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           THE
           HONESTY
           OF
           THE
           PROTESTANT
           ,
           AND
           DISHONESTY
           OF
           THE
           
             Popish
             Divinity
          
           ,
           IN
           A
           LETTER
           TO
           A
           LADY
           Revolted
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Anthony
             Horneck
          
           ,
           Preacher
           at
           the
           SAVOY
           .
        
         
           The
           Second
           Edition
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             James
             Collins
          
           at
           his
           Shop
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Temple
             Church
          
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           Of
           a
           Protestant
           Gentleman
           to
           a
           Lady
           revolted
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           AND
           are
           you
           indeed
           got
           into
           the
           onely
           Catholick
           Church
           ?
           And
           are
           you
           sure
           the
           Men
           you
           have
           lately
           believed
           have
           not
           deceived
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           fancy
           we
           
           have
           done
           ?
           (
           for
           tho
           you
           may
           be
           so
           Charitable
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           not
           intentionally
           couzened
           you
           ,
           yet
           since
           you
           cannot
           suppose
           Us
           to
           be
           both
           in
           the
           Right
           ,
           you
           must
           necessarily
           conclude
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           at
           least
           ignorantly
           abused
           and
           imposed
           upon
           you
           )
           and
           did
           you
           ever
           rightly
           consider
           what
           a
           truely
           Catholick
           Church
           does
           mean
           ?
           Men
           of
           Sense
           and
           Reason
           always
           believed
           ,
           that
           a
           Church
           which
           hold's
           the
           truely
           Catholick
           Faith
           is
           a
           true
           and
           sound
           Member
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           and
           dares
           malice
           it self
           say
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           not
           hold
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           the
           Nicene
           ,
           and
           Athanasius's
           Creed
           !
           The
           Church
           of
           ROME
           her
           
           self
           confesses
           ,
           that
           these
           Creed's
           contain
           the
           truely
           Catholick
           Faith
           :
           And
           most
           certainly
           when
           the
           Nicene
           Councel
           was
           celebrated
           ,
           and
           in
           
           Athanasius's
           time
           that
           Church
           was
           counted
           a
           sound
           Member
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           that
           held
           that
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           which
           is
           expressed
           in
           those
           Creeds
           ;
           and
           do
           we
           not
           hold
           that
           Faith
           ?
           do
           we
           not
           stand
           up
           at
           it
           to
           express
           our
           readiness
           to
           defend
           it
           ?
           and
           what
           have
           we
           done
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           not
           be
           counted
           a
           Catholick
           Church
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           receive
           things
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           hath
           since
           added
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Faith
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           admit
           of
           the
           Doctrines
           
           which
           that
           Church
           was
           first
           induced
           to
           believe
           by
           the
           darkness
           and
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Ages
           it
           lived
           in
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           loath
           to
           part
           withal
           for
           fear
           they
           should
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           so
           long
           in
           an
           Error
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           yield
           to
           things
           which
           we
           apprehend
           to
           be
           directly
           against
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           and
           destructive
           to
           that
           Catholick
           Faith
           the
           Christian
           World
           hath
           professed
           in
           all
           Ages
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           deceive
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Cup
           in
           the
           Blessed
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           Christ
           intended
           as
           a
           mighty
           comfort
           to
           them
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           believe
           the
           Miracle
           of
           Transubstantiation
           against
           four
           of
           our
           Senses
           and
           
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Scripture
           to
           boot
           .
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           suffer
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           that
           which
           is
           very
           like
           it
           to
           be
           given
           to
           Creatures
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           very
           appearance
           of
           the
           evil
           of
           Idollatry
           ,
           which
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           shun
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           Idollatry
           it self
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           believe
           a
           Purgatory
           fire
           ,
           which
           cleanseth
           little
           ,
           but
           peoples
           Purses
           of
           their
           money
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           indulge
           the
           Pride
           and
           Arrogance
           of
           a
           Man
           at
           Rome
           ,
           who
           having
           first
           wheadled
           the
           Christian
           Princes
           out
           of
           their
           means
           and
           Power
           ,
           hath
           at
           last
           made
           that
           Power
           and
           Riches
           hereditary
           to
           his
           Successors
           ,
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           a
           Legacy
           from
           Christ
           ?
           
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           will
           not
           believe
           contrary
           to
           the
           Apostles
           Rule
           ,
           that
           publick
           Prayers
           which
           are
           intended
           for
           the
           benefit
           are
           understanding
           of
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           must
           be
           said
           in
           a
           Tongue
           unknown
           to
           the
           People
           ?
           These
           must
           certainly
           be
           the
           reasons
           ,
           why
           we
           cannot
           now
           passe
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           for
           members
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Church
           ?
           That
           these
           things
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Ancient
           Catholick
           Creeds
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           you
           are
           convinced
           ,
           for
           you
           have
           read
           them
           over
           ,
           and
           found
           none
           of
           all
           these
           Additions
           in
           them
           :
           And
           now
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           and
           by
           the
           mercy
           of
           that
           Jesus
           in
           whom
           you
           beleive
           ,
           
           to
           judge
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           likely
           to
           be
           the
           truly
           Catholick
           Church
           ,
           our's
           or
           their's
           ?
           our's
           that
           keeps
           to
           the
           truly
           antient
           Catholick
           Faith
           ,
           or
           their's
           that
           hath
           added
           things
           contrary
           to
           Scripture
           and
           reason
           and
           antiquity
           ?
           And
           dare
           you
           continue
           in
           a
           Church
           where
           your
           very
           Communion
           with
           it
           ,
           is
           an
           approbation
           of
           their
           Actions
           which
           are
           directly
           contrary
           to
           the
           command
           of
           Christ
           ?
           can
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           more
           contrary
           to
           it
           than
           their
           denying
           the
           Cup
           to
           the
           Laity
           ?
           And
           when
           you
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           but
           in
           one
           kind
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Christs
           command
           ,
           do
           not
           you
           Sin
           and
           allow
           of
           the
           Sin
           of
           that
           Church
           you
           are
           in
           ?
           Is
           
           not
           your
           disobedience
           to
           Christs
           Command
           a
           Sin
           ,
           or
           can
           you
           imagine
           that
           you
           are
           more
           obliged
           to
           Obey
           men
           than
           Christ
           himself
           ?
           You
           confess
           you
           dare
           not
           live
           in
           any
           one
           Sin
           ;
           But
           how
           dare
           you
           live
           in
           this
           Sin
           ?
           You
           talk
           of
           the
           benefit
           of
           Confession
           and
           absolution
           ,
           when
           that
           very
           Priest
           to
           whom
           you
           confesse
           ,
           and
           who
           absolves
           you
           ,
           lives
           in
           that
           Sin
           you
           are
           guilty
           of
           ,
           and
           neither
           absolves
           himself
           nor
           you
           from
           it
           ,
           and
           you
           both
           continue
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Blind
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           lead
           the
           Blind
           ?
           How
           dare
           you
           act
           thus
           against
           your
           Reason
           and
           Conscience
           ?
           Are
           you
           not
           affraid
           when
           you
           are
           going
           to
           confesse
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           laugh
           
           at
           your
           Mock
           Confession
           ,
           since
           you
           neither
           confesse
           that
           Sin
           of
           living
           contrary
           to
           Christs
           Command
           about
           the
           Cup
           ,
           nor
           are
           willing
           to
           part
           with
           it
           ?
           Tell
           me
           not
           here
           that
           you
           drink
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           in
           eating
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           if
           so
           ,
           to
           what
           purpose
           doth
           the
           Priest
           Consecrate
           Wine
           for
           himselfe
           ,
           if
           he
           drinks
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           in
           eating
           his
           Flesh
           ;
           But
           suppose
           the
           Bread
           were
           transubstantiated
           into
           the
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           you
           know
           that
           the
           not
           giving
           the
           Cup
           of
           Blessing
           to
           those
           that
           come
           to
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           is
           contrary
           to
           Christs
           institution
           ,
           who
           distinctly
           consecrated
           the
           Cup
           ,
           and
           gave
           that
           
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           who
           were
           representatives
           of
           all
           Believers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Bread
           ,
           and
           peremptorily
           commanded
           ,
           
             Drink
             ye
             all
             of
             this
          
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           not
           call
           eating
           the
           consecrated
           Wafer
           drinking
           the
           Wafer
           .
           But
           let
           Us
           grant
           you
           your
           strange
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           participate
           of
           the
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           in
           eating
           the
           Consecrated
           Wafer
           ,
           who
           gave
           your
           Church
           Authority
           to
           alter
           Christ's
           Institution
           ?
           How
           can
           Men
           dispense
           with
           an
           express
           Law
           of
           God
           ?
           Can
           they
           annull
           what
           God
           would
           have
           Established
           ,
           and
           continue
           to
           the
           Worlds
           end
           ?
           And
           can
           you
           consent
           to
           so
           great
           a
           Sacriledge
           ?
           Doth
           not
           some
           horrour
           seize
           on
           you
           ,
           when
           
           you
           seriously
           think
           that
           you
           approve
           of
           the
           Priests
           sinning
           against
           so
           notorious
           a
           Precept
           ,
           and
           which
           he
           that
           runs
           may
           read
           ?
           And
           pray
           Madam
           ,
           wherein
           have
           you
           bettered
           your self
           in
           going
           over
           to
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ?
           Is
           this
           your
           proficiency
           in
           Religion
           to
           forsake
           a
           Church
           ,
           where
           you
           felt
           the
           lively
           Oracles
           of
           Heaven
           coming
           warm
           upon
           your
           Soul
           ,
           and
           to
           joyn
           your self
           to
           a
           Church
           ,
           where
           you
           hear
           nothing
           but
           Latine
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Priest
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           not
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           may
           as
           well
           Curse
           you
           as
           Bless
           you
           ,
           for
           any
           thing
           you
           understand
           of
           his
           Language
           or
           Devotion
           ?
           Is
           this
           Your
           proficiency
           in
           Religion
           to
           leave
           a
           Church
           
           where
           you
           were
           taught
           to
           Worship
           God
           in
           Spirit
           and
           in
           Truth
           ,
           and
           now
           to
           cleave
           to
           one
           where
           they
           teach
           your
           Prayers
           to
           go
           upon
           Crutches
           of
           Crucifixes
           ,
           Beads
           ,
           and
           Images
           ?
           Doth
           this
           look
           like
           that
           Noble
           Religion
           which
           Christ
           taught
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           whose
           design
           was
           to
           advance
           our
           Rational
           Souls
           by
           Contemplation
           and
           Meditation
           ?
           O
           Madam
           ,
           you
           are
           too
           Young
           to
           know
           the
           Tricks
           of
           that
           Church
           you
           live
           in
           ;
           they
           are
           more
           politick
           Heads
           than
           yours
           is
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           contriving
           of
           it
           .
           Bold
           Men
           ,
           that
           had
           Learnt
           not
           to
           Blush
           at
           a
           Lye
           ,
           and
           then
           thought
           it
           their
           interest
           to
           Hector
           the
           World
           into
           a
           
           belief
           of
           it
           .
           We
           that
           can
           Read
           Books
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ,
           and
           know
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Church
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ,
           can
           see
           through
           all
           these
           devices
           ,
           which
           they
           perceiving
           are
           angry
           with
           Us
           for
           discovering
           the
           Cheat.
           What
           was
           it
           Madam
           ,
           that
           you
           wanted
           in
           our
           Church
           to
           carry
           you
           to
           Heaven
           ?
           Did
           you
           want
           that
           which
           the
           Apostles
           and
           the
           Primitive
           Christians
           never
           wanted
           ?
           I
           mean
           did
           you
           want
           more
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           than
           they
           subscribed
           and
           believed
           !
           If
           you
           wanted
           that
           ,
           we
           Confess
           we
           could
           not
           supply
           you
           ,
           for
           we
           dare
           say
           nothing
           and
           believe
           nothing
           with
           Divine
           Faith
           ,
           but
           what
           Moses
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           Christ
           
           and
           his
           Apostles
           have
           taught
           us
           .
           If
           the
           Scripture
           contains
           all
           things
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           then
           we
           teach
           all
           that
           .
           If
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           knows
           more
           Articles
           than
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           knew
           of
           ;
           we
           will
           admire
           her
           insolence
           ,
           but
           cannot
           satisfie
           her
           unreasonable
           desire
           .
           Did
           you
           want
           strictness
           of
           Life
           in
           our
           Church
           ?
           If
           all
           the
           Commands
           of
           the
           Gospel
           can
           make
           you
           Holy
           ,
           We
           teach
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           press
           them
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           I
           presume
           you
           do
           not
           aim
           to
           be
           Holier
           than
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           would
           have
           you
           to
           be
           .
           Hath
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           another
           Gospel
           to
           teach
           ,
           you
           
           than
           we
           did
           instruct
           you
           in
           ?
           if
           they
           have
           ,
           much
           good
           it
           may
           do
           them
           ,
           We
           are
           not
           sond
           of
           the
           Apostle's
           Curse
           ,
           
             Should
             an
             Angel
             from
             Heaven
             bring
             another
             Gospel
             to
             you
             let
             him
             be
             accursed
             ,
          
           I
           know
           your
           common
           Plea
           that
           We
           Protestants
           cannot
           rightly
           interpret
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           because
           We
           pretend
           to
           no
           infalliblity
           .
           And
           do
           you
           blame
           Us
           for
           not
           being
           so
           impudent
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ?
           There
           is
           no
           Protestant
           but
           would
           be
           glad
           there
           were
           an
           infallible
           Interpreter
           of
           Scripture
           instituted
           by
           God
           and
           recommended
           to
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           But
           where
           shall
           we
           find
           him
           ?
           Who
           is
           it
           that
           God
           hath
           imparted
           this
           Honour
           
           to
           ?
           If
           you
           say
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           you
           know
           not
           what
           you
           say
           ,
           for
           the
           Fathers
           differ
           many
           times
           as
           much
           in
           interpretation
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           contrary
           to
           one
           another
           as
           any
           Men.
           If
           you
           say
           the
           Church
           that
           's
           a
           hard
           Word
           ;
           if
           you
           mean
           Christs
           Universal
           Church
           ,
           dispersed
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           you
           must
           tell
           us
           where
           it
           is
           that
           this
           Church
           hath
           left
           an
           infallible
           Comment
           upon
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           how
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           a
           man
           that
           will
           be
           resolved
           in
           a
           point
           to
           go
           to
           all
           Christian
           People
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           If
           you
           say
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           you
           must
           first
           shew
           Us
           her
           commission
           for
           this
           infallible
           interpretation
           .
           Secondly
           
           you
           must
           prove
           She
           hath
           infallibly
           interpreted
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           interpretations
           are
           infallible
           in
           all
           places
           .
           Thirdly
           you
           must
           agree
           among
           your selves
           what
           part
           of
           your
           Church
           is
           infallible
           ,
           whether
           the
           Pope
           ,
           or
           an
           Universal
           Councel
           ,
           or
           all
           Christian
           People
           ,
           or
           whether
           all
           these
           together
           .
           To
           say
           that
           this
           Infallibility
           lies
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           though
           you
           know
           not
           where
           ,
           is
           to
           say
           a
           Needle
           lies
           in
           a
           Bottle
           of
           Hay
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           good
           luck
           that
           finds
           it
           .
           Nay
           I
           think
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           hath
           been
           so
           modest
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           her
           pretences
           to
           infallibility
           ,
           She
           never
           hath
           dared
           to
           obtrude
           a
           comment
           on
           the
           Bible
           as
           infallible
           ,
           
           nor
           did
           I
           ever
           see
           any
           Interpretation
           of
           the
           Bible
           made
           either
           by
           Pope
           or
           Councel
           which
           hath
           pretended
           to
           Infallibility
           .
           If
           that
           Church
           be
           infallible
           why
           do
           not
           their
           own
           Divines
           agree
           in
           Interpretation
           of
           Scripture
           ?
           if
           there
           be
           an
           infallible
           Sense
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           then
           the
           Members
           of
           that
           Church
           are
           mad
           not
           to
           keep
           to
           that
           infallible
           Sense
           ,
           especially
           if
           they
           know
           where
           to
           fetch
           it
           ,
           and
           they
           offer
           great
           injuries
           and
           affronts
           to
           their
           Church
           in
           differing
           so
           much
           about
           interpretation
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           when
           their
           Church
           can
           give
           them
           an
           Infallible
           sense
           of
           it
           .
           For
           that
           Church
           having
           as
           they
           pretend
           the
           
           Holy
           Ghost
           to
           guide
           them
           in
           all
           things
           ,
           I
           suppose
           that
           Spirit
           assists
           her
           in
           Interpretation
           of
           one
           place
           of
           Scripture
           as
           well
           as
           in
           another
           :
           if
           they
           say
           it
           doth
           infallibly
           assist
           them
           in
           some
           places
           and
           not
           in
           all
           ,
           they
           destroy
           their
           own
           Principle
           ,
           and
           how
           shall
           a
           man
           be
           sure
           ,
           that
           just
           in
           those
           Points
           that
           are
           in
           dispute
           between
           Us
           and
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           Infallible
           ?
           Is
           the
           Spirit
           divided
           ?
           Or
           is
           he
           not
           alwaies
           the
           same
           ?
           Or
           doth
           not
           he
           exert
           his
           power
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ?
        
