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Show An AdtzJertifement, tm,ching the ControtzJeif/eJ like of o thers, but into a more deep Confiderario~, ~f t t· c.:mfelves: f ort11Jje t;on redeunt., quia jmmt· progrej]1tm) no1t mteOJ-gm; t. . T t . . l d c h Agajn, to my Lor_ds, the Bifl:·o~.r, I f<1~' j ~l.at_tt_.t~ 1~u ,I.~r t e~ , toavoyd Blame, (m the Opmton. of a 1 t~dtfierent pe1fo?,)m fianding, fo prccifely, upon Alrenng nothin?· Leges, no_711s Legibu- s, non rccrcat£, acej cunt. Lawes, not ~efreflJ:d , w1f h new 'L{!we.r ; W!IX jmtre. ffl.J!;i maltt non pernmttll_, 1n homs uon per:feve rat : Witbo11t chat;ge of 1U, a Ma11 can11ot contm11e the Good. T? take away many Abufes,Supplanteth not good orden,but dbblt~eth them. Aiorofa .J/,furif Rctentio> Ru turbulent a efl, teque ac NovzttU: A contentious Retaining of Cu.flo1JJ is a T1trb~le~t '1 ~Jmg., a~ well as Innovation. A good Hu~band, is ever prowwg ~n his llmeya~d, or his Field ; Not unfeafon ably:, indeed, not unsktlfully,~ut hghtl} be Gndeth, ever fomewhat to do. ~ e have heard ~ ot no Off_"crs of the Bijhops, of Bills in I'arliameut j whtch, n(J dcubt, proceed mr from them to whom it properly belongeth, would have ever}' where rec;1ved Acceptation.. Their own C:onjhw:i~·n>s, and Ordc1 ·s, have rtformed them little. . Is ~othmg am11s. Ca~ any Man defend, the ufe of Epq:on:munzctlfto1t, as a B~fe Procefie, to Jackay up, and down, foi Duues,and Fees; It betng) a precurfo-ry Judgement, of the latt~r day? . . . ls there no Mean, to tram, and nurfe up, Mtndl:ers? (For the yield, of the 'Vniverffties, ~ill not ferve, though they were never fo well gove1 ned:) fo train them, Ifay,not to Preach,(For th at~ every Man, conh• ntly.J ad venturer~, to ~? ;) But to preach foundly) and toh~mdle th~ Scripture:r, 'Y1th \i\ 1fedorn, and Judg · mc:nt } I kr.ow, rrophecynzg, was fubJ efr to great A~ufe ;. And would be moreabufed nuw, becaufe Heat ofCon.tentiQns, IS tn creafed: But I fay, t he only Rctafon, oft he Abuf~, was_, becaufe, there was admitted to it, a Pvp~la r Auditory:, And It was not con tained, within a private Conference, of.:Mi~iflers: <? rher thj.ngs: might be fpoken of. I pray God, to mfpue the Eij!Jops, with a f<:rvcnt Love and Care, of the P~ople; And that they may not. (o much~ urg~ Things in Cont roverfie, as T.hing£ out ofControvcrGe; \Vhich all J.\t1en, confe~e to be Gractous, and Good. And thus much, for the ~econd Pomt. 1 N1_ was to the Third Point,ofVnbrotherfr Troceedjng, on either ·Part; It is, ditec1ly=- contrary to my Purpofe, to ?mplihe wrongs. I It is enough, to note, and number them; Wht~h I d? alfo, to I move Com paffion, and Remorfe, on the ~ffendtng S1de; And I not to animate Challengers, and Complamts, on the other. Artd \ tbi; Point (as Reafon is,) doth chiefly touch that fide, which :can do m~fi: ~ lnjuri£ potentiontnJ Jimt: Injuries, come from them, that have the upper hand. - I The Wrong.r of them, which are poffelfed, of the v_:overmmmt, of ·the church towards the other, may, hardly, be d1ffembled, or : Excufed. 