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Show jOO - t.Mt~fter John Cottons .A~t[111r The fubl\ance of my othtr Anfwer to his former Objeaion which wu to prove a mce.f!itie !Jing uJ>on godlj mtn to foe and be.., ail! their pu!'urioos in a former Churcb-fellawfhip, before they can be fit fllJIItr for armv. It was ro rhis purpofe,that we have not been wanting (through the guidance vhhe grace of Chril\) to pcrforme that which he pleadcth for, fo farre as God hath called 111 to it : the which I tXprelled In my Letter in tWQ particulars: r. 1hatlbe bod.J of our mtmbert doe in g<n<1all Profeffe, that the rcaJOn. of their comitJg OVt1' to us,f¥'aJ tbattbty might be freed from the bon· dage ofhumiiR< I,.,.,tions and OrdinanCIJ, under ll'bich "'their {oul< groaned thur,fo thty have profojfed thtir forroR', fo farrt iH Jbrough ig. n.ranct or injirmilie the] h~~J< bem deftkd there. 2 • That in our daily meetingt, eJPccially in tbt timu of our folemtlll Humiliations,_..,, doegentrally all of H< be,.,.,ik all Olll' former Polluli• oni, "'here*'itb Ale have deftkd ""' {eiV<I, and the boiJ thing I of G.d in our former .Adminijlrati<>nt, and ComntHnions: the Alhicb A>t-bave ra-· t/w. cboftn to doe, then to tal~ of, and thmfore doe marvell, that he fb.uld fo refolutel] renounee U< for that, R'hich he.Jtnew not A>betber Jilt baduegle8ed or na, and before lJe b.d admonijhed uNf our{mfulneffi in fo<h negkll ,Jj it bad<been fOIITid amongff w. . Whereto hi~ Anfwer is; 1-bat "'e moke namention,,..h~t fucb r,i,.,. uons,anJOrdmancu, wb.Jt [NCb Admi.,i.JirationtiiTid,CommUniont "'-"'• which ... e confe JJed and be-.. ailed. Repb-' And yet lei\ he fhould too muc-h wound his own Confd· ct1 « wi~h(uch a ~ener.all charge, he acknowledgeth; 1hat "'' bavt hw~111ffe agat».JI B:r{hop1, and Ctremmiu, ~~nd.doe con.Jiit:rm oneiJ . pp11cul4t'"'!'d Indepe".d.nt Churchu, a11d bltiJ< tberef~re fo Jam atleofl fi~.tbe .ewlfoJoa Nation all ~hur~h. But I dare fay further, that his . own Confctencc.beareth h1m wttneffe; that w:-have wimdfc:d alfo ~th iQ ProfelJ!on and P~al%ife, again!\ Prdcript Liturgies and m•xt qommumons,both Ul-Church-fellowfhip, and at the Lords Table. , . What hat~·beetuhen lvantinp: to us? 1hat R'e doe nalfui!J Jet the · rw/1 of a National/ Church> How doth he make it to appeare~ · By two Inl\ances. Bj~Hr conJian! PraOiftin fti/1 j~ning "'ith [NCb Churchtt and M'miflery_ m tbt Ordm~ctl of tpe ~rd and, Pt.ll)er ; 11nd b.J ow Perfirttting •f( to Mafter Roger Williams. .jbim-for hi< bumble,faitbjHII, andcoR.Jiant admonifbiRg of ur for foch ,. unclean< .,a/k_!ng, between a particul•r Church, and a N>tional/. fuply. Our joyning with the Minil\m of England in hearing of the Word and Prayer, .doth not argue our Church-Communion with the P ~rifh-Churches in Engl;;nd; much IelTe with the N~tionallChurch :as hath been !hewed above -in Ch•p, 1 4·· Bel!dos, when Jmboam heard the word from the young Pta· phet of Jud.b,.and joyned with him in Pt~yer, 1 dem~nd whether ·in (o doing,he joyned in Church-Communion with the Nationall Church of Jutlah? lfyea, then wasthe Church of Judah polluted· Jy the uncleane .Communion of .Idolatrous Jeroboam: If not,then the Examiner may e.ofily difcerne,how weake an Argument it is to argue our Communion with the Nationall Church of England, from our members joyningin the Hearing of the Word,and Pray· er in the Parifh-Churchetof England. . His fecond lnl\ance to make it appeare, That "''fee not thn1Jill of a N~tion~ll Chur<h,from our Perficutiag of him,. &c.- In this I choofe rather to blame his memory then his confcience. But the one of them is much to bl~me, in that -it maketh him fo farre forget-himfel fe and the Truth, as boldly to avouch a notori· ous f~lfhood ;_1hat "'' Perficuted him for hi4 humble,and faitbfull,and eonj!a"t admonifbing of Uf of foch unckane A>alkj_ng, bmm11 a particu• lar Church aad a Nationall. -· Itis one notable f•lfhood to fay,-that he di-d conllamly adm<J> -· nifh, either our Elder A or Churches of fuch an offmce; mucll lelle, humbly, and faithfully. If .he did fo admoniOJ us-, where· are his witneffes? His Letter!? his Mellengers fent-to us? Befides, lt is another falfhbod, and no lefk t>alpable,th~t we did pcrfecute him for· fuch admonifhing of us. Ic hath been declared above upon what grounds the G:ntence of his BJnifhment did Proceed : whereof. thij Admonition (which he pretendeth) was n•me of them-; neithet did they perfecute him-at all, who did fo proceed again!\ him . Now whereas in th~t Paffige of the Letter even now recited I faid, He J0e"' not wh~t ProfoJJwnr "''bad m.d< in ou:Cblll'th<l of OUT' · llimiliationl fm· former Pollutions, ""'"bad bl-admom{htti"' of our d ... - j~£11 therein : He d<~nandeth bow ·he ci!Uld. poffibly ·bdgnorant ofot<r tjl~te, who bad been from firjl to laflin felklwjhip .A'ith Uf , an Officer • ~mongfl · ' |