         
           Madam
           ,
           who
           so
           blind
           as
           those
           that
           will
           not
           see
           ?
           Who
           sees
           not
           that
           the
           pretence
           of
           Infallibillity
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           juggle
           ,
           a
           device
           to
           maintain
           a
           triple
           
           Crown
           ,
           and
           an
           Engine
           to
           carry
           on
           a
           temporal
           Authority
           ?
           God
           indeed
           hath
           promised
           that
           his
           Church
           dispersed
           through
           the
           World
           ,
           shall
           last
           to
           the
           World's
           end
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Gates
           of
           Hell
           shall
           not
           prevail
           against
           her
           ,
           but
           that
           promise
           differs
           very
           much
           from
           a
           promise
           of
           Infallibility
           ,
           and
           suppose
           it
           did
           infer
           an
           Infallibility
           ,
           how
           comes
           the
           particular
           Church
           of
           ROME
           to
           ingross
           it
           to
           her self
           ,
           that
           is
           at
           the
           best
           but
           a
           Member
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           unsound
           one
           ,
           of
           Christ's
           Universal
           Church
           ?
           It
           is
           one
           thing
           to
           be
           secured
           against
           being
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           be
           free
           from
           all
           possibility
           of
           Errour
           .
           There
           is
           no
           doubt
           
           but
           a
           sober
           rational
           man
           ,
           that
           prays
           earnestly
           for
           illumination
           ,
           and
           reads
           the
           Scripture
           much
           ,
           and
           considers
           the
           Circumstances
           ,
           the
           Holy
           Writers
           were
           in
           ,
           when
           they
           writ
           ,
           and
           the
           Occasions
           of
           their
           writing
           ,
           and
           hath
           the
           advantage
           of
           Learning
           ,
           of
           Languages
           ,
           and
           History
           ,
           may
           give
           a
           very
           true
           Interpretation
           of
           Scriptures
           ,
           such
           an
           Interpretation
           as
           no
           man
           can
           rationally
           contradict
           ,
           though
           he
           hath
           not
           recourse
           to
           a
           Visible
           infallible
           guide
           ,
           and
           though
           himself
           be
           not
           infallible
           .
           Things
           may
           be
           very
           certain
           ,
           though
           they
           are
           not
           infallibly
           so
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           can
           make
           things
           cut
           so
           ,
           that
           a
           prudent
           man
           
           cannot
           but
           give
           consent
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           hath
           no
           just
           cause
           to
           doubt
           of
           their
           truth
           ,
           may
           justly
           challenge
           beleif
           from
           other
           men
           .
           But
           I
           will
           not
           insist
           upon
           this
           point
           because
           I
           never
           heard
           you
           speak
           much
           of
           it
           .
           I
           will
           come
           a
           little
           closer
           to
           those
           reasons
           ,
           that
           moved
           you
           to
           goe
           over
           to
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           whereof
           the
           principal
           was
           this
           ,
           that
           you
           were
           troubled
           in
           mind
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           your
           Sins
           ,
           and
           could
           get
           no
           satisfaction
           in
           Our
           Church
           ,
           though
           you
           sought
           it
           like
           Esau
           with
           teares
           ;
           whereas
           you
           did
           no
           sooner
           confess
           to
           a
           Roman
           Priest
           ,
           and
           receive
           absolution
           but
           you
           presently
           found
           unspeakable
           comfort
           .
        
         
         
           And
           are
           you
           sure
           Madam
           ,
           that
           the
           peace
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           you
           found
           in
           that
           Church
           was
           not
           delusion
           ?
           you
           tremble
           at
           that
           word
           ;
           But
           le
           ts
           consider
           the
           Nature
           of
           your
           peace
           .
           When
           you
           were
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           either
           you
           did
           truly
           repent
           of
           all
           your
           Sins
           ,
           or
           you
           did
           not
           .
           If
           you
           did
           not
           ,
           most
           certainly
           you
           could
           have
           no
           solid
           peace
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           did
           truly
           repent
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           you
           did
           ,
           what
           could
           hinder
           you
           from
           applying
           the
           promises
           made
           to
           penitent
           Sinners
           to
           your self
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           true
           grounds
           of
           comfort
           and
           satisfaction
           ?
           may
           be
           you
           wanted
           a
           Voice
           from
           heaven
           to
           confirm
           the
           promise
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           have
           you
           since
           heard
           such
           a
           
           Voice
           from
           heaven
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ?
           I
           think
           not
           ;
           if
           you
           truly
           repented
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           then
           certainly
           by
           the
           word
           of
           God
           you
           were
           assured
           that
           your
           Sins
           were
           pardoned
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           were
           pardoned
           ,
           why
           should
           you
           not
           comfort
           your self
           with
           that
           pardon
           ?
           That
           which
           makes
           you
           rejoyce
           now
           ,
           is
           because
           you
           believe
           your
           Sins
           are
           pardoned
           ,
           but
           if
           when
           you
           were
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           you
           verily
           believed
           ;
           you
           truly
           repented
           ,
           you
           could
           not
           but
           believe
           that
           your
           Sins
           were
           pardoned
           and
           consequently
           you
           might
           have
           taken
           as
           much
           comfort
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           now
           .
           But
           the
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           you
           
           say
           ,
           gave
           me
           no
           absolution
           ,
           which
           the
           Roman
           Priest
           did
           .
           Why
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           did
           any
           of
           our
           Ministers
           deny
           you
           absolution
           ,
           when
           you
           could
           assure
           them
           that
           your
           Repentance
           was
           sincere
           ?
           did
           you
           ever
           ask
           absolution
           ,
           and
           were
           you
           refused
           ?
           Nay
           I
           appeal
           to
           your
           Conscience
           ,
           did
           not
           those
           Ministers
           you
           conversed
           withal
           assure
           you
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           that
           you
           need
           not
           doubt
           of
           the
           pardon
           of
           your
           Sins
           so
           long
           as
           you
           did
           detest
           and
           abhor
           them
           ,
           and
           watch
           ,
           and
           strive
           ,
           and
           pray
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           sincerly
           resolved
           to
           commit
           them
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           did
           avoyd
           the
           very
           occasions
           of
           Evill
           ?
           and
           what
           was
           this
           but
           absolution
           ,
           which
           
           however
           you
           might
           have
           had
           performed
           with
           greater
           Ceremony
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           it
           .
           It
           is
           no
           very
           hard
           matter
           to
           guesse
           at
           the
           rise
           and
           progress
           of
           your
           peace
           and
           satisfaction
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           .
           All
           new
           things
           please
           ,
           and
           provided
           they
           have
           but
           a
           good
           face
           ,
           allure
           our
           fancy
           ,
           and
           this
           being
           pleased
           ,
           It
           s
           very
           natural
           to
           defend
           them
           ,
           and
           having
           once
           defended
           them
           ,
           our
           Love
           to
           them
           advances
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           we
           think
           our
           honour
           and
           Credit
           is
           too
           far
           engaged
           to
           part
           with
           them
           .
           We
           see
           how
           Children
           are
           quieted
           with
           new
           trifles
           (
           pardon
           the
           uncourtly
           comparison
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           how
           to
           shun
           it
           )
           and
           the
           
           new
           object
           ,
           they
           never
           saw
           before
           ,
           surprizes
           and
           charmes
           them
           ,
           makes
           them
           fix
           their
           Eyes
           upon
           it
           and
           cry
           ,
           if
           they
           cannot
           have
           it
           .
           In
           the
           nature
           of
           Children
           we
           see
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           embraceing
           new
           objects
           ,
           which
           our
           sickly
           fancy
           is
           roving
           after
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           Scene
           of
           Childrens
           longing
           for
           new
           play
           things
           ,
           changed
           ;
           the
           Novelty
           of
           the
           thing
           you
           were
           venturing
           upon
           ,
           the
           new
           Church
           (
           new
           indeed
           ,
           new
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           new
           to
           Almighty
           God
           )
           which
           you
           were
           to
           joyn
           your self
           to
           ,
           the
           Stool
           of
           Confession
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Priests
           new
           habit
           ,
           and
           mortified
           face
           (
           which
           perhaps
           he
           owes
           more
           to
           his
           Country
           ,
           than
           to
           his
           
           Vertue
           )
           and
           affected
           gravity
           ,
           and
           assuring
           of
           you
           that
           their
           absolution
           had
           a
           wonderful
           Vertue
           and
           efficacy
           ,
           all
           these
           together
           surprized
           you
           ,
           and
           raised
           your
           expectation
           ,
           and
           struck
           some
           kind
           of
           reverence
           into
           you
           .
           Your
           mind
           being
           thus
           possessed
           with
           the
           Idea's
           of
           these
           new
           thing
           's
           you
           never
           tried
           before
           ,
           and
           working
           upon
           your
           affections
           ,
           and
           moving
           your
           will
           to
           confess
           to
           this
           man
           of
           Wonders
           ,
           you
           naturally
           fell
           into
           a
           fancy
           ,
           that
           so
           much
           formality
           and
           Ceremony
           different
           from
           that
           you
           had
           been
           used
           to
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           had
           more
           charmes
           in
           it
           ,
           than
           our
           plain
           and
           honest
           
           way
           ,
           and
           then
           laid
           the
           stress
           of
           your
           pardon
           upon
           the
           new
           Priests
           absolution
           in
           that
           formal
           manner
           wherewith
           your
           fancy
           being
           impregnated
           ,
           it
           soon
           diffused
           a
           cheereful
           air
           in
           your
           countenance
           ,
           and
           raised
           some
           gladness
           in
           your
           heart
           ,
           because
           you
           had
           now
           done
           something
           more
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           as
           an
           Antidote
           against
           your
           Sin.
           And
           from
           hence
           arose
           your
           pretended
           peace
           and
           satisfaction
           ,
           or
           delusion
           rather
           ,
           because
           you
           layd
           the
           stress
           of
           your
           pardon
           upon
           the
           absolution
           of
           that
           Roman
           Priest
           ,
           and
           not
           upon
           the
           sincerity
           of
           your
           repentance
           .
           If
           a
           Priest
           could
           forgive
           Sinn
           's
           
           whether
           men
           Repent
           or
           no
           ,
           Then
           indeed
           you
           might
           have
           layd
           the
           stress
           of
           your
           pardon
           on
           that
           forgiveness
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           but
           since
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           ,
           that
           absolution
           of
           the
           Priest
           signifies
           nothing
           except
           people
           truly
           repent
           ,
           for
           you
           to
           build
           your
           comfort
           on
           that
           absolution
           ,
           when
           it
           should
           have
           been
           founded
           upon
           your
           sincere
           repentance
           ,
           cannot
           but
           be
           a
           false
           fire
           and
           a
           conterfeit
           comfort
           ,
           if
           you
           say
           ;
           you
           did
           not
           fetch
           your
           peace
           from
           that
           absolution
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           sincerity
           of
           your
           repentance
           ,
           you
           catch
           your self
           ,
           for
           if
           your
           true
           repentance
           must
           be
           the
           foundation
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           you
           might
           have
           taken
           the
           same
           comfort
           in
           our
           Church
           :
           if
           you
           still
           reply
           ,
           
           you
           could
           not
           ,
           you
           only
           mean
           ,
           you
           would
           not
           ,
           for
           true
           repentance
           is
           true
           repentance
           in
           any
           Church
           ,
           and
           if
           true
           repentance
           causes
           true
           comfort
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           caused
           true
           comfort
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           Roman
           ,
           and
           therefore
           there
           must
           be
           some
           cheat
           in
           this
           comfort
           .
        
         
           The
           fancy
           you
           have
           since
           taken
           up
           ,
           that
           the
           reason
           ,
           why
           you
           found
           comfort
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           upon
           your
           confession
           and
           absolution
           ,
           and
           none
           in
           ours
           ,
           must
           needes
           be
           ,
           because
           the
           Priests
           of
           that
           Church
           are
           true
           Priests
           and
           those
           of
           ours
           are
           not
           ,
           is
           as
           solid
           as
           your
           peace
           .
           If
           we
           have
           no
           true
           Priests
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           then
           most
           
           certainly
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           hath
           none
           .
           The
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           reformation
           did
           ordain
           Bishops
           ,
           Priests
           and
           Deacons
           among
           us
           ,
           were
           ordained
           by
           Bishops
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Character
           of
           Orders
           by
           their
           own
           confession
           be
           indeleble
           ,
           then
           it
           was
           not
           all
           the
           thunders
           and
           Lightenings
           of
           Excommunication
           at
           ROME
           could
           annul
           it
           .
           It
           's
           true
           your
           ghostly
           Father
           very
           confidently
           tells
           you
           (
           a
           Quality
           incident
           to
           that
           sort
           of
           men
           )
           That
           our
           first
           Protestant
           Bishops
           never
           received
           Orders
           from
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           but
           one
           would
           admire
           what
           Spirit
           doth
           possess
           these
           men
           ,
           that
           
           they
           dare
           contradict
           all
           the
           publick
           authentick
           Records
           we
           have
           of
           their
           being
           consecrated
           by
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ;
           they
           might
           as
           well
           deny
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           no
           such
           Kings
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           Henry
           7th
           .
           and
           Henry
           8th
           .
           (
           for
           we
           have
           nothing
           but
           publick
           Records
           to
           shew
           for
           it
           )
           as
           deny
           that
           the
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Reformation
           were
           never
           consecrated
           by
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Roman
           perswasion
           .
           I
           am
           perswaded
           that
           if
           any
           Papist
           should
           come
           into
           trouble
           about
           the
           title
           of
           an
           Estate
           ,
           he
           hath
           ,
           and
           did
           but
           know
           that
           the
           name
           of
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Conveyveyance
           
           and
           his
           just
           title
           were
           in
           some
           publick
           Record
           or
           Register
           ,
           he
           would
           soon
           make
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           alledge
           it
           as
           a
           sufficient
           proof
           ,
           and
           thank
           God
           for
           preserving
           a
           Record
           ,
           that
           is
           so
           much
           for
           his
           advantage
           .
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           what
           can
           be
           a
           better
           testimony
           in
           matters
           of
           fact
           next
           to
           Revelation
           ,
           than
           publick
           Records
           and
           Registers
           ,
           and
           we
           dare
           venture
           our
           reputation
           upon
           it
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Authentick
           Registers
           of
           the
           respective
           Arch-Bishops
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           where
           fear
           of
           being
           counted
           Knaves
           ,
           and
           Fools
           ,
           for
           putting
           in
           things
           contrary
           to
           what
           was
           publickly
           known
           ,
           may
           
           justly
           be
           supposed
           ,
           to
           have
           kept
           the
           publick
           Notaries
           from
           asserting
           things
           notoriously
           false
           .
           In
           these
           Registers
           I
           say
           it
           will
           be
           found
           ,
           what
           succession
           our
           first
           Protestant
           Bishops
           had
           ,
           how
           Arch-Bishop
           Parker
           the
           first
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           under
           Queen
           Elizbeth
           (
           to
           go
           no
           higher
           )
           was
           consecrated
           December
           .
           17.
           1559
           by
           four
           persons
           then
           actually
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           who
           had
           formerly
           been
           Ordained
           by
           Bishops
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             ROME
             (
             Viz.
             )
             William
             Barlow
          
           in
           Henry
           the
           8th
           .
           dayes
           Bishop
           of
           St.
           Davids
           ,
           under
           Edward
           the
           6th
           .
           Bishop
           of
           Bath
           and
           Wells
           ,
           under
           Queen
           Mary
           driven
           into
           Exile
           and
           returned
           
           under
           Queen
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
             John
             Scory
          
           formerly
           Bishop
           of
           
             Chichester
             ,
             Miles
             Coverdale
          
           formerly
           Bishop
           of
           Exeter
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Hodgkins
          
           Bishop
           Suffragan
           of
           Bedford
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           that
           the
           Queens
           Letters
           Patents
           (
           in
           case
           any
           of
           the
           other
           should
           be
           sick
           or
           forced
           to
           be
           absent
           )
           were
           directed
           to
           three
           Bishops
           more
           ,
           that
           had
           formerly
           been
           Popish
           Bishops
           and
           were
           turned
           Protestants
           
             (
             Viz.
             )
             Anthony
          
           Bishop
           of
           
             Landaff
             ,
             John
          
           Bishop
           Suffragan
           of
           Thedford
           and
           
             John
             Bale
          
           Bishop
           of
           Ossery
           But
           all
           this
           hath
           been
           so
           clearly
           demonstrated
           out
           of
           the
           Publick
           Records
           ,
           first
           by
           Mr.
           Mason
           ,
           and
           since
           by
           Arch-Bishop
           Bramhal
           ,
           that
           he
           
           that
           writes
           of
           it
           can
           onely
           transcribe
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           deny
           these
           Records
           must
           be
           men
           of
           strange
           Foreheads
           ,
           and
           of
           thegreatest
           disingenuity
           .
           From
           these
           men
           that
           had
           their
           Priesthood
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           our
           Priesthood
           is
           lineally
           derived
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           our
           Priesthood
           be
           not
           valid
           ,
           theirs
           cannot
           be
           ,
           and
           if
           Heresie
           doth
           not
           make
           the
           Episcopal
           office
           void
           ,
           nor
           disable
           a
           man
           from
           conferring
           Episcopal
           order
           on
           other
           men
           (
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           second
           Councel
           of
           Nice
           ,
           with
           your
           Church
           an
           Oecumenical
           Counsel
           ,
           which
           received
           Bishop
           Anatolius
           tho
           consecrated
           by
           Dioscorus
           a
           Heretical
           Bishop
           (
           if
           I
           say
           Heresie
           doth
           not
           make
           the
           Episcopal
           
           order
           void
           ,
           then
           suppose
           ,
           We
           were
           Hereticks
           our
           Priesthood
           which
           is
           derived
           from
           Popish
           Bishop
           ,
           that
           turned
           Protestants
           must
           be
           a
           true
           Priesthood
           still
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           purpose
           I
           remember
           one
           of
           your
           Church
           said
           lately
           ,
           once
           a
           Priest
           ,
           for
           ever
           a
           Priest.
           
