An .Apologie againft Brownifts. All this might have taughtour Anfwerer,that we make account ofan heaven,ofa re· A furrefrion,not ofaPurgatory.But we nnghallowed bels for theSoule: Donor thofe belshang in hallowed fleeples tOO ?and doewenot ring themwithhallowed ropes? What fancy is this? IfPapiflswerefo fond ofold: their folly and their bels (for the moflpart) are both out ofdate; we call them foule-bels, forthat they fignifie rhe departureofthe !Oule, not for that they helpe the patrage oftho foule. This is meer Boyes-play. Butwe pray over or for the dead; Doewe not fing to him olfo?J>ardon me, I mufl needs tell you,here is much fpite,and littlewit. To pray for the confummationof theglory ofallGods elect:What is it,but ThJ Ki,.gdotJte comelHow vainly doe youfeeka knot in a rufh, while you cavill at fo holy aPetition? Goeand learne howmuch better it is, to ea\! themour broth<rs, which are nor, in harmlefl'e overweeping and over-hopingofcharity, than tocall th<mno brothers,which ar<, ina proudand cenforious uncharitableneffe : you cannot be content to tell anuntruth, 8" butyou mufl face it our. Let anyReader judge,how farre our practice in this dill'ented fromour doCl:rine; would>to God in nothing mar<: Yes (faith this good friend) in themofl other things; our words profeffe, our deedsdeny: atonce you make us hypoerites,andyour felves Pharifes.Letall theworld know,that the Englifh Church atAmjlerdtm; prof<ffeth nothingwhich it praC'cifethnor: we may not be fo holy,or fohappy. Generality is anotable !belterofuntruth:Manymoe,you fay,Popi!h devices,yet name none; No,you cannot. Advancedabove all that iscallrdGod?furely this is a paradox ofllanders: you meant at once to lhame uswith fallhood, and toapp(>fe us with Riddles:we fay tothe highefl,whomhavew<in heaven burthee?and foreanh, your felfe have granted we give too much toPrinces, (whichare earthenGods) ~nd c may come under Pa11ll( ••r "P•<?<•·)Eithernameour Deity,orcravemercyfor your wrong: certainly, though youhavr not r<morfe,ycc you lhall have lhame. SI'. P. '1'011 arefarrefrom doing to the ltomi!h ld•lt, asrPdJ done to the }Egyptian liloiJ,Mi· thraanJSerapis, whofe Pritjltrl!ereexpelkdthtirMIIJiflerJ,andMonNme•tJexpoftdto utter feorne anddtfolatioll,their temp/u dtmolifhed4f1drazt<ltotheverJfiundatiofl. SECTION XLV. THeMajeflyofRomithPetty-gods( I truly told you) was long agon<, with Milhra and Serapir,expofed to thelaughter ofthe vulgar:you flrain theonm- D TheCI>u!clla parifon too farre;yet we followyou: Their Priefls wrre expelled:for(asyour nil rctcincd in Doctor yeeldeth ) other afrorscame upon the fame flage: othersinreligion, elfe it ~:t.:':i,iJI.E<· had bern no change: TheirMiniliery & Monumenti expofed to utter fcom: Their •s·••. r7 • Ma!fes,their oblations, their adorations,their invocations 1 theiranoylings, their a- ;~i~~;~~· orcizings,their lhrift,their abfolutions,theirImagrs,R.oo<1-Iofts,andwhatf<><verelfe Ep A fl ofthis kind:But the Temples ofrhoCe old Heathens were demolilhed & razed: Here J.;,&E;,:;::;,, is the quarrell:ours fland liill in their proud Majefly: Can youfee no dit!erencebe- ;$, 1,:;, ~:;·;:. rwixr ourChurches and their Temples? The very nameit felfe (ifat leali you have """''"'"m nnderflood it) Kirk or Church (which is nothing but an abbreviationof("""""• the ttmpla vaftata Lordshoufe) might have taught you, that ours were dedicated toGod,and theirs to i::;/.:';~~~3. the Devil}, in thdr falfe gods: Augujlineanfwers you,as directly,:as ifhewere in my .E A•g•fl"' civit. roome:The Gentiles(faith he)to theirgodserefred Temples,we no I Temples unto ~;!;~i::'c: ,3 our Martyrs,as unroGods,but m<morials asuntodead men,whoCefpirits with God Id.A>t"ft·<<mt· are flillliving:Thefe then if theywere abufed byPopilh Ido!atry,is therenQway,but >Iuimin. Down with them,down with them to the ground? Well fare theDonatiflsyet your :,;:;:;.~;~ft old friends: they but wa!hed the walls that were polluted by theOrthodox;by the opta~MaJr,it1 fame token, that optat111 afkes them, why thry did notwalh the bo<lkswhich ours ~;=;[~ ~h~rh~~b!d';,"n~~i~~~h;!;c~~;~;~~:~h:~;~~e~h~~:~e,;~~~~~~::~:~ ,.,.,.,,.f«if/u be uncleane: But not theirpollution angers you more;than theirproudMajefly: :::':.:a":;';; What houfecan be too good for theMaker ofall things?AsGod is nor affdtedwith ~~la11f.it af}lflwlllVmdsan eft, Nt parit:tl &c. Jl'idmms rtflum, 'tlidtmtu & c~.l:nn, f!/'c,luc ii'rlobislavtrri~Un. fD/f.Nlll• Stat<
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