Au Apology againfr Browniftr. I s69 -A,.--St-a-te-, -=fo-:,-:.s-:-h-e-no-r-d 7e-:r:-,g 7 h-te-d:-i=-n-:b-a-;fen:!....effi:::e::..-:I::f:-:th_e_po_m_p_e_o-:f;:-t:-h-e::T:-e-m-p,--le-,-ve_r_e_c-er_c_rc_o__· ---·- niall,yer it leaves thismorality behind,thatGodshoufe lbould bedecent : and what if goodly? Ifwe did putholineffe in the lloncs, asyou doeunckanneffe ,it might be B finne ro be coftly: Ler merellyou, there maybe asmuch pride in aclay wall, as in a catved: ProudMaje!ty isbetter than proud bafeneffe; rhe !tone or clay will olfend in neither, wemay in both; Ifyou love cocrages, the ancient Chril1ians with us, loved tohaveGods hour. ftately, asappearesby the extmpleofthat worrhy Bilbop of Alex#ndria,and that gracious Conft•ntine,in whofe daiestbefe facrcd pilesbegan to lift up their heads unre this envied height:Takeyou your own choice, give us ours; let us neither repine, nor fcorn at each other. SEP. Ath,mtt(.4po!. E. fib.eft":::ttJ C1111{i. Orhf.IFrifing.t<. j .(ap.J. But 1~ur Tempks,efpetiaUyJoHr CatheiraU;&m•ther churchu,JI•nd jUO in theirpwu/ Majtjl} pojfejJid hJ Arch-hijhoptondLordBijhops, like theFlamins andAr<h.Flamim,•- mo,g(f the Gtnliks,front fl!hom the)'""' derived •ndfitr~ifhed rr>itha/1VJ4nner ofpompotH and (,perflitiONSmonu111ents: 41 earved1111tlpainted Images, MaJ!ing Copes tlfJdSur. plictt,ch4nting andOrgan-nmfi<k!, andmanJ •ther glorio•s oriJ<nents ofthe Romifh Harlot, 6ywhkhherMa)tJIJ w c<fltfnemied, and4d11tired bJ thev•lgor: [•far •reyou in theft refpelJsfor beinggone, or fled,yea,., crtpteither, Olltof babylon. Nofl! ifjoNJeth.wbabylonitb fl!hereyou repute your felvu mojl Sio11-lif<e , 411dthrn c co•founiedinJOur.,.,. evldet~ee,'IPhot deftnee <o11ld JO* f!Jof<! in thethi11gs fl!hereofon adverfirJ rPoHidchaUengeJoH/ !flour light be d.,k_neffi, huflJ great isJOflr dark..neffi. SECTION XLVI. ALL this while I feared you had been inPopifh Idolarrie :now I find you in Hearheni!h:Thcfe our Churches are frill poffeffed byrheirF/amins,and Arch· Flamlns: I had thought none ofour Templeshad been fo ancient: certainly I find but one poote ruinous building, reported tohaveworn out this long ryrannie oftime: For themoft, you mighthave read their age,and their Founders inopen reThe founders :ludFurnitures ofcurCbur· ches. cords: But thefewere derived from chafe: furely the Churches asmuch as themen. Lumh.!w+d.fl. It is true,the Flamifls,and whatever otherHeathen Priells,were put down,Chrifti- '•Jfid.t.,.t,,_ I) an Bifhopswere fer up;Are rhefe therefore derived from thofe? Chriftianitycame in ;:;;;;:,i:.:~,if. the roomeofJudaifme: was it therfore derived from it? Befor' you told us, that our '"""" "·"fi•· Prelacycame from thatAnrichri!t ofRo;11e, nowfrom the Fl•mi11s oftheHeathen: "~d"'"'" Both no Jeffe, than either: Ifyou cannot be true, yeclearne to beconftanr. Bur ;::t;;,;,~:;,;,. whatmeane you to cha'{e our Churcheswith carved and painted Images? Iris well f'"""'' i•Ui'l ;~e':n~:J~~~r~:~;~e?o~~~~;~~u ';;;:e ~}~i~d~J.~~~rd~n~::~~ri~~~~~~ ;~E,;E,:E,;, E fcurecomer, coveredoverwith Col>-webs, with halfe aface, and char miferably "" pogrrd,.n-' blemifht, orperhaps halfe aCrucifix invetted in aChnrch-window, and rhefe you ;;,;-::; /;f;;rfurely noted for Englifh Idols: no leffe dangerous glaffe you might have feen at ,.,d; dm "!ug~-:::·~;s~~~p\~c~s~•~:;:~~~;,"(~f~~~·!r,~)~0 o~~s~u~i~:~ ~~~L~t:,~~ £~i,~;S;: Search your bookes againe, you !ball finde Albes in theMaffe, no Surplices. As d<f""''""'· for Organ·mufick, you thouid nor have fercht it from Rome, but fromJerufakm: ~"''g'"'~. In the Reformed Church at Middleburgh , you might ~ave found this lkirr of ~·:~~;:~f:;;~ the harlot: which yet you grant at Jean crept our ofBabyion ; Judge now fl•m,quod ,u; (ChrillianReader) of the weight of.chefe grand exceptions; and (ee whether ::~~~~r;-:,110 ;~ ten rboufand fuch"ivere able tomake us noChurch, and argue us not only in Baby- ""·l'·l·'· ;6. Ion~ but to be Babyion it felfe: Thusbabylonilb we are to you , and thusSion-like to God: EverytrueChurchis GodsSion: every Church rhatholdstheFonnda. tion, is true, according eo that golden rule,Ephtj. 2.21. Every building chat i! coupled togerherin chiscorner-ftone, groweth unto an holyTemple in rhc Lord: No adverfary, either Man orDevill, canconfound us, either in ourevidences, or their Ccc 1 own
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