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             Of true religion, hæresie, schism, toleration, and what best means may be us'd against the growth of popery the author J.M.
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           OF
           True
           Religion
           ,
           HAERESIE
           ,
           SCHISM
           ,
           TOLERATION
           ,
           And
           what
           best
           means
           may
           be
           us'd
           against
           the
           growth
           of
           POPERY
        
         
           The
           Author
           
             J.
             M.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1673.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           OF
           True
           RELIGION
           ,
           HAERESIE
           ,
           SCHISM
           ,
           and
           TOLERATION
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           unknown
           to
           no
           man
           ,
           who
           knows
           ought
           of
           concernment
           among
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           increase
           of
           Popery
           is
           at
           this
           day
           no
           small
           trouble
           and
           offence
           to
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           the
           rejoycing
           of
           all
           good
           men
           that
           it
           is
           so
           ;
           the
           more
           their
           rejoycing
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           giv'n
           a
           heart
           to
           the
           people
           to
           remember
           still
           their
           great
           and
           happy
           deliverance
           from
           Popish
           Thraldom
           ,
           and
           to
           esteem
           so
           highly
           the
           precious
           benefit
           of
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           so
           freely
           and
           so
           peacealy
           injoy'd
           among
           them
           .
           Since
           therefore
           some
           have
           already
           in
           Publick
           with
           many
           considerable
           Arguments
           exhorted
           the
           people
           to
           beware
           the
           growth
           of
           this
           Romish
           Weed
           ;
           I
           thought
           it
           no
           less
           then
           a
           common
           duty
           to
           lend
           my
           hand
           ,
           how
           unable
           soever
           ,
           to
           so
           good
           a
           Purpose
           .
           I
           will
           not
           now
           enter
           into
           the
           Labyrinth
           of
           Councels
           and
           Fathers
           ,
           an
           intangl'd
           wood
           which
           the
           Papist
           loves
           to
           fight
           in
           ,
           not
           with
           hope
           of
           Victory
           ,
           but
           to
           obscure
           the
           shame
           of
           an
           open
           overthrow
           :
           which
           yet
           in
           that
           kind
           of
           Combate
           ,
           many
           heretofore
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           late
           ,
           hath
           eminently
           giv'n
           them
           .
           And
           such
           manner
           of
           dispute
           
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           Learned
           Men
           ,
           is
           useful
           and
           very
           commendable
           :
           But
           I
           shall
           insist
           now
           on
           what
           is
           plainer
           to
           Common
           apprehension
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           ,
           without
           longer
           introduction
           .
        
         
           True
           Religion
           is
           the
           true
           Worship
           and
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           learnt
           and
           believed
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           only
           .
           No
           Man
           or
           Angel
           can
           know
           how
           God
           would
           be
           worshipt
           and
           serv'd
           unless
           God
           reveal
           it
           :
           He
           hath
           Reveal'd
           and
           taught
           it
           us
           in
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           by
           inspir'd
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Gospel
           by
           his
           own
           Son
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           with
           strictest
           command
           to
           reject
           all
           other
           traditions
           or
           additions
           whatsoever
           .
           According
           to
           that
           of
           St.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Though
             wee
             or
             an
             Angel
             from
             Heaven
             preach
             any
             other
             Gospel
             unto
             you
             ,
             than
             that
             which
             wee
             have
             preacht
             unto
             you
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             Anathema
             ,
             or
             accurst
             .
          
           And
           
             Deut.
          
           4.
           2.
           
           
             
               Ye
            
             shall
             not
             add
             to
             the
             word
             which
             I
             command
             you
             ,
             neither
             shall
             you
             diminish
             ought
             from
             it
             .
          
           Rev.
           22.
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           
             If
             any
             man
             shall
             add
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             If
             any
             man
             shall
             take
             away
             from
             the
             Words
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           With
           good
           and
           Religious
           Reason
           therefore
           all
           Protestant
           Churches
           with
           one
           consent
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           in
           Her
           thirty
           nine
           Articles
           ,
           Artic.
           
             6th
             ,
             19th
             ,
             20th
             ,
             21st
             ,
          
           and
           elsewhere
           ,
           maintain
           these
           two
           points
           ,
           as
           the
           main
           Principles
           of
           true
           Religion
           :
           that
           the
           Rule
           of
           true
           Religion
           is
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           only
           :
           and
           that
           their
           Faith
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           an
           implicit
           faith
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           believe
           ,
           though
           as
           the
           Church
           believes
           ,
           against
           or
           without
           express
           authority
           of
           Scripture
           .
           And
           if
           all
           Protestants
           as
           universally
           as
           they
           hold
           these
           two
           Principles
           ,
           so
           attentively
           and
           Religiously
           would
           observe
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           avoid
           and
           cut
           off
           many
           Debates
           and
           Contentions
           ,
           Schisms
           and
           
             Persecutions
          
           ,
           which
           too
           oft
           have
           been
           among
           them
           ,
           
           and
           more
           firmly
           unite
           against
           the
           common
           adversary
           .
           For
           hence
           it
           directly
           follows
           ,
           that
           no
           true
           Protestant
           can
           persecute
           ,
           or
           not
           tolerate
           his
           fellow
           Protestant
           ,
           though
           dissenting
           from
           him
           in
           som
           opinions
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           flatly
           deny
           and
           Renounce
           these
           two
           his
           own
           main
           Principles
           ,
           whereon
           true
           Religion
           is
           founded
           ;
           while
           he
           compels
           his
           Brother
           from
           that
           which
           he
           believes
           as
           the
           manifest
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           an
           implicit
           faith
           (
           which
           he
           himself
           condemns
           )
           to
           the
           endangering
           of
           his
           Brothers
           soul
           ,
           whether
           by
           rash
           belief
           ,
           or
           outward
           Conformity
           :
           for
           
             whatsoever
             is
             not
             of
             Faith
             ,
             is
             Sin.
             