        
         
           Madam
           ,
           if
           your
           desire
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           ,
           be
           honest
           and
           sincere
           ,
           you
           should
           Act
           like
           a
           person
           that
           hath
           a
           mind
           to
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           search
           the
           Publick
           Records
           ,
           and
           till
           then
           believe
           not
           every
           Tale
           that
           's
           told
           you
           ;
           the
           Common
           Plea
           of
           your
           Priests
           ,
           that
           our
           Records
           are
           sophisticated
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           put
           in
           what
           we
           please
           ,
           argues
           only
           boldness
           ,
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           when
           
           they
           can
           shew
           neither
           where
           ,
           nor
           when
           ,
           nor
           by
           whom
           they
           they
           were
           corrupted
           .
           Those
           that
           talk
           so
           ,
           seem
           neither
           to
           understand
           what
           a
           publick
           solemne
           thing
           the
           Consecration
           of
           a
           Bishop
           is
           in
           England
           ,
           nor
           to
           reflect
           ,
           how
           difficult
           it
           is
           to
           fill
           a
           publick
           Register
           with
           falsities
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           fact
           ,
           when
           there
           are
           so
           many
           hundered
           men
           ,
           that
           know
           what
           is
           done
           at
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           View
           the
           Records
           ,
           and
           would
           most
           certainly
           speak
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           found
           a
           flaw
           in
           the
           Relation
           .
           But
           if
           we
           should
           deal
           thus
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           question
           all
           their
           Registers
           in
           the
           Vatican
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           which
           we
           might
           do
           
           with
           far
           greater
           reason
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           things
           packed
           and
           invented
           by
           men
           ,
           that
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           keep
           up
           a
           faction
           ,
           I
           know
           what
           Language
           we
           should
           meet
           withal
           .
           But
           will
           you
           boast
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           of
           having
           derived
           your
           orders
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           when
           you
           believe
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           to
           be
           an
           Idolatrous
           Church
           ;
           Madam
           ,
           It
           is
           not
           the
           Office
           of
           a
           Bishop
           in
           your
           Church
           we
           find
           fault
           withal
           ,
           but
           the
           abuses
           of
           it
           .
           A
           Church
           that
           's
           guilty
           of
           very
           great
           corruption
           both
           in
           Doctrine
           and
           manners
           ,
           may
           have
           something
           that
           's
           good
           and
           allowable
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           retains
           that
           ,
           is
           not
           therefore
           guilty
           of
           her
           corruption
           ,
           nor
           espouses
           her
           Errours
           .
           
           Your
           Idolatry
           is
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           your
           Orders
           are
           another
           .
           The
           Jews
           did
           take
           many
           good
           things
           from
           the
           Heathens
           ,
           and
           the
           Christians
           many
           commendable
           things
           from
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           but
           that
           neither
           made
           the
           Jewes
           approve
           of
           the
           Heathenish
           Worship
           ,
           nor
           the
           Christians
           allow
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Errours
           .
           We
           are
           not
           so
           disingenious
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           the
           breach
           between
           you
           and
           Us
           wider
           then
           needs
           .
           So
           far
           as
           you
           go
           with
           Scripture
           and
           true
           Antiquity
           we
           hold
           with
           you
           ,
           where
           you
           contradict
           both
           ,
           We
           cannot
           with
           a
           safe
           Conscience
           bear
           you
           Company
           .
           He
           that
           sees
           a
           Pearl
           lye
           among
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Trash
           ,
           if
           he
           take
           the
           Pearl
           ,
           
           is
           not
           therefore
           obliged
           to
           take
           the
           Rubbish
           too
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           have
           derived
           our
           Orders
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           inferrs
           no
           necessity
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           therefore
           consent
           to
           your
           Notorious
           depravations
           of
           the
           ancient
           simplicity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           The
           Christians
           heretofore
           ,
           that
           approved
           of
           the
           Baptism
           of
           the
           Donatists
           ,
           did
           not
           therefore
           presently
           acknowledge
           the
           truth
           of
           their
           opinions
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           should
           take
           a
           good
           custome
           from
           the
           Turks
           ,
           cannot
           be
           therefore
           said
           to
           approve
           of
           all
           things
           that
           are
           in
           the
           Alcoran
           .
        
         
           Madam
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           easie
           than
           to
           cavil
           at
           the
           most
           prudent
           Action
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           especially
           
           where
           People
           take
           a
           slight
           survey
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           with
           seriousness
           and
           deliberation
           weigh
           the
           circumstances
           of
           the
           fact
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           examine
           the
           inside
           as
           well
           as
           the
           outside
           ,
           and
           I
           must
           confess
           upon
           the
           best
           examination
           of
           your
           actions
           and
           proceedings
           in
           this
           Revolt
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           you
           never
           took
           the
           Right
           way
           to
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           for
           instead
           of
           pondering
           the
           Arguments
           and
           Motives
           of
           Our
           departure
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           reasons
           we
           alledge
           for
           our
           Church
           and
           Doctrine
           ;
           you
           made
           it
           your
           chief
           imployment
           to
           read
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           believed
           what
           they
           said
           to
           be
           Oracles
           ,
           for
           no
           other
           
           reason
           but
           because
           they
           talked
           with
           greater
           arrogance
           and
           confidence
           .
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           that
           you
           could
           not
           judge
           of
           Arguments
           having
           never
           been
           bred
           a
           Schollar
           ,
           I
           would
           but
           ask
           you
           how
           you
           durst
           change
           your
           Religion
           then
           ?
           Did
           you
           change
           it
           without
           reason
           and
           without
           ground
           ?
           and
           if
           you
           are
           not
           able
           to
           Weigh
           the
           strength
           of
           Arguments
           ,
           how
           can
           you
           be
           sure
           that
           you
           are
           in
           the
           true
           Church
           at
           this
           time
           ?
           It
           is
           not
           talk
           ,
           but
           Arguments
           that
           must
           demonstrate
           the
           truth
           of
           a
           Religion
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           have
           not
           sufficiently
           weighed
           the
           Arguments
           of
           both
           sides
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           thousand
           to
           one
           ,
           you
           may
           still
           be
           in
           the
           wrong
           way
           ,
           and
           you
           know
           
           not
           but
           you
           may
           be
           as
           much
           out
           now
           ,
           as
           you
           were
           formerly
           ;
           Madam
           ,
           so
           great
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           the
           change
           of
           your
           Religion
           ,
           upon
           which
           no
           less
           then
           Eternity
           depends
           ,
           might
           justly
           have
           challenged
           some
           years
           study
           ,
           before
           you
           had
           resolved
           upon
           it
           .
           To
           do
           a
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           upon
           so
           slight
           a
           Survey
           ,
           Consider
           whether
           it
           doth
           not
           argue
           rashness
           ,
           and
           weakness
           ,
           rather
           than
           Piety
           and
           Devotion
           .
           To
           leave
           a
           Religion
           you
           have
           been
           bred
           and
           born
           in
           ,
           a
           Religion
           founded
           upon
           the
           Word
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           had
           Liberty
           to
           Examine
           by
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           upon
           reading
           a
           Popish
           Book
           or
           two
           ,
           
           without
           diving
           to
           the
           Bottom
           of
           the
           several
           controversies
           ,
           without
           reflecting
           on
           the
           importance
           of
           the
           points
           in
           question
           ,
           without
           studying
           a
           considerable
           time
           which
           Religion
           comes
           nearest
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           which
           goes
           far
           thest
           off
           ,
           is
           such
           an
           Argument
           of
           impatience
           ,
           that
           you
           only
           seem
           to
           have
           yeilded
           to
           a
           dangerous
           temptation
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
           If
           the
           Controversies
           ,
           between
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           and
           us
           ,
           are
           so
           intricate
           ,
           as
           you
           say
           ,
           and
           above
           your
           capacity
           to
           dive
           into
           them
           ,
           you
           have
           then
           run
           over
           to
           that
           Church
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           have
           as
           little
           reason
           to
           be
           satisfied
           with
           your
           proceedings
           ,
           as
           you
           believe
           you
           have
           with
           
           our
           way
           of
           Worship
           .
           You
           plead
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           been
           sitting
           up
           whole
           nights
           ,
           and
           weeping
           and
           praying
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           discover
           to
           you
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           way
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           time
           forward
           you
           found
           inclinations
           to
           go
           over
           to
           that
           Church
           ;
           and
           is
           this
           a
           sufficient
           argument
           to
           justifie
           your
           forwardness
           ?
           when
           you
           had
           already
           begun
           to
           doubt
           ,
           whither
           our
           Church
           were
           a
           true
           Church
           or
           no
           ,
           because
           you
           found
           not
           that
           satisfaction
           in
           it
           ,
           your
           sickly
           desires
           wanted
           ,
           it
           was
           then
           an
           easie
           matter
           to
           give
           ear
           to
           confident
           People
           ,
           that
           magisterially
           and
           peremptorily
           assured
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           find
           
           satisfaction
           in
           their
           Church
           ,
           and
           being
           fed
           with
           this
           hope
           ,
           your
           inclinations
           to
           that
           Church
           grew
           stronger
           every
           day
           ,
           as
           Our
           Mother
           Eve
           ,
           the
           hopes
           of
           being
           like
           GOD
           ,
           suggested
           to
           her
           by
           the
           Serpent
           ,
           did
           egg
           and
           spur
           her
           on
           to
           eat
           of
           the
           fatal
           Tree
           .
        
         
           We
           do
           not
           forbid
           people
           to
           pray
           to
           GOD
           to
           lead
           or
           direct
           them
           into
           the
           right
           way
           :
           (
           though
           sometimes
           it
           may
           be
           a
           perfect
           tempting
           of
           GOD
           ,
           when
           People
           are
           in
           the
           right
           way
           to
           desire
           GOD
           to
           discover
           to
           to
           them
           ,
           by
           a
           Sign
           of
           their
           own
           choice
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           in
           it
           or
           no.
           )
           But
           then
           ,
           if
           we
           pray
           to
           GOD
           to
           direct
           us
           ,
           
           we
           must
           not
           neglect
           the
           means
           ,
           GOD
           hath
           appointed
           in
           order
           to
           our
           satisfaction
           ,
           but
           must
           compare
           Scripture
           with
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Books
           with
           Books
           ,
           and
           Arguments
           with
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           search
           ,
           which
           Religion
           agrees
           most
           with
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           Practices
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           noble
           Berrheans
           did
           ,
           examine
           all
           the
           Doctrines
           ,
           obtruded
           to
           our
           belief
           ,
           by
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           doing
           thus
           ,
           and
           continuing
           this
           search
           ,
           and
           these
           prayers
           together
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           GOD
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           good
           time
           ,
           will
           answer
           us
           and
           Direct
           us
           .
           But
           to
           pray
           to
           GOD
           to
           direct
           Us
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           use
           the
           means
           ,
           
           in
           the
           use
           of
           which
           he
           hath
           promised
           to
           direct
           Us
           ,
           We
           do
           in
           a
           manner
           mock
           him
           ,
           or
           desire
           him
           to
           work
           a
           Miracle
           for
           Us
           ,
           or
           to
           vouchsafe
           Us
           some
           extroardinary
           Revelation
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           may
           hear
           them
           .
           And
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           had
           you
           joyned
           this
           way
           with
           your
           Prayer
           ,
           examined
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           and
           compared
           them
           with
           the
           Gospel
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           seen
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           like
           it
           in
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           searched
           whether
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ever
           taught
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           done
           all
           this
           ,
           not
           slightly
           ,
           but
           seriously
           and
           solidly
           ,
           It
           s
           impossible
           ,
           
           you
           could
           ever
           have
           turned
           Papist
           ,
           for
           if
           our
           Gospel
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           Religion
           can
           never
           be
           true
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           can
           run
           more
           counter
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           than
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           wherein
           we
           differ
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           need
           put
           the
           Bible
           among
           prohibited
           Books
           ,
           for
           should
           the
           people
           have
           Liberty
           freely
           to
           peruse
           it
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           would
           grow
           very
           thin
           and
           despicable
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sensible
           your
           Priests
           find
           fault
           with
           our
           Translation
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           Cry
           out
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           great
           defects
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           talk
           so
           ,
           they
           had
           need
           talk
           to
           
           Women
           ,
           not
           to
           men
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           that
           understand
           Greek
           and
           Hebrew
           ,
           the
           Languages
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Word
           was
           Originally
           written
           .
           The
           Honesty
           of
           our
           Translators
           appears
           sufficiently
           from
           hence
           ,
           because
           ,
           if
           any
           sentence
           in
           the
           Bible
           be
           capable
           of
           a
           double
           sense
           ,
           they
           express
           the
           one
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           in
           the
           Margin
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           do
           but
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           vary
           from
           the
           Original
           ,
           they
           either
           discover
           it
           by
           the
           Italick
           Character
           ,
           or
           give
           you
           notice
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Margin
           ,
           then
           which
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           more
           honest
           .
           And
           let
           any
           Papist
           of
           you
           all
           shew
           Us
           ,
           wherein
           any
           thing
           in
           our
           Bibles
           is
           ill
           Translated
           out
           of
           malice
           or
           
           design
           ,
           or
           expressed
           in
           words
           ,
           which
           the
           Original
           will
           not
           bear
           .
        
         
           If
           We
           examine
           Translations
           by
           the
           Original
           ,
           then
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           there
           is
           few
           translations
           go
           further
           from
           it
           ,
           than
           the
           Vulgar
           Latine
           ,
           or
           the
           Rhemist
           Testament
           ,
           as
           were
           an
           easie
           matter
           to
           prove
           ,
           if
           I
           intended
           more
           than
           a
           Letter
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           much
           taken
           with
           their
           Mortifications
           and
           Pennances
           ,
           which
           ,
           you
           say
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           in
           our
           Church
           ;
           But
           it
           's
           a
           signe
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           you
           did
           not
           rightly
           understand
           our
           Religion
           ;
           We
           are
           so
           far
           from
           condemning
           Mortification
           and
           severity
           of
           life
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           commend
           it
           ,
           provided
           it
           
           be
           in
           order
           to
           subdue
           the
           body
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           to
           raise
           our selves
           to
           a
           greater
           pitch
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           Provided
           these
           severities
           be
           separated
           from
           all
           opinion
           of
           merit
           ,
           and
           from
           an
           opinion
           of
           their
           being
           satisfactory
           ,
           and
           expiatory
           ,
           and
           used
           only
           as
           helps
           ,
           to
           work
           in
           us
           a
           perfect
           detestation
           of
           Sin.
           And
           I
           will
           assure
           you
           there
           are
           more
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           use
           severities
           in
           this
           humble
           holy
           way
           ,
           than
           you
           are
           aware
           of
           .
        
