B NO PEACE WITH ROME. ------------------------~ SECT I 0 N I. Thefta/eofthenow &m4n Ch!ITciJ. 6o; 1~~~;;:p-H:f.~;, :~rs 0o~~~et~~;~~ ~0*h~0 i~af.~c~~f:~:d~~~~~e~:: }:! ~;:[.~'"1,7~~ and long vexed with Hertlies of an higher nature, concerning Ex ,,;,"" '" G 0 D, concerningCH 1.\. IS T, which llillllrookeat the head: ~:If;:;·~~::· but her vigorous and hoary age is exerdfed with allighter quar• a, 9 ,. """ reil, concerningour felves; which yet raifech up thegreater br•>iles •fi'" "P,.,""· every where , by how much every man naturally loves himfelfe g?:,~'d::~."'~ more thanGod. Not to meddle with any fnrreignqucilions ofrhis narure: Too many feeme unto me comifconceive rhe !lace of our Church, and the Romifh, as if rhey had been alwaies rwo; as iffrom their firll foundations they had been fenfibly fevered in rime andplace,like eo Babilos and HiernJ•Iem, or rhofe rwo famous Cities oppofed inS. AMjliw1 learned difcourfe. Hencearerhofeidle demandsoffome fmar- A"f.d' <h<ir. 0 cering Qgenionitl:s; Where ourChurch hath thus long hid it felfe? Whatyeere and day itcame eo lighr? In which age that other Church lo!t it felfe?Why we have withdrawne our !elvesno further from them? What isbecomeof our fOrefathers? Which was the R.eligionofthe former world? From hence have chafe fharpeand rigorous cenfures paffed on both fides; whetherofnovelty, or ofthe defperaceconditionof chafe foules which have departed 0ut of our own way. Alas! whatmonllers both of opinions and quellions have rilcn hence'"nd have vexed nor theirown Authors only (Ionhe Delfh•rh._Oracle faid well, Jr is fir aman fhould have ashedorh) but toge- T•lim <•f. rherwith them, thewhole ChurchofGod? How many filly foules have fplitted upon =-'\',~~~~·• this rock, which had never needed any votive monument oftheir wrack, tfthey had iBH'• '*''"'· but learned to hold no otherdifference betwixt us&: Rome, than mull needs begran- Judic•m ft q•n red betwixt aChurchmiferably corrupted,and happily purged; betwixt a fickly,lan- f•4"" ' '{"' ~uifhed, and dyingChurch, andone that is healrhfnll,llrony,and flGnfhing.Neicher '"·•q••m• · E thereforedid that Valdu1 ofFrance, norWick[iffiofEn!(land, nor Hrer•mofPrague, Aw.Dom-u6o. nor Uilhrr ofG<rmany, ever gee about to frame anewChurch 10 themfelves, which was not; but only endevored (not without happy fucceffe)ro cleanfe, fcoure,rellore, reforme that Church which was, from that filthy foile, bothof diforder and errors, wherewith it was !hamefully blemi!hed.All cheferatherdefired robe accounr•d PhyGtiansco heale, rhau Parents tO beget aChurch: And thefame havewecarefullydone ever fince, and doe feriouOy and ingeniouOy profe!feofour felves at this day;Rome is alike to usas ic was ofold to Hierome)with EugubiuNJ,Rhegi¥nJ,A/ex4sdriA;Gve that a;.,,m,Epi{l. this City is both more f.tmous,and more neer us: Placesdoe not vary either faith or ti- ad E.-p. Fff • de :
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