(z90) He clofeth hisTranfeription ofthe Words of fundry Learned Men; who have luftifyed the Separation of the reformed Churches from the Church of Rome, wherein we are not in the leaf concerned with an Enquiry, What Triumph would the Church of Rome make over ua had we no other reafons to jz f ifie our Separationfrom them, but only th f which (as is pretended) we plead in our Cain. I fay whereas we do plead, confirm and jufti `fie all theReafons and Caufes pleaded for theSeparation ofthe Reformed Churches from them, not oppofing , not weakning any of them, by any Principle or Practife of Ours, but farther preis the force of the fame reafonings and caufes in all Inftances whereunto they will extend, I fee neither what caul the Paps have of Triumph, nor any thing that weakens the Caufe of the Reformation. He adds further, hoarfhould we be hijjed and laughed at all aver the Chriftian World, ifwe bad nothing to alledgefor our Separationfrom the 1"ï?man Church, but filch thinks as thefe ? I anfwer, that as the Cafe lands, ifwe did al- ledge no other Reafons but thofe which we infift on for our refraining Communion with our own Parochial Affetnblies; we thoukl deferve to be derided, for relin- quifhing the Pleaof thofeother importantReafons which the.Herefies and Idolatries and Tyranny of that Church dca- render juft and equal. But if we had no other Caufes of Separation from the Church of Rome, but what we ha re,ibt our from our Parochial ffer#blies at home, asweak as our 'Allegations are pre- tended to be, we should. not be afraid to defend them. againib all the Papifts in theWorld ; and let the World ottlihe, itfelfin hi inga Where-
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