         
           We
           indeed
           do
           not
           ordinarily
           inflict
           them
           on
           all
           persons
           ,
           because
           we
           know
           not
           their
           constitution
           ,
           nor
           what
           their
           nature
           will
           bear
           ,
           nor
           have
           we
           any
           command
           for
           
           it
           in
           the
           word
           of
           GOD
           ,
           but
           these
           things
           we
           leave
           to
           every
           mans
           discretion
           ,
           Urging
           ,
           that
           where
           Sins
           require
           stronger
           remedies
           ,
           there
           men
           ought
           to
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           their
           corruptions
           will
           not
           be
           gone
           by
           reasonings
           and
           Arguments
           ,
           that
           there
           they
           must
           inflict
           mulcts
           and
           penalties
           on
           themselves
           to
           drive
           the
           Unclean
           Spirit
           out
           .
           Though
           I
           must
           say
           still
           ,
           that
           Religious
           severities
           and
           austerities
           are
           not
           certain
           signs
           of
           a
           true
           Religion
           ,
           for
           Heathens
           do
           use
           them
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           Christians
           ,
           nay
           more
           than
           Christians
           ,
           Witness
           the
           Brahmanes
           in
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           the
           religious
           Pagans
           dispersed
           through
           all
           the
           Eastern
           parts
           ,
           
           and
           if
           you
           conclude
           ,
           that
           therefore
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           must
           be
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           because
           they
           inflict
           great
           pennances
           ,
           and
           severities
           and
           make
           daily
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           ,
           you
           only
           forbear
           turning
           Turk
           or
           Heathen
           ,
           because
           you
           never
           saw
           their
           far
           greater
           severities
           in
           Religion
           ,
           than
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           can
           boast
           of
           :
           But
           still
           the
           Protestant
           Church
           hath
           not
           the
           real
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           in
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           hath
           ;
           And
           are
           you
           sure
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           hath
           it
           ?
           I
           am
           perswaded
           you
           did
           never
           tast
           it
           ,
           nor
           see
           it
           ,
           nor
           feel
           it
           ,
           nor
           Smell
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           do
           you
           
           know
           it
           ?
           what
           ?
           because
           the
           Priests
           of
           that
           Church
           do
           tell
           you
           so
           ?
           No
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           It
           is
           ,
           because
           Christ
           saith
           in
           express
           termes
           ,
           
             this
             is
             my
             Body
          
           .
           And
           here
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           stand
           amazed
           ,
           that
           men
           ,
           with
           learning
           and
           reason
           about
           them
           ,
           can
           sink
           into
           an
           opinion
           so
           contradictory
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           all
           the
           consequences
           of
           it
           be
           considered
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           nature
           can
           be
           more
           absurd
           ,
           or
           irrational
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           had
           need
           oblige
           men
           to
           deny
           both
           their
           reason
           and
           senses
           to
           beleive
           a
           transubstantiation
           .
           Here
           indeed
           a
           Faith
           is
           neeessary
           ,
           strong
           enough
           to
           remove
           mountaines
           ,
           and
           though
           never
           any
           Miracles
           were
           
           wrought
           ,
           but
           were
           wrought
           on
           purpose
           to
           convince
           our
           senses
           ,
           yet
           here
           we
           must
           believe
           one
           which
           neither
           sence
           nor
           reason
           can
           discover
           .
           When
           Christ
           gave
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1
           Corinth
           .
           11.
           24
           ,
           
             He
             brake
             the
             bread
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             take
             eat
             ,
             this
             is
             my
             body
             ,
             which
             is
             broken
             for
             you
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           wonderful
           thing
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           Sentence
           ,
           
             this
             is
             my
             Body
          
           ,
           should
           have
           a
           litteral
           sense
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           very
           next
           sentence
           ,
           pronounced
           with
           the
           same
           breath
           ,
           cannot
           admit
           of
           a
           Litteral
           sense
           ;
           for
           the
           word
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           sentence
           must
           necessarily
           stand
           for
           
             shall
             be
          
           ,
           because
           Christs
           Body
           ,
           when
           he
           gave
           the
           Bread
           ,
           
           was
           not
           yet
           broken
           :
           If
           it
           will
           not
           admit
           of
           a
           Litteral
           Sense
           in
           the
           very
           next
           sentence
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           absurdity
           that
           would
           follow
           ,
           that
           Christ
           was
           Crucified
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           Crucified
           ,
           why
           should
           we
           understand
           it
           in
           the
           first
           sentence
           litterally
           ,
           when
           the
           absurdity
           is
           far
           greater
           ;
           Nay
           that
           the
           word
           is
           should
           not
           be
           capable
           of
           being
           understood
           litterally
           in
           the
           second
           essential
           part
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           This
           cup
           is
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           that
           here
           I
           say
           it
           should
           import
           ,
           and
           can
           import
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           signifies
           or
           
             is
             a
             sign
             of
             the
             new
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           must
           not
           be
           understood
           so
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           
           we
           cannot
           comprehend
           :
           And
           when
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           or
           Eucharist
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           10.
           16.
           
           The
           Cup
           of
           blessing
           which
           we
           bless
           ,
           
             is
             it
             not
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Blood
             of
          
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Bread
           which
           we
           break
           ,
           
             is
             it
             not
             the
             Communion
             ,
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           Let
           the
           rigidest
           Papist
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           quite
           banished
           his
           reason
           ,
           tell
           me
           ,
           how
           he
           will
           make
           sense
           of
           the
           word
           is
           here
           ,
           except
           he
           understand
           it
           figuratively
           ;
           most
           certainly
           it
           cannot
           be
           understood
           literally
           ;
           for
           the
           Cup
           is
           not
           that
           Communion
           ,
           but
           is
           a
           sign
           of
           it
           :
           One
           would
           admire
           ,
           how
           men
           can
           be
           so
           obstinate
           in
           a
           thing
           as
           clear
           as
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           you
           might
           as
           
           well
           conclude
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           a
           Door
           made
           of
           boards
           and
           nailes
           ,
           because
           the
           Scripture
           sayth
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           Door
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           a
           real
           Vine
           with
           green
           Leaves
           and
           Grapes
           about
           him
           ,
           because
           the
           Scripture
           saith
           he
           is
           a
           Vine
           .
           But
           suppose
           the
           word
           is
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           This
           is
           my
           body
           ,
           must
           be
           understood
           literally
           ,
           how
           doth
           this
           make
           for
           transubstantiation
           ?
           Are
           the
           words
           is
           and
           
             is
             transubstantiated
          
           all
           one
           ?
           A
           thing
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           a
           thousand
           ways
           ,
           and
           yet
           without
           transubstantiation
           ,
           so
           that
           ,
           if
           by
           the
           word
           is
           you
           understand
           transubstantiation
           ,
           you
           your selves
           must
           go
           from
           the
           literal
           sense
           ,
           and
           assume
           a
           sense
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           
           expressed
           in
           that
           saying
           .
           All
           the
           Jews
           are
           so
           well
           versed
           in
           the
           sense
           of
           Sacramental
           expressions
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           word
           is
           they
           understand
           nothing
           but
           signifies
           or
           represents
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           s
           a
           horrid
           shame
           ,
           that
           Christians
           ,
           meerly
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           laughed
           at
           ,
           for
           departing
           from
           an
           absurd
           opinion
           ,
           and
           losing
           the
           credit
           of
           a
           pretended
           infallibility
           ,
           should
           make
           themselves
           ignorant
           in
           that
           ,
           which
           the
           meanest
           Jew
           ,
           even
           before
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           understood
           without
           a
           Teacher
           ;
           for
           we
           may
           confidently
           beleive
           ,
           that
           no
           Jew
           ,
           before
           Christs
           time
           ,
           was
           so
           sottish
           to
           think
           ,
           when
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           
             the
             flesh
             is
             the
             Passeover
             ,
             Exod.
          
           12.
           11.
           
           that
           the
           flesh
           or
           blood
           was
           really
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           but
           only
           a
           sign
           and
           representation
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           a
           token
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           Moses
           calls
           it
           ,
           ver
           .
           13.
           
           I
           will
           not
           here
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           strange
           absurdities
           that
           must
           follow
           from
           this
           Doctrine
           of
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           viz.
           that
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           did
           eat
           and
           drink
           in
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           must
           have
           eaten
           his
           own
           flesh
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Apostles
           must
           have
           eaten
           his
           body
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           at
           the
           Table
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           before
           it
           was
           Crucified
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           this
           Doctrine
           is
           against
           the
           great
           Article
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           there
           sitteth
           at
           the
           Right
           Hand
           of
           
           GOD
           until
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           is
           against
           the
           Nature
           of
           a
           real
           Body
           to
           be
           in
           a
           thousand
           places
           at
           once
           .
           And
           that
           from
           hence
           it
           must
           follow
           ,
           that
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           is
           capable
           of
           being
           devoured
           by
           Vermine
           ;
           capable
           of
           being
           poisoned
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           giving
           life
           may
           be
           so
           order'd
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           kill
           and
           murther
           ;
           witness
           Victor
           the
           third
           ,
           Pope
           of
           ROME
           ,
           and
           Henry
           the
           VIIth
           .
           Emperour
           ,
           who
           were
           poisoned
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           not
           to
           mention
           a
           thousand
           more
           of
           such
           Monstrous
           consequences
           :
           But
           since
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           you
           do
           insist
           so
           much
           upon
           that
           place
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           
           
             John
             6.
             53.
             
             Except
             you
             eat
             my
             flesh
             and
             drink
             my
             blood
             you
             have
             no
             life
             in
             you
             .
          
           I
           le
           but
           breifly
           shew
           you
           ,
           how
           ill
           a
           Logician
           you
           are
           ,
           either
           to
           believe
           that
           this
           is
           spoke
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           or
           that
           these
           words
           infer
           a
           Corporal
           manducation
           of
           Christs
           real
           Body
           and
           blood
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           meant
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           it
           will
           necessarily
           follow
           ,
           that
           Christ
           oblig'd
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           his
           hearers
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           at
           the
           time
           he
           spake
           these
           words
           ,
           for
           he
           speakes
           of
           their
           present
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           (
           
             Except
             ye
             eat
             ,
             &c.
          
           )
           But
           this
           he
           could
           not
           possibly
           do
           ,
           for
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           his
           body
           and
           blood
           was
           not
           instituted
           till
           at
           
           least
           a
           whole
           twelve
           months
           after
           ,
           nor
           did
           any
           of
           his
           disciples
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           dream
           of
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           as
           his
           dying
           ,
           and
           being
           crucified
           ,
           nor
           doth
           Christ
           speak
           the
           least
           word
           of
           it
           in
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           ,
           which
           he
           must
           necessarily
           have
           done
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           intended
           the
           Sacrment
           by
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           all
           together
           founded
           in
           his
           crucifixion
           .
           For
           this
           Sermon
           of
           Christ
           ,
           concerning
           eating
           and
           drinking
           his
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           was
           delivered
           just
           about
           the
           Feast
           of
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           ver
           .
           4.
           
           After
           which
           feast
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           John.
           7.
           1.
           2.
           the
           Jews
           celebrated
           the
           feast
           of
           Tabernacles
           ,
           and
           after
           this
           they
           kept
           another
           feast
           of
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           the
           last
           ,
           
           which
           Christ
           was
           at
           ,
           which
           was
           no
           less
           than
           a
           twelve
           month
           after
           ,
           John.
           11.
           55.
           
           John.
           12.
           
           ●1
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Christs
           Body
           and
           blood
           ,
           not
           being
           instituted
           before
           the
           last
           Passover
           ,
           as
           all
           the
           Evangelists
           agree
           ,
           it
           was
           not
           possible
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           believing
           Jews
           ,
           or
           the
           Apostles
           could
           understand
           it
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           (
           and
           I
           suppose
           Christ
           intended
           to
           be
           understood
           )
           because
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           as
           yet
           instituted
           .
           Besides
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           that
           it
           can
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Sacramental
           eating
           and
           drinking
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           without
           this
           eating
           and
           drinking
           there
           is
           no
           Salvation
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           as
           
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           Joh.
           6.
           53
           ,
           54.
           and
           if
           it
           were
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           Eucharist
           ,
           we
           must
           exclude
           all
           Christians
           from
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           in
           a
           capacity
           ,
           nor
           in
           a
           possibility
           of
           receiving
           it
           ,
           which
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           your
           own
           Church
           will
           not
           do
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           these
           words
           of
           Christ
           cannot
           possibly
           be
           understood
           of
           a
           Corporal
           eating
           Christs
           flesh
           ,
           and
           drinking
           his
           blood
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           understood
           of
           a
           Spiritual
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           believing
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           obeying
           him
           ,
           and
           hoping
           for
           pardon
           through
           his
           death
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Spiritual
           food
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           is
           evident
           from
           the
           54th
           .
           and
           56th
           .
           Verse
           ,
           where
           every
           one
           that
           
           eats
           of
           his
           flesh
           ,
           and
           drinks
           of
           his
           blood
           ,
           is
           said
           to
           have
           actually
           eternal
           life
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           Christ
           dwelling
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           dwelling
           in
           Christ.
           That
           is
           ,
           Christ
           loves
           him
           with
           a
           love
           of
           complacency
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           Child
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           beloved
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           an
           heir
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           But
           since
           Wicked
           men
           come
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           but
           even
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           it
           would
           follow
           ,
           if
           a
           corporal
           eating
           were
           understood
           ,
           that
           Wicked
           men
           ,
           eating
           Christs
           body
           ,
           and
           drinking
           his
           blood
           ,
           have
           Eternal
           life
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           Christ
           dwels
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           are
           true
           Children
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           heires
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           unanimous
           consent
           of
           the
           Holy
           Prophets
           and
           
           Apostles
           ,
           who
           call
           Wicked
           men
           Children
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           blinded
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           the
           GOD
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           Heirs
           of
           damnation
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           is
           strange
           ,
           that
           people
           should
           contend
           for
           this
           corporal
           and
           sensual
           eating
           of
           Christs
           flesh
           ,
           and
           drinking
           his
           blood
           ,
           when
           Christ
           himself
           saith
           ,
           v.
           63.
           
           That
           the
           flesh
           profiteth
           nothing
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           eating
           and
           drinking
           must
           be
           understood
           spiritually
           ,
           i.e.
           of
           Spiritual
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           which
           is
           believing
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           v.
           64.
           
        
         
           You
           see
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           not
           to
           make
           use
           of
           your
           own
           reason
           ,
           but
           to
           enslave
           it
           to
           the
           Faith
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           loves
           to
           act
           in
           the
           Dark
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           her
           Children
           Colliers
           ,
           and
           believe
           what
           the
           Church
           believes
           ,
           
           and
           know
           little
           more
           than
           the
           great
           Mystery
           of
           an
           
             Ave
             Maria
          
           ,
           or
           a
           Rosary
           .
        
         
           Time
           was
           ,
           when
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           tell
           our
           Ministers
           that
           though
           you
           were
           gone
           over
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           yet
           you
           had
           liberty
           not
           to
           pray
           to
           Saints
           ,
           nor
           to
           fall
           down
           before
           Images
           ,
           for
           that
           was
           not
           thought
           necessary
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           which
           only
           recommends
           praying
           to
           Saints
           ,
           and
           Veneration
           of
           Relicks
           ,
           and
           Images
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           useful
           ,
           and
           which
           men
           have
           received
           much
           benefit
           by
           .
           And
           indeed
           I
           remember
           ,
           I
           was
           told
           ,
           you
           thought
           ,
           that
           praying
           to
           Saints
           was
           a
           kind
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           therfore
           were
           glad
           they
           would
           excuse
           you
           from
           that
           Worship
           ;
           
           but
           since
           ,
           I
           hear
           ,
           that
           you
           are
           grown
           as
           devout
           a
           Worshipper
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           peculiarly
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           and
           do
           prostrate
           your self
           before
           them
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           most
           tractable
           Papist
           in
           the
           World.
           I
           confefs
           ,
           I
           did
           smell
           a
           Rat
           at
           first
           ,
           when
           your
           Priests
           assured
           you
           ,
           that
           Invocation
           of
           Saints
           was
           not
           a
           thing
           commanded
           but
           recommended
           as
           useful
           ,
           and
           was
           then
           confident
           that
           before
           a
           year
           came
           to
           an
           end
           ,
           for
           all
           these
           soft
           expressions
           and
           dispensations
           with
           your
           omission
           of
           this
           worship
           ,
           they
           would
           perswade
           you
           to
           that
           worship
           ,
           which
           then
           you
           thought
           unlawful
           :
           My
           prophecy
           is
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           the
           Pill
           ,
           which
           
           seemed
           very
           bitter
           at
           first
           ,
           is
           swallowed
           ,
           and
           become
           sweeter
           than
           hony
           ,
           and
           look'd
           upon
           as
           an
           excellent
           Medicine
           .
           And
           this
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           is
           more
           than
           you
           could
           have
           in
           our
           Church
           .
           But
           this
           is
           our
           Comfort
           ,
           that
           the
           more
           ingenuous
           men
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           confess
           ,
           that
           this
           praying
           to
           Saints
           or
           Angels
           was
           not
           heard
           of
           ,
           or
           used
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           first
           three
           hundred
           years
           after
           Christ
           :
           and
           if
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           for
           the
           first
           300
           years
           ,
           did
           not
           think
           it
           useful
           at
           all
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           strange
           degeneration
           from
           their
           principles
           ,
           to
           press
           it
           now
           as
           useful
           :
           Certainly
           ,
           if
           GOD
           had
           thought
           this
           invocation
           so
           
           useful
           ,
           as
           your
           Church
           pretends
           ,
           it
           is
           .
           ,
           He
           would
           not
           have
           so
           peremtorily
           commanded
           ,
           
             Call
             upon
             me
             in
             the
             day
             of
             trouble
             ;
             I
             will
             deliver
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             glorifie
             me
             .
             Psalm
             .
          
