Au Apology againfo B.rownijls. A SEP. Touching PnrgatorJ, though1011 dell) the d•i1rifteofit,audteach tbecontrary,jet hom weUJour pr•liice[11its with it, let it be co11jdered i~ theft partic11lars: To1Jrab[oh1ing of men dying exc.rnr.unicale after th') be dctd, andbefore lh'J maJI!4veChriflian burial/. To11r Chriflia»h11riaU in holygro11mi ( ifthe p•riJwiUhe at the charges; )JOur ringi~g of hat/owedbetsfor the foule; .!••rji11ging the Corps to the gr~ve [ro111 tile Chu!Chf/ile;Jo•r praJingo,er,orfor the dearJ,efpeciaiiJ in thefowords,Th•tGotlwouldh•flen hiskjngdoflle, that we rvith thu ourBrother (though hislijewere never fo wretched, andde4th dejperaie) ami other departed iD the tr•efaith ofthJho!JName, maJhave''" perftlJ conjilf?lfJiation, both in bod 1andfoule. To11r gt11eralldotJrines andJOitr parttcularprai1icesagree ;, thil B as in the m oft other thifJgs, li~ Harpe and H~rrow. In wortiJOHproftjfi ma11} tmtlu, w!.ichindeedrou dell). Thefe•ndmanJ moePopljhdevim ( f>.?othert41 large difcDVererl to ther>orld) bothfor pomp and profit, are not on!J tJit raz.edandburied l11 the W.p , but are advancedamongfl Jou•bove aUthat is cal/,edGod. SECTION XL IV. YOurnext accufation is moreingenuollymalicious; our Do&rine you grant contrary to purgatory: but you will fetch it outof our practice, that wemay build that which we deftroy:Letus therfore purgeour felves from your Purgatory: We abfolvemen dyingexcommunicate;arareprafrice,and which yet I have C not lived tO fee: but ifLaw-rnakers contemn rare occurrents, furely accufersdo no.t: Once is tOomuchofan evill: Marke then; Doe we abfolve his foule after the deparmre? No: what hath the Body rodoe with Pur~atory? Yet for the body: doe we by any abfolurion feeke to quit itoffinne l Nothmg lelfe: rea(on it fel(e gives us, that it is uucapable either offin or pardon; To lie unburied, or to beburied unfeemly, is fo much a punHbmenr, that the Heathens objected it ( though upon the havock and The~ices of theChurch ofEngland =~i~the Dead. fury ofWarre) to the Chriftians,as an orgument ofGods neglect.All that authority cando to the deadRebell, is to puthis carkaffe ro lbame,& deny him the honourof ~;;;:~, 'f,"-1 ;/" feemly fepulmre: ThtBdoth rhe Church to thofe that will dye in wilful! contempt. ,,;:,,", ji. ThofeGrecianVirgins that feared not death, were yer rellrained with thefeare of f.U f•im•f•· lbame after death: it wa~ a reall,not ima.ginary curfe of']eo-abel; !hedogs !ball ear ;'!:~/:':!;;;%;' Jtzabei.Now theabfoluuon(as you call Jt,by an unproper,burmahoous name)isno &,. . 0 thing el(e but a libertygiven by theChurch (upon repentance fignified ofthe fault ~kq>mgplacrs of the lateoffender) ofall tho(e externall rites ofdecent Funera!l : Death ir felfeis .;~:;:;::·,~"" capableofinequality, and unfeemlineffe: Suppofe a jufl Excommunication: What .,.·~~· rea!On is it, that hewhich in his hfe and deathwould be as aPagan, lbould be as a ~1;;""~·~·· Chriftian in his buriall?What is any,or all this to Purgatory? Spk,'j'~;'Uf,;,, The next intimationof our Purgatory is our Chrillian Burial!, in the plac~, in the ~f~11•« tr<- manner:The place,holy gound,theChurch,Cburchyard,&c.Themanner,R.inging, ,_"/;~· EMf.!·?· Sing!ng,Prayingover the Corps.Thns therefore you argue;Webury thebody in the c• ..,;,f-;, Church,or Churchyard,&c.therefurewehold • PurgatoryoftheSoule;a proofunot ,'';d"~f•P"'"· Ieife llrange than the opinion: We doe neither (corn the carcaffesofour friends, as qui!.':!,'',:,~: old Trogl•dites:nor with the old £gJpti4111 refpeet themmore, than when theywere /,"" .;.,••,. enformed with aliving fonle: but \'VC keep ameane COUffe betwixt both, Ufing them r''Jft~~4 !':!9E as the remaindersofdead men,yet as deadChriflians:& as thofewhichwe hope one '""'· .<•: •• ,;. day to fee glorious.Weba ve learned to call no place holy in it felf(fince theTemplo) ;" 1 ·' ·•· "· but fonle moreholy in their ufe, than others. The old ( 1mp.na't.~«-) oftheChriftians, v:ju':-~7:: wherin their bodiesOept in peace,were not leffeeftcemed of!;hem,than they are(cor- '":p"~h.,<fl ned ofyou.Ga~tewus thought hedidthema great favor( a~dfothey took it)when he :.;:ir::. gave them thehbertynot onlyofthetrChurhes,butofthflt former buryingplaces. In nmd• f•,. ..,. thefame book E..[ebius commends Ajliri111a nobleSenator, for his care, and coft of "'~A•g'd' M~ri~111 his buriall.Ofall thefe rites offunerall,&choi~e .ofplace,we profeffe to hold ~~::;~i3 ~rlf. wnh A•gttjliNe,that they are only thecomfortsofthe hvmg, not helpes ofthe dead; t. B.<•ti•n<>krn yet asOrigen aliO teacheth us, wehavelearned to honoura reafonable (muchmore a ;'~'",;"'•'"" .. Cbriftian) foule; and tocommit the inflrument or cafeofit honorably to thegrave. .;.,. "'mru, Ccc All
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