          
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           as
           briefly
           show
           what
           is
           false
           Religion
           or
           Heresie
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           done
           as
           easily
           :
           for
           of
           contraries
           the
           definitions
           must
           needs
           be
           contrary
           .
           Heresie
           therefore
           is
           a
           Religion
           taken
           up
           and
           believ'd
           from
           the
           traditions
           of
           men
           and
           additions
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           Whence
           also
           it
           follows
           clearly
           ,
           that
           of
           all
           known
           Sects
           or
           pretended
           Religions
           at
           this
           day
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           Popery
           is
           the
           only
           or
           the
           greatest
           Heresie
           :
           and
           he
           who
           is
           so
           forward
           to
           brand
           all
           others
           for
           Hereticks
           ,
           the
           obstinate
           Papist
           ,
           the
           only
           Heretick
           .
           Hence
           one
           of
           their
           own
           famous
           Writers
           found
           just
           cause
           to
           stile
           the
           Romish
           Church
           
             Mother
             of
             Error
             ,
             School
             of
             Heresie
             .
          
           And
           whereas
           the
           Papist
           boasts
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           meer
           contradiction
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Popes
           Bulls
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           universal
           particular
           a
           Catholic
           Schismatic
           .
           For
           Catholic
           in
           Greek
           signifies
           universal
           :
           and
           the
           Christian
           Church
           was
           so
           call'd
           ,
           as
           consisting
           of
           all
           Nations
           to
           whom
           the
           Gospel
           was
           to
           be
           preach't
           ,
           in
           contradistinction
           to
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           ,
           which
           consisted
           for
           the
           most
           part
           of
           Jews
           only
           .
        
         
         
           Sects
           may
           be
           a
           in
           true
           Church
           as
           well
           as
           in
           a
           false
           ,
           when
           men
           follow
           the
           Doctrin
           too
           much
           for
           the
           Teachers
           sake
           ,
           whom
           they
           think
           almost
           infallible
           ;
           and
           this
           becomes
           ,
           through
           Infirmity
           ,
           implicit
           Faith
           ;
           and
           the
           name
           Sectary
           ,
           pertains
           to
           such
           a
           Disciple
           .
        
         
           Schism
           is
           a
           rent
           or
           division
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           the
           separating
           of
           Congregations
           ;
           and
           may
           also
           happen
           to
           a
           true
           Church
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           toa
           false
           ;
           yet
           in
           the
           true
           needs
           not
           tend
           to
           the
           breaking
           of
           Communion
           ;
           if
           they
           can
           agree
           in
           the
           right
           administration
           of
           that
           wherein
           they
           Communicate
           ,
           keeping
           their
           other
           Opinions
           to
           themselves
           ,
           not
           being
           destuctive
           to
           Faith.
           The
           Pharisees
           and
           Saduces
           were
           two
           Sects
           ,
           yet
           both
           met
           together
           in
           their
           common
           worship
           of
           God
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             .
          
           But
           here
           the
           Papist
           will
           angrily
           demand
           ,
           what
           !
           Are
           Lutherans
           ,
           Calvinists
           ,
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Socinians
           ,
           Arminians
           ,
           no
           Hereticks
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           all
           these
           may
           have
           some
           errors
           ,
           but
           are
           no
           Hereticks
           .
           Heresie
           is
           in
           the
           Will
           and
           choice
           profestly
           against
           Scripture
           ;
           error
           is
           against
           the
           Will
           ,
           in
           misunderstanding
           the
           Scripture
           after
           all
           sincere
           endeavours
           to
           understand
           it
           rightly
           :
           Hence
           it
           was
           said
           well
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           
             Err
             I
             may
             ,
             but
             a
             Heretick
             I
             will
             not
             be
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           humane
           frailty
           to
           err
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           is
           infallible
           here
           on
           earth
           .
           But
           so
           long
           as
           all
           these
           profess
           to
           set
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           only
           before
           them
           as
           the
           Rule
           of
           faith
           and
           obedience
           ;
           and
           use
           all
           diligence
           and
           sincerity
           of
           heart
           ,
           by
           reading
           ,
           by
           learning
           ,
           by
           study
           ,
           by
           prayer
           for
           Illumination
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           understand
           the
           Rule
           and
           obey
           it
           ,
           they
           have
           done
           what
           man
           can
           do
           :
           God
           will
           assuredly
           pardon
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           the
           friends
           