           50.
           15.
           and
           it
           's
           probable
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           in
           prescribing
           so
           many
           useful
           things
           of
           far
           less
           concern
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           left
           us
           in
           the
           dark
           as
           to
           the
           mighty
           usefullness
           of
           this
           invocation
           ;
           especially
           ,
           when
           they
           had
           occasion
           to
           mention
           the
           spirits
           of
           men
           made
           perfect
           ,
           and
           did
           so
           often
           converse
           with
           Angels
           .
           The
           Angel
           ,
           Revel
           .
           22.
           8.
           9.
           thought
           it
           a
           very
           useless
           thing
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           admit
           of
           so
           much
           as
           a
           Religious
           prostration
           of
           the
           Evangelist
           before
           him
           ,
           
           because
           it
           look'd
           like
           Sacriledge
           ,
           and
           robbing
           GOD
           of
           his
           due
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           your
           Church
           in
           this
           adoration
           takes
           pattern
           so
           much
           by
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           ,
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           suggest
           to
           you
           ,
           how
           you
           think
           ,
           a
           Soveraign
           Prince
           would
           take
           it
           ,
           if
           a
           Subject
           should
           give
           any
           of
           his
           servants
           the
           title
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           title
           ,
           which
           properly
           belongs
           to
           him
           .
           There
           are
           few
           titles
           ,
           that
           GOD
           hath
           ,
           and
           inspired
           men
           have
           given
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           you
           give
           them
           to
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           ,
           and
           though
           ,
           when
           you
           are
           charg'd
           with
           it
           ,
           you
           fall
           to
           distinctions
           ,
           and
           turn
           ,
           and
           wind
           your selves
           to
           get
           
           out
           ,
           yet
           that
           shews
           only
           a
           bad
           cause
           ,
           because
           it
           requires
           so
           much
           artifice
           and
           cunning
           to
           defend
           it
           :
           but
           ,
           alas
           !
           it
           must
           be
           Children
           ,
           that
           are
           perswaded
           and
           coaxed
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           onely
           counts
           it
           useful
           not
           necessary
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           generality
           of
           that
           Communion
           pray
           to
           Saints
           more
           than
           to
           GOD
           (
           which
           in
           the
           Scripture
           phrase
           is
           honouring
           the
           creature
           more
           than
           the
           Creator
           )
           and
           they
           never
           leave
           that
           person
           ,
           that
           goes
           over
           to
           them
           ,
           till
           they
           have
           brought
           him
           to
           that
           Worship
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           .
        
         
           It
           s
           pretty
           to
           hear
           these
           Men
           talk
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           only
           recommended
           
           as
           useful
           ,
           when
           the
           Bishops
           and
           Preachers
           of
           that
           :
           Church
           are
           injoyned
           ,
           and
           take
           their
           oath
           upon
           't
           ,
           to
           commend
           this
           invocation
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           profitable
           ;
           and
           the
           People
           are
           obliged
           to
           hearken
           to
           their
           Priests
           in
           all
           things
           ;
           so
           that
           though
           a
           Man
           at
           first
           may
           think
           this
           Invocation
           not
           necessary
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           its
           being
           onely
           useful
           ,
           yet
           from
           that
           other
           obligation
           he
           hath
           ,
           to
           obey
           the
           Priest
           in
           all
           spiritual
           things
           ,
           it
           becomes
           necessary
           :
           But
           from
           this
           scruple
           we
           are
           delivered
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           by
           the
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           ,
           which
           the
           Roman
           Catechisme
           doth
           prescribe
           ,
           for
           there
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           only
           useful
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           ought
           
           to
           pray
           unto
           Saints
           ,
           and
           indeed
           should
           any
           man
           live
           in
           that
           Communion
           ,
           and
           omit
           it
           ,
           he
           would
           soon
           be
           looked
           upon
           as
           prophane
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           half
           Convert
           to
           their
           Church
           ;
           they
           would
           soon
           let
           him
           know
           their
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           either
           fright
           or
           flatter
           him
           into
           conformity
           .
           And
           is
           this
           the
           Worship
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           which
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           have
           injoyned
           the
           World
           ?
           Are
           not
           you
           afraid
           of
           doing
           things
           ,
           that
           do
           so
           nearly
           border
           upon
           robbing
           God
           of
           his
           honour
           and
           glory
           ?
           Idolatry
           is
           a
           frightful
           word
           ,
           and
           you
           do
           not
           love
           to
           hear
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           will
           trouble
           you
           with
           it
           as
           little
           as
           I
           can
           .
           But
           
           when
           God
           hath
           commanded
           you
           to
           come
           to
           him
           directly
           ,
           without
           mentioning
           the
           intercession
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           how
           dares
           your
           Church
           of
           her
           own
           head
           ,
           bring
           in
           a
           Worship
           so
           dangerous
           ?
           who
           should
           prescribe
           the
           way
           how
           God
           is
           to
           be
           worshipped
           ,
           but
           God
           himself
           ?
           And
           if
           God
           requires
           you
           to
           address
           yourself
           to
           him
           without
           any
           other
           Mediator
           ,
           but
           Christ
           Jesus
           ,
           Have
           not
           you
           just
           reason
           to
           be
           afraid
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           reject
           your
           Prayers
           ,
           which
           are
           addiressed
           to
           Saints
           ,
           as
           Mediators
           ,
           contrary
           to
           his
           order
           and
           injunction
           ?
           What
           Kings
           suffer
           here
           on
           Earth
           ,
           in
           letting
           their
           Subjects
           address
           themselves
           by
           their
           Servants
           
           to
           them
           ,
           can
           be
           no
           example
           here
           ,
           for
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           intends
           not
           to
           regulate
           his
           Court
           by
           the
           Court
           of
           Princes
           ,
           so
           we
           know
           it
           is
           against
           his
           Order
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           his
           Servants
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           commanded
           to
           come
           directly
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           such
           a
           voluntary
           humility
           as
           deprives
           us
           of
           our
           reward
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostles
           expresly
           tells
           us
           .
           Coloss.
           2.
           18.
           
           God
           knew
           well
           enough
           if
           men
           addressed
           themselves
           to
           his
           Servants
           ,
           to
           have
           access
           to
           him
           ,
           something
           of
           the
           Worship
           due
           to
           him
           would
           stick
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           rest
           upon
           his
           Servants
           to
           his
           dishonour
           and
           disparagement
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           mentioned
           nothing
           of
           this
           mediate
           address
           .
           It
           s
           true
           we
           desire
           
           our
           neighbours
           here
           on
           Earth
           to
           pray
           for
           us
           ,
           but
           for
           that
           we
           have
           a
           command
           ;
           for
           the
           invocation
           of
           Saints
           departed
           we
           have
           none
           ,
           and
           in
           vain
           do
           they
           worship
           me
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           teaching
           for
           doctrines
           the
           Commandements
           of
           men
           ,
           Mat.
           15.
           9.
           
           But
           besides
           ,
           when
           you
           desire
           your
           living
           Neighbours
           to
           pray
           for
           you
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           do
           not
           fall
           down
           upon
           your
           knees
           to
           them
           ,
           nor
           use
           the
           same
           zeal
           and
           devotion
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           whole
           hours
           together
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           to
           Saints
           departed
           .
           But
           why
           will
           you
           blind
           your self
           in
           a
           thing
           which
           your
           own
           practice
           contradicts
           you
           in
           ,
           you
           know
           you
           do
           not
           onely
           pray
           to
           
           Saints
           departed
           to
           pray
           for
           you
           ,
           but
           you
           do
           many
           times
           ,
           without
           making
           any
           mention
           of
           their
           Prayers
           for
           you
           ,
           beg
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           reverence
           ,
           and
           prostrations
           you
           use
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           deliver
           you
           from
           all
           evil
           ,
           and
           consequently
           you
           beg
           the
           same
           Blessings
           of
           them
           you
           beg
           of
           God.
           And
           it
           is
           but
           a
           weak
           excuse
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           you
           intend
           by
           those
           Prayers
           nothing
           else
           ,
           but
           that
           by
           their
           intercession
           they
           may
           get
           those
           blessings
           for
           you
           ,
           for
           you
           go
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           whereas
           words
           ordinarily
           are
           interpreters
           of
           the
           mind
           ,
           you
           make
           your
           minds
           interpreters
           of
           your
           words
           and
           actions
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           strange
           
           evasion
           ,
           and
           if
           such
           a
           thing
           be
           intended
           ,
           why
           do
           you
           lay
           a
           snare
           before
           the
           Common
           sort
           of
           People
           ?
           who
           ,
           being
           ordered
           to
           pray
           to
           Saints
           for
           such
           and
           such
           blessings
           ,
           know
           nothing
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           are
           able
           to
           dispense
           those
           Blessings
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           thus
           commit
           Idollatry
           by
           your
           willful
           connivance
           ,
           whose
           blood
           will
           certainly
           be
           required
           at
           your
           Churchmens
           hands
           one
           day
           .
           Examine
           but
           your
           Prayers
           to
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           in
           your
           own
           Manuals
           ,
           when
           you
           have
           prayed
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           begged
           of
           her
           all
           that
           you
           can
           pray
           of
           GOD
           ,
           you
           add
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           her
           intercession
           ,
           which
           in
           good
           truth
           is
           nothing
           but
           a
           
           blind
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           not
           be
           said
           to
           commit
           down
           right
           Idolatry
           .
           You
           know
           those
           Prayers
           to
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           Latine
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           in
           the
           English
           Manual
           too
           ,
           are
           ordered
           to
           be
           said
           to
           the
           Virgin
           Morning
           and
           Evening
           ,
           the
           one
           ,
           
             O
             my
             Lady
             ,
             Holy
          
           Mary
           ,
           
             I
             commend
             my self
             ,
             my
             Soul
             and
             Body
             to
             thy
             blessed
             care
             and
             singular
             custody
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             bosome
             of
             thy
             mercy
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             every
             day
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             hour
             of
             my
             going
             out
             of
             the
             World.
             All
             my
             hope
             ,
             and
             all
             my
             comfort
             ,
             all
             my
             afflictions
             and
             miseries
             ,
             my
             life
             ,
             my
             end
             I
             commit
             unto
             thee
          
           (
           speak
           seriously
           what
           can
           you
           say
           more
           to
           GOD
           )
           
             that
             by
             thy
             most
             holy
             Intercession
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             
             merits
             ,
             all
             my
             words
             and
             actions
             may
             be
             directed
             and
             disposed
             according
             to
             thine
             ,
             and
             thy
             Sons
             Will
             ,
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           it
           's
           worth
           noting
           ,
           that
           first
           you
           do
           put
           as
           much
           trust
           in
           the
           Virgin
           as
           you
           do
           in
           GOD
           ,
           and
           then
           afterwards
           ,
           to
           make
           these
           harsh
           expressions
           softer
           ,
           you
           desire
           her
           to
           interceed
           for
           you
           ,
           that
           your
           works
           may
           be
           directed
           according
           to
           Christs
           Will
           ,
           nay
           and
           her
           own
           ,
           as
           if
           she
           were
           a
           Law
           giver
           too
           ?
           Then
           follows
           
             Maria
             Mater
             Gratiae
             &c.
             
             O
             Mary
             ,
             Mother
             of
             Grace
             ,
             Mother
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             Protect
             us
             from
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             receive
             us
             in
             the
             hour
             of
             Death
             ,
          
           which
           St.
           Stephen
           thought
           was
           fitter
           to
           be
           said
           to
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           
           Cryed
           ,
           Lord
           
             Jesu
             receive
             my
             Spirit
          
           .
           Then
           followes
           the
           Evening
           Prayer
           to
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           .
           
             O
             Mary
             ,
             Mother
          
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           gratious
           Virgin
           ,
           the
           true
           Comforter
           of
           all
           distressed
           Creatures
           that
           call
           upon
           thee
           (
           this
           Epithete
           by
           the
           way
           the
           Scripture
           gives
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           )
           by
           that
           great
           joy
           whereby
           thou
           wast
           comforted
           ,
           when
           thou
           didst
           know
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           was
           risen
           the
           third
           day
           from
           the
           Dead
           impassible
           ,
           be
           thou
           the
           Comforter
           of
           my
           Soul
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           same
           ,
           who
           is
           thine
           and
           GODS
           only
           Son
           in
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           when
           with
           body
           and
           Soul
           I
           shall
           rise
           again
           ,
           and
           give
           an
           account
           of
           all
           my
           actions
           ,
           do
           thou
           Vouchsafe
           to
           
           help
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           escape
           the
           Sentence
           of
           perpetual
           Damnation
           by
           thee
           Pious
           Mother
           and
           Virgin
           ,
           and
           may
           come
           happily
           with
           all
           the
           Elect
           of
           GOD
           to
           Eternal
           joyes
           ,
           Amen
           .
           Then
           follows
           ,
           vnder
           thy
           protection
           we
           flee
           ,
           Holy
           Mother
           of
           GOD
           ,
           despise
           not
           our
           prayer
           in
           our
           necessities
           ,
           but
           deliver
           us
           from
           all
           dangers
           alwayes
           ,
           O
           glorious
           and
           blessed
           Virgln
           .
           Not
           to
           mention
           any
           more
           prayers
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           whereof
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           number
           .
        
         
           If
           GOD
           be
           a
           GOD
           jealous
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           like
           and
           approve
           of
           such
           doings
           ?
           It
           's
           true
           the
           Honour
           done
           to
           his
           Servants
           is
           done
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           then
           it
           must
           
           be
           such
           Honour
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           capable
           to
           receive
           ;
           so
           to
           Honour
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           give
           them
           the
           Epithetes
           and
           titles
           which
           the
           Scripture
           gives
           to
           none
           but
           GOD
           ,
           so
           to
           Honour
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           use
           in
           your
           prayers
           to
           them
           the
           same
           outward
           prostrations
           ,
           that
           you
           use
           to
           GOD
           ,
           when
           you
           pray
           to
           him
           ,
           so
           to
           Honour
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           spend
           more
           time
           in
           your
           addresses
           to
           them
           than
           you
           do
           in
           supplications
           to
           GOD
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           from
           your
           Rosary
           ;
           so
           to
           Honour
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           more
           prayers
           to
           them
           than
           to
           Christ
           ,
           so
           to
           Honour
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           joyn
           their
           merits
           with
           Christs
           merits
           :
           This
           is
           an
           Honour
           which
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           will
           oblige
           
           GOD
           to
           say
           one
           day
           ,
           who
           hath
           required
           these
           things
           at
           your
           hands
           ?
           And
           how
           unlike
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           true
           GOD
           is
           that
           Veneration
           you
           express
           to
           the
           Images
           and
           Pictures
           of
           Saints
           ,
           and
           to
           Relicks
           ?
           How
           unlike
           that
           plain
           and
           Simple
           Worship
           which
           the
           Gospel
           enjoynes
           .
           ?
           One
           would
           think
           it
           should
           a
           little
           startle
           you
           ,
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           your
           Church
           is
           afraid
           to
           let
           the
           second
           Commandement
           be
           known
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           you
           know
           they
           leave
           it
           out
           in
           their
           Primmers
           and
           Catechismes
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           mention
           it
           ,
           they
           do
           so
           mince
           it
           ,
           that
           one
           sees
           plainly
           ,
           they
           are
           afraid
           the
           People
           should
           see
           the
           contrariety
           of
           the●r
           Worship
           to
           the
           express
           
           word
           of
           GOD.
           In
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           the
           very
           sight
           of
           this
           Commandement
           made
           people
           run
           away
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           as
           much
           as
           any
           thing
           ;
           indeed
           to
           consider
           the
           general
           termes
           GOD
           uses
           there
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             make
             to
             thy self
             any
             graven
             Image
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Thou
           shalt
           not
           only
           not
           
             Worship
             them
          
           but
           
             not
             so
             much
             as
             fall
             down
             before
             them
             ,
          
           would
           make
           a
           person
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           taken
           more
           with
           the
           Golden
           Legends
           ,
           than
           with
           Scripture
           ,
           afraid
           of
           prostrations
           before
           Images
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           devotion
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           all
           your
           plea
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           not
           terminate
           your
           worship
           on
           the
           Image
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           person
           represented
           
           by
           the
           Image
           ,
           that
           will
           excuse
           you
           at
           the
           great
           tribunal
           ,
           for
           not
           to
           mention
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           the
           Heathen
           used
           to
           defend
           their
           grossest
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           are
           forced
           to
           borrow
           their
           very
           Arguments
           ,
           your
           own
           Authors
           do
           confesse
           ,
           that
           the
           common
           people
           are
           apt
           to
           pay
           adoration
           ,
           and
           do
           pay
           adoration
           to
           the
           Images
           themselves
           ,
           and
           why
           will
           you
           lay
           such
           a
           Stumbling
           block
           before
           the
           people
           ?
        
