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Show ( io ). . . he· P·opes Inventfon, being but Ma-ns Invention~ wirhour any Ground or Foundation, Precept ~.r Pratl:tce in Scripture? Yet that the rr_ue Or d~ nances of the Lorrl, a~ rhe Bapti(m truly fo cal~e .d' and the S11pper of . t h.e L orat ·• Th1's. we nevedr tat d ro{e from the Po·p u I nventz·o n, .n 0, nor , Brle a 1da n[ ' Wine nehher in it felf or place, t~o t 1e o t- , z.in 'of ir did, bui: own it in its .Time, and_.rh,c . M gffe1~ of ic at rhis day, accordmg ra Chufi s ~~~~:~~: o!:Jina~e, as B.apri(m' witk. the f!o'J G~~f!, as. afore~ Mat. 26. faid, and rhe /upping wtth .hem Sptncually, ear . 29· ing the Bread of Life, ,and_ drinking the Wme new ?Pith him in the Fathers Kzngdom. , Ibid. They [aid, as for tb~t called tke Lord s-day, ~O~ll')1- People did not underjla11d ~hat they (aed, every day Oap. is the Lord's: Which is· rrue en~u~h\ and.rhe fairefr of mofr that he fays·; and h s hke e~ou&h People did not underffand what they faid, 1 ~' calling on·e the Lord's-day above the reft,. rho we fee a-parr one in feven forrhe WQr_fhtp of God in a mcH'e petulier Manner . . and m t~at refp~a it mav be called The Lvrd's.day, as e· garded to the Lord, bur not as chofen or fer a-part RonH4·6 by the Lord, above rhe reft, rhat we can find in Scripture. Ibid. And fo,. Prayer, ~bat all r~uft :@aavtt. ceafo fr.n their own Words, and from t?e.'r o_wn T~me, atW, learn to be Silent, until the Spmt g:ve t e'?' Utterance : Is very true, fo as nor to perform tt only in their own Wills and Times, h?r as they wait co feel the Spirit of the Lord movmg thereunro . and I wonder how he could fer down rhefe, laft fo near rhe Truth, and chat he fhould be fo Blind, co oppofe them, or reckon them .tor Errors, . ·11. f h t Thus have I g~ne through hts Ltll o w a he calls Errors, owning what is True, and de~ nying cha·t which is· fjlf-e ; f() that he may k~h~ ( 7f ' t'l-1e Hereftes he teiis of co himfelf; however he i£ aftonifhed (as he prerends ) which he harh caufe enough ro b<i ( as well as we ) at his wicked~ nefs, and abufe of a Sincere People, in things they never faid (rho' he fays they faid fo) or enrred into their Hearts ro think, and is as falfe in many of tlolefe and orher Things he charges us whh,· as the Story he cells of rhe . PurJtans; that fame {:barged on them, as ro rbeir Meet• ings, Book IlL p. 1. c 2. as aforefaid. But thu Aas ~4.• we to1t[e[s unto him ( as I faid before ) that after 14; &c~ the way which tho call Herefie, fo Worfhip Wf! the Gvcl of 'our Fatl:iers., believing all things which are 'JVrittcn in the Law and the ProphetJ, &c. but rhat after all, he fltould have the Confidence to fay, . 'f.hat in alJ of which, I folemnly prot eft unto the Rea• ~f~ der, that I have not wronged them at all,, but kept jfaf...: clofe to their own printed 7Vords. This fhews the 11Joofi1 ,' height of Obduratenefs arid.Regardlefnefs of what he fays,. fr1r lie can nevd prove it all out of their. prin[ecl words, and if he could, Why did he riot eire Book and Page ? Which therefore I return ro him again, as a wilful Falfhood, and refolure Abufe, fo that he may well Wonder, as he does~ abd Lamenr, to what Times (and State ) he $ referved, and Repent ifh~ can.find a .ptace. C. M~ Ibid. The Zeal Qf the Maffechufets-Colo· ¢beft: ny, to pre~rrtJe t.hemfelves from ~be Annoyance of JL.atttS. fuch a. b!afp~emom and confujed .Genert~tion of Men; caufed them to . make /harp Laws againft . them. Anfw. Their Zeal therein was not according toR m 0 ~: Knowled(e (as he faid by R. Wi/Jiams) and 'cwas 0 ' 1 • c'heir own perfecudng Spirit that caufed rhern ro make fu~h Laws ag~inlf an Innocent People, for fear £hetr Followers .would come to be con'" vinced of rhe Evil of their ways, and fo rurn from rheir blind Guides, to. the Light of Chrift, N n rhrl |