           of
           
             Job
             ,
          
           good
           and
           pious
           men
           ,
           though
           much
           mistaken
           ,
           as
           there
           it
           appears
           ,
           in
           some
           Points
           of
           Doctrin
           .
           But
           some
           will
           say
           ,
           with
           Christians
           it
           is
           otherwise
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           promis'd
           by
           his
           Spirit
           to
           teach
           all
           things
           .
           True
           ,
           all
           things
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           :
           But
           the
           hottest
           disputes
           among
           Protestants
           calmly
           and
           charitably
           enquir'd
           into
           ,
           will
           be
           found
           less
           then
           such
           .
           The
           Lutheran
           holds
           Consubstantiation
           ;
           an
           error
           indeed
           ,
           but
           not
           mortal
           .
           The
           Calvinist
           is
           taxt
           with
           Predestination
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           God
           the
           Author
           of
           sin
           ;
           not
           with
           any
           dishonourable
           thought
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           be
           overzealously
           asserting
           his
           absolute
           power
           ,
           not
           without
           plea
           of
           Scripture
           .
           The
           Anabaptist
           is
           accus'd
           of
           Denying
           Infants
           their
           right
           to
           Baptism
           ;
           again
           they
           say
           ,
           they
           deny
           nothing
           but
           what
           the
           Scripture
           denies
           them
           .
           The
           Arian
           and
           Socinian
           are
           charg'd
           to
           dispute
           against
           the
           Trinity
           :
           they
           affirm
           to
           believe
           the
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           according
           to
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostolic
           Creed
           ;
           as
           for
           terms
           of
           Trinity
           ,
           Triniunity
           ,
           Coessentiality
           ,
           Tripersonality
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           they
           reject
           them
           as
           Scholastic
           Notions
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           by
           a
           general
           Protestant
           Maxim
           is
           plain
           and
           perspicuous
           abundantly
           to
           explain
           its
           own
           meaning
           in
           the
           properest
           words
           ,
           belonging
           to
           so
           high
           a
           Matter
           and
           so
           necessary
           to
           be
           known
           ;
           a
           mystery
           indeed
           in
           their
           Sophistic
           Subtilties
           ,
           but
           in
           Scripture
           a
           plain
           Doctrin
           .
           Their
           other
           Opinions
           are
           of
           less
           Moment
           .
           They
           dispute
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           word
           
             Satisfaction
             ,
          
           as
           not
           Scriptural
           :
           but
           they
           acknowledge
           him
           both
           God
           and
           their
           Saviour
           .
           The
           
             Arminian
          
           lastly
           is
           condemn'd
           for
           setting
           
           up
           free
           will
           against
           free
           grace
           ;
           but
           that
           Imputation
           he
           disclaims
           in
           all
           his
           writings
           ,
           and
           grounds
           himself
           largly
           upon
           Scripture
           only
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           deny'd
           that
           the
           Authors
           or
           late
           Revivers
           of
           all
           these
           Sects
           or
           Opinions
           ,
           were
           Learned
           ,
           Worthy
           ,
           Zealous
           ,
           and
           Religious
           Men
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           their
           lives
           written
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           of
           their
           many
           Eminent
           and
           Learned
           followers
           ,
           perfect
           and
           powerful
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           holy
           and
           unblameable
           in
           their
           lives
           :
           and
           it
           cannot
           be
           imagin'd
           that
           God
           would
           desert
           such
           painful
           and
           zealous
           labourers
           in
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           oft-times
           great
           sufferers
           for
           their
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           damnable
           Errors
           &
           a
           Reprobate
           sense
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           often
           implor'd
           the
           assistance
           of
           his
           Spirit
           ;
           but
           rather
           ,
           having
           made
           no
           man
           Infallible
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           pardon'd
           their
           errors
           ,
           and
           accepts
           their
           Pious
           endeavours
           ,
           sincerely
           searching
           all
           things
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           with
           such
           guidance
           and
           direction
           as
           they
           can
           obtain
           of
           God
           by
           Prayer
           .
           What
           Protestant
           then
           who
           himself
           maintains
           the
           same
           Principles
           ,
           and
           disavowes
           all
           implicit
           Faith
           ,
           would
           persecute
           ,
           and
           not
           rather
           charitably
           tolerate
           such
           men
           as
           these
           ,
           unless
           he
           mean
           to
           abjure
           the
           Principles
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           ?
           If
           it
           be
           askt
           how
           far
           they
           should
           be
           tolerated
           ?
           I
           answer
           doubtless
           equally
           ,
           as
           being
           all
           Protestants
           ;
           that
           is
           on
           all
           occasions
           to
           give
           account
           of
           their
           Faith
           ,
           either
           by
           Arguing
           ,
           Preaching
           in
           their
           several
           Assemblies
           ,
           Publick
           writing
           ,
           and
           the
           freedom
           of
           Printing
           .
           For
           if
           the
           
             French
          
           and
           
             Polonian
          
           Protestants
           injoy
           all
           this
           liberty
           among
           Papists
           ,
           much
           more
           may
           a
           Protestant
           justly
           expect
           it
           among
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           yet
           some
           times
           here
           among
           us
           ,
           the
           one
           persecutes
           the
           other
           upon
           every
           slight
           Pretence
           .
        
