580 ~~~~~~A_n~A~po~l~~~=·e~~~ai~nft~B~r_ow~n 7~~I~·~~----~ ":::::::!.'~'' lfSatan hi?Jfelfe fh1ll fay ofChrifl; Thou artthe ~on ofthe!ivin_gGod, fhall I feare A ~""'""' ,.[,. to repeat tt~ Not the Author, bunhe matter1~thefe thmgs•swonhyofregard: g•ippinum.'(.d As 'jerome fpeakesofrhepoyfoned Wor~esofonge11, and other dangerous Treari- 't;~::/;;:;. fors, Good things may~ receiv_ed from Ill hands. ~f the matter ofany Prayer be JJ'u"'"""'"'· Popifb, faultir for what H comames,not forwhence It came:what fayyouagaiofl us ~ q.Uquid di in this, more than Malter smith (your !tour Anabaptilt) faith ofour baptizing of •:;•~::1,."'!. Infants? Bothof themequallycondemned for Anrichriflian. Still,therfore we boalt ~,;."t,,,.ft•tl ofrhefreeand cleareayre ofthe Gofpell: ifit beannoyed with tOme pralticall evils f<hifmat• intt- we may befoule, theGofpell is it felfe, andour profefiion holy, neithercan we con:. '::,';.h:~";,7.~ pi aiue ofall evills whilewe waneyou. tlr qu'imntg~ rul• AU£•ft. The judgment of""'"""" and""'ne;ghb<usdo.tr ChurchSIJCYdl.bbt.t.,4. C.jfltlll.Aftx. &AriD. Act,.. mttfiws ~ltf' wsvili/{un dt rt qJI4#4m minimi 11Mtnl1Jlj dif!tJ>Iitu (ftql~Mitmntqllt •11111tstilomRi· bJurtbmidtm ftntimU4) nihil omi111U ttlmtn . {iu;p,uri:t,~tt uimiAtoncarJjafjnur( inttr vu,inuguqut {trvt!KT,&U!IA int~DM11tSCD111 MIUiio& ca•faciatW cujlodiAtllr. B Th#t all chrij1milomefoo•/dfo •~gllifieJour happitm(~< }oNfoJ)it fllluch; am/Jet ,our folve~, atldthe beft 4mongf1JON, complaiflefo m11chooth itJwordandwrifing, o!J•t~rmiferable coiJdition""'" tbt imperioll4amlf•perftiti•IHimpoflioni oftbtPreldltt,.a,aiJd [Njfir fo mNch alfo "*'" the•, 11< at thit diiJ.!'" doe, for fee~•g thefomeCh•rch-g"'""" ment at~d Mi11iJie'1whkh it it~llfo 111oilotherChurchu,fove.!"" Dr:Pflt, The trlllh u, }Ill arebeft lik$dwhere JOII areworp l?,nDWflt- To11r t:ext t~tlr.hbourl of Scotland I<Jt~» -''"' Bijhoptgavernment fo well, 11 thtJ ratherchufetnndergoe all tbt mi[.,itt•f6olltlt 41Jtl ba11ijhment, th4n to partak$withJON i•Jollr happineffetbinUJ; fo highlj d,. the.! m•gnifie a11dapplaudthe [•flit. Which choice,!doubt flot, other Ch~~rche,.lforvoN/dma4!1 ; thef•mefltceJ/itp•mlaidupo•them• .Am/forJOUr gr4m, rPetk(/>ifo themt~ot, flOra,_, C goodthing amot~gf1Jo~<,•o more th.,,JOII doefoch gr4<tiOIJdgoodi'hlngtiHare to 6efDNnd in tbt ChHrchofRome,fromwhicbJOH fep4r<tenotwithjiand;,g. We h4ve, 6JGotbmef- <J, the P•re 4fllright •feof the go•d giftt aflllgtaces ofGo{/, in Chrij11OrdiMIIct, whkh JOH want. Neither the Lordt people,fiDr the hoiJPeffoluoHitlmike BabylonSion, thoNgh both theoflt dl<dtheother werec•ptivedfora time. SECTION LVI. r THatwhich followerh is but words,afbortanfwer is toomuch: That all Chriltendomemagnifie; thewonhineiTeefour Church , in fo cleare evidencesof D their own voices, you cannordeny : and nowwhenyou fee fuch Teflimonies abroad (lef'cyou fbould fay nothing)you fetch cavillsfrom home: Thofemen which (you fay) complaine fo much of theirmiferable conditionunder the Prelates impofitions,have norwirhltandingwith thefame pensand tongues notonly juffilied ourChurch, but extold it : you have found nofbarper adverfaries in this veryaccufation, fur which youmaliciouOy cite them: How freely, how fally have they evinced the truth? yea , the happinefl'e oftheChurchof England again it your falfe challenges: and yet your fore-head dare challenge themfor Authors. So bath their moderationoppofed fome appendances, that they have both acknowledged and defended the fubltancewith equall vehemency to your oppofition:neither doe they fulfer (as you traduce them) for feeking anotherChurch-government: Look• into the E Millinaries petition (the common voice ofthat parr)! a111 deceived, ifought oftheir complaints found char way, much lefl'e of their fufferings: deformity in praCtice is objeCted to them, nor indeavour ofinnovation;That quarrell bathbeen long filent; your morioncannor revjve it: would Clod you could as 11lllch follow thofemen in rroderareand charitablecarriage, as yau haveout-run themin complaint. It pleafech you ro devife us, like piltures upon courfe canvalfe, which !hew fiirelt .at farchef'c; acrributing forraine approbation (which you cannot deny) eo diltance more rhan eo deferr. Howis itthen, that (betide ltrange wimdfes) wewhich looke upon thisface without prejudice, commend it (Godknowes) without flattery? we can ac once acknowledge herinfirmities, and bleiTeGod for her graces: Our neighbours (yea,our [elves)of S<otlofld know our Church fowell, that they doewithone confent
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