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Show . An .Ad'Z!ertifement, touching tbe ControverjieJ, \ . I .fid au ent potit'ts. To fry the trutbJ I cilia enim 1tOn nunmmt lkfa a, e g to an'~~ councell oi Bifl:ops. 1: m· · nPver to come :/ 'J'"' · ttm utterly deternnned, nd. of an Co~ncell; For Cmmcels abate 110t 7/l l 1tever J'et Jaw, good e ?r. h 'J hich is to be underfl:ood) not things, but rather encret~:J e t lem. w f Synods gathered for the h f G lt Cmmce s as o ' ' . f fo muc o ener a h 'Ch h As tor the Dcprival1on o o:-dinary Govern~·nent o~ t·This ~fr~hief hath taught the ufc of ' Bijhops,an~ fuch ~tkehcau ~p imates. as the abufe of them.ilnce, Arch Eifhops, Patrzarc s,.~n. r ' hath ta~gh~ Men~ t.d~~~O!k~ ~~~~~ Fruits,of the chnrcheJ abr?a.d~ But It will be ~~ ' [;oo that I befeech the Lord~ to rnulttply andOurs. Towhtchl ay, ho[eGhltrches an hundredfold. bis Blejjings, and Graces) upon t £ lJ o the ~umbring of them. But yet, it is not goof, ~at~: u~ ~o~e wanton. It tnay be alIt may be, our peace, lat rna dero ate from the Honour, of fo (thou6h I would be loath, to g c!candalls) that tl-:eir ~ 1 .t not to remove ou ' f: thofe Churc 1es, were .1 h D k which appear greatefr, a ar Fruits, are, as Torches, 10 t e D ar fi . a Orders for the repreiling off. I know, the~ rn.a1 have h~~; c~nfider, of the Cenfures of of fun dry Excefies. ut w . 1 Men zs upon Churches; ·r 11 upon parttcu ar , . . ,r; . fame penons, as :ve l ;r;. ho faith; Certe vttla IraJC1· I think on the fa)'IOg of~ P atom.J":Jw quam conc11pifcibilis) tamctfl lnlis partis Anim£fimt ~~ra u pravwr;' h by the Ancient Conoccultiora: A matter, that appeahre mumc !y contend with other f ;a G dgrantt atwe a 3 ten tion~, o B7_;l.JOPf • 0 . h' 1. hl. ch of us iball bear the h rr nh t e o tve w . . churches, as t e rtne W . • b' he Thiflle' which of us IS bef~ Fneit; And not, asdtbheBrtdr w~ :ouching ~he occafions of moil: unprofitable. An t us muc ' thefe Contr?verfies. {j d the Growth and Progreffion, of the Now, bnefly, to er o~nb erified the fayiog of Salomon; Controverjies: whereby. wtl~s toeb:.fto ed,' at the ftrfl ; Being el(c as 7 hat the Comfe of Contention_, 1 h ~p ll h rdl11 ever be recovered. l . h ;.fth ga·na.Breac ttwz a / c the wat.ers, w o;zc 1J ey , h that~art which call for Reior-lt may be remembred, t atdon~ jlili~ke· of celtain Ceremo-mation, was, firft, propo~g~~ '. 0~~e om plaint of DumlJ l'v1inies' fuppofed to be S1:petj~-z~:u::S. o An fome 11:ve8ives' agai~1fi niftcri, who poffeffe Rtch Be ifi. ' ~ithin the Vniverjt1es, the Idle, and Monafl~c~l(, Conr~u:~Gd~nt upon, and fuch like by thofe, who had Ltvmgs, to ndemu the Government, of Abufes. Thence, they went o~,.to ~~us of'the Corruptions,of Bij{Jops, as an Hiert~rchy, Remamtntg to f~ndr Inflitutions, in the 1 the RomaneC!mrch; ~nd todex1~ep 'd from t:e pollutions)offor-l church; As not fuffictently, e lvere , · mer Times. 4 nel and per· Andlafily, theya~ea~vancedh toh~efi~~~hf ~thoufConfide-petuaH For.m, ~t!'~llu:y, Jndt~e c Gur~t 'of Perifl' and perturbati-ration, of poi11ulhty ~ an or~u~ be erected, and planted, by on of the Church, and Stat~, Oth rs not able to keep foot· the Magifrrate. Here they uay · e ' ' ing of t/Je Church, of' Eng1and. ·------- ing info fieep Ground, defcend furtherj That the fame muft be entred into, and accepted of the people, at their peril I, \JVithout the Attending, of the Eflablifbnte1;.t, of Authority. And, fo in the mean time) they rcfufe to communicate with us, reputing us to have no church. This hath been; the progr~(Iion, of chat fide. I mean of the Generality. For J know, fome ~rfons, (heing of theNJture,not only to love Extremiucs,but alfuil to bll to them)without degrees,) werer at th~ highcft fhain.i at the firfi. The other Pan, which maintaineth, the prefent Government,. of the Church, hath not kept, ot1e Tenour, neither. Firit thofe ~ C.ercmoniu, which were pretended, to be corrupt, they maintained, to be things indifferent; an<i oppofed, the exam pies, of the good Times, of rhe Church, to that challenge, which was made unto them, becaufe they were ufed, 1n the ltztter j11per.ftitiort-s Times. Then were they alfo content, mildly, to acknow.ledge, many Imperfections, in the Ch~trch; As Tara> commen up, amongjt theConz; whichyer,(according to the wifdome, taught byour Saviour, )were not, with firife, to be pull'd up, leftit might fpoiJ, and fup plant, the good Corn; But to grow on togethe,. till the Ha: vefi.Afrer,they grew,to a more ab(olute Defence, and Main~ tenance,of all theorders,ofthe Clmrch; And Hiffcly, to hold, th1t nothing was to be innovated; partly becaufe it needed not, partly becaufe it would make a Breach_,upon theReft.Hence,(exafpe· {ted through Content101U ,) they are fallen, to a direct Condemnat~ on of he Contrary part, as of a sea. Y t·a, al'ld fome fndifcreet perfons, have been bold, in open Preaching, to ufe dlO-o l OUrable, and Derogatory, Speech, and cenfure, of the Ch1trchc1 abroad: f..nd that fo far:J as fome of our Men, (as I l1ave heard,) ordained in Forrain parts, have been pronounced, to be no lawfull l'vfiniflers. Thus w~ fee, the Beginnings were modeft, bur: the Extremes, are violent. So as there is, a/molt, as great a Difia.nce, now, of either fide, frorn it fdf, as was, at the firfr, of one, from che other. And fure.ly ~ thou~h my Meaning, and Scope, be not, (as I faid befo:e,) to enrer_into the Controverjies themfelves, yet I do admontfh, the Mt~mtailters, uf the alone Difcipline, to weigh, and confider, feriouOy, and attentively, how. near they are unto them, with whom, I know, they will not joyn. It is .very hard to affirm, that the Difcipline, which_,they f~y, we want, is one of the efientiall parts~ of the worjhip of God; And not, to affirm wit haJJ, that the People themfeives, upqn perill of Salvation, without fiayiog for the ll1agijlrate, are to gather themfelves into it. I demand, if a Civill State, fhould receive the i'reaching, of the fVord , and Baptifme; And interdict, and exclude the Sacrament of the Lords Supper:were not Men bGund, upon danger of their fouls,todraw themfelves,toCongr.egations, wherein they might celebrate this Myflery? And not to content themfelves, with that p:ut of Gods worjhip, which the Magijirate~ had authorifed .2 This I fpeak, not to draw them, into themif-like |