         
         
           But
           he
           is
           wont
           to
           say
           he
           enjoyns
           only
           things
           indifferent
           .
           Let
           them
           be
           so
           still
           ;
           who
           gave
           him
           authority
           to
           change
           their
           nature
           by
           injoyning
           them
           ?
           If
           by
           his
           own
           Principles
           ,
           as
           is
           prov'd
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           tolerate
           controverted
           points
           of
           Doctrine
           not
           slightly
           grounded
           on
           Scripture
           ,
           much
           more
           ought
           he
           not
           impose
           things
           indifferent
           without
           Scripture
           .
           In
           Religion
           nothing
           is
           indifferent
           ,
           but
           ,
           if
           it
           come
           once
           to
           be
           Impos'd
           ,
           is
           either
           a
           command
           or
           a
           Prohibition
           ,
           and
           so
           consequently
           an
           addition
           to
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           professes
           to
           disallow
           .
           Besides
           ,
           how
           unequal
           ,
           how
           uncharitable
           must
           it
           needs
           be
           ,
           to
           Impose
           that
           which
           his
           conscience
           cannot
           urge
           him
           to
           impose
           ,
           upon
           him
           whose
           conscience
           forbids
           him
           to
           obey
           ?
           What
           can
           it
           be
           but
           love
           of
           contention
           for
           things
           not
           necessary
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           to
           molest
           the
           conscience
           of
           his
           Brother
           ,
           who
           holds
           them
           necessary
           to
           be
           not
           done
           ?
           To
           conclude
           ,
           let
           such
           a
           one
           but
           call
           to
           mind
           his
           own
           Principles
           above
           mention'd
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           necessarily
           grant
           ,
           that
           neither
           he
           can
           impose
           ,
           nor
           the
           other
           believe
           or
           obey
           ought
           in
           Religion
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           only
           .
           More
           amply
           to
           understand
           this
           ,
           may
           be
           read
           the
           
             14th
             .
          
           and
           
             15th
             .
          
           Chapters
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           and
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           
             14th
             ,
          
           set
           forth
           no
           doubt
           but
           with
           full
           authority
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ;
          
           the
           Gloss
           is
           this
           .
           
             Men
             may
             not
             contemn
             ,
             or
             condemn
             one
             the
             other
             for
             things
             indifferent
             .
          
           And
           in
           the
           
             6th
          
           Article
           above
           mentioned
           ,
           
             Whatsoever
             is
             not
             read
             in
             Holy
             Scripture
             ,
             nor
             may
             be
             proved
             thereby
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             required
             of
             any
             man
             as
             an
             article
             of
             Faith
             ,
             or
             necessary
             to
             salvation
             .
          
           And
           certainly
           what
           is
           not
           so
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           required
           at
           all
           ;
           as
           being
           an
           addition
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           expressly
           forbidden
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           this
           long
           and
           hot
           Contest
           ,
           whether
           Protestants
           ought
           to
           tolerate
           one
           another
           ,
           if
           men
           will
           be
           but
           Rational
           and
           not
           Partial
           ,
           may
           be
           ended
           without
           need
           of
           more
           words
           to
           compose
           it
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           enquire
           whether
           Popery
           be
           tolerable
           or
           no.
           Popery
           is
           a
           double
           thing
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           and
           claims
           a
           twofold
           Power
           ,
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           and
           Political
           ,
           both
           usurpt
           ,
           and
           the
           one
           supporting
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           But
           Ecclesiastical
           is
           ever
           pretended
           to
           Political
           .
           The
           Pope
           by
           this
           mixt
           faculty
           ,
           pretends
           right
           to
           Kingdoms
           and
           States
           ,
           and
           especially
           to
           this
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           Thrones
           and
           Unthrones
           Kings
           ,
           and
           absolves
           the
           people
           from
           their
           obedience
           to
           them
           ;
           sometimes
           interdicts
           to
           whole
           Nations
           the
           Publick
           worship
           of
           God
           ,
           shutting
           up
           their
           Churches
           :
           and
           was
           wont
           to
           dreign
           away
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           wealth
           of
           this
           then
           miserable
           Land
           ,
           as
           part
           of
           his
           Patrimony
           ,
           to
           maintain
           the
           Pride
           and
           Luxury
           of
           his
           Court
           and
           Prelates
           :
           and
           now
           since
           ,
           through
           the
           infinite
           mercy
           and
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           have
           shaken
           off
           his
           
             Babylonish
          
           Yoke
           ,
           hath
           not
           ceas'd
           by
           his
           Spyes
           and
           Agents
           ,
           Bulls
           and
           Emissaries
           ,
           once
           to
           destroy
           both
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           perpetually
           to
           seduce
           ,
           corrupt
           ,
           and
           pervert
           as
           many
           as
           they
           can
           of
           the
           People
           .
           Whether
           therefore
           it
           be
           fit
           or
           reasonable
           ,
           to
           tolerate
           men
           thus
           principl'd
           in
           Religion
           towards
           the
           State
           ,
           I
           submit
           it
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           all
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           are
           best
           able
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           own
           and
           the
           publick
           safety
           .
           As
           for
           tolerating
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           supposing
           their
           State
           activities
           not
           to
           be
           dangerous
           ,
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           Toleration
           is
           either
           public
           or
           private
           ;
           and
           the
           exercise
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           it
           is
           Idolatrous
           ,
           can
           be
           tolerated
           neither
           way
           :
           
           not
           publicly
           ,
           without
           grievous
           and
           unsufferable
           scandal
           giv'n
           to
           all
           consciencious
           Beholders
           ;
           not
           privately
           ,
           without
           great
           offence
           to
           God
           ,
           declar'd
           against
           all
           kind
           of
           Idolatry
           ,
           though
           secret
           .
           
