All Apology againp Brownifh. 1 A confencprai(e her for oneofGodsbe!l:daughters; neither doe the moll: rigorous amongfl them, more diOike our Epifcopall Government, than imbraceourChurch: what fraud is this; to fly from rhe Church in common, to one circumflance? we can honour that noble Church in Scotland, may wee not diOike their alienations of Church-livings ? Ifone thingoffend,doeall difpleafe? Yet even this government, which youwould have themrefill: to bonds and bani!bment (who knows not? ) be- 'gios tQ fiad.betl\ rou.,and hat choifeother Churcheswouldmake, asyou doubt nor,foyou care not, Ifyou ard their fentence,_howdurfl you revile heras a falfe Harlot,whom they honour as adeareSi!l:er? Ifyou more theirs than we, you might upbraid us: Now you tell us what perhaps theywould doe; we tell you what they doe, and will doe: Even with one voice, bleffeGod for England,as the B moll: famous and flourifhing Church in Chri!lendome: yourhmdfull onely makes faces,ar,d envies this true glory. Who yet (youfay) defpife not ourgraces, no more thanwe thofe of Rome: See howyou difpife uswhile you fay, you are free from defpite: Howmalicious is this comparifon? as ifwe were to you,as Rome ro us: andyet youdefpife us more: Wee grant Rome atrue Baptifme, true VifibilityofaChurch, t~ough mon!l:rouOycorrupted:you give us not fo much:Thanks be toGod,we care letfe for your cenfure, than you doe for ourChurch : We have by Gods mercy the true and right ufe oftheWord and Sacraments,and all other etfentia!l gifts and graces ofGod;ifthere might be fome furtherbelpesin execution, to make thefe more etfelluall,we refill: not: But thofe yourother imaginary ordinances,aswe havenot, C fo we want not : Neither the C4/d.am, nor any IdolatrousenemiescouldmakeS ion Bab)lo•, nor the holy veffels prophane; fu as they !bouldceafe robe fit for Gods ufe: but theywere brought back at the return ofthe captivity, to Jerllfa/em : Such were ourWorlbip,Miniflery,Sacraments,and thofemanifold fubjecrs ofyourcavils,which whil!l: you difgrace for their former abufe, youcall our good evil!, andwillinglydefpife our graces. . I SEt>. Whmthetrllth/J&gaintr, theLPrd(~~Phich istr111h) cin11ot be 4/oftr. Neither i1 the thank.! ofAwcientf•voiiN loflamong(l them, whichflit/ preffi on towards""" nurciu: Vnthankf•ltaretheJ unto the bl<fJ<dMajejlyofGod, andunfaithfidla/fo,D>hichk_,o,.i»g the fl)j/1 oftheir Mafter Joe it not,butgooMprefumptuo•flJ indifobeiience to n~any the hoD fJ ordin•nces ofthe Lordand•fhis chrljl, whichthey kntff1), andinworda/fo ackn<fl)/edge, hehathgiven to hisChgrch toh •bferved, andwtfor idlejpuu/4tio•, a11d ilijpufrllion withoutobediesce. It is11ot bJ ourJeq•eflralio,, but bJ our confufion, that Rome a11dHtllgainu. Tou1 odiur commixt1m of aU forts uf ptople in the bodyofJour Ch•rch, in whoft lap the viltjlmiftreants aredandled, fucl:iog her brejls as her niloral/ children/andarebe-6/ejl bJ her(ar !JJving right thereunto) rPith4!/herha/1 things,"' Praytr, Sacrament•, andother Cmmonier, it that fi)/Jich advanl4geth btU, itJ the finaUohdurationandperditi• '"of ther>icktd,whom by theft nuanesyo•flatter anddeceiv<. The Romifh Prelacy am/ Pritflh•od amONg(l 1011, with the appurtenancer for thrir 1Jtdi11ten~nce antlmitJiftratiotJI,ttre R.omes4dv.I1Jtdge. which thtreforefbe cballenget~at herown, andbywhichfbe alfojliUholds poffiffiot~amP!tgjl Jou,untl<r the hope ofregaining herfuU inl~ritance at one time or oth<r.Andifthe l'apijiJ ta~e advantage at oHr condemE nation ofJ~u,and flparationfromyou: itconcerne1 }OH~ ,eUtofeewhere the!Jiame iJ,and there to la1 it: left through light4nd inco~ftderate jMdg<nJeni,JOIIjNjlijethewick•d, a»d condem11 the righleous. SECTION LVII. ---, M.SmitiJsre· tort upon M. Ciifum,p..so· ALL the fequell of my An!iverer ismeerlyfententious: itisfitrerforusto rheilf..,of learn than reply: Where thetrurh gaines( f.1y you) Sod loferh not: Irell Sq=..tion. you againe, whereGod loferh, the truth gaineth not, andwhere the Church 1.,, "'" ,_ li>feth, God(which indowed her)cannot but lofe:Alas, what can rhe rruth eirher gcr ~,.~,&-iior fave by fuch unk.indquar~els? Sure~y fufpition on fome h:mds~on orhers rejection: ;;~fc~~:;n~; for ( asoptat~ ofh1s Donaulh) betwntt our Licet, and your No» liceI, manypeore ar;im~ Cbritp;a~ foules waver and doubt: neitherwill fetrle, becaufe weagree not: Thanksare nor """"'· opw. Ddd 2 loQ-, ctmli'.Parm.
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