         
           Much
           might
           be
           said
           of
           the
           adoration
           you
           pay
           to
           the
           consecrated
           Hoste
           ;
           you
           confess
           ,
           that
           the
           worship
           you
           give
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           worship
           ,
           you
           give
           to
           God
           ;
           What
           
           if
           that
           Wafer
           should
           not
           be
           turned
           into
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ?
           what
           if
           it
           should
           remain
           as
           very
           a
           Wafer
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           before
           consecration
           ?
           what
           if
           it
           should
           not
           be
           God
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           all
           the
           demonstration
           that
           sense
           or
           reason
           can
           give
           you
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           changed
           into
           another
           substance
           ?
           what
           monstrous
           Idolatry
           would
           this
           be
           ?
           Ay
           ,
           but
           we
           believe
           it
           to
           be
           GOD
           ;
           why
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           doth
           your
           belief
           ,
           that
           such
           a
           thing
           is
           God
           ,
           or
           Christ
           ,
           excuse
           you
           from
           Idolatry
           ?
           should
           you
           believe
           a
           Stone
           to
           be
           GOD
           ,
           and
           adore
           it
           ,
           might
           not
           you
           justly
           be
           charged
           with
           Idolatry
           ?
           you
           look
           upon
           the
           Heathens
           as
           
           Idolaters
           ,
           because
           they
           adore
           the
           Sun
           ;
           Ay
           ,
           but
           they
           believe
           that
           Sun
           to
           be
           God
           ,
           and
           how
           then
           ,
           according
           to
           your
           plea
           ,
           can
           they
           be
           Idolaters
           ?
           If
           there
           be
           such
           a
           Transubstantiation
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           you
           fancy
           ,
           and
           an
           Adoration
           of
           the
           Hoste
           so
           very
           necessary
           ,
           what
           's
           the
           reason
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           that
           saw
           Christ
           before
           their
           eyes
           ,
           (
           only
           could
           not
           believe
           that
           there
           were
           two
           Christs
           ,
           one
           sitting
           at
           the
           table
           ,
           the
           other
           reached
           out
           to
           them
           ;
           )
           What
           's
           the
           reason
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           sate
           still
           and
           paid
           no
           Adoration
           to
           the
           Bread
           ,
           which
           according
           to
           you
           was
           Transubstantiated
           into
           Christ
           ?
           If
           they
           did
           not
           
           adore
           it
           ,
           what
           a
           presumption
           is
           it
           in
           you
           to
           give
           the
           highest
           Worship
           to
           the
           consecrated
           bread
           upon
           a
           pretence
           ,
           that
           that
           bread
           is
           God
           under
           the
           accidents
           of
           Bread
           ?
           But
           of
           this
           I
           have
           said
           enough
           before
           ,
           and
           could
           you
           but
           find
           time
           to
           read
           what
           our
           Authors
           have
           written
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           it
           could
           be
           nothing
           but
           hardness
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           resolution
           to
           be
           blind
           ,
           could
           keep
           you
           in
           a
           Church
           ,
           that
           fills
           your
           head
           with
           Doctrines
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           that
           Moses
           ,
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           nay
           and
           all
           sound
           Philosophers
           have
           said
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           not
           say
           any
           thing
           here
           of
           your
           strange
           unbloody
           
           Sacrifice
           of
           the
           Mass
           ,
           a
           thing
           unheard
           of
           in
           the
           purer
           Ages
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Scripture
           is
           so
           great
           a
           stranger
           to
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           wonder
           how
           Mankind
           came
           to
           light
           upon
           the
           notion
           .
           Nor
           of
           your
           Doctrine
           of
           Merits
           ,
           because
           ,
           I
           find
           your
           Priests
           have
           two
           strings
           to
           their
           Bow
           ,
           and
           tell
           the
           people
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           their
           adversaries
           ,
           when
           they
           dispute
           with
           them
           ,
           another
           ;
           affirme
           and
           deny
           it
           as
           they
           see
           occasion
           ,
           and
           necessity
           requires
           Onlyone
           thing
           I
           must
           needs
           take
           notice
           of
           before
           I
           take
           my
           leave
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Gigantick
           Argument
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           your
           Gentlemen
           boast
           of
           ,
           and
           which
           strikes
           all
           Protestants
           
           dead
           at
           the
           first
           hearing
           of
           it
           .
           If
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           true
           ,
           this
           must
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           GOD
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           a
           GOD
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           true
           Religion
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           a
           true
           Religion
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           true
           revealed
           Religion
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           a
           true
           revealed
           Religon
           ,
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           must
           be
           that
           true
           revealed
           Religion
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           be
           true
           ,
           then
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           must
           be
           true
           ,
           for
           the
           Argument
           ,
           that
           proves
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           to
           be
           true
           proves
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           ,
           Either
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           was
           propagated
           
           without
           miracles
           or
           by
           miracles
           ,
           if
           by
           miracles
           then
           it
           must
           be
           divine
           ,
           if
           without
           miracles
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           the
           greatest
           miracle
           ,
           that
           a
           Religion
           ,
           so
           contrary
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           should
           prevail
           with
           sensual
           men
           .
           The
           same
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           is
           true
           of
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           .
           For
           if
           it
           be
           propagated
           by
           Miracles
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           divine
           ,
           if
           without
           Miracles
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           so
           much
           more
           ,
           because
           it
           prescribes
           things
           contrary
           to
           Flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           as
           Penances
           ,
           Austerities
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           thousands
           of
           People
           do
           embrace
           it
           .
           I
           will
           not
           make
           my self
           merry
           here
           in
           a
           thing
           so
           serious
           ,
           else
           I
           could
           have
           told
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           hard
           of
           an
           
           Argument
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           at
           School
           ,
           somewhat
           like
           this
           ,
           He
           that
           drinks
           well
           ,
           sleeps
           well
           ,
           he
           that
           sleeps
           well
           ,
           commits
           no
           Sin
           ,
           He
           that
           commits
           no
           Sin
           will
           be
           saved
           ;
           therefore
           he
           that
           drinks
           well
           will
           be
           saved
           .
           But
           I
           forbear
           ;
           And
           as
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           Argument
           ,
           whereby
           one
           of
           your
           Priests
           ,
           that
           hath
           printed
           it
           ,
           thinks
           to
           end
           all
           Controversies
           ,
           I
           will
           say
           no
           more
           but
           this
           .
           First
           ,
           that
           as
           there
           is
           no
           Christian
           ,
           but
           must
           readily
           confess
           ,
           that
           the
           Miracles
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           wrought
           ,
           were
           a
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           Divinity
           of
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           so
           there
           is
           no
           man
           of
           any
           brains
           ,
           can
           admit
           of
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           dilemma
           
           as
           Universally
           true
           ,
           that
           a
           Religion
           that
           goes
           against
           Flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           if
           propagated
           without
           Miracles
           ,
           must
           therefore
           be
           necessarily
           Divine
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           agrees
           with
           the
           truly
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           so
           far
           it
           is
           undoubtedly
           true
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           naturally
           follow
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           be
           true
           ,
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           it
           agrees
           with
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           true
           .
           And
           the
           same
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Roman
           Religion
           must
           therefore
           be
           true
           ,
           where
           it
           goes
           away
           and
           differs
           from
           the
           truly
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           
           revealed
           to
           us
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           a
           consequence
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           Children
           can
           approve
           of
           .
           Thirdly
           with
           this
           Argument
           ,
           a
           man
           might
           prove
           the
           Divinity
           of
           almost
           any
           Religion
           in
           the
           World.
           He
           that
           is
           no
           stranger
           to
           History
           ,
           must
           needs
           know
           ,
           what
           severities
           ,
           what
           austerities
           of
           life
           the
           Brachmans
           ,
           or
           the
           Heathen
           Friers
           in
           the
           Indies
           do
           both
           prescribe
           ,
           and
           practise
           ,
           and
           what
           Proselites
           they
           make
           ,
           and
           how
           full
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           great
           Mogol
           is
           of
           them
           ,
           how
           some
           Wallow
           in
           ashes
           day
           and
           night
           ,
           how
           others
           go
           charged
           with
           heavy
           Iron
           Chaines
           all
           their
           dayes
           ,
           how
           others
           stand
           upright
           upon
           their
           Leggs
           for
           whole
           weekes
           together
           ,
           
           &c.
           
           How
           in
           Japan
           and
           other
           places
           of
           the
           Indies
           ,
           the
           Priests
           perswade
           the
           people
           to
           fast
           themselves
           to
           death
           ,
           to
           go
           long
           Pilgrimages
           ,
           to
           give
           all
           they
           have
           to
           the
           Priests
           ,
           to
           throw
           themselves
           down
           from
           steep
           rocks
           ,
           and
           break
           their
           necks
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           arrive
           the
           sooner
           to
           the
           happiness
           of
           another
           World
           ,
           &c.
           
           I
           think
           there
           cannot
           be
           thingsmore
           contrary
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           than
           these
           ,
           and
           yet
           we
           see
           these
           Doctrines
           are
           propogated
           daily
           without
           any
           force
           of
           Armes
           ,
           only
           by
           Example
           and
           perswasion
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           without
           any
           Miracle
           ,
           but
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           that
           doth
           not
           prove
           their
           Religion
           to
           be
           divine
           .
           It
           's
           a
           Dictate
           of
           the
           
           light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           that
           the
           way
           to
           Heaven
           is
           strait
           ,
           and
           therefore
           people
           ,
           that
           are
           religiously
           inclined
           ,
           are
           easily
           won
           over
           to
           those
           men
           whom
           they
           see
           exercise
           such
           severities
           upon
           themselves
           .
        
         
           To
           Conclude
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           when
           all
           is
           done
           ,
           what
           the
           true
           Church
           is
           ,
           must
           be
           tryed
           by
           the
           Writings
           of
           the
           Evangelists
           ,
           and
           Apostles
           .
           We
           see
           ,
           that
           even
           in
           the
           Apostles
           dayes
           ,
           corruptions
           crept
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           Witness
           the
           Churches
           of
           
             Corinth
             ,
             Galatia
          
           ,
           and
           Colosse
           ,
           &c.
           and
           the
           simplicity
           of
           the
           Gospel
           began
           even
           then
           to
           be
           perverted
           and
           mingled
           with
           idle
           and
           foolish
           opinions
           and
           practises
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           needs
           
           think
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           decease
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           was
           subject
           to
           the
           same
           fate
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           there
           be
           any
           standard
           or
           touch
           stone
           left
           ,
           whereby
           the
           truth
           and
           sincerity
           of
           a
           Church
           can
           be
           tried
           (
           and
           we
           must
           needs
           think
           so
           well
           of
           GODS
           providence
           that
           he
           would
           not
           leave
           his
           Church
           without
           some
           rule
           to
           rectifie
           their
           Errors
           by
           ,
           in
           case
           she
           should
           be
           infected
           with
           any
           )
           it
           must
           be
           the
           Primitive
           institution
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           Church
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           which
           teaches
           things
           ,
           that
           approach
           nearest
           to
           that
           primitive
           institution
           ,
           must
           be
           the
           true
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           do
           but
           once
           more
           for
           your
           Souls
           sake
           ,
           and
           
           for
           your
           Salvations
           sake
           ,
           compare
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           practises
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           with
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           practises
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           the
           Fountain
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           try
           whether
           you
           can
           find
           there
           ,
           the
           Doctrines
           of
           
             Communion
             under
             one
             kind
          
           ,
           of
           
             publick
             prayers
             in
             a
             tongue
             unknown
             to
             the
             people
             ,
          
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           of
           
             the
             Mass
          
           ,
           of
           Transubstantation
           ,
           of
           
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome's
          
           supremacy
           
             and
             infallibility
          
           ,
           of
           
             Worshipping
             and
             adoring
             the
             Virgin
             Mary
             ,
             and
             praying
             to
             Saints
             ,
          
           of
           
             Veneration
             of
             Relicks
             and
             Images
          
           ,
           of
           
             adoration
             of
             the
             Hoste
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Do
           not
           force
           any
           places
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           try
           whether
           you
           can
           make
           sense
           of
           any
           
           of
           these
           Doctrines
           by
           Scripture
           ?
           View
           the
           Stream
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           search
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           like
           these
           Doctrines
           in
           it
           ?
           why
           will
           you
           make
           your
           reason
           a
           Slave
           to
           your
           Priests
           magisterial
           Sentences
           ?
           How
           can
           you
           answer
           it
           to
           GOD
           ,
           that
           you
           did
           not
           improve
           your
           reason
           more
           ?
           What
           have
           you
           your
           reason
           for
           ,
           but
           to
           judge
           what
           is
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           not
           ?
           Is
           not
           this
           acting
           like
           a
           Creature
           void
           of
           reason
           ,
           to
           be
           guided
           altogether
           by
           what
           a
           few
           blind
           guides
           say
           to
           you
           ,
           without
           enquiring
           at
           
             the
             Law
             and
             Testimony
          
           ,
           whether
           things
           are
           so
           as
           they
           say
           or
           no
           ?
           Wonderful
           stnpidity
           !
           I
           stand
           amazed
           
           at
           it
           .
           It
           is
           not
           all
           the
           seeming
           Holiness
           of
           those
           Priests
           you
           converse
           withal
           ,
           that
           make
           the
           Church
           you
           are
           in
           ,
           a
           true
           Church
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Sect
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           are
           under
           a
           Cloud
           ,
           necessity
           and
           the
           discouragment
           they
           are
           under
           ,
           and
           their
           desire
           to
           make
           Proselytes
           ,
           makes
           them
           outwardly
           Religious
           .
           There
           may
           be
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           are
           Zealous
           and
           outwardly
           pious
           men
           in
           all
           Religions
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           that
           doth
           not
           make
           every
           Religion
           true
           ,
           and
           divine
           .
           An
           outward
           shew
           of
           Piety
           is
           the
           only
           way
           of
           propagating
           any
           Religion
           .
           The
           Devil
           himself
           could
           not
           propagate
           Heathenisme
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           but
           
           by
           the
           pretened
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Abstinence
           ,
           and
           Mortification
           of
           
             Apollonius
             Tyaneus
          
           ,
           who
           yet
           by
           the
           confession
           of
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           ,
           was
           no
           better
           then
           a
           Wizard
           and
           Conjurer
           ;
           I
           make
           no
           application
           to
           any
           particular
           Priest
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           deny
           ,
           but
           men
           may
           be
           in
           great
           Errors
           ,
           and
           be
           very
           Zealous
           for
           their
           errours
           ,
           and
           seemingly
           very
           pious
           in
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           when
           their
           Errors
           are
           not
           very
           wilful
           ,
           and
           destroy
           not
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           GOD
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ,
           they
           may
           find
           mercy
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           Lord.
           I
           grant
           there
           is
           a
           great
           shew
           of
           outward
           Piety
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           very
           dazeling
           and
           
           very
           moving
           ,
           but
           the
           great
           danger
           lyes
           here
           ,
           that
           the
           Worship
           they
           give
           to
           GOD
           with
           one
           hand
           ,
           they
           strike
           and
           pull
           down
           with
           the
           other
           :
           I
           know
           too
           well
           the
           practise
           of
           their
           Churches
           ,
           and
           a
           Heathen
           that
           should
           come
           into
           their
           Temples
           beyond
           Sea
           ,
           would
           verily
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           Worship
           a
           Multiplicity
           of
           Gods
           as
           well
           as
           he
           ,
           whatever
           their
           pretentions
           may
           be
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           It
           is
           not
           what
           people
           say
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           what
           they
           do
           ,
           that
           GOD
           takes
           notice
           of
           ,
           and
           though
           you
           should
           Ten
           Thousand
           times
           protest
           ,
           that
           you
           Worship
           and
           adore
           GOD
           alone
           ,
           yet
           while
           GOD
           sees
           you
           adore
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           with
           
           as
           great
           Zeal
           and
           reverence
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           him
           ,
           pray
           to
           her
           oftener
           then
           you
           do
           to
           him
           ,
           make
           as
           many
           bowes
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           other
           Saints
           ,
           as
           you
           do
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           of
           that
           nature
           ,
           how
           can
           he
           believe
           you
           ?
           Religion
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           will
           not
           bear
           jests
           and
           Hypocrisy
           ,
           GOD
           will
           not
           be
           put
           off
           with
           contradictions
           between
           speeches
           and
           Practises
           .
        
         
           Madam
           ,
           I
           do
           from
           my
           heart
           Pitty
           you
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           might
           be
           the
           weakness
           of
           your
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           might
           lead
           you
           into
           this
           Erroneous
           Church
           ,
           so
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           for
           Christs
           sake
           ,
           to
           return
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           you
           have
           rashly
           left
           ,
           where
           you
           cannot
           run
           a
           hazard
           if
           you
           will
           but
           follow
           the
           
           plain
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           besides
           which
           ,
           we
           preach
           nothing
           ,
           and
           enjoyn
           nothing
           as
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           .
           Should
           these
           entreaties
           and
           beseechings
           be
           alledged
           against
           you
           in
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           as
           things
           which
           you
           have
           ,
           contrary
           to
           reason
           ,
           refused
           and
           slighted
           ,
           how
           dreadful
           would
           your
           condition
           be
           ?
           I
           have
           discharged
           my
           Duty
           ,
           and
           given
           you
           warning
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           have
           your
           Guilt
           lye
           at
           my
           Door
           ,
           and
           therefore
           have
           let
           you
           know
           my
           real
           thoughts
           and
           Sentiments
           concerning
           your
           condition
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           you
           are
           in
           .
           The
           Great
           GOD
           of
           Heaven
           open
           your
           eyes
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           see
           and
           fear
           .
        
