632 No Peace with Rome. --- torious abufes, whichby the moderate verdiCt dher eleCt Cardinalswere condem- A ned ? And la!lly, which by the palpable flmeries ofher lafl andwor[l Parafites, the Jefuices, is growne not fecure onely, but prouder than ever fhe was? Can it be then from other.? Howdft hath rhis been endevoured in vaine? Rome may be fack-.d and S«r.LJ-t.10. battered (as it hath ofce!' been)by military forces; bmpurged by admonitions, conP~ttrlllltni ve· v.ctions, cenfures, it wdl never ~e- I remember on thtsoccafiou, what Sln"i"' the ropaumt/Fp.:· LeCtor advifed Bifhop NdJaTTNJ m the hke cafe ; That he had ever foun difpurati- ~ ti piUU difolu· ens fo far from reconcilingofSchifmes, that they are trill wont to inflame the minds torts. ofHeretikes to fuffer contention. What then??nit be from her felfand others?A!as Synod.Arimj- how fhould it? unleffe eitherotbershad power, or her felfe had will tO be redrefftd. ntns. For certainly, ifthere be any onefparke ofgood hope yet alive, it mull be in theayd B .AdConflan. and determinationofageneralCounfell;and fuch a Synod is no leffe impoffible than Tbt«f.[.l,C-19· reconciliation it felfe. For who (ball call it? whofhall fie Prefidenc in it? whofhallbee prefenc, and give choir voices?What fhall be the rule ofthedecifions?what 1he order ofexecmion ? Letthembring forth (ifthey will) the finer, orrhe daughterofth3l their T ndentine alfembly ; who canhold from fmiles and fcorne? Forfooth, they would dealewith us (as Luth" wi.rrily jefled of1he fummoning ofthis Councell by Pa•l the Third ) much like unto them thatmock an hungry dogge with acrufl and a knife; who in fiead ofgiving him the bread,let him feele the haft:well may we refolve d.r1tL«.f~;..~v• with Naziuz'l" , to avoid all fuch meetings ofBifhops; fur that no filCh Synod ever 'k)NrCmno- did good, bur tended rather to the decay than advantage ofthe'Church: I remember ..-or;077f.A.t!.h· Ijit/ore deriV<S the Jatineword COMCiliNm, a riJii1 OCNfOTNIN; fur that all direct the fight Edtt~WIOJI¥ c TI'A. }.:!;jj~, oftheir mindes intoone center. There can therefOre bee no Councell held by thofe &dnPr~t[J.t which prof<ffe agenerall and publike difagreement ofjudgemenc: In vaine fheold Cr.cil.Binij, wee indcvour any fuch courfe, unleffe every oneofthemwould refolve to thinke of Opt41,Miftv.L7 peace at home, and would perfwade his heart, laying afide all prejudice, and wilfull DtCT.1•f·multi. refpefts offaCtion, ingenooaOy to fubmit himfelfe to the Troth, when itonce appeares, and more to regard their foules t~an their eflates: For can we thinke it equall (as things now fland) that thefameparueslhouldbe allowed, wirneffes, plaintiffes, defendants, Judges in their owne caufe? Or fhall we perhaps hope, that thofe priviledges which have hitherto been treacheroully and tyrannically ufurped byPapill!, will now upon better advifemenr be ingenuoully given up by them, and renounced? or that they will now at lafl thunder and lighten A"lthem•u againfi their own heads? Some fuoles may hope for this, which areunacquainted with that old.verfe, l<icommon in.rhe mourh and pen ofLip.Ji•s, · D Mori6NJ4nfi4Hk Ru ft•t Romac•, 'llirifil••· n'tc'~"· But for os,. ( unlelfe he thatdoth wonder• alone, byhis fitetched-out armefrom heaven, fhonld mightily beyond all hope elfeet this) weknow too well that it cannot bedone:Onely thisone thing (which Cod bath promifed) we doe verily expect, ro fee the day when the Lord Jefus fhall with the breathofhi! mouthdeflroy this law· Hin.inMat14 leffe man, long fincc revealed tohis Church; and by the brightneffe of his glorious comming,folly dtfcover,and difpatchhim. Netonely in the meanes,and way, botin Thto,r.tdiff./(,/t. the end alfo, is Romeoppofite to Heaven: TheHeaven fhall paffeaway by a change T<i./''t~.'opU. of quality , not a" utter deflrufrion of fubfiance: Rome, bydeflruetion, nor by ~J..t.oi,,&,. change: Ofus therefore and them fhall that old Bucolick Verfe be verined: E OHI ofeach otiJ<rJ6rtft their jf'Porit tht} tlrtJP; . Norrr>Oiddthll}rtji, till one theotherj/eD>• - Glory toGod, VifJory totbeTrutb, Warrewith H erejie, Peace to the Cburcb. AMEN. ' FINIS.
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