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Show ~ . ,. A.lt Advertifement, touching tLe Ct'utrocverJi_eJ_ _ need cont~y,h~ve founding in their Eares) this famt; _N;~~ te E;ire: Go not out: So ready are they:> t? ?epart ro;~d b · church upon every voice. And therefore, 1t ts trul¥ ?o f hy one tbat writeth as a Naturall. Ma~; That the Humiitty ~ .t -~ Fri;rs, did, for a great time, mamtato, and bear out, the lnehgl on of Bifbops and Prelates, · • h For this is 'the Double Pollicy, of the f riritnall Enemy?. elt er by counterfeit Holin1fe of Life'J to Ell:abhih 'd~~d ~~t~or~z~ E~ rours; Or by Corruption ot Manners' to ~ ere tt, an ra · fiion Truth and Things Lawful!. Th1s concerneth, my ~o/drethe BJ!Jops u~to whom, I am witnefle to my felf, tha~ I fi d ffeeted a~ I ought: No ContradiCtion hath ~upplanted,m an the Re<·e;ence tbatl owe to their Calling: Nettber ha_th;ny ;;~traCtion, or C;Jumoy, imbafcd mine Opioion, ofthe~r edf 1 know forne of them, whofe Names are mofi pierce , ;~~ thefe Accufations, to be Men of great vertues; Altho~gh the Indif pofition of the times, and the want of Correfpon~e .. che, an wa res is enough to frufl:rate, the befl: Endeavours, m ~ e ~di f;ng ~ f the c burch. And for the re!l:, genera 11 y , I ~an co.r deinn none. I am no Judge of t~cm, that belong, to. ~ Hr~ a JVJajier; Neither have I twtJ Witnijfes. And I know~ It ts txuly faid, ofF a me, that --P~triter FatJa) atq; Infe&a Canebat. Their Taxations arife not, ~11, from o.ne Coafi; They have nd differen~ Enemies ; R.eady to mvent Slaunder,more ~:~y,t~ amplifie it,' and rnofl: ready to beleeve i_t. An.d Magne.r M dy · · c dulittU · Crcduht11 i-s the A damant ofLtes.But.tf any be, en acn re ' ../ . l h fc Th s but a ainfi whom, the Jupream Eifbop, 1at not a cw mg ' r!an Things; ~f any have lojt his fiift Love; lf any be nezthcr H~t, nor !old; If any have ll:ombled, too tondly, at the.Thref1:old_, ln (uch fort that he cannot fit well) that entred 1!1; ltts ~1me th~ ret~rn, whence they are fallen, and confirm the Thtngs, that runain. 0. bl b t ' Great is the Wtight of thi:i Fault; Et_ eorum cau, a a 'Jorre an ·~ sacrificio Domini: And For their C au{e, dzcl Men akhor, the Atora~t on ofGod. But howfoever it be, Thofe, w htch have ou~b to deface them, and caft Conrempt upon them, are n.ot ro e excufed. . 1 b R h- It i, tbe precept of salomo,, that the Ru ers e not eproac. ed. No not in· our 1hought. But that, we draw, our very Cancel~, in;o a Modefr Interpretation, of their Doings .. The Holy Ang:~ would give no Sentevce of Blafphemy, agatnfi the Com; sla1mderer but {aid; Increpet te Dominm: J.he Lor~ Rebu/ze t ;e. The Apojile. saint raul, though againfr him, t~at. dtd pollute n~~ cred Juflice with Tyrannous Violence, he dtd JU_fily dehou d •he Judgem~nt of God:> faying; rer£utiet te Dommm: 1 e r;;11 ofthe C/:JurciJ of England. will flrifte thee: yet in fayi~g ~ ~~e-a-lb-at-e-,-b-e_t_h_o_u_g_l,-t-h-e had gc:me too far, and retracted lt. Whereupon