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Show ( 46 ) England, fo that This City chat hath been wate~ : ~d with it, hath been a Bloo~y Cit.r,. occafione4 _by that prophane and ignorant Mtmfiry (as ro rhe Things of God) that hath proceeded from fuch Schoo~s and Colledges, for tl~e ma~ing of l\1.inifiers, and from thence fpreadwg hke Loculls (a~ Luthfr called th~m) ~ over the Face. of fhe Eanh, ro the corruprmg H, and qevounng every Green Thing, (fnd have been fo far from making Glad the Ci ty or Church of God, ~hat they have been one ·of che greareft Caufes of s-o~·row and Trt.!Uble ro it, and of Obftacles and Hmderances tq the Work oftbe Lord, and a ,true R_cformarion, tho' perhaps fomewh~r tefir.:d, as he pretends; ·yet ~h~ ~qundarion bem_g ~rong, as ro the making of M~nifiers, rh_e Bmldmg can never be Right ; for th~ Lor9 wtll choofe and fenq forth into 'his Vineyard, whom, and !1ow, and .when he pleafes, and not a Too~ of_1Vl~n's Inve~rion thai I be Jifr up or hearq in BUlldt~g of th1~ Spirirual Temple, which ihall exc~~d · m Glory, as rhe latter Haufe the former. + :Jrm. · P. 1 ~-;_·.c. ~.The .Q!!akers trembling at this Thunder ~iuhelJ. : And witl; ~aligula refum' d hi4 ~ed. (ped, This is a poerical Lye,~eing bmh for rpe Rhtme, and neirher for rhe Rea(on; for they never rrembled a[ his or any of their Thun~er~ but flood iL om; and look'd them .in the Face, tho' in the Face of Death, as rhe former Treatife fhews, much Iefs wi[h Caligula ref~m:d 'his Bed ; rho' I have read of fome of them, when in Engltmrl, would Feep and hide chemfelves under ~ Bed, for fear of an Apparirar,parricularl yR. Bellingham. Bool.; V .. p. 3· c. r • . He fays, in Relation ro their ConfcHion of Faith ( which-he fers down) f!tiJti~ Thar ir1 all the {lollrinal pazt of Rtligion, they h,1ve ~0- ' qg~·~fd entiJrety 'lVith t~q Reforrr;ed ch,rcbe~ of Eu~~¥ tne~. rope. 4:n~ r· 4· c.' ·;. Tha~ ~c P~~u nq1J! gi~e .a. [ ' . . · f-~1?,~ pJairz and a pure Confeffion of their Fait[;, wifuing ihe Reader may now find an irrefiflable Power ofGoJ, and of Grace, irradiating his Mind 'JJ.Jitb alt SatiffaCiion in it, faying, 'Tis compofed of Thingsclearer tbtm the Beams ~f the Sun. I fhall the~e· fore, to ihew whether h is fo agreeable, or fatisft~ Bory, or clear, examine a few Things in it, being much ch~ fame wi[h char of rhe Aifembly of Divines ( .fo called) ar vVeflmitJ{ler : As, Firft., P. ;. Ch. 1. §. 1. That the Light (which ~Otlftfthey calJ the Light) of Nawre-is not fufficimt to fion of give the Knowledge of Go4, an4 of his Will, which Jfaft!J. is necej]ary unto Salvation. Conrrary to 2Cor.1 2.9. My Gra(:e (which is all one ) is fufficient for thee. An4 4· (j. For God, who commanded the Light to jl1ine ot~t ·of Dm·knefs, hath P1ined i1z our Ifearts, to give tu the Light ~l the [(nolJJledge of the Glory of (Jod in the Face of Jejiu Chrijl. And Rom. ~. 19 . . That lJJhiah may be knowrJ of God is maljifefl in them., '2. Ibid. Thoje former 'U(ays of God's r(!Vellling his Wi/J unto hi4 People being no'Jl! ceaj eJ ; where as rpe ~or~ Changes ~ot, Mal ,;. 4. with whom is novariableneji, neit~er fluldou-'of turninJ!..., James 1. I]. The Lorcfs hand is not f/m·tned, &c. Ifaiah 5'9· 1. Neither kno2veth any klan t~e F,lther, [ave the So11, ~nJ he to wham the Son· will reveal him,March.1 r .2 A; ' ~ · P. 6. Qh. ; . §. 1. God, ft·om all Eternity, dtd, l'J the moft 'Jvife ·and bolfCoun{el of h~ own Wifi, freely an~ {-tncha11P;cably Ordain whatjotver cometh to pafs: So, that according ro them, he ordaine4, lhe Murtherer to Kilt, che Tf/boremonger co commit Adultery, &c. a~ fome of their own Wrirer~ have confefs'd; and many O[her blafphemous Confequen~es, which makes God the' Aurhor of ~in, 6-....c. horrible to thin~ on, y.er 'plainly dedu~ ced from their Princip~<;s ; bu~ I fhall have o~(:; J.fton ro rouch furcher on thi~ 3d Ani~le §.1 4~ l1Cf<;?:fc~r~ ~~r, . , ' ( C•\ !,.' |