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Show M t~flAr. }IQhn CGtmn~. ~"''J: _.:.__ __.- ..- era_th :-<!)-la~k-;r--':1'e--,.:.-.:,.~~;:-.,-b.;;;,;n the ~• . ,;tf,./1 worft.!J ofD"f<!!effi. . - ----- .And thi< i< .u wbicb the place WJUtreth. But what mak[thaO thw I• /"'' •"-e, that "'' may not receive foch Perfom to Church·ft~owjhip ar OJU' folvu emf jfl t• he godlj, and who doe profoffidly bewatle and~enounce all kno,.,ne.jinne, and. wo,./d renouDtemore, if they kn.,., mar. ? Although, it m3J be, they doe.uot fee t_he Htmnjl 1k}riJ _of aO th<H polluti- 0,. tbey.have fom<tinm -been deJ!Ied wJih: IH the Pamarch1 faw not the pollutirm of thtir Poly~am)? • In Anfwer to thts, ~he Exammer.telleth us ; I. 'That if tbe regenerate and repenti~g.Englifh did come thm farre forth, it "'O!'Jd availe lllU4ck t? th~(anliifjmg of the Name of the Lord J•fm, to the pacifying ofh14 ;ealoufze,&c. . Reply.Eut this is no Anfwcr at all, unlc!fe he·dtd alfume that o~r Ilependng Englifh dld not como th~ f~•r.e fofth, llherefQ.rcJ,e ~~ve. th fur ano,her Anfwer, (rhat. whtch ts-mdetd·bUt·a part of thts)' "'<bat;according to. the forrmr l>ijliTJliion of Godly Perfo?J> who pnJ!ibly "''J'> liv~. in· ungJJdty, praf1i{t1 ( ejptcia}lj of f•lfe·worfbtp•:) And_ then ~JCC~Jrding w M':Cmtons lnterpre111110n, they cQt*·not forth. B•piy. That former Difrin8:ion.hath•been confidered above and weighed ; but ha~k been found· imperti~ent to r.he cafe in hand. 'l'h<eExaminer neither doth, nor ever wlll make Jt· good, That the Godly perfom amongft, us doe liv~ in any un_godly ~ra~ifes of falfe worlhip. Nor doe they Mke hts Affirmation ( wtthout ~ny 1'1\entiotl ofScripture•ground) for a fufficien: c~nvi&ion. . liut,( faith he) ifther~be any voyc•ofChrijl m -~he mouthrof b11 'lll.itnejjer agaitJjl •tbtfojinne~, they are not then of ignorance, bm negligence, a11d JPiritual/ lmdneJJe ag•inJlthewayu ofGodJ feare, If3i. 63. &c. Reply. lfthere be (faith he )any voyce ofChrip in themoutbr ofhu "'itnejfi1 ag,.infl tbefi jinm1, &c. If there be: he doth no! fay, there be. And if there were, how doth it appeare, that their. voyce is.t.he -.oyce ofChrilt, or that they be the wimdfes of Chrifl, in who!i: · mouthA this voyce is? How eafie had it been. for the,Examiner, if he himfelfe knew any fuch voyce of Chrifi in the mouths of any of his wicndl<s againfl thefe finnes of falfe worlhip wl;ticb our god· ly B,-ethren doe live in, to have alledgcd the fame,and the word of Chrilt, which might have bem wicne!fe to the voyce of thofc witne!fes ? Butthefe lfs and Overtures will neither convince nor edifie others, nor jufiifie hiinfelfe. &JideB; 111 Majlir Roger William~. Biii3es, wliatif tlierc be fome wirnelfes have tellilied Jgaintt the fal fe woilhip in England, i'nd again It the Maring of thole Mini' 1\efs, !iy reafdri of that falfe w01lhip? What if the Godly Pcrfons ( o'fwhorh he fpe'!k.eth) here, ue hot fo ignoranr, but th'ey know what rhofe witne!fes have faid,nor fo negligent, but they·have dujy cotilidered and pondered the fame, and weighing it in the Ball. i'nce of the Scriptures, have fouod it too light ? hit fp!ritttaU 'i1ahtne1fe, to choofe, rather to feafe Goel, a rill his Word , then to feare thefalfe Interpretations and Applications of it by the fpiric OfError? The word of the Lord wee reverence and acknowtedge, :come not jee to Gi!galf, neither goe;ee up to Bethaven: But doe wee com.e to Gilgall,orgoeup to Bet haven, when we heare the Word of .the Lore! froin the god1y 'Preachers in the Parilhes in Eng/an~ i' fffuch alledgements ofScripture inay goe for the voyce of Chnll: in ihe mouths ofhis witnl:lfes, we !hall foone forget the Counfell of Solomons Ceafo my Sonne to h~are the lnft~'!f1ion, which caufoth to errefrom the worfJ1 o'ff0ow'itdge, Pro.l9. 27. !.he 1\po(l:Je Jehn hat~ long fince direded ~!,Hmb)' k._now we the JPmt of'I~uth, and t~ejjfz' rit ~/Error: He that 'kt!o.,eth God, beJreth fll, ( thatrs, t'be ApofUes, and thofe that preach their Do&rine;)Hnbat u notofGod,hearet'h Uf,mt, I Joh. 4· 6. But tor another Anfwer, the Examine'r proceedeth ; Moreevtr, traith 'be }the ~~ftir;", i~ not of t'be '"'?'ofl,'~!rtr ofpolfuiirm, 'but th; fobftance nf a /rue and Jalfe 'Bed of worjbzp, Cant, I, I 6. In rejpef1 of taming out of thefalfi, before the entrance into the tru~. . Reply. I faid indeed, that Gnd~ PerJo.m repent'??,_ of ~II bnowne finnu, may be received to Church·feltowjbzp, althoug~ they iloe not fre ~e utmoft 14i,rll of all the pollution th'] have fometlm<J bee11 defiled ll>ith. BHt,faith he,the ~eft ion ir not ofutmojl s4f!tJ, but of the {ubftance of• true and falfi Bed of worjhip. What he meaneth by the Bed ofworjbip,I know not lfhemeane the Church to be the Bed of worfhip,and the Churches of Engl.nd to be falte Churches, rhat Point barh been cleared above: that no yoyce of Chrill: hath declared the Churches of England LObe falfe Ehurches. But yet fun,her the El!lamin·er anfwereth , '!bat if there were but fihbinejfe in ihe /kJ.rtJ of~~~ Haftot, be bekmth lfd•. Cotton wotild M m 2 1101 |