a Learned Fa ther fa1d j Ipfi:m, quamvh inane nomen, & umbram Sacerdotis ex- pam.t . ' !be ancient Councelr, and sl~odcs~ ( as is noted by the Erclejajhcallstury,) when tbey depnved any Bijhop, never recorded the Ofiencc:, . but b~ried it in ~erpe~uall Silence: Only cham,. pur chafed, hts Cur f'\ ~y revealwg Lts Fathers Difgrace, And yet a much gr ~Jter Fault 1s tt, to afcend, from their Perfon to their Cal!ing, anddrawtharinquefiion. IvlanyS!ood Fathe:s fpake ~igourou11y, ~tH.I .feverely, of t • . e un won h<indfe of Bijh;ps ; As 1t, prefemly, tt d 1d fo rfe tt , a, a ceafe their Cflice. One f.:1ith; s,uerdotn nominamur:·&.non fomtu: vVe are called Priefli, but Priejis wearenot. Ano thc1 taa.h ; NijibomlmOpwampleDalis) Epifcopus ejje non potes : r;xccpt t l:cTtundert'('tk_e_the good work,, thou canji not be a Fjf/.,op: Yet they m ~a n t not h~ng lefs, then to move d ~..;ubt of tht:ir Calling, or 01·dination. · , The St cond Occajion, o f controverjier, is the N:~ture, and Hu. mour, orfomeMt: n. The (:hurch neverwanteth, akindofPer-fon. r, whtchlovethe Sa1utatlcn, ofRabbi, 1Uaj1et'• NotinCereqJony, or Complement, but 1n an Inward Authori~y, which they tee~, ov~r. M ~ns M ind~ , in drawing them, to depend, upon t Ltir 0 pmtons, and to _feek /\'now/edge, at their Lips. Thefe M.:n, are the true Succe.ffours, of Diotrephu , the Lover of Preheminence; An~ not~ Lord Blfo.?ps. Such Spirits do light upon anothet: f~rt o t_ N~ru.., e~,. which do adhere to thefe Men ; ~1orwn gloru1 1n_O~fequ10:, ~t tfic: Follower~, an? fuch~as zeal mervailouOy, for thole, whom t l.ey have chofeP, for th~tr M aflers. This latt~ r fort, tor then:wfi part, :u e ~1en, of young years, and fuperfictall Underfrand:ng; Canted a way, with partiall refpefrs of Per· fons ; Or wi th the Enticing Appearance, of Godly Names, and Prei Pnccs: Fauci res ipfos jequu11t11r, pl11rcs nomina Rerum, p!urimi ,nomina .li1agfirormn. Few f ollow tbe things themfelves more the names oft he 'J. hi11gs, dnd mojt t~e Names of tbcir Maflers.) , About thefe generall Afiechons; a1e wreathed> and interlaced, accid en t all, and private Emulations, and Difcontentments · A II w hich,together,break forth into contentions; Such as eithe; violate Truth, Sobric_ty, o~ Peace. Thefe generali ties apply th~mf~ i.ves. The Vmv~rjit1es, are the Seat, 9r the Continent,of th1s D ,teafe; Whence Ic hath· been, and is derived, into, the R.ell: oft he R ealm. There Men, will no longer be, e numero, of the.Nu~eber.There,.do othc.rs fid~ t,hem ~t~ ves,before t.hey know, thetr R1ght lland, hom thttr Lef t. So I t ts t iue , whtch is faid; Tranfer~nt ~b IgnorantiJ., ad prtejudicium. They shjp front Ignorance ~ ttpreptdrcat~ 0pi11io'! ;. And never take, a found Judgement, in h~_tr way: _B~n, as It IS well noted; Inter Juvenile ]11diciHm, & emle prttptcl!cmm, omnh v~rit"'! corumpitur: T~rough want of ears, when Men are not tndtfferent But partiaH then their ~ement, is weak, and unri pe. ' Z ' And 2 .., |
