T'he Soaks eRmaiácafdìng to Chrift, 447 beare the fire and thehammer ry fo there is a great dealeofeopper faith in England,not that I fpeake againfl the Doctrine of' faith of the Cl:urcli of Eng`and,for weareto blefFeGod, thatbath given. theKing a heart to tnaintaine ir, but I fpeake of that copper and counterfeit faith, which many have framed to themlelves, which is not good, for if trouble, and daves of perfecurion iliould come, they wouldforiake God, and Ci.rift, and theGofpell,and all. e Now for the ignorant perfon, the ignorant man is an unfaithful! man I doe not meane a weakeand .a feebleC':ri:lian, and one that bath fmaller and meaner parts thanothers have,for we all know but in p.art,.even the batofGods peo- ple, and the .choifeft of Gods Mitufters, they know but in part, but I meane fuck as aregrufly, and carelefly, and wilfully ignorant, as we are pe- .ftered with them,and I doubt notbut my fellow- brethren finde much to doe with them in other places, theyAre content togoe upand downe as the horfe in themill, andyet knownothing, aske themwhat is Gods name,and what it is to hallaw it and what is tobe undeaftood by the commi -g ofGodskingdothethey know nothing ar all,and they arewilfully ignorant, and doenot labour to get knowledge, neither doe they mourne for the wantofir,thisgrofíe ignorance is thus much,they will not fufferother men to helpethem, nor they are not ablenor willing tohelpe rhemfelves : ma- ny come to our Sc rtnons, it is little they under- ftand,but it is leffe they remember: and ifa Mi- L 11 z nifter I . Sort,
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