Ehap.13. rtcco rding to Sr 11R A T T H E VV. 391_ paved away for the great work which Lutherbegan in Germany, puritatú. - theTaft ofOEtcher 1617. And ft was [trangely carried on ; 1. By cob. Revius de diligent preaching. 2. Printing good books. 3. Tranflating the vit; Pent, pag. holy Scriptures into vulgar tongues. 4. Catechifing of youth. I> t. 5. Offering publike difputation. 6. Martyrologies. Here in reyt Ge g. Englandwas agreat dooropened at the fame tithe, but many ad- SiEReae. San oft vertarìes. The eftablifhingof that Reformation, howunperfit fo- 'Fell !Wig. ever ; to be done by fo weak andPimple means, yea by caluall and kore¡: croffe means (faith one ) againft the force offo puillant and politick refòrmatiorem an enemy, is that miracle, which we are in three times to look for. defjeraffer Q- It is fuch a thing ( faith another) as the former age had evende- tam pratrrita, faired of, theprefent age admireth, and the future fhall Rand a- etm`ob uo pit; razed at. K. Henry theeighth, whom God ufed as anInitru- et futtea S ment in the work,had firft written againft Luther, and afterwards scu,cec Ainal.- eftablifl°Ied thole fix facrilegious Articles. And fitting in Parlia- dec.z. ep ¡fat! ment, he thus complained of the stirs that were made about reli- cat' gion. There are many, faith he, that are toobutte with their new Sumpfsmur, andothers that dote toomuch upon their oldMump- f:muc. The new religion though true, he and they all, for aloft Ay, andmo,,6 part, envyed : the old,though their own,they defpifed.yohn Frith fot.943. withltood the violence of three of the molt obftinate amongft them,Roohefier, Moor and Raftall : Whereof the one by the helpe of the doCtours, the other by wrefting the Scriptures, and the third by the help of naturall Philofophy had confpired againft him. But he,as another Hercules (faith Mr Fox ) fighting with all three at once, did fooverthrowand confound them, that he convertedRa- flail to his part : Rochefter and Moor were afterwards both be- headed for.denying the Kings fupremacy. Reformation bath ever; met with oppofition, and never more then now, men fighting for. their lofts, which they love as their lives, and are loth to part with. But Chriit [hall raigne when all's done : and thole golden times are now at hand, that.the new ¡errPlent, which fignifies the [tare.. of the Church in this world, when it bathpafld the furnaceof af fli`tion,preiently upon it,thallbe all of fine gold. Let us contribute- thereunto our earneft prayers and utmoVc pains ; not abiding a- mong the sheepfolds withReuben, nor remaining in [hips with Dan,&c. 7udg.5.16,17. not [tandingoff, and caftingRails, as the Priefts and Levites in.Hezekiabsdates; but beginning the Re- z Chro:y9.r a. formation as Gideon did at our ownhearts and houles , left with in ftead of making up the bteacb, we prove makers of.. breathers..
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