             Ezekiel
          
           8.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             And
             he
             brought
             me
             to
             the
             door
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             when
             I
             looked
             ,
             behold
             a
             hole
             in
             the
             Wall.
             Then
             said
             he
             unto
             me
             ,
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             digg
             now
             in
             the
             wall
             ;
             and
             when
             I
             had
             digged
             ,
             behold
             a
             Door
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             unto
             me
             ,
             go
             in
             ,
             and
             behold
             the
             wicked
             Abominations
             that
             they
             do
             here
             .
          
           And
           verse
           12.
           
           
             Then
             said
             he
             unto
             me
             ,
             Son
             of
             Man
             ,
             hast
             thou
             seen
             what
             the
             Antients
             of
             the
             house
             of
          
           Israel
           
             do
             in
             the
             dark
          
           ?
           &c.
           And
           it
           appears
           by
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           no
           less
           offended
           with
           these
           secret
           Idolatries
           ,
           then
           with
           those
           in
           public
           ;
           and
           no
           less
           provokt
           ,
           then
           to
           bring
           on
           and
           hasten
           his
           Judgements
           on
           the
           whole
           Land
           for
           these
           also
           .
        
         
           Having
           shown
           thus
           ,
           that
           Popery
           ,
           as
           being
           Idolatrous
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           tolerated
           either
           in
           Public
           or
           in
           Private
           ;
           it
           must
           be
           now
           thought
           how
           to
           remove
           it
           and
           hinder
           the
           growth
           thereof
           ,
           I
           mean
           in
           our
           Natives
           ,
           and
           not
           Forreigners
           ,
           Privileg'd
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           Nations
           .
           Are
           we
           to
           punish
           them
           by
           corporal
           punishment
           ,
           or
           fines
           in
           their
           Estates
           ,
           upon
           account
           of
           their
           Religion
           ?
           I
           suppose
           it
           stands
           not
           with
           the
           Clemency
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           more
           then
           what
           appertains
           to
           the
           security
           of
           the
           State
           :
           But
           first
           we
           must
           remove
           their
           Idolatry
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           furniture
           thereof
           ,
           whether
           Idols
           ,
           or
           the
           Mass
           wherein
           they
           adore
           their
           God
           under
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           :
           for
           the
           Commandment
           forbids
           to
           adore
           ,
           not
           only
           
             any
             Graven
             Image
             ,
             but
             the
             likeness
             of
             any
             thing
             in
             Heaven
             above
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Earth
             beneath
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Water
             under
             the
             Earth
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             bow
             down
             to
             them
             nor
             worship
             them
             ,
             for
             I
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
          
           
           
             am
             a
             Jealous
             God.
          
           If
           they
           say
           that
           by
           removing
           their
           Idols
           we
           violate
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           we
           have
           no
           warrant
           to
           regard
           Conscience
           which
           is
           not
           grounded
           on
           Scripture
           :
           and
           they
           themselves
           confess
           in
           their
           late
           defences
           ,
           that
           they
           hold
           not
           their
           Images
           necessary
           to
           salvation
           ,
           but
           only
           as
           they
           are
           enjoyn'd
           them
           by
           tradition
           .
        
         
           Shall
           we
           condescend
           to
           dispute
           with
           them
           The
           Scripture
           is
           our
           only
           Principle
           in
           Religion
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           only
           they
           will
           not
           be
           Judg'd
           ,
           but
           will
           add
           other
           Principles
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           which
           ,
           forbidden
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           we
           cannot
           assent
           to
           .
           And
           the
           common
           Maxim
           also
           in
           
             Logic
          
           is
           ,
           
             against
             them
             who
             deny
             Principles
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             to
             dispute
             .
          
           Let
           them
           bound
           their
           disputations
           on
           the
           Scripture
           only
           ,
           and
           an
           ordinary
           Protestant
           ,
           well
           read
           in
           the
           Bible
           ,
           may
           turn
           and
           wind
           their
           Doctors
           .
           They
           will
           not
           go
           about
           to
           prove
           their
           Idolatries
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           run
           to
           shifts
           and
           evasions
           ,
           and
           frivolous
           distinctions
           :
           Idols
           they
           say
           are
           
             Laymens
          
           Books
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           means
           to
           stir
           up
           pious
           thoughts
           and
           Devotion
           in
           the
           Learnedst
           .
           I
           say
           they
           are
           no
           means
           of
           Gods
           appointing
           ,
           but
           plainly
           the
           contrary
           :
           Let
           them
           hear
           the
           Prophets
           ;
           
             Jerem.
             10.
             8.
             
             The
             stock
             is
             a
             Doctrin
             of
             Vanities
             .
          
           Habakkuk
           2.
           18.
           
           
             What
             profiteth
             the
             graven
             Image
             that
             the
             maker
             thereof
             hath
             graven
             it
             :
             The
             Molten
             Image
             and
             a
             teacher
             of
             Lyes
             ?
          
