582 1 An Apologie againft Brownifts. -----loft, where newfavours are calledfor,buc whete old are denied. While your Poefie A is: Suchas themother, fuchis the daughter; where are out old,out any mercies? They are uothankfull, which knowwhat God bath done, and confe!fe it nor: They ~=t:,t .Ufmnd;,ftd trtpttrbaMS. m.W. tdtrand• {llllt ,&e.SitNt tokrtn'U'IIItt Pr~pbt'ttt,&& A"f.·'P 48 ....... ;igain!l GJ/f. TheBrowifts li:omfull op;. nion ofa.tr P<opk. are unrhaokfull to God and his Deputy, which knowing rhemfelvesm•de ro obey prefmne toover.rule,and upon. theirprivate aur_horiry, _obrr~ck'l'o t~e Church rhof; ordinances to beobferved, whtch never had bemg burmthelt own Idle fpeculation. YourSequellration and ourconfufion, are lai>Jh.Gffh.eln en · w?er hey !houldnot: and asyoupretenqOUI'COnfufion lOi the caufeofyour Separatton;So is your Separation tlie rruecaufe oftoo rneth trouble, and confufion in the Church: Yourodious tale ofcommixture bath cloyed and furreted your Reader already,and receivedam£\ver to fariety: thisone di!h fooft brought forth,argues yourpoverty: The vifible Church isGods Drag-net,and Field, and Floore, and Arke; herewill be ever at her be(l, Sedge,Tares,Chaffe,uncleane Creatures: yet is this no pretence for B hernegleet: the nororiolllly evilllhecillsfromher breft, and knee, denying them the ufe ofherPrayers,and (whichyour Leadersmiflike)ofherSacrament. Ifdivers through corruptionofunfaithfull Oflicers,efcapecenfure; yet letnot the cro.nfgreffions offome, redound to thecondemnation ofthe whole Church. InGods judgement it!hallnot; we care little,ifin yours. We tell wicked men they may goe rohell with thewarerofBaptifme in their faces, with theChurch in their moutbes, we denounce Gods judgements nu partially againft their finnes,and them.Thu•Jwe flatter, thuswedeceive. If )'et theywill needs run to perdition ; Petditio tHa ex le rfwl. Our Clergy is fo R.ornilh asourBaptifine: Iftherefore R.omi!h beca•Jfe they came thence, 'we havedifproved it; IftherefureRomilh, becaufe they have been ufed there, we grantand ju!Hfieit; Tharancienrconfeffionoftheir fait'n whichwas fa. C ·mous throughtheworld,we receivewith them:Ifthey holdoneOod,oneBaptifme one Heaven, one chrift, !ballwe renounce it?Why fbould we not ca(\offoorChri- {iendorneandhumanity: becaufe theRomans hadboth?Howmuc·h RoMe caneither challenge,orhope ro gaine in ourClergy andMiniftration, iswell wirnelfed bythe bloodofthofeMartyrs,eminent in the Prelacy,which in the fi-e!h memories ofmany was !bed fur Ood,againft thatHarlot:and by the excellentlabom:soforhersbothBi· fbopsand Dotl:ors' : whofeleamed pens have pulled downe rmoreofthe wals of Rome, thanall thecorner-creepingBrowniftsin theworld fhall ever beable todoe, whileAm(\crdamftanderh. It isyou that furnifb thefe adverfaries with advantages, through your wilfull divifions: T'ke scUsrHs his arrowes, tingle out ofthe theafe, D the lean: finger breaks them, while thewhole bundle feares no ftrelfe: we know well where the blame is, our defervings can benoprotefrion to you : youwent from us, not we fromyou. Pleadnot our con(\rainr, you fhould not havebeen ~ompelled to forfakeus, while chrift iswith us. But who compelsyounor rocall usbrethren? to deny us Chri!Hans? Your zeale is fo farre from ju(lifying thewicked that it con· demos the righteous. SEP. A111i for thef•fpition oftheru4emullitude,JOU IJttd IJOimHchfi#re it, TIJep•/IJ fHfpti1 IJQihing that comes •nder the Kings6roadfe•le: IIJtJ are ig11oront ofthisfa•lt. Tho•gh # were the Ma./Je that ca!JJt with a•thlril) oftheMagijlrate, thCJ(for the1J1ojlpartpould6e . E withoutf•fpition of it: fo it,llorantandP"fane are the);, themojlplaces, tSam.I 0.1 o, It isthewife-hemedamongjlJON, that f•fpe{JJOurdealiiJf,l, ,;howill t#fofHjpelJ!o•)et more,atJ••r unfounddtalingfhall6eforthtrdifcovere;/. SECTION LVIII. HOw fcomfullydoe you turn overour poorerude multitude, a5 if theywere beafis, not men; or ifmen, nor rude butfavage! Thiscontempt needed not: Thefe fonnes ofthe earthmaygoebefore youto Heaven: Indeed it wa~ of old faid, that al!Algyprians were Phyfitians : Somay itnowofyou; All Browm!ls areDivines,noSeparatiftcannot propbefie: Nofooner can they lookat the lkirtsof thishill, but they are rapt from theordinary pitchofmen: Either this change is perha
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