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Show An Advertifement, tQuch.ing the ConttoverfieJ nued or Diflurbcr.r be un punifhed: 'But Larves, are r k~o the Grape, that being too muc? prdfed, yields, an h~rd, and unwholfome, ~~me. ~fthefe Thmg-s, I mufr fay; I~ a Vin non operatnr I ]ujlicittnt Dcr.1 he Wrath of Man wor/zeth not the R.tghteoufnej]~of God .. As for the Inj1trics, of the othfrPart.) ~hey be J[/mmermes ; As it were Headlej]e Arrowes : They be F1ery , and E ager, Inveefives; And· (in fome fond Men,) tlncivill:~ and un reverent~ llehaviour, to'wards th::ir Supetiours. This lafi: invention alfo:l which expofeth them, to Derifidn, and Obloquy, by Libch, chargcth not (as I am perfw~ded,) the ~hole fide: Ntithet doth that other, which IS yet more odious) prachfed by the worn fo t of them; which is' to call in) (as it were, to their Aide:-, ( ccr ain Mcrcc-r.ary Bands, which in<1pugn Eijl.'op,,and I 0 ther Ecclefiafi~call Dignittes~ to have the fpoyle, ot then Fn~lvwments, and Ltmngs; Ofthofe I cannot fpeak coo hardly. It IS an Intelligence, between Incendiariei, and Robbers; The one to Fire I the Houfe, the other to Rift~ it.. . . . The Fourth Point, wholly perta1neth to themJ whtch Im-pugn, the prefent Eccleflaflicall Government; who,altho~gh ,thcy helve not cut Them{elve-s offJrom the Body,andcomm7miOn,of the ch11.rch;, yet do they affect!) certain Cogni'Z>tmces and Differences, wherei1:.1 they feek to correfpond amongfi: themfdves; and to be feperate hom others. And it is truly faid; Tam [11nt htora q~idam schi{matici, quam Dogmata Schifmatica·: 7here be tU well schi_f nraticallF~tfhions,tU Opinions. Eirfr, they haveimpropriatcd, unto themfelves, the Names ofZeahJII~, Smccre) and Reformed; 1\.s if, all othen, were Cold, Minglers uf f!oly Thing~, and rrophcme, and Friends of Abttfes: Yea, be a man tndued, wtth great V nues,and fruitfu11 in good workes; yet if he concur not with th(m, they term him,(in Dcrogation,)a..Civill,and Moral!, Man; And compare him, to socrates, or fome Heathen Philofopher: Whereas the wifedom oft he scriptures, teach~.t_h us other~ife: N~u?ely, to judge, and denoaunate M~n Relzgto1u, accordmg to tbetr Work!, of the second rable : Becaufe they of the Firft,are often Counte1jeit, and prillifed in Hypocrijie. So Saint John fait~ ; That a Ma~,doth vttinly boaft, of Loving God, whon_t he:ze.ver fa~, if he ~ov~ not hw E.r~- · thcr, whom he hathfeen. Anc,t Saint 'james fanh; Thts 'H tr11c R:elzg.t· on, to vijite the F athcrle.lfe, and the Widon; • • So as that, whtch ts, with them, but Philofophicall:> and Morall, 1s~ In the Apojtles Phrafe, True Religion,and Chrifiianity. As in Affection, they challenge, the , faid Vertues of Zeal, and the refi:; So in Knowledge, they attributeunto themfelves, Light, and Perfe[lion. )They fay,the C~Hrch ofE11gland, in King Edwards time, and in the Beginning of her Majeflies Raign, was but in the Cradle; And the Eijhops, in thofe times, did fomewhat, for Day-Brea/z; But thar, Mat11rity, a?d Fulnejfe 9 ef Light, proceeded from themfelves.So SabinitH~ Bif?op o Heraclea, a Maredoniam H~reticft, faid; That the