           But
           they
           alleadge
           in
           their
           late
           answers
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           of
           
             Moses
          
           giv'n
           only
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           concern
           not
           us
           under
           the
           Gospel
           :
           and
           remember
           not
           that
           Idolatry
           is
           forbidden
           as
           expresly
           ,
           [
           in
           several
           places
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           ]
           But
           with
           these
           wiles
           and
           fallacies
           
             compassing
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             like
             the
             Pharisees
             of
             old
             ,
             to
             make
          
           
           
             one
             Proselite
             ,
          
           they
           lead
           away
           privily
           many
           simple
           and
           ignorant
           Souls
           ,
           men
           or
           women
           ,
           
             and
             make
             them
             twofold
             more
             the
             Children
             of
             Hell
             then
             themselves
             ,
          
           Matt.
           23.
           15.
           
           But
           the
           Apostle
           hath
           well
           warn'd
           us
           ,
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           from
           such
           Deceivers
           as
           these
           ,
           for
           their
           Mystery
           was
           then
           working
           .
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             Brethren
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             mark
             them
             which
             cause
             divisions
             and
             offences
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             doctrin
             which
             ye
             have
             learned
             ,
             and
             avoid
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             that
             are
             such
             serve
             not
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             but
             their
             own
             belly
             ,
             and
             by
             good
             words
             and
             fair
             speeches
             deceive
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             simplea
          
           Rom.
           16.
           17
           ,
           18.
           
        
         
           The
           next
           means
           to
           hinder
           the
           growth
           of
           Popery
           will
           be
           to
           read
           duly
           and
           diligently
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           which
           as
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           to
           
             Timothy
             ,
          
           who
           had
           known
           them
           from
           a
           child
           ,
           
             are
             able
             to
             make
             wise
             unto
             salvation
             .
          
           And
           to
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           
             Colossi
             ;
             Let
             the
             word
             of
             Christ
             dwell
             in
             you
             plentifully
             ,
             with
             all
             wisdome
             ,
          
           Coloss.
           3.
           16.
           
           The
           Papal
           Antichristian
           Church
           permits
           not
           her
           Laity
           to
           read
           the
           Bible
           in
           their
           own
           tongue
           :
           Our
           Church
           on
           the
           contrary
           hath
           proposd
           it
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           this
           end
           translated
           it
           into
           English
           ,
           with
           profitable
           Notes
           on
           what
           is
           met
           with
           obscure
           ,
           though
           what
           is
           most
           necessary
           to
           be
           known
           be
           still
           plainest
           :
           that
           all
           sorts
           and
           degrees
           of
           men
           ,
           not
           understanding
           the
           Original
           ,
           may
           read
           it
           in
           their
           Mother
           Tongue
           .
           Neither
           let
           the
           Countryman
           ,
           the
           Tradesman
           ,
           the
           Lawyer
           ,
           the
           Physician
           ,
           the
           Statesman
           ,
           excuse
           himself
           by
           his
           much
           business
           from
           the
           studious
           reading
           thereof
           .
           Our
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           Luke
           10.
           41
           ,
           42.
           
           
             Thou
             art
             careful
             and
             troubled
             about
             many
             things
             ,
             but
             one
             thing
             is
             needful
             .
          
           If
           they
           were
           ask't
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           loath
           to
           set
           earthly
           things
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           
           or
           honour
           before
           the
           wisdom
           of
           salvation
           .
           Yet
           most
           men
           in
           the
           course
           and
           practice
           of
           their
           lives
           are
           found
           to
           do
           so
           ;
           and
           through
           unwillingness
           to
           take
           the
           pains
           of
           understanding
           their
           Religion
           by
           their
           own
           diligent
           study
           ,
           would
           fain
           be
           sav'd
           by
           a
           Deputy
           .
           Hence
           comes
           implicit
           faith
           ,
           ever
           learning
           and
           never
           taught
           ,
           much
           hearing
           and
           small
           proficience
           ,
           till
           want
           of
           Fundamental
           knowledg
           easily
           turns
           to
           susperstition
           or
           Popery
           :
           Therefore
           the
           Apostle
           admonishes
           ,
           Eccles.
           4.
           14.
           
           
             That
             we
             henceforth
             be
             no
             more
             children
             tossed
             to
             and
             fro
             and
             carryed
             about
             with
             every
             wind
             of
             Doctrine
             ,
             by
             the
             sleight
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             cunning
             craftiness
             whereby
             they
             lye
             in
             wait
             to
             deceive
             .
          
           Every
           member
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           at
           least
           of
           any
           breeding
           or
           capacity
           ,
           so
           well
           ought
           to
           be
           grounded
           in
           spiritual
           knowledg
           ,
           as
           ,
           if
           need
           be
           ,
           to
           examine
           their
           Teachers
           themselves
           ,
           Acts.
           17.
           11.
           
           
             They
             searched
             the
             Scriptures
             dayly
             ,
             whether
             those
             things
             were
             so
             .
          
           Rev.
           2.
           2.
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             tryed
             them
             which
             say
             they
             are
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             .
          
           How
           should
           any
           private
           Christian
           try
           his
           Teachers
           unless
           he
           be
           well
           grounded
           himself
           in
           the
           Rule
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           is
           taught
           .
           As
           therefore
           among
           Papists
           ,
           their
           ignorance
           in
           Scripture
           cheifly
           upholds
           Popery
           ;
           so
           among
           Protestant
           People
           ,
           the
           frequent
           and
           serious
           reading
           thereof
           will
           soonest
           pull
           Popery
           down
           .
        
