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Show ( 6 j . tra. 3s.7,8 whid~ is called, The Way of Holinef~; in. :J.rhic~ &. 40.3. (rho' the Unclean cannot p.afs over tt) thB wa1~ & S7·14· faring:m.en, tho' Fools (as to the Worl~) Jl:all no~ , Err tberein; the path of the )'uft, whtch t.r t11 the Prov + r8 fl,init~Ji Light, il~·at fhines riim·e an~ .rnor~ unto tb~ I9· perfeC! Day; bur the way of the 'Jjlscked 14 ,at Dark~ nefs, they k_no7v not at w~at they ftum~le ; ~nd we . ' are refolved, by Gods Grace (as G. Kettb onct ~~ .tJ . c.t.ff faid) ' never ~o, r~_turn unc~ them, for d1e Lord ~~. P· S9,' hath faid miro us, Le~ them come unto you, ~ bur go nor ye im~o ~he~ : Th:~ ~ord harh a~~ ' ded divers who were among rhem, and under ' that ProfeHion unto· us ; and . will (we doubt not) ' add many more; ye'a, _Thq.ufand~ i_n ~uC: ' dme-and bring them [0 hiS Zson ; whtch he '. hath begun [o build (faith he) in great. Glory,. ' even. in and aniong the People called m fcorn ' f2.!!akeri: And when the Lora j11all make Jerufalem the Praife of the ,vbole Earth, and the Joy of inany Ge?er~tions. . T~ey _wil.~ ha~e nd ,Part o~ Portion m u chat rem am m B~bylo'IJ, ~s one fays, r. E's R_o~ Tha,t fuch-( as op(:}ofe the Work of the Lord) Sic::a Ma.· No l;'ortiQn have,. w~o Jo the Work condemn, j11x,p.3o. , Right nor Memprzal m.Jerufalem .•. , . . . . For as Solomon I fays, The H_eart ~nowetb bu own rrov. 1'4· Bitt:rnefs, and tbe Stranger doth not intermeddle witb i;v.I8.4• his Joy; wherefore, G_o.ine ~ut of Babylon (an~ come unto' Zion, all ye that love her ) be not . partakers of her Sins, tbtJt ye ~eceive ~ot . of he1; Plagues, which are (as her St.ns ~ ma~y~ . and whioh are begun already, as appears by the Sequel. . . . . C. Mather, Inrrod. p. ~. col. r. I am far fro11J ;my [uch boa(!, concerning thefe Churches, t~at thej bave need of nothing; I wifh thei!' .Works were mo~e -perfe8 before God. ob{erve, I Wllll (o £qo ; bu[lS ~hi's the way co wend it, co Perfecute fuch as come ( 7 ) ~orne amongfi rhem for that J;nd; and ro Imprifon, Banilh and pu.r to De~rh fl;lch as (e~· th.eir DifeEis and Needs, and fe(k .ro .~ ~ctifie the in ; and nor only fo, bur reviLe £hem afrerwar~s; in fuch a manner, as he halh done: ls rhi~ the way w have their Works more Per feel before God ? 0.! Nay; bpt more Imperfea a·nd DefeCtive fiill. It is modefily confeft, bur why then does be ext. olthem fo elfewhere? As if, rho' he doth not fay, The Churches of New-England m·e the moft Regular/; f that can be; yet pe dorh fay, . An~ is Jure that p~t;~· ~. 2 • they are very like thoje in the firft Aga cf Cbriftfa_- nity (that never perlecured any) when they are (o Imperfett apd.Perfecuting.; and not .only fo, but Tra4uc;e, judge and Cenfqre, in fuc~ a bir4 rer enyious manner as he does,. thofe that are K' m.o re. R z·g ht eom t ha n t h emtr.e 1 v· e s. 1 mgs 2 • 32• He fays, ibid. p. 4· c. 1.. My Judgments of defert . b~tb not been bya./Jed by Perfons being of my own pa':- ~at.tfa:~ tscular Judgment.-!( you be of a Religion conrrary lttp. t~ theirs, to be defamed, condemned and purfued_ with a Thoufand Calumnies, I ~hank Heaven, I hate it. '!'itb 11/l my Ileart. Obf. Yet .rhis h~ ha~f1 done in ~he highetl degree Jmagir;able, by being byalfed t,O his own particular J udgmenr, and defaming, condemni.ng. anq purfuing with the utmofr Cal- I.umnies ( like his fore-Fathers, the Perfecurors of Old, that fmire with che Fift and wich the !ongue ) them rhat are of~ Religion contrary ro them, as t~e Seq~~l will fhew ; therefore our ?~ his. o~n Mourh fhaH he be judged. He fays: l~td. I~ becomes him that writes an Hi(lory, fome - ttmes to Extol Enemies in his Praijes, 'JJJhen their p~aife-worthy Atlions befpeak it; and at~ the fame' tz'!'e to Reprove tbe beft Friends, when their DeeJs a.peear wor~py of Reproof. Obf. Bur hath he done rhts? Hath he cv~r extoi' d his Enemies, as he I i . calls |