Fathers, tn the Councell of Nice were but InfllntJ, and Ignorant Men: That the Church oft he Chl4rch of Engl.and. Chu.rc~, was not fo pcffeQ: in thei~ Decr~es, as to refufe, that Further Rtpene(s, ofKnowledge, whtch Tune had revealed. And as they c~nfure;vcrtuour Names,by the Names,ofCivill, and lliorall; So ~o they c~nfur~ ~en,truly, and godly wife,( who fee into the van.tty ~fthtH A!fechons,J by· the name of Politick.!: faying, that t_heu ~~f~ome, Is b1:1t Carnall~an.d favouring ofMans Bram. So ltk~w1fe, 1f a Preac~er, preach.with Care~ and Meditation; ( I fpeak no~, of the vam,Scholafhcall, M.mner of Preaching? But foun~l.Y 1~deed, o~deiing the M.att~r, he handleth, diHincH y ,for tv1emo~y.' ~edu0'm~,and drawmg It down, for Direction; and ~uthon:mg tt, With firong proofs, and warrants ;)They cenfure tt, as~ Form of sp:al{jng, not becomming, ·the Simplicity of the Gofpe!t; A~~ refertt, to the Reprebe~fion, of Saint Paul, (peaking, of' he Entrcmg Speech) of Jlfans Wifdome. Now, tor th~ lr own Ma'tner of Preaching, what is it? Surely, they exhort we,J, _,nd.work ~?mpunctio~ of M1nd; And bring Men well tot he ~efhon; V1n, Fratres,quul.faciemns? But thJ.t i!l not. enoug~; Except they refolve tJ.te ffl.!!:.f}tlon. They handle, Ma. te~s ot Controverjie, wea.kly,:.Ind. obiter,and as before a People, t~a t wtll accept of ~ny Thmg. .If} JJoaritte of Manners, there is ll:tle, but Gen~ralrty, and Repet(tion... J:'he word, (the Bread of Life,) th:y t?fie ':IP and down, r,hey Qreak it not: They drJ.w not, their Direcbons· down, a.d Cr1fus Conf/ienti£: That a M.1n may be warranted~ i~ his p~rpetuall A~1ons, whether they be La ~full, or no~". NeHher, Indeed,, are-.m::tny of them, able, to do 1t? What through want, of Grounded know;edge · What th~ough.wanr, ot Study, and Time} I~ Is a Compendi~us, and eaLte Thmg, to call for the Obfervation cf the ~aVL•ath Day· or to fpeak again~ unlawful! Ga!ne: But w,h:1t AtJious: and wor,0,t~ay be ~one upon tne Sabb~tb, and what pot; Ar.d w}bt Courfes of Ca;n, are Lawfull, and Ill wlut .cafes? ·To fet this clown and to ~lear the whole Matter, with good DilHncHons, and D~ciGons, IS a ~at:er of great Knowledge_, and Labour; And asketh much M~_duation, at~d Co~verfing, in th~ Scriptures, and other Helps, w htch pod hath provided, and pre!erved, for rnjlrr4!1ion. ~gain1 they. ~ar.ry not:~ an equall.Han~, i~ T eac_hing the reepk, theJr /awful~ Lwcrty, as well, as thetr ;Rfjrrautts, [!fld rr()hibitions: But they thmk, a Man, can~ot go too far, in that, that hath a f11ew ot a Comm.andament. · · They forget" that there are Sins, on ·the Rir,ht Band as well as o:l the.Left ; And that, the word is do11blc edge~-!, and ~utteth on ~oth_ SJde5; ~swell the Profane Trangreffimu; as the fuperfii. t 1ous Obfcrvzn.cef. Who doubteth,but that, it is as unlawful] ;e fb~t, where God hath opened, as to open, where God hath fhut; To bmd, whe~e God hath loofed, as to loofe, where God hath bound. Am,ongfi M~n~ it is"~ commonly, as ill taken, to turn . back Favmws, as to dtfapey ·Commav~ements. In this Kind of Zeal, (fot Exa.mple,)they have pronoU'nced, generally,and with- . Aa out · 177 |
