A AftriomDzffwafive from Poperie. perie is no Religion. Oh the lamentable bazar~ offomany millionsofpoore foules, rhat !tand.upon rhefe ll1ppery rer!lles, .whereof1fany be probable, IOme are impolli· ble! Ohm!ferablegrounds ofPop1!h fa1rh, whereofthebelt can bur have this praife, thar perhaps irmay be true I AReligion, that hath beenoft dyal in the blood of Princes: that in IOme cafes, teaches and allowesRebellion again!tGods Anointed; and both fubometh Treafons, and ex ulesrpities,.honors, rewards the attors. A1:\.eligion, rharover-loadsmensconfcienceswith heavy burdensofinfinite tmnecell'aryTraditions; far more than ever Mofos commented u n by all the Jewi!h Ma!ters; impaling themwithnoleffeauthority, and exatting with more rigor, 11 rhananyofrhe royaUiawesoftbeirMaker. AReligion thatcoozens thevulgarwithnothingbut !hadowesofHolinelfe, in Pilgrimages, Procefiions, Otferings, Holy-water, LatineServices, Images,Tapers, ricbVe!tures, gari!h Altars, Crolfes, Cenfings, and a thoufand fuch like (fit for children and fooles) robbing themin themeane time ofthefound and plainhelps oftrue piety and falvation. AReligion that caresnot by what wilfull fal!hoods itmaintainesapart: asWicklijfu blafphemy,LNthmadvicefrom theDevill, Tillllall community, CalvirJS f.lined Miracle, andblafphemousdeath, B11cers neck broken, ••z.au revolt, rheblaflingof Huguenots, E11glalllls wanr ofChurches and Chriil:endome, Qleene Elir.•lmbs unwomanlinelfe, her Epifcopall Jurifdietion, herfecrer fmitfulnelfe; Engli!h Catha· likes call inBeares lkins to Dogges, Pkjfis !hamefull overthrow, Gar11tt1 Straw, the c L11thmuuobfcene night-revels, scoriudrunkenordination in aTaveme, theEdiCt ofour gratiousKing]a110n (anno87 .) for the e!tabli!hment ofPopery, ourca!ting the eructs ofourSacrament to doggs; and ten rhoufand ofthis nature, malicioully raifed and defended again!t knowledge and confcience, for the difgrace of rhofe whom theywould havebared, ere known. A 1:\.eligion, that in theconfcienceofherownunrrnt!)., goes about to falfifie and deprave all Authors that might give evidence again!t her, to outface all ancient truths,to fui!t inGibeoniti!hwirneffes oftheir ownforging; and leaves nothing nn· attempted again!t Heavenor Earth, thatmight advantage her fattion, anddtfable her innocent advenary: Loe,thisis your choice. Ifthezealeofyour Ioire bathmade me fbarpe, yet notmalicious,norfalfe;God is myRecord, I have not (ro knowledg) chargedyou with the leaft untruth: and ifi have wronged, accufe me: and if I cleare 0 not my felfe, and my challenge, let me be branded fur allanderer. In the meanrime what fpirituall phren!i~hath overtaken you,that you can findeno beauty,bur in this Mon!teroferrors? IJI' ~o you and your fellowes, that Cod fpeakesby hisProphet: 0 ye Heavens be a!tonied at this, be afraid and utterly confounded, faith the Lord; for my people bathcommitted two evils ; they haveforfakenme, the Fountaineof livingwaren, rodigge them pits, evenbrokenpits, that canhold no water: what !hall be rheilfue? Et'" Dofllifl<, ikluceseolillpHttllminteritlll: Then 0 God,lhalr bring themdowne into thepit ofde!truttion. Ifyouwill thuswilfully leaveGod, rhere I mu!t leave you: But (ifyouhodnot rather dye) rerurne, and fave one; rerurne ro God, rerurne rohis Truth, rerume ro'hisChurch: your blood be upon my head, ifyouperi!h. ' An Advertifement to the R eader. THE Redtkr 1114} pk4fo t• ta/iptotice , thnt in thefotmtr Editiontherer>Mailded unto this Difco11rji, • j•P Volumeof•b•vethree h11111irtdContradillio111 4ndlif ftntiom•fthe R•mifh Dollor1, underthen4me of ThePeaceofRome; rr>hich, hee~ufo it wasb11t • coDelllonolll ofBellarmine allliNavar, and,. otherwifoWJine, hNt IH • G"4thmr •ndTr~njlator, I hiJ'IJt herethought goodt• omit. FINI S. 597
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