[ 3i6] s fpïfings--With thefe they build, with there they boaft ; and with thefe they triumph, in ereEting ` their Church of the PurityThe Face of a Po- ` pith Mafs is the Shew of the whole Aetion, with ` the Inftruments and Ceremonies thereunto apper- taining Our Communion beginneth with Prayer unto God in the MotherTongue; fo Both not the Mafs : It fheweth us the Commandments of God; it teacheth us the neceffary Articles of our Chrillian Faith; fo doth not the Mafs. It bringeth both the Law and the Gofpel to (hew- ' us both Damnation and Redemption; fo doth not the Mafs. It moveth us to acknowledge our Sins, it ftirreth us up to Repentance for them; it exhorteth us to Mortification of our finful Flefh ; fo doth not the Mafs. It preacheth theLord's Death ` till he come; it calìeth for aworthy Preparation for fo heavenly a Supper. It promifeth full Remiffi- on of our Sins, thro' Chrift's gainful Sufferings; ` fo doth not the Popith Mafs. It giveth high ` Thanks to God for our Redemption; it praifeth ` the Eternal Majefty for the fame, and wifheth the ` true Receivers to depart from thence in his molt holy Peace and perpetual Bleffing, and continue always; fo doth not the abominable Mafs. Ergo, our holyCommunion hath not the Face of a Popith Mafs, as our new Catharites have moil ` wickedly, malicioufly, mockingly, falfely ` written to their Affinity or Profelytes. Thus, tho' we be not in England, among the wicked Pa- ' pifts now, yet are we molefted of idle Brethren, as wickedly occupied as they, tho' in another kind. ` The Times are perilous. Thus farewel in the Lord, &c. This John Bale is a Witnefs entirely unexceptio- nable, being, as Mr. N. himfeif fays, one of thofe who figned a Letter with John Knox, againft having the Church at Francfort reduced to King Edward's Form. The Concern it gave their fuffering Brethren in England, to fee King Edward's Form thus renoun- ced, was not an imaginary Inconvenience. There strype's Life is fomething very moving in the Complaint of Bi- of Grindal, mop Ridley upon this Occafion. The charitable P. 19. good
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