AnApologieagainftBrownijh. . j 575 refpells therefore ofour C?nfufion, and bondage, we hav~ well feene in this difcour[e, how ju!Hy your S10n accountsus~abylon: fince lt IS apparent for theone, that here IS neither confufion,norBabylomih,norw1thout feparanon:for the other, nobondage, no fervility: Our Prelates being our fothers, not our Mafters: and if Lordsforrheir externall dignity, yet not Lords ofour Faith: and ifboth thefeyour refpellswere fo,yetfo long as we do inviolably hold the foundation, both direllly, and by necdfary fequell; anyRailermay terme us, butnoSeparatifi !hall prove us BabyIon : youmay fiie whethtr you lift; wouldGod yet further, unlefleyou had more love. SE. P, Majler H. havingformerlj txpojlulated with "' o11r f~ppofed impieiJ ;,forfal:ing a B ceremotJiotn Babyion;,England, proceeds tn the t~ext place,to laJ dowJJ o11rmadneJ!e i/J choojing a J11 hjlantiall Babylon in Amfierdam : a11difit bejO{iiHftdb)d11e trJall M bee JNggejleth, it ;.:b.,dtof•J,whether our impiel) or madneJ!e be thegre41er. Btli4! M after H.thin4!s wegllberChurcbu here bJ /Of#t:-rorl'J, atlh!f d1dn England, and thataU within the Parifh Proceffion are ofthefame Church. Wher<fore elfi tels he 111 ofJewes, Arrians,andAnabaptifis, ,.ithwhomrtJehaven,tbingconuJion butth! Streets anti Mar- ~et place? Tt ;, the ronditi•" oftbe Ch•rch to live in tbeWorld, a11dtohavecivitlflcieiJ withthemeiJ of thitWorld, 1Cor. 5-Io.Job. 17.13. BlltR'hot ilthit to thefpirituaiiCommNtJi•n•f tilt S1i11ts, ;,. tlxftti1Wjbipofthe Gofpell,.,berei/J th!)' arefoparatedandfanllijiedfmn theWorld 1mt1 the Lordl Joh.I7.16, 1Cor. I.oCor.6.17,1B. c SECTIoN Lll. Amari p.xrcru &s.pi[cop:ud~ /;r. ,nonturrrr. Hi1~. ad TIH~ plil~tm. I Need no better Analyfer than your felfe, fave that youdoe notonly refolve my parts, but addemore : whereas everymorionbath adouble terme,from whence and whither t both thd"ecould not but fall intoour difcourfe. Having therefOre formerly expofiulatedwith you for your (fince you will ~o terme it ) impietie, in forfakinga ceremonious Babylonofyourown making m England; Ithoughtit not uofitto compare your choice with your refufall ; England with Amllerdam, which it pleafeth you to imide a fubfiantiall BabyIon: impiery and Madneffe are us. ritlesofyourownchoice; !etyour guilrineffe be your owne accufer: Tbe truth is, mycharity and your uncharitabkneffe have caufed us tomifiake each other. My charity thus: Hearin&both at Midc;Jleburgh, an~ here, ~hat cerraine companies The vieWof the fuutesand difotdcrs of others, where· up~>n objeCted, and how f.1.r it lhoold alfta D from the parts ofNottmghamand Lmcolne ( wh1chHarbmger had been aewly in Zeland befbreme) meant to rerire themfelvestoAmfierdam, forrheirfullliberry, nor fur the fullapprobation ofyour Church : not favouring your maineopinions, butemulatingyour freedome in toomuch hate of our ceremonies,and toomuch accordance to feme grounds of your hatred : I hoped you had beeneoneoftheir Guides;both becaufe LincolnihirewasyourCoonrry,and Mafiet Smilh your Oracle,andGeneral!. Not daring therefOre tochargeyou with perrect Brownifme, wbAt could I thinke might b~ a greater motive ro this your fuppofed change, than theviewofour (foofiproclaimed) wickedneffe, and the hopeofleffecaufe of offence in rhofeforraineparrs? This I urged, fearing to goedeeper than I might before to warrant. Now comes my charitable Anfwerer 1 and imputes this eafiue!Te ofmychallenge to my ignorance; and therefore will needs perfwade his Chriflian E R.eader, that I knewnothingofthe firll feparation, becaufe I objel'ced fo little to thefecond. It we~e firange ifl thouId thinke, you gatherChurches there byTown-rows(as we iaEngland ) who know that fomeone Prifonmight hold all your refined Flock you gathered hereby Hedge-rows; but there it iseafier to tell how youdivide , than howyou gather : let yourChurch be an intire body, enjoying herown fpirituall Communion, yetifitbe not acorrofive to yourheart to converfe in rhe fame fireers and to betanl',ed in the fame Town-rowes withJewes, Arrians, Anabartills, &c. you are no whitofkin to him, that vexed his righteous foule with rheuncleanne!Tes offouleSodome. That good man had nothing butcivil! fociety with rhofe impure Nei h·
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