         
           Another
           means
           to
           abate
           Popery
           arises
           from
           the
           constant
           reading
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           wherein
           Beleivers
           who
           agree
           in
           the
           main
           ,
           are
           every
           where
           exhorted
           to
           mutual
           forbearance
           and
           charity
           one
           towards
           the
           other
           ,
           though
           dissenting
           in
           some
           opinions
           .
           It
           is
           written
           that
           the
           Coat
           of
           our
           Saviour
           was
           without
           seame
           :
           whence
           some
           would
           infer
           that
           there
           should
           be
           no
           
           division
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ.
           It
           should
           be
           so
           indeed
           ;
           Yet
           seams
           in
           the
           same
           cloath
           ,
           neither
           hurt
           the
           garment
           ,
           nor
           misbecome
           it
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           seams
           ,
           but
           Schisms
           will
           be
           while
           men
           are
           fallible
           :
           But
           if
           they
           who
           dissent
           in
           matters
           not
           essential
           to
           belief
           ,
           while
           the
           common
           adversary
           is
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           shall
           stand
           jarring
           and
           pelting
           at
           one
           another
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           soon
           routed
           and
           subdued
           .
           The
           Papist
           with
           open
           mouth
           makes
           much
           advantage
           of
           our
           several
           opinions
           ;
           not
           that
           he
           is
           able
           to
           confute
           the
           worst
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           by
           our
           continual
           jangle
           among
           our selves
           make
           them
           worse
           then
           they
           are
           indeed
           .
           To
           save
           our selves
           therefore
           ,
           and
           resist
           the
           common
           enemy
           ,
           it
           concerns
           us
           mainly
           to
           agree
           within
           our selves
           ,
           that
           with
           joynt
           forces
           we
           may
           not
           only
           hold
           our
           own
           ,
           but
           get
           ground
           ;
           and
           why
           should
           we
           not
           ?
           The
           Gospel
           commands
           us
           to
           tolerate
           one
           another
           ,
           though
           of
           various
           opinions
           ,
           and
           hath
           promised
           a
           good
           and
           happy
           event
           thereof
           ,
           
             Phil.
             3.
             15.
             
             Let
             us
             therefore
             as
             many
             as
             be
             perfect
             be
             thus
             minded
             ;
             and
             if
             in
             any
             thing
             ye
             be
             otherwise
             minded
             ,
             God
             shall
             reveal
             even
             this
             unto
             you
             .
          
           And
           we
           are
           bid
           ,
           1
           
             Thess.
             5.
             21.
             
             Prove
             all
             things
             ,
             hold
             fast
             that
             which
             is
             good
             .
          
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           judg'd
           that
           not
           only
           to
           tolerate
           ,
           but
           to
           examine
           and
           prove
           all
           things
           ,
           was
           no
           danger
           to
           our
           holding
           fast
           of
           that
           which
           is
           good
           .
           How
           shall
           we
           prove
           all
           things
           ,
           which
           includes
           all
           opinions
           at
           least
           founded
           on
           Scripture
           ,
           unless
           we
           not
           only
           tolerate
           them
           ,
           but
           patiently
           hear
           them
           ,
           and
           seriously
           read
           them
           ?
           If
           he
           who
           thinks
           himself
           in
           the
           truth
           professes
           to
           have
           learnt
           it
           ,
           not
           by
           implicit
           faith
           ,
           but
           by
           attentive
           study
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           &
           full
           perswasion
           of
           heart
           ,
           with
           what
           equity
           can
           he
           refuse
           to
           hear
           or
           read
           him
           ,
           who
           demonstrates
           to
           have
           gained
           his
           knowledge
           by
           the
           same
           way
           ?
           is
           it
           a
           fair
           course
           to
           assert
           truth
           by
           arrogating
           to
           himself
           the
           only
           freedome
           of
           speech
           ,
           and
           stopping
           the
           
           mouths
           of
           others
           equally
           gifted
           ?
           This
           is
           the
           direct
           way
           to
           bring
           in
           that
           Papistical
           implicit
           faith
           which
           we
           all
           disclaim
           .
           They
           pretend
           it
           would
           unsettle
           the
           weaker
           sort
           ▪
           the
           same
           groundless
           fear
           is
           pretended
           by
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           in
           prohibiting
           the
           Scripture
           .
           At
           least
           then
           let
           them
           have
           leave
           to
           write
           in
           Latin
           which
           the
           common
           people
           understand
           not
           ;
           that
           what
           they
           hold
           may
           be
           discust
           among
           the
           Learned
           only
           .
           We
           suffer
           the
           Idolatrous
           books
           of
           Papists
           ,
           without
           this
           fear
           ,
           to
           be
           sold
           &
           read
           as
           common
           as
           our
           own
           .
           Why
           not
           much
           rather
           of
           Anabaptists
           ,
           Arians
           ,
           Arminians
           ,
           &
           Socinians
           ?
           There
           is
           no
           Learned
           man
           but
           will
           confess
           he
           hath
           much
           profited
           by
           reading
           Controversies
           ,
           his
           Senses
           awakt
           ,
           his
           Judgement
           sharpn'd
           ,
           and
           the
           truth
           which
           he
           holds
           more
           firmly
           establish't
           .
           If
           then
           it
           be
           profitable
           for
           him
           to
           read
           ;
           why
           should
           it
           not
           at
           least
           be
           tolerable
           and
           free
           for
           his
           Adversary
           to
           write
           ?
           In
           