         
         
           Time
           was
           when
           you
           would
           have
           believed
           us
           as
           much
           as
           you
           do
           now
           the
           Priests
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           .
           It
           's
           strange
           ,
           that
           now
           they
           should
           speak
           nothing
           but
           truths
           ,
           and
           we
           nothing
           but
           falshood
           .
           Do
           you
           think
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           understand
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           Antiquity
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           they
           ?
           And
           can
           we
           all
           be
           so
           besotted
           with
           interest
           and
           passion
           that
           none
           of
           us
           should
           yied
           to
           the
           dictates
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           prevail
           with
           our
           sense
           and
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           things
           wherein
           they
           differ
           from
           us
           were
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ?
           sure
           we
           have
           a
           great
           many
           men
           among
           us
           that
           are
           great
           Lovers
           of
           Peace
           ,
           and
           would
           
           be
           glad
           that
           the
           whole
           Christian
           world
           were
           agreed
           ,
           and
           would
           these
           men
           stand
           out
           against
           that
           union
           ,
           if
           it
           could
           be
           done
           with
           a
           safe
           Conscience
           ?
           Certainly
           we
           have
           men
           as
           learned
           among
           us
           ,
           as
           ever
           the
           Sun
           did
           shine
           upon
           ,
           nay
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           hath
           at
           this
           day
           few
           men
           to
           equal
           ours
           for
           Learning
           and
           knowledge
           .
           And
           would
           all
           our
           Learned
           men
           be
           so
           stubborne
           and
           obstinate
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           agree
           with
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           see
           plainly
           ,
           that
           
             there
             is
             Death
             in
             that
             Pot
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           Errours
           in
           that
           Church
           cannot
           be
           subscribed
           to
           without
           hazarding
           the
           welfare
           of
           their
           Souls
           ?
           I
           will
           but
           use
           your
           own
           Argument
           ,
           
           when
           you
           went
           over
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           and
           were
           perswaded
           by
           the
           earnestness
           of
           her
           Priests
           to
           yeild
           to
           their
           reasonings
           ,
           what
           pleasure
           can
           we
           take
           in
           promoting
           your
           Damnation
           ?
           What
           can
           be
           our
           interest
           in
           deceiving
           you
           ?
           You
           used
           that
           Argument
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           why
           will
           you
           not
           use
           it
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           Judge
           you
           ,
           whither
           we
           ,
           that
           have
           the
           Gospel
           on
           our
           side
           for
           what
           we
           teach
           ,
           are
           not
           in
           a
           safer
           way
           ,
           than
           that
           Church
           ,
           which
           for
           all
           the
           new
           Doctrines
           they
           have
           added
           to
           the
           Old
           Creedes
           ,
           are
           forced
           to
           run
           to
           the
           broken
           Cisterns
           of
           Tradition
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           Fathers
           ,
           whose
           writings
           they
           know
           
           not
           whether
           they
           be
           genuine
           or
           no
           ?
           As
           you
           are
           now
           ,
           you
           live
           in
           willful
           opposition
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           And
           O
           Remember
           what
           St.
           Paul
           doth
           say
           2
           Thes.
           1.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           That
           the
           
             Lord
             Jesus
             will
             ere
             long
             come
             down
             from
             Heaven
             with
             all
             his
             Holy
             Angels
             to
             take
             Vengeance
             on
             those
             who
             have
             disobeyed
             the
             Gospel
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           Once
           more
           therefore
           I
           charge
           you
           before
           Almighty
           GOD
           ,
           and
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           to
           repent
           of
           your
           Errours
           ,
           and
           to
           return
           to
           the
           bosome
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           received
           your
           life
           ,
           and
           being
           ,
           and
           the
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           and
           Christianity
           .
           But
           if
           all
           this
           
           seem
           to
           you
           no
           more
           but
           Bugbears
           ,
           I
           have
           delivered
           my
           own
           Soul
           ,
           and
           should
           be
           sorry
           that
           this
           discourse
           should
           stand
           as
           a
           Witness
           against
           you
           in
           the
           Last
           day
           ,
           which
           GOD
           knows
           was
           only
           intended
           as
           a
           motive
           to
           draw
           you
           back
           to
           that
           Fold
           from
           which
           you
           have
           Wandered
           and
           gone
           astray
           .
        
         
           
             
               Feb.
               20.
               1677.
               
            
          
           
             I
             am
             Madam
             ,
             Your
             Faithfull
             Friend
             to
             serve
             You.
             N.
             N.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
        
      
       
         
         
           Postscript
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           AS
           in
           the
           publishing
           of
           this
           Letter
           I
           had
           no
           other
           design
           ,
           but
           to
           prevent
           the
           fall
           of
           others
           into
           the
           like
           dangers
           ,
           so
           I
           have
           particularly
           insisted
           on
           those
           motives
           ,
           which
           have
           of
           late
           tempted
           some
           persons
           to
           go
           over
           to
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           and
           though
           I
           have
           represented
           these
           motives
           as
           yours
           ,
           yet
           in
           this
           I
           have
           been
           so
           far
           from
           doing
           any
           thing
           against
           the
           laws
           of
           private
           discourse
           ,
           or
           friendship
           ,
           or
           acquaintance
           ,
           
           that
           I
           have
           only
           touch'd
           upon
           the
           common
           stumbling-blocks
           ,
           which
           make
           unwary
           people
           joyne
           themselves
           to
           that
           Church
           ;
           blocks
           ,
           which
           might
           easily
           be
           removed
           ,
           if
           men
           or
           Women
           would
           but
           give
           themselves
           leave
           to
           think
           ,
           and
           would
           prefer
           the
           solid
           dictates
           of
           their
           reason
           before
           the
           suggestions
           of
           their
           soft
           ,
           and
           sickly
           passions
           .
           One
           thing
           I
           had
           almost
           forgot
           ,
           and
           which
           indeed
           is
           the
           great
           bug-bear
           ,
           whereby
           your
           Church-men
           fright
           their
           people
           from
           running
           over
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           our
           Church
           began
           but
           about
           an
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           years
           ago
           ,
           that
           Luther
           and
           Zwinglius
           were
           the
           Authors
           
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           had
           no
           Church
           before
           ;
           pittiful
           shifts
           indeed
           to
           keep
           people
           from
           seeing
           the
           Sun
           at
           noon
           ;
           suppose
           our
           Religion
           did
           but
           begin
           then
           ,
           why
           ,
           must
           people
           be
           alwayes
           in
           an
           Errour
           ?
           must
           they
           never
           reform
           when
           they
           have
           done
           amiss
           ?
           if
           there
           were
           Monstrous
           Errors
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           which
           the
           aforesaid
           persons
           saw
           would
           be
           the
           death
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           could
           not
           subscribe
           to
           without
           debauching
           their
           reason
           ,
           or
           wronging
           both
           their
           own
           and
           other
           mens
           Consciences
           ,
           was
           it
           not
           rational
           ,
           they
           should
           protest
           against
           such
           things
           ,
           to
           give
           their
           fellow
           Christians
           warning
           ?
           
           when
           the
           House
           is
           on
           fire
           ,
           would
           you
           have
           no
           body
           awake
           to
           alarm
           the
           Neighbours
           to
           look
           to
           themselves
           ?
           Did
           they
           see
           so
           many
           thousand
           men
           ready
           to
           be
           drown'd
           ,
           and
           would
           you
           have
           had
           them
           hold
           their
           tongues
           ,
           and
           barbarously
           suffered
           them
           all
           to
           be
           drown'd
           ?
           Did
           they
           see
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           like
           to
           be
           swallowed
           up
           by
           darkness
           and
           Ignorance
           ,
           and
           was
           it
           not
           time
           to
           rouze
           the
           slumbering
           world
           ?
           But
           however
           ,
           that
           these
           men
           were
           the
           first
           broachers
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           is
           Notoriously
           false
           ;
           First
           ,
           because
           long
           before
           them
           ,
           there
           were
           men
           that
           lived
           in
           the
           External
           communion
           of
           
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           but
           dislik'd
           the
           Errours
           ,
           as
           they
           crept
           in
           ,
           and
           grew
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           though
           they
           were
           overaw'd
           and
           silenc'd
           many
           times
           by
           the
           higher
           powers
           of
           the
           Roman
           Court
           ,
           yet
           they
           both
           detested
           those
           corruptions
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           had
           opportunity
           ,
           protested
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           were
           an
           easy
           matter
           to
           prove
           from
           age
           to
           age
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           done
           already
           over
           and
           over
           by
           Divines
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           so
           that
           though
           these
           men
           ,
           that
           lived
           long
           before
           Luther
           ,
           and
           whom
           GOD
           still
           rais'd
           to
           vindicate
           his
           truth
           as
           it
           grew
           more
           ,
           and
           more
           polluted
           ,
           were
           not
           call'd
           Protestants
           by
           the
           People
           ,
           yet
           in
           effect
           
           they
           were
           so
           ,
           and
           consequently
           there
           were
           Protestants
           many
           years
           before
           Luther
           and
           Zwinglius
           ;
           And
           though
           they
           were
           not
           suffered
           by
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           and
           imperious
           Ecclestiastical
           powers
           to
           meet
           and
           assemble
           themselves
           in
           publick
           ,
           yet
           they
           made
           a
           Church
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           the
           followers
           of
           Holy
           Athanasius
           did
           ,
           when
           the
           whole
           world
           was
           turned
           Arrian
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           Elijah
           ,
           and
           those
           seven
           thousand
           ,
           the
           Oracle
           mentions
           ,
           made
           a
           Church
           ,
           when
           the
           Whole
           Country
           was
           over
           run
           with
           Idolaters
           .
           These
           seven
           thousand
           we
           read
           lay
           hid
           ,
           and
           durst
           not
           appear
           in
           publick
           ,
           being
           oppress'd
           by
           the
           Idolatrous
           
           powers
           ,
           that
           sat
           at
           the
           stern
           ,
           and
           thought
           there
           was
           no
           good
           fishing
           but
           in
           troubled
           waters
           .
           And
           indeed
           in
           this
           manner
           our
           Church
           was
           dispers'd
           long
           before
           Luther
           ,
           among
           the
           greater
           multitude
           of
           the
           followers
           of
           the
           corrupted
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           as
           a
           hand-ful
           of
           wheat
           lies
           scatterd
           in
           a
           bushel
           of
           Chaff
           ,
           and
           though
           it
           did
           not
           appear
           in
           Pomp
           and
           grandeur
           ,
           yet
           that
           external
           splendour
           is
           not
           essential
           to
           the
           truth
           of
           a
           Church
           ,
           your
           own
           men
           may
           be
           convinced
           by
           the
           aforementioned
           examples
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ;
           if
           your
           Champions
           speak
           strictly
           of
           the
           Religion
           ,
           which
           we
           profess
           
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           they
           are
           under
           a
           mistake
           ,
           when
           they
           make
           Luther
           or
           Zwinglius
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           our
           Reformation
           began
           some
           time
           after
           ,
           and
           was
           both
           begun
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           with
           great
           deliberation
           and
           consideration
           under
           Edward
           the
           6.
           by
           publick
           authority
           ,
           whose
           proper
           province
           it
           is
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           what
           is
           amiss
           in
           a
           Kingdom
           or
           Common
           wealth
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           in
           Church
           or
           State
           ,
           and
           to
           reform
           and
           mend
           it
           .
           It
           's
           no
           great
           matter
           ,
           when
           a
           Reformation
           begins
           ,
           so
           the
           Reformation
           be
           but
           just
           ;
           and
           if
           such
           a
           Reformation
           had
           begun
           but
           yesterday
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           have
           made
           it
           unlawful
           ,
           
           and
           that
           our
           Reformation
           was
           just
           and
           necessary
           hath
           been
           prov'd
           by
           our
           Divines
           beyond
           all
           reasonable
           contradiction
           ,
           and
           how
           could
           it
           but
           be
           just
           ,
           when
           the
           decrees
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           control'd
           the
           Word
           of
           the
           Living
           GOD
           ,
           and
           vyed
           with
           the
           Oracles
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           How
           and
           when
           the
           several
           Errours
           crept
           into
           that
           Church
           ,
           is
           not
           Material
           to
           determine
           ,
           it
           's
           enough
           we
           found
           them
           there
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           GODS
           mercy
           not
           to
           give
           all
           the
           learned
           men
           of
           that
           age
           over
           to
           beleive
           a
           lye
           .
           But
           it
           's
           pretty
           to
           hear
           your
           Church-men
           talk
           of
           the
           novelty
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           evident
           to
           all
           the
           
           understanding
           world
           ,
           that
           our
           first
           Reformers
           began
           no
           new
           Religion
           ,
           but
           desired
           only
           to
           keep
           to
           the
           Old.
           All
           their
           endeavour
           was
           to
           keep
           to
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           to
           cut
           off
           all
           superfluities
           ,
           and
           things
           prejudicial
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           was
           there
           any
           hurt
           in
           that
           ?
           They
           saw
           ,
           that
           many
           things
           then
           in
           use
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           were
           diametrally
           opposite
           to
           the
           Doctrines
           and
           practises
           of
           the
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           and
           they
           justly
           thought
           it
           their
           duty
           to
           reduce
           the
           Church
           to
           the
           antient
           pattern
           ;
           the
           prouder
           Clergy
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           would
           not
           yield
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           all
           their
           new
           fangles
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           
           additions
           to
           the
           Antient
           Symbols
           received
           as
           articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           though
           all
           perish'd
           ,
           and
           the
           coat
           of
           Christ
           were
           rent
           into
           a
           thousand
           pieces
           ;
           the
           more
           humble
           ,
           and
           more
           moderate
           of
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           saw
           the
           pride
           and
           insolence
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           trembled
           ▪
           and
           thus
           we
           and
           they
           parted
           ,
           we
           kept
           to
           the
           old
           Religion
           ,
           and
           your
           men
           chose
           the
           new
           ,
           and
           much
           good
           it
           may
           do
           you
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           pray
           Judge
           by
           this
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Schismatick
           Church
           ,
           we
           or
           they
           ?
           we
           that
           would
           have
           healed
           Israel
           ,
           or
           they
           that
           would
           not
           be
           healed
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           not
           our
           Religion
           that
           began
           so
           lately
           as
           150
           years
           ago
           ,
           about
           Luthers
           time
           ,
           but
           
           it
           's
           yours
           that
           commenced
           then
           ;
           for
           you
           then
           embraced
           the
           new
           additions
           to
           the
           antient
           Catholick
           creeds
           with
           greater
           greadiness
           ,
           and
           were
           resolv'd
           to
           maintain
           that
           by
           bravado's
           ,
           which
           you
           were
           not
           able
           to
           defend
           with
           Arguments
           .
           It
           s
           a
           very
           ordinary
           thing
           for
           people
           ,
           who
           once
           incline
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           to
           demand
           of
           us
           ,
           before
           they
           go
           over
           ,
           whither
           a
           person
           may
           be
           saved
           in
           that
           Church
           .
           The
           Charity
           and
           moderation
           our
           Divines
           usually
           express
           in
           their
           answer
           to
           this
           query
           ,
           I
           am
           sensible
           hath
           done
           our
           Church
           some
           harm
           ,
           whereas
           the
           Roman
           Priests
           ,
           being
           bold
           in
           their
           uncharitabl●ness
           ,
           
           and
           damning
           all
           that
           are
           out
           of
           their
           communion
           ,
           make
           some
           weak
           people
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           be
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           more
           daring
           in
           their
           asseverations
           .
           We
           have
           far
           greater
           reason
           to
           be
           peremtory
           in
           excluding
           the
           members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           from
           Salvation
           ,
           than
           they
           have
           to
           exclude
           us
           ,
           for
           if
           that
           Church
           be
           guilty
           of
           Idolatry
           (
           as
           I
           see
           ,
           your
           Divines
           find
           it
           a
           very
           hard
           task
           to
           answer
           the
           Arguments
           of
           our
           Learned
           men
           ,
           that
           prove
           it
           )
           Those
           hat
           are
           guilty
           of
           this
           crime
           may
           soon
           be
           resolved
           by
           the
           Apostle
           what
           their
           lot
           is
           like
           to
           be
           in
           another
           world
           ;
           for
           
             No
             Idolater
          
           ,
           saith
           St.
           Paul
           ;
           
           meaning
           one
           that
           lives
           ,
           and
           dies
           so
           ,
           
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             1
             Cor.
          
