An Apologie againft Brownifts. ownecballenges;we may be faulty, but we are true: And ifthe darkneffe you find A in usbe light, howgrear is our light? SEP. But for that not the [ip~rAiion,but the cAufi maf!tl tiJe St hifmatif<:;andleft;oofho•IJ Jmn toJpeakeviU oft/Je thi~gyo11 b..'"'"' not,antl t~ condem_114ca•feHnheard,1ou ~ay"""'" ;., the next placet&ftppofed caufe ofOHf fepara11on, ag41ejl rt>hichyo11 dea/e,. •nfufoie11tly. And th•t;ou pretendto be, 1IOD< other thanJollr <onforting rrith tl>< Papijhill certainu Ceremoniu: touching rvbich, IJndourJeparatioiJ itJ rrgardlfthem thiiiJtJUwrite. MH.IfJOUhave ta/wn but the I<Ajl k.,t~owledge ofthegfoundofourjudge111entandp11llice, howdareJOlt thut Abufe both 111 andthe Rwler, m'ifthe on/1 or c/Jieftgrollntiofour JepaMtionwereyollr Popijh Ceremonies? But ifj'o~goeon!Jbygheffe, having11ever fo dmch 11< readover oneTrearife publijh~ i11our defence, attd J" jlicb._r~otto P•Jfe thkJoNr cwforloNI doome both upon 111 antiit, I leave it to the Reader tojudge whetherJON hAVe been more lavijh ofJour cenfure,orcredit. Mojl Nnjujl" the e<nfore ofa f•*fe unftnuwn, though in it Jelft never fo blameworthJ, which ntvertheleffe mAJbe praife·r<ort6J, for ought he k,oowuthat ce11[oret it. SECTION XLVII. B On what HE that leaves the whole Church in agroffe and wilfull error, is anHeretike; ~:f"d S~· he thatleavesa particularChurch for appendances,is aSchifmatick : ·fucb are rar•on °' ae- you, both in the Aaiun and caufe: The act is yeelded, tbecaufehacb been in C d:]'.fud:··«< part fcanned,lhall bemore:This Ivainly pretended robe our confortingin Cerem<>- nieswith the Papi£!s : Behold here the groundofyour loudchallenge ofmy igno. ranee : Ignoranceofyour judgement and practice : Here ismy abufeofyou, ofmy Reader: and, how durft I? Good words(M.K.)What I haveerred,I willconfetfe:I have wronged you indeed; but in my charity: I knew the caufe ofBrownifme,but I knew not you: For (to fay ingenuoutly) I had beardandhoped,that yourcaufehad been leffe defperate;My intelligencewas,rhat inditlike ofthefeCeremoniesobtruded, and anhopelefneffeoffutnreliberty, you and your fellows hadmade afecellion rather than afeparation from ourChurch, ro aplacewhere youmight have fcope to profcffe, and opporrunirie to enjoyyour owne conceits: whenceitwasrbati ter- D med youRing·leaders ofthe late fcpararions, nor followers ofrhc firft, and made your plea again£! our Church, imperfetl:ion,not fa1!hood: I hopedyou, as not ours, Inq.n,. hno fo not theirs : not ours in place,fonotquite theirs in peevifh opinion: I knew it to be M. w~;,. no new thing for men inclining to tbefe fancies,eo begin newChurches atAmjlerdtlm feverall from the re£!: wimeffe the letters offome (fometimesyours) cited by your ~which upon the I.oids PrlJ.Cr hath confuted feme pofirions of thar.Sefl. own Pa£1or: I knew the former feparation, and bared it; I hoped betterofthe latrer feparation, and pitied it: My knowledge both of*M.Smftb whomyou fOllowed, and your felfe,would not letme thinkeofyou, as youdeferved:Howdur£1 I charge youwith char, which perhaps youmight difavow? It wasmy charity therefore,rhat made my accufations eafie; it is your nncharirobleneffe that acc~fes themofignorance.Ikncw why"alirownijl is attueSchifmatick;Iknewnot you werefo truea Brow- E nijl. Butwhy then did I write? Takingyour feparation at be£!; I knewbow ju£1. ly I might take occaflon by it to diffwadefrom feparation; toothersgood, though not eo yours: Now I knowyoubetter,orworferather,I think y0u hearemore:Forgivememy charity, and make thewor£1 ofmy ignorance. I knew that thisfeparation(which now I know yours)£!andsupon !guregrounds,as fome bea£!s upon fuure feet. Firft,Godworlbipped after afalfmanner; Secondly, PropW\!nemultitude re· ceived ; Thirdly, Anrichri£!ian Mini£!ery impofed; Fourthly, SubjectioneoAnti· ;.:;,:~dGrtcn. chriflianGovernment: The Ceremonies are buc as fomeonepaw in every foot: '""·Exam. yet ifwe extend theword ,to the largeftufe, dividing allll.eligion intoCeremony, and Sub£!ance; I may yet, anddoe averre, that your feparacion ismeerlygrounded upon Ceremonies. · -
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