No Peace with Rome. A Then,that from Relique1 we may dilcend to Imcges: Is it poflible that we fhould not beevetdifpleafed with that franticke fuperllition oftheR.omilb Church? That again!hhe TablesofGodsLaw, again Cl: the In!l:itutions ofthe Apo!l:les, again Cl: <he pratrifcof the an~ient Church, a~ain!l: the manife!l: Decrees ofCouncels,againll: t~e cleere Te!l:imomes of rathers , mdefianceofGod and men , theChurchesofChn- !lians fhould bee no Ietfe pe!l:ered with Idols, than theTemples oftheHeJLhen? That(as Hiuome complainedofold) the native beauty oftheChurch fhould bepollutedwith the filth ofPaganifme? That (which Et~febim ju!l:Iy raxerhofmadneiTe) there fhould be a l'ilible and bodily Image or reprefentarion made of the invifible andSpirituall God? Th•r we fhould put our confidence in Agmi.r Dei, Oraines, Tapers, R.ofes, Swords, En!ignes, Bels, ridiculou!ly (•frerrheirmanner) inchamed? B That by cenaine Magicall Exorcifmcs, theDevill fhould bedrivenour oftholeCreatureswherein he neverwas? Nay, let useven enter into leaguewith Saran himfelfe, ifwee !hall give ehher allowance cc connivence to (uch Diabolicall pra('cifes ofwillworfhip. l doe purpofely forbeare to fpeake ofthat prophane paradoxofrhe fufliciency of theoutwardworkedone, without good inward difpofitions; the idlemnmbling up ofPrayers, in aforreigntongue ; the numberand venueofSacraments; theSacrilegiousmutilationof theEucharift, and a tboufandotherMon!l:ers, born Opinions, and Ceremonies : Thefe that I have reckoned, are errorsmore than enow: And I would toGod, thofewhichwe have htreparticularized, were not fucb, that there is noremedy, bur rhar we muft eternally full our either withGod, or with Rome. Since therefOre neither Truth can ever yeeld, nor Obllinacywill yeeld; ierusferve cheereC fully under the coloursofourHeavenly Leader, and bothproclaimeandmaintain an unreconciji~ble warre with thefeR.omi!hHerefies. SECT. XXII. ofthe ImpofjibilifJ ofthemeaftesofReconcilialiOft. AN D now, !ince no wifeman canfufpell: ofus, that we will ever growro that heightofmadnetfe, as ro runoe perfidiou!ly fromthe Standard ofGod ro the Tents ofrhat R.oman l).ntichrill; Is thereany hop,, that the Papi!lswill ever bedrawne backe ro the found and pure judgement ofthePrimitiveAmiquity? Oh that God would vouchlafe this grace to tl)e ChrillianWmid, that wecould but D comfort our (elveswith rhe !lope offogreat happine~ I . Hitr.Mt:;ITD Oratorili.om. L b. pzrr,Ctrtm. What alight were this, bow pleafaot, how worthyofGod and his Angels, that (as it is faid ofthe Novati.t19l'illion, and rbeOrrhodoxeofold) men, women, chil- s 1 • drenofbothparrs, wirhoota!lguile, andclofe harbours pfdifcontenrmenr, fhould. " '· ·•·'·Jo. mutuallybrjng !l:ones and matrerrq the building upofthisTemple ofanother (fet · trJJe)B.efurre('ci9n! We will gladly fpeak un,ro rhem,aod(i(need be)upon our knees3 c1p ./.J·'P·' · in CJprl•lll words; Sithencewemay not COII,lC limh.ofrhq found and trueChurch Q1 God, and comeuntoyou; leru,s befeech.andinrreat you, by wharfnever fhou,Id \:le• mo!l:d~areunto you, rhaq•ou.woul<\re!ume 19ourD;aternity, andj%9the qgfo~ · · of thatMother ChurchwhenceyeearF re~olred; and ashe,faid in Tfteocri(1ft, ~er ar ~;:~;;, &c. laft bee perfwaded : weeareboth brQthersofone blOQd 1 why will you need~ ygpr A'>>>'' <"n'X:,iwr more again!l:yourfelve>, thanyourbrerl]re!l? ·: .• ) ,h nu~;"''· But alas, foonermay God,create a new RoqJe, than refqrme the old : Yea, needs mull: that C:hurchput offit(elfe, af\d ceafe robe wbatir is,et.e ir can begin to be once againewbat it was: for (as theComicke Poet faldin the fik~) 'both fub!l:ance, cred;r, fame, venue, honour, have at once forfakeo her; andbylongclif-ufehave left her worfe rhon nou~bt: neitherdoe J feel!OW ~~el,e.hou[~can berepa)r<:d, but theymn!t bepulled downe to thevery fpundatiOns; and then1\uilrfrpmthe gronncY. But iftherebe any ~keli~bdofxemedyy~ w be.hGi~il for; fi~rely, it mufl needs comeeither from herfelfe, orfrom ot~ers. Can itbefir!l: fromher (elfe, whichob!l:in>telydefendsher errors, not onlywith tongue and pen, b_ut with fire & fword roo? whichwillnor yeeldfomuch asrhar fhee aJn-erre? which refuted roamend rhofenoHh h ~ roriom "lau Mof/tH.zr Simu!mimrts , fdlsf~m.:~, ':li'- tm,dtc~<~{q; tft (trut runl, il!tjJt ip{.z inr:flt· l'a{fa tfl nim!o ntqllior,n« -t:j. dm m£bi,&r.
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