           6.
           9
           yet
           we
           are
           modest
           ,
           and
           whatever
           the
           principles
           of
           that
           Church
           may
           lead
           men
           to
           ,
           we
           hope
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           many
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           that
           either
           ,
           while
           they
           live
           in
           the
           communion
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           have
           an
           aversion
           from
           the
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           Idolatrous
           practices
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           sometimes
           before
           they
           die
           do
           heartily
           repent
           of
           the
           absurd
           ,
           and
           unreasonable
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           worship
           ,
           they
           have
           too
           long
           asserted
           ,
           and
           complied
           with
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           we
           cannot
           but
           entertain
           a
           very
           favourable
           opinion
           ,
           and
           indeed
           I
           could
           name
           you
           some
           very
           famous
           
           men
           both
           in
           France
           and
           Italy
           ,
           who
           ,
           though
           they
           have
           continued
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           that
           Church
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           have
           not
           joyn'd
           themselves
           to
           any
           particular
           publick
           Protestant
           Church
           ,
           yet
           have
           not
           approv'd
           of
           such
           things
           in
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           as
           manifestly
           obstruct
           mens
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           though
           like
           Nicodemus
           they
           have
           not
           dared
           openly
           to
           avow
           their
           dislike
           of
           such
           Errous
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           danger
           ,
           yet
           in
           their
           hearts
           they
           have
           abhorr'd
           them
           ,
           and
           declared
           so
           much
           to
           their
           Friends
           ,
           and
           intimate
           acquaintance
           .
           And
           though
           their
           seeming
           communion
           with
           a
           Church
           so
           Erroneous
           ,
           cannot
           be
           totally
           excused
           ,
           because
           it
           looks
           
           like
           a
           tacite
           approbation
           of
           her
           Errours
           ,
           yet
           since
           we
           read
           of
           Joseph
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Disciple
           of
           Christ
           secretly
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           his
           not
           confessing
           Christ
           publickly
           ,
           accepted
           of
           GOD
           ,
           we
           hope
           such
           mens
           continuing
           in
           the
           external
           communion
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           is
           not
           a
           willful
           Errour
           ,
           but
           rather
           a
           pardonable
           infirmity
           ,
           a
           timorousness
           which
           hath
           nothing
           of
           malice
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           will
           not
           hinder
           them
           from
           Salvation
           .
           We
           know
           not
           what
           mercy
           GOD
           may
           shew
           to
           many
           poor
           people
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           who
           are
           invincibly
           Ignorant
           ,
           and
           never
           saw
           a
           Bible
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           might
           rectify
           
           their
           mistakes
           ,
           and
           do
           live
           honestly
           in
           this
           present
           world
           ;
           but
           we
           must
           withal
           confess
           ,
           that
           the
           Servant
           ,
           who
           hath
           known
           his
           Masters
           will
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           shall
           be
           beaten
           with
           many
           stripes
           ,
           and
           whether
           those
           that
           have
           been
           enlightened
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           have
           tasted
           the
           good
           Word
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           cannot
           but
           see
           our
           Agreement
           with
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           after
           all
           this
           embrace
           the
           Errors
           of
           the
           Roman
           Church
           ,
           whether
           these
           will
           be
           excusable
           at
           the
           last
           day
           ,
           we
           justly
           doubt
           of
           ;
           To
           live
           in
           great
           Errours
           is
           to
           live
           in
           Sin
           ,
           but
           where
           that
           living
           in
           Errours
           is
           joyn'd
           with
           resistance
           of
           great
           light
           ,
           and
           
           knowledge
           ,
           there
           the
           Sin
           becomes
           all
           crimson
           ,
           which
           was
           but
           of
           a
           faint
           red
           before
           ;
           And
           if
           this
           be
           the
           Character
           of
           Christs
           Friends
           to
           do
           whatsoever
           he
           commands
           us
           ,
           then
           the
           inference
           is
           very
           easy
           ,
           that
           those
           cannot
           be
           Christ's
           Friends
           ,
           nor
           reign
           with
           him
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           that
           wilfully
           leave
           undone
           ,
           what
           they
           know
           he
           hath
           commanded
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           a
           new
           Worship
           ,
           which
           he
           hath
           no
           where
           commanded
           :
           Madam
           ,
           had
           you
           never
           seen
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           the
           Scriptnre
           ,
           your
           going
           over
           to
           that
           Church
           might
           have
           deserved
           some
           apollogy
           ,
           but
           when
           you
           were
           surrounded
           with
           the
           beams
           of
           that
           light
           which
           shines
           in
           darkness
           ,
           
           as
           St.
           Peter
           calls
           the
           word
           ,
           with
           all
           those
           rayes
           about
           you
           ,
           to
           shut
           your
           eyes
           ,
           and
           desperately
           to
           venture
           upon
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           enjoines
           men
           to
           live
           against
           some
           of
           Gods
           laws
           ,
           as
           against
           Exod.
           20.
           5
           ,
           6.
           and
           
             Matth.
             26.
             27.
             
             &c.
          
           and
           consequently
           obliges
           them
           to
           prepare
           for
           GODS
           displeasure
           ,
           this
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           is
           an
           action
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           it
           favours
           of
           great
           willfulness
           ,
           so
           I
           question
           ,
           if
           you
           dye
           in
           't
           without
           serious
           repentance
           ,
           whether
           the
           joys
           you
           hope
           for
           ,
           will
           ever
           fall
           to
           your
           share
           .
           If
           your
           Church-men
           do
           mean
           honestly
           ,
           and
           do
           truly
           aim
           at
           the
           peace
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           in
           good
           earnest
           design
           the
           Union
           of
           of
           men
           that
           profess
           the
           name
           
           of
           Christ
           ,
           why
           will
           not
           they
           part
           with
           those
           Doctrines
           that
           are
           so
           great
           an
           offence
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           all
           Protestants
           ,
           but
           to
           Jews
           and
           Mahometans
           too
           ?
           if
           that
           worshipping
           of
           Saints
           and
           Images
           be
           not
           necessary
           ,
           but
           only
           useful
           ,
           why
           will
           not
           they
           quit
           that
           Worship
           ,
           which
           by
           their
           own
           pretences
           is
           needless
           ,
           especially
           when
           they
           might
           do
           so
           much
           good
           by
           it
           ;
           if
           the
           Cup
           was
           formerly
           given
           to
           the
           Laity
           ,
           why
           will
           not
           they
           to
           effect
           the
           aforesaid
           Union
           restore
           it
           to
           the
           Laity
           ?
           If
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           the
           comfort
           arising
           from
           it
           may
           remaine
           entire
           ,
           without
           obliging
           men
           to
           beleive
           a
           Transubstantiation
           ,
           or
           Adoration
           
           of
           the
           consecrated
           Wafer
           ,
           why
           will
           not
           they
           for
           peace
           sake
           lay
           aside
           such
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           neither
           themselves
           ,
           nor
           any
           creature
           understands
           ?
           If
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           are
           sufficient
           motives
           to
           a
           Holy
           life
           ,
           why
           will
           not
           they
           for
           quietness
           sake
           renounce
           their
           Doctrine
           of
           purgatory
           ,
           which
           by
           their
           own
           confession
           hath
           no
           ground
           in
           Scripture
           ?
        
         
           Madam
           ,
           I
           have
           that
           charitable
           opinion
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           had
           but
           taken
           a
           view
           of
           the
           Worship
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           practic'd
           beyond
           Sea
           in
           places
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           fear
           of
           contradiction
           from
           any
           Hereticks
           ,
           where
           they
           may
           freely
           and
           securely
           act
           according
           to
           their
           
           principles
           ,
           had
           you
           seen
           the
           mode
           of
           Worshipping
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           at
           ROME
           ,
           or
           in
           Spain
           ,
           or
           Italy
           ,
           the
           sight
           of
           it
           would
           have
           certainly
           discourag'd
           you
           from
           embracing
           that
           Religion
           ,
           which
           now
           you
           seem
           to
           be
           mainly
           delighted
           with
           ,
           for
           indeed
           the
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           were
           to
           guess
           from
           that
           ,
           which
           hath
           the
           greatest
           outward
           Veneration
           ,
           is
           little
           else
           ,
           then
           a
           Worship
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           .
           The
           very
           beggers
           beyond-Sea
           in
           begging
           of
           alms
           ,
           beg
           more
           for
           the
           Virgin
           Marie's
           sake
           ,
           then
           for
           Christ's
           sake
           .
           This
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           I
           know
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           who
           am
           no
           stranger
           to
           forreign
           
           parts
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           assure
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           those
           Cities
           or
           Towns
           ,
           where
           both
           Papists
           ,
           and
           Protestants
           have
           the
           free
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           you
           shall
           live
           Twenty
           years
           in
           a
           Town
           ,
           before
           you
           hear
           that
           any
           Protestant
           is
           turned
           Papist
           ,
           (
           so
           few
           charms
           are
           there
           in
           the
           Exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           beyond
           Sea
           )
           but
           you
           shall
           not
           be
           above
           a
           year
           or
           two
           in
           such
           a
           Town
           ,
           before
           you
           hear
           that
           several
           Papists
           are
           turn'd
           Protestants
           (
           such
           a
           force
           hath
           truth
           ;
           )
           The
           Religion
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           practis'd
           in
           England
           ,
           lookes
           harmless
           .
           Now
           and
           then
           upon
           some
           great
           festival
           they
           shew
           you
           a
           Picture
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           ,
           
           or
           of
           some
           other
           Saint
           ,
           and
           the
           honest
           Priest
           qualifies
           every
           Doctrine
           ,
           makes
           the
           Errours
           soft
           ,
           and
           plausible
           ,
           and
           they
           dare
           not
           ,
           living
           in
           a
           Protestant
           Country
           ,
           serve
           the
           Host
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           I
           mean
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           with
           all
           their
           appertenances
           as
           they
           do
           in
           places
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           no
           Protestants
           to
           watch
           them
           .
        
         
           Here
           their
           Religion
           seems
           to
           be
           without
           a
           sting
           ,
           and
           is
           clad
           in
           the
           fleece
           of
           Sheep
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           could
           but
           make
           a
           Voyage
           into
           Spain
           or
           Italy
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           you
           would
           see
           the
           Venome
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           avoid
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           way
           not
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           would
           be
           to
           go
           to
           ROME
           ,
           provided
           you
           do
           not
           go
           without
           your
           Bible
           .
           
           In
           good
           truth
           that
           Church
           hath
           turn'd
           Christianity
           into
           a
           meer
           outward
           pomp
           and
           splendor
           ,
           which
           ravishes
           the
           eye
           ,
           but
           can
           never
           content
           a
           mans
           reason
           .
           The
           glistering
           Gold
           in
           their
           Temples
           ,
           the
           curious
           Images
           of
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           the
           numerons
           and
           Stately
           Altars
           ,
           the
           mighty
           Silver
           Statues
           ,
           the
           rich
           ,
           and
           glorious
           vestments
           you
           see
           up
           and
           down
           in
           their
           Churches
           ,
           strike
           the
           senses
           into
           a
           kind
           of
           ectasie
           ,
           and
           it
           must
           be
           sense
           only
           ,
           for
           a
           considerate
           mind
           ,
           that
           searches
           the
           inside
           of
           things
           as
           well
           as
           the
           outside
           ,
           cannot
           be
           so
           easily
           gull'd
           and
           deceiv'd
           ;
           and
           this
           outward
           pomp
           they
           make
           not
           the
           least
           sign
           of
           the
           truth
           
           of
           their
           Church
           ,
           not
           remembring
           ,
           that
           if
           this
           be
           a
           good
           signe
           ,
           the
           Idolatrous
           people
           in
           Japan
           ,
           and
           China
           ,
           whose
           Temples
           are
           infinitely
           more
           shining
           ,
           and
           glorious
           ,
           will
           have
           a
           better
           Title
           to
           the
           true
           Church
           than
           they
           ;
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           that
           in
           policy
           ,
           and
           worldly
           craft
           ,
           and
           cunning
           the
           Church
           of
           ROME
           exceeds
           ours
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           not
           only
           turn'd
           the
           Spiritual
           Worship
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           into
           a
           sensual
           service
           ,
           into
           outward
           Religious
           formalities
           ,
           a
           thing
           strangely
           pleasing
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           shooes
           that
           will
           fit
           all
           sorts
           of
           feet
           ,
           great
           and
           small
           ,
           and
           have
           remedies
           for
           all
           distempers
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           go
           to
           Heaven
           
           in
           that
           Church
           either
           through
           the
           straight
           way
           ,
           or
           through
           the
           broad
           ,
           which
           you
           please
           ,
           they
           can
           fit
           the
           Melancholly
           person
           ,
           and
           the
           Jovial
           ,
           they
           have
           Monasteries
           ,
           and
           Nunneries
           ,
           and
           severities
           to
           content
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           know
           how
           to
           allow
           greater
           liberty
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           they
           can
           either
           send
           a
           man
           to
           happiness
           through
           a
           tedious
           task
           of
           mortification
           ,
           if
           he
           likes
           that
           method
           best
           ,
           or
           help
           him
           thither
           by
           a
           quicker
           dispatch
           ,
           by
           confession
           ,
           attrition
           ,
           and
           absolution
           upon
           a
           death
           bed
           ,
           when
           the
           man
           can
           hold
           Sin
           and
           the
           world
           no
           longer
           :
           Live
           ,
           or
           die
           ,
           you
           cannot
           do
           amiss
           in
           that
           Church
           ,
           for
           living
           you
           may
           be
           forgiven
           ,
           
           and
           after
           Death
           you
           may
           be
           pray'd
           out
           of
           Purgatory
           ,
           sooner
           or
           later
           ,
           according
           as
           you
           will
           spend
           mony
           upon
           Masses
           ,
           for
           gold
           doth
           strangely
           quicken
           these
           supplications
           .
        
         
           Such
           a
           Church
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           you
           have
           espoused
           ,
           and
           divorced
           your self
           from
           one
           that
           prefers
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Gospel
           before
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           glories
           in
           dealing
           plainly
           and
           honestly
           with
           all
           men
           ,
           that
           keeps
           close
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           yet
           is
           not
           against
           those
           Pious
           customes
           of
           antiquity
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           contradictory
           to
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           generously
           maintains
           the
           prerogative
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           gives
           no
           other
           
           Honour
           to
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           but
           what
           may
           consist
           with
           the
           glory
           of
           her
           Creator
           ,
           that
           hath
           made
           no
           new
           Articles
           of
           Faith
           ,
           but
           keeps
           to
           the
           old
           ,
           and
           thinks
           it
           Rebellion
           against
           GOD
           ,
           to
           enjoyn
           things
           as
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           GOD
           never
           made
           so
           ;
           that
           urges
           the
           strictest
           life
           ,
           and
           encourages
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           may
           promote
           true
           piety
           and
           devotion
           ,
           that
           hath
           no
           more
           Ceremonies
           ,
           but
           what
           are
           decent
           ,
           and
           labours
           to
           free
           Religion
           at
           once
           from
           slovenliness
           and
           superstition
           ,
           that
           secures
           the
           Right
           of
           Soveraign
           Princes
           ,
           and
           Teaches
           her
           Children
           to
           live
           like
           good
           subjects
           and
           good
           Christians
           ,
           
           and
           though
           it
           be
           her
           misfortune
           ,
           that
           too
           many
           of
           her
           pretended
           members
           live
           like
           Enemies
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           yet
           that
           's
           not
           long
           of
           her
           Doctrines
           and
           Constitutions
           ,
           but
           long
           of
           the
           stubborness
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           be
           reform'd
           by
           her
           Precepts
           ;
           As
           no
           man
           blames
           Christ
           or
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           because
           Judas
           was
           a
           Hypocrite
           or
           because
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           profess'd
           their
           Religion
           ,
           so
           they
           betray
           great
           Ignorance
           and
           simplicity
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           Monstrous
           impieties
           of
           many
           ,
           that
           profess
           themselves
           members
           of
           our
           Assemblies
           despise
           and
           slight
           our
           Church
           ,
           which
           in
           her
           principles
           is
           most
           averse
           from
           all
           such
           practices
           ,
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           
           as
           ,
           for
           mine
           own
           particular
           I
           have
           deliberately
           and
           premeditately
           embraced
           ,
           and
           chosen
           ,
           so
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           I
           shall
           never
           be
           so
           much
           forsaken
           of
           GOD
           or
           of
           my
           reason
           ,
           as
           to
           quit
           it
           to
           become
           a
           Papist
           .
           I
           have
           not
           been
           altogether
           a
           careless
           observer
           of
           the
           several
           Christian
           Churches
           ,
           dispers'd
           through
           the
           world
           .
           Desire
           of
           mine
           own
           Salvation
           hath
           made
           me
           take
           particular
           notice
           ,
           what
           corruption
           there
           is
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           affinity
           they
           have
           with
           the
           Primitive
           Professors
           of
           Christianity
           ;
           And
           I
           must
           freely
           confess
           upon
           a
           serious
           Examination
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           three
           first
           Centuries
           after
           Christ
           ,
           
           that
           from
           my
           heart
           I
           think
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Church
           this
           day
           in
           all
           the
           Christian
           world
           ,
           be
           it
           Eastern
           ,
           or
           Western
           ,
           that
           in
           her
           principles
           and
           constitutions
           bears
           so
           much
           of
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           truly
           Primitive
           Church
           ,
           or
           comes
           so
           near
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           a
           Church
           ,
           which
           as
           your
           fore-Fathers
           had
           courage
           to
           burn
           for
           so
           I
           verily
           beleive
           ,
           that
           he
           understands
           not
           her
           Innocent
           designes
           ,
           and
           excellent
           rules
           ,
           that
           dares
           not
           dy
           a
           Martyr
           in
           her
           cause
           .
        
         
           
             Once
             more
             your
             Faithful
             Friend
             to
             serve
             You.
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             N.
             
          
        
         
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