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Show t66 An .Advertifoment, touching the Co11tro'Verj-ieJ-, -- ling· But do altogether difallow, that their Credit iliould be thus' defended. For though,l obferve,in one ofthem,many Gloffes whereby the Man, would infinuate himfdf, into their Favo~ rs ; yet I find it to be ordinary, that many Preffing, and Fawning Perfons do mifconjetl:ure, of the Humours, of Men in Authority j And ~any times, .vener~ immolant.J~un; they feek to gratifie them; with ~hat:~ wbtch they mofi: d1iltke. For I have great R.eafon, to ~atis~e my felf, touching t~~ Ju.dgemer:t ot my Lords, the Bijbops, tn thts Matter, by that whtch was wntten by one of them, which I mentioned before, with honour. Neve~theleffe I note:~ there is not an indifferent hand carried, towards thefe Pamphlets, as they deferve; For the one fort, flyeth in the Dar/z and the other, is uttered openly. Wherein,I m~ght advife;that fide,~ut:of a Wife writer, who hath fct it down, 1hat, punitis In-geniis glifdt Aut horittn. And, indeed, we fee, it ever falleth out, that the Forbidden Writing, is alwaies thought, to be certa.in fparks o! a Tn1th, th~t fly up into the faces ofthofe, that feek to choak tt, and.tread·H out., Whereas, a Eoofte Authoritzetl is thought to be, bat 1'empori1 Jl~ceJ; The Lttn~~uagP. oft he Time. But in plain Truth, I do find, (to mine underfianding,) lhefe Pamphlets, as meet to be fuppreffed, as the other. Firfi, becaufe, as the former fort, doth defaae, the Government, of the Church, in the perfons of the Bifhops, and Prelates; So the other, doth lead into Contempt, the Exercifes of Religion, in the Perfons of fundry Preachers: So as it difgraceth. an higher matter, though in the meaner Petfon. Next, I find, certain indifcreet, and dangerous Amplificati-ons, as if the CiviU Government, it fclf, of this State, had near lofi the Force of her Sinews ~ And were ready, to enter, into fome C~nvulfion,all things being full ofFaction,and Diforder; which is as unjufily acknowl~dged, as untrulY. affirmed. I kow, his Meaning is, to enforce, thts unreveren.t, a'nd violent Impugning) of the Government of Eifbops, to be, a fufpected Forerut~ner, of a mor·e generall Contempt. And I grant, there is sympathy, between the EftateJ i But no fuch matter, in the Civill Polticy, as deferveth fo difbonourable a Taxation. · To conclude this Point; As it were to be wifhed, that , thefe Writings, had been abortive~ and never feen the Sun; So the next is, fince they be commen abroad, that they be cenfured, (by all that have Underfranding, and Confcience,) as the untemperate Extravaganci~) offomeLight perfons. Yea, further, that Men beware, (except they mean to adventure, to deprive thcmfelves, of all fenfe of Religion, and to pave their own Hearts, and make thetn as the High Way,) how they be converfant in them; And much more, how they delight in that Vein;But rather to turn their Laugb~ng, into Blufhing;And to be alhamed, as of afhort Madneffi; That they have) in matters , 1 of . of the C~urch.,. of ;England. o elzgion, taken their Difport and S 1- --.;B;::---=--. ----ts of th~fe faults, which will be fooneft :ck. ut thts, perchance, I perceive, neverthele~fe, that there wan~ nn~~ledged; Though blaunch, and excufe it. 0 om eo who fee·k to B.ut to defcend, to a fincere View, and Confide . J\cctdents, and Circumfrances) ofth fc ration, of the either part, deferveth Blame or Jm e e co.ntroverjies, wherein, ly, in Caufes ofChurch-.matter.r ~hat Mep~auoffin; I ~nd, general-of thefe five Points. ' n o o end, In forne,or all, The Firfi is, the Giving Occajion h · alfo; the Vncunjiderdte and V unto J e Controveifie.r; And on. ' ngroun ed, Takjng of occaj. The Next is, the Extending and Mttlti l . to a more generall o'Ppolit · c.;' · 'P'J111g, the Controverlies h fi :r ton, or Contradd1in h J' ' at t e rfi propounding of ·hem h M n, t en appearetb, leafr partiall. · ' w en. ens Judgements are ~he Third is, the Paflionate a d V b h . ceedtNg.r, of both Parts to 'd n h n rot erlj Prallifes,and Pro-thc: ir Di.fo'redit and sup',tJr·(ji'war s t e Perfons, each of others for Th " r e;Jzon. ' e Fourth is, the C ourfes holde" d , . fide, for the draw in(! of thei p' . ' an enterttuned, on either . h. h c:> r arttzans to a mor fr . h OtJ Wit m t emfelves. Whi h . .) e raig t, Vni .. ction, ofth: ~ntire B~dy. c ever un.porteth, a fur~her Difira- ~he lafr ts, the Undue and Inco . lifJTng, and Debating of t'he C 1 n:;;entent, Propoundi1zg, p1tb-mof i: pa1p a bl e Erro' r hath ~o n rover_;tes In wh· hP . 1 d Ic omt, the which t hrough the ft:an {fceen a rea y fpoken of; As that offereth it felf, ~0 the cg~~~it~: ~f~lf~~nnelfe of the Abufe,firfr Now concernmg the Occajion of h . be denyed, but that the Im fj' cf t e ~ontroverjles; It cannot Government of thofe, whichph;v: ;hkl ;nth~ Con1'erfatio1t, . and ever been principall CaJijes and M r p afe m.the Church, have 0'!1• For whiles the Bifhop~, and ~;ves, 0 Schifmes, and Diviji, ttnue full of Know led e a d d verners, of th~ Church contheF/ oc/{.indeed· WhTie~ t~ gdo 1 W~nks; Whtles they ~eed all Liberty and 1 R.efol f ey ea ' ~Ith the 8ec11lar Stater in c It 'd t. u ton' accordmg to th 71-r ·~o f ' . a Tng, an the precious care of s l . e .lv.LaJe.;ry o their long, the Church is jitu4ted as it 01t s, tmpofe~ upon them; So keth quefrion ofit, or feeketh to 'd:re up~ an f!zll; No Man maver~ ue~' in the Fat hers and part rom It: But when thefe thetr Ltght; And that th LeadersJ of the chrtrch, have lofr an~ Pleajerr of Men; Th=~ ~~x ~or~dly' Lovers of £hemfelves, as m the Dark. They · d nb egrn, to groap for the church fours of the -:1P/;iles, or ~f~~~ P%a~i~:s _whether they be the succe/Mo{ es Chazr, yet they c 'J ~{i • yea, howfoever theyjit in ha b e n t es, tH ha ving Auth a.tn nbe ver peak ' r,a nqt~am Auth o ritatem ~at ion, in the Con rei· oruy, fecaufe they have loll: their Repu· f h lC ences 0 Men b d r . rom t e W~lY which th ' y ec mmg their fteps ) ey tr~ce out to others. So as Men, had need |
