I I Sep;1mi01'\ rromthe y,;orldhcr,, requir(d. Joi1lll7· '6. The nr:c:mdfe ofilic:S[3tc& ChurCh.& the great errors foondbydlc Separar:ilhin the: French& D.Jtch Churcho. An Apologie againft Bronmijh. Netghbours: he differed from themin Religion,in pra&ice:yet could he not fo carel~fly rurneoff this torment; .Hishoufe wa~ Gods Church; wherein they ~ad the fpi- A nruall Communion of theSamts: yet whiles theCtty was fo uncleane,hJS heart was unquiet:Wemay(yougrant)have civill fociety with ill men, fpirimall Communiononlywith Saints : Tbofe mull be accounted theworld, thefe onely theChurch; your own allegations !hall condemn you. They are not of theWorld(fa11h Chriil) as I am notofthe World: Both Chrill and they were parrs oftheJewifhChurch: The Jewifh Church was not fo fanetified, bot the rr~,fi were extreamely URcleane: therefore we may be pans of a Vifible unGm&ified Church,and yet be feparate from theWorld.s.im Paul writes to hisCorimhians,fan&ified in Chrill,Sainrsby calling: True; bmnot long after, he can fay, Ye are yercarnall. In his fecond Epillle: Come our(faith he)fromamong them: Bur from whom? From Infidels by profeffion,nct corruptedChrillians. B SEP. W<e indeedhavemucb,.ick$dnejfe ;, theCII)rr>hmr.e /ivevou ;, thechurch. B•ti11 eaf11ejl,doeJOU imaginewe account the Kingdom.ofEnglandBabylon,or the CifJofAm- ([erdamSion? It il the ChurchofEngland,or State Eccltjiajlicall,,.hich we6ce~unt Babylon, and fror>Z wh>eb we withdraw In fpiritH&IICom,mnion: but for thuomrtJOIJwealtbandKingdome,urPe hotJour ilobove •lithe States in the#lorld,fowouldwe th&nkfMIIJ embr4ce themeanejl cortJ<r in it, at the extremtjl condilion1 ofany peopl< in the Kingdovu. Thehtlli(h impieties intheCiiJof Amllerdam, doe nom•reprejudice o11r heavenlycofiJIJIIInionintheChllrch ofChrifl, th4n the Frogs, Lice, Mlraine, dndoth" pl•g•ttover-Jpreading 1Egypt didthe Ifraelites, wbt~ Gofhen the portionoftheir i11he- C ritdncc was free, Exod. 8. I 9· nor thatJ the Deluge, rs>herewitb the whole 11!orldwas covereddidNoah, rPhe,he dnd hw FamiiJwerefafe inthe Ar~, Gen.7. nor thdll SathanJ I hron<lidthe chrch •JPergamus being efl•blijhedin the f•me c u, With ; t,Rev. 2 .r 2.13. St:CTI ON LIII. THeChurchand State, ifthey be two,yet they are twins;and that fo,as eithers evill proves mumall: the fins ofthe City not reformed, blemi!h the Cburch: where the Churcl) bath power and in afort comprehends the Stare, !hecannot wafh her hands oftolerateddiforders in rheCommon-wealth;henceis my cornparifan oftheChurch (ifyou could havefeen it, not the Kingdome) ofEngland, with chat ofAmllerdam: I doubt nor,butyou could be comenr to fing theold fang D of us, B011a terra, 1114/agens: Our Land you could likewell, ifyou might be Lords alone. Thanksbe to God it likes not you, and jullly thinks themeanefrcorner too good for fa murinousa gent!ration:when it isweary-cfPeace,itwill recall you: you that neither inPrifon, nor on theSeas, nor in the CoallsofVirginia, nor inyour way,nor inNetherlandcould live in Peace.What fhalwe hope ofyour eafeathome? Where ye are, all you thankfull Tenants cannot inapowerfull Chrillian frate move God todillinguifh betwixt the known fins ofthe City & the Church:Howoft h•th ourGracious Soveraigne, and how imporrunacely,been folicited for aTolerotion of Religions? It is pity that rhe Papills hired not your Advocation: who in rhis point c.rr... u, offi arechafe true C•Jfanders, which Reverend Calvin long fince confuted:Theirwilhes ;,.; ,;,;. herein are yours: Toour !hameand their excufe: his Chrillian heart held that tale- E .,u-..u r.,;,;, ration un~hrillia; ~nd !ntol~rable, which you ~ither neglefr ormagnifie:Good c~n ••Jih.i••i" jlanlint wmkt at tt mh1s beg1nnmg;bur asDavrdat the houfeofZervlah:Succeedmg '"fl· times found chefeCanaanites to be pricks and thorns, and thereforeboth byMulfu and banifhmems fought eirher their yeeldanceor avoydance. Ifyour Magillraces having once given theirnames to the Church , endevour norropurge this Auge:m Stable;how can you preferre theirCommunion to ours? lluthowfoever now,lefr we !hould thinkyour Land-lords have roo jull caufe to packeyou away forWranglers, you rurn over all the blame from the Chur<h to the City; yet your Pallor and Churchhave fa found the City in theChurch and br;tn· dedit with fa blackemarkes, as that all your fmooch extenuations cannotmake It a Je(!'e
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