The Keepers oftheWals,&c; · moft 5oo.yeares agoe) alas, alas faith he, thofe SnJ..Xll. that doe fteke priviledges in the Church,are the [ firft in perfecuting it ; and (as his fafhion is to I fpe:ake in a kind of Rhetoricke) they were not paftors,but impofiprs. There benvoordinances without which the worldcannotftand. t 1. <..Jt,tagijlracie. I 2. t.JIIf inijlerie. Magiftrates are nurGng Fathers, and nurfing ~ Mothers to the Church. i Mini!l:ers are Watchmen by their place and ftanding. Now for Shepheards to become wolves, for Watchmen tobecome fmiters, what a pittifull thing is it;but thus it is,the Church bath been al– wayes petfecuted with thefe men, ·under pre– tence of Religion,which is the fbarpdl perfecu– tionof all in the Church;it is agrievous thingto fuffer ofan enemy, but worfe of acountry man, worfe then that of afriend,and worfi ofall ofthe Church. Notwithftanding(by the way)wemufi know; that tl:le perfecuted c~ufe is notalway the befi (as v1u 11 inwas forced to f1peake inhis time The ~erfocuteJ . ~y Jl h fide u n11t at. agamft the Donatt s) Sar11 was a type of the w'!)'es the beft. true,and Hagar ohhe fa\feChurch. NowSarah fhe corretted Hagar, t-herefore it followes not, thatthe fufferingcaufe is alway thebctrer;there· fore we mufi judge ofshings i~ thefekindofpaffagesby the caufe,andnot by.theoutwardcarri- :ige ofthings. , , . , They tookt IIW4J myvaile. Whal fluzll we Joe;n foGh cafes, if we [Hjfer any l irJ- ~-----------------------------
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