'They have cba1ged them~ as though, they denied'Iri- 1 b~ _ oft be Chu.rch, of England. bute to C~far; And with-drew from t;h--e--:C~i-v1-=-1!:-71-,-;-·a- t--hOb d. h" h h ' .Lvtag~;.,ra e, t e e Ience, w Ic t ey have ever performed and tau ht Th have forted, and coupled them, with the Family of Lov~ ~ho~~ Herejies, they have lab ured, to defi:roy and Confiut#> Th' h b een f. · fl fC d" · ' ... ey ave WI to re It, to recet':"e Accufations againfi: them from t~ofe, that have quarrelled With them, but for fpeaking ~ · fr Su~, and Vic~. Their Accufations, and Inquifitions, h:v!b~~n fr~tfr~ Sweanng Men to Blank.J, ?nd Generalities; Not included Within com pais of Matter certam; Which the Part , which is to take the Oath, may comprehend to be a Thi y c · and Strainabl~. Their urging of SubfCrf~>tt.on ntg hapttous, A t · l · b ,rr;, 'J" r , o t etr own r 1c e:, IS ut Lace_;1 ere, 6· irritare, hiorbos Ecclejfte; Which 0 _ ther~tie, W?~l~ fpend, and exercife, themfelves. Non concejfom quterzt, fed dif.[zdusm, q1si, quod j4l1is prteflatur in verbis e:Kigit 17fe fee~th not unzty, bu~ Div_ijion ~ which exal1eth ~hat in wordF, .;hich Me': are content to y~eld 111 Alhon. And it is true, there are fome whtcJJ, (as I am petf w~ded,) will not, eafily, offend, by Incon: form1~y, . who, notwtthfi:anding, make fome confcience, tn fubfcnbe. For t~ey know, this Note, of Inconjla11cy, and Defellion, from that.) which th<:y have long heid,fball difable them,to do {hat good, wLh otherw~fe they mought do: Forfuch is the weaknefs of Man,.._ that thei_r M~niflery, fhould be thereby difcredited. As for t~eJ~ eafie Stlr;ncrng of them, in fuch great fcarcety of Preachers, It Is to pun db the People, and not them. Ought they not, (I mean the Bijhop,) to keep one Eye open, T 0 Iooke upon the Good, that the Men do; but to fix them both up the H~rt, that they f~ppofe comme~h by them? Indeed fu~~ as are.Intemperate, and Incorrigible, God forbid they fho~ld be ~ermttted ~o Preach: But !hall every incontiderate Word,fometlmes, capttou{]~ watched, .and ~or the ~oft part, hardly enfor· ced,be as a F_'orfeiture,oftb~u vo1ce, & G1fr, in preaching? As for fund~y parncular Molefi:attons,I take no pleafure to recite them. If aMuufier)lhali be troubled,for faying in Baptifnu· Do JOlt believe for, ~Do.ft thou believe~. If anot.her3 iliall be called in ~uell:ion, fo; praytng for her Ma;efly, Without the Additions of her Stile· whereas, the very form of Prayer, in the Boo~ of common rraye; hath, Thy Servant Elizabeth,& no more: If a Third,fball be accu~ fed, u!'on thefe words, uttered touching the Gontroverfies, Tnl- .la!ur Lex, & flat Certamen: (Whereby was meant, that the prejudice~ of the Law, re:moved, either Reafons iliould be equally ~o~pare~ ;) Of call.mg the Pe~pJe, to Sedition, and Muti· y, As Ifhe had faJd; Away wzth the Law and tryitoutwith Fborce: Ifthefe, and other like particulars,be ~rue, which I have, ut by Rurnour, and cannot affi,;m; It is to be lamented that they fl:lould labour, amongfi: us, with fo little comforr. I know:~ R.eJtra.zned Go"Jern_ments, are.bett~r, then Remijfe; And I am, of hh mmd, t~at fa1d; Better u to ltve where noJhing is lawfull, the1 t w ere all? hrngs are lawfoU. I diflike, that Lawu lhould not be con-tinued } |