             Logic
          
           they
           teach
           ,
           that
           contraries
           laid
           together
           more
           evidently
           appear
           :
           it
           follows
           then
           that
           all
           controversies
           being
           permitted
           ,
           falshood
           will
           appear
           more
           false
           ,
           and
           truth
           the
           more
           true
           ▪
           which
           must
           needs
           conduce
           much
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           confounding
           of
           Popery
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           general
           confirmation
           of
           unimplicit
           truth
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           means
           to
           avoid
           Popery
           ,
           is
           to
           amend
           our
           lives
           :
           it
           is
           a
           general
           complaint
           that
           this
           Nation
           of
           late
           years
           ,
           is
           grown
           more
           numerously
           and
           excessively
           vitious
           then
           heretofore
           ▪
           Pride
           ,
           Luxury
           ,
           Drunkenness
           ,
           Whoredom
           ,
           Cursing
           ,
           Swearing
           ,
           bold
           and
           open
           Atheism
           every
           where
           abounding
           :
           Where
           these
           grow
           ,
           no
           wonder
           if
           Popery
           also
           grow
           a
           pace
           .
           There
           is
           no
           man
           so
           wicked
           ,
           but
           at
           somtimes
           his
           conscience
           ,
           will
           wring
           him
           with
           thoughts
           of
           another
           world
           ,
           &
           the
           Peril
           of
           his
           soul
           :
           the
           trouble
           and
           melancholy
           which
           he
           conceives
           of
           true
           Repentance
           and
           amendment
           he
           endures
           not
           ;
           but
           enclines
           rather
           to
           some
           carnal
           Superstion
           ,
           which
           may
           pacify
           and
           lull
           his
           Conscience
           with
           some
           more
           pleasing
           Doctrin
           .
           None
           more
           ready
           and
           officious
           to
           offer
           her self
           then
           the
           
             Romish
             ,
          
           and
           opens
           wide
           her
           Office
           ,
           with
           all
           her
           faculties
           to
           receive
           him
           ;
           easy
           Confession
           ,
           easy
           Absolution
           ,
           Pardons
           ,
           Indulgences
           ,
           Masses
           for
           him
           both
           quick
           and
           dead
           ,
           
             Agnus
             Dei's
             ,
          
           Reliques
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           :
           and
           he
           ,
           instead
           of
           
             Working
             out
             his
             salvation
             with
             fear
             and
             trembling
             ,
          
           strait
           thinks
           in
           his
           heart
           (
           like
           another
           kind
           of
           fool
           then
           he
           in
           the
           Psalmes
           )
           to
           bribe
           God
           as
           a
           corrupt
           judge
           ;
           and
           by
           his
           Proctor
           ,
           some
           Priest
           or
           Fryer
           ,
           to
           buy
           out
           his
           Peace
           with
           money
           ,
           which
           he
           cannot
           with
           his
           repentance
           .
           For
           God
           ,
           when
           men
           sin
           outragiously
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           be
           admonisht
           ,
           gives
           over
           chastizing
           them
           ,
           perhaps
           by
           Pestilence
           ,
           Fire
           ,
           Sword
           ,
           or
           Famin
           ,
           which
           may
           all
           turn
           to
           their
           good
           ,
           and
           takes
           up
           his
           severest
           punishments
           ,
           hardness
           besottedness
           of
           heart
           ,
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           to
           their
           final
           perdition
           .
           Idolatry
           brought
           the
           Heathen
           to
           hainous
           Transgressions
           ,
           
             Romans
             2
             
               a.
            
          
           And
           hainous
           Transgressions
           oft
           times
           bring
           the
           slight
           professors
           of
           true
           Religion
           ,
           to
           gross
           Idolatry
           :
           Thess●
           2.
           11
           ,
           12.
           
           
             For
             this
             cause
             ,
             God
             shall
             send
             them
             strong
             delusion
             that
             they
             should
             believe
             a
             lye
             ,
             that
             they
             all
             might
             be
             
               damed
            
             ▪
             who
             believe
             not
             the
             truth
             ,
             but
             had
             pleasure
             in
             unrighteoussness
             .
          
           And
           Isaiah
           44.
           18.
           
           Speaking
           of
           Idolaters
           ,
           
             They
             have
             not
             known
             nor
             understood
             ▪
             for
             he
             hath
             shut
             their
             Eyes
             that
             they
             cannot
             see
             ,
             and
             their
             hearts
             that
             they
             cannot
             understand
             .
          
           Let
           us
           therefore
           using
           this
           last
           means
           ,
           last
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           but
           first
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           amend
           our
           lives
           with
           all
           speed
           ;
           least
           through
           impenitency
           we
           run
           into
           that
           stupidly
           ,
           which
           we
           now
           seek
           all
           meansso
           warilyto
           avoid
           ,
           the
           worst
           of
           superstitions
           ,
           and
           the
           heaviest
           of
           all
           Gods
           Judgements
           ,
           Popery
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

