt reading you cannot ®ov tbthe !J!O{\ l"Jiti!bl!s; rh)! matter isealiePrayers, a[\d E.ngli{h Scriptures : if the~ared be rcg~rdlel\e,OIIil:l fome things dull ofconceit, lay the fault from thefervice to the.men: A,ll yours.;~refree from ignorance, free from wandcringconc<its: we envyyml ndt, fo111e lrnowledge isno petter than fome ignorance, and carelefneffeis no wdrfe than mif..regiud. SEP. l. ) What are Jour jhut-petlll!etl for •ri•ll<rJ, •ad alljOur P•,.fo-pe1111nee1 for allot/Jtr {intm? th•n16/Jich th••t.h fomewprft ;n PoptfJ, Jel netu 1110recommon. SECTIoN XLIII. r ' ' c D COmmingnow to the vaultsofPopery• I a,lke for their Penances1and Purgarory;thofe Popilh Penances,whicb prefumptuousConfeffors enjoyned as fatisfafcory;andmeritorious upon their bold abfolutions: YQu fend me to !beet ~aances and pnrfe,penances': the one,ceremoniouscorrefrions of!bamc;enjoyned and adjoyned 10 publike Confefiionsofuncleanneffe,furtheabalingoftheoffender, andcb:tte ofthe linne : fuch like as rhe ancient Church thought good to ufe fot this E purpofe.Hence they were appointed(as Ttrl11U1an fpeaketh)in fack-cloth and alhes, to crave the1prayersofthe Church, tobefm<l<!retbeir bodywith filthineffe, to throw rhemfelves downe before GodsMinifier and Aim; not ro mention other more hard, and perhaps no Ieife ancient R.it~; and hence wasthofe five fiations ofthe Penitenr,wherebyhe was ar lafi received into the body ofhiswonredCommunion: the other a pecuniary muIll impof~d upon fome(noraU, you foulely Oanderus) letfe hainousoffences; as apenalty, not as a penance: I hope youdeny not; Sodomy, Murder, Robbery, &(which you would not) Theftitfelfe ismoredeeply>venged: But did everany ofours urge either fheeror purfe as the temedy ofPurgarory,or enjoyne them to avoyd rhofe infernall pain~ ? unleffe wedoe fo, out Penancesare npr Popi!b, and our Anfwmr is idle. SEP·
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