Maddox - BX9329 M3 1740

[ 123 " of the fame Neff ; we allow not of " the Anabaptif}s, nor their Communi- " ty ; we allow not ofBrown, the Over- " thrower of Church and Common- " wealth ; we abhor all thefe. No, " [we] PUNISH all thefe." Were one to guefs at the Reafon why the De- fcription here given of Brown, the Overthrower of Church andCommon- wealth, is omitted, it might be imagin'd to be this : " Some of his PrinciplesN's Hitt cc were adapted and improved by a P. 376. confiderable Body of Puritans, in the next Age." Before this Head is concluded, it may not be improper to take Notice of the particular Severity which the Pu- ritans ufed towards thofe who diifer'd from them upon the Article of Free- will. This they always brand with the odious Name of Popery, in order to reprefent thofe of that Opinion in the moll difagreeable Colours, and raife the flrongeíl Averfion againft them. We have a remarkable Inftance of this fort in a celebrated Piece, often quoted by Mr. N. and held in great Efteem and Credit by the Party. 'Tis as follows. " The Book of the Generation of Anti- Part of a Re- " thrill, the Pope, the reveal'el Child Ái v P. óf cs ofPerdition, and his .Succe ors, &C. Antichrit} his Laws and Ce- " Theremonies.

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