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A72529	An advertisement to everie Godly reader of Mr. Thomas Brightman his book. namely [sic], A revelation of the apocalyps. In which advertisement is shewed how corruptly he teacheth, that notwithstanding all the sinns & abhominations that are in the Church of England, and by him shewed, yet that it is blasphemous to separate from it	L'Écluse, Jean de.	1612 (1612)	STC 15351.7; ESTC S124557	10,502	15

and the like which things they then judged not to be a corruption of Christianity but a manifest apostasy from Christ for which see my countryman of famous happy memory Theodorus Beza in his Epistle to Edmūd Grindal then Bishop of London Epist ● towards the end And if these things were thus written so many yeres agoe what may all the reformed Churches now say of the estate of that of England which they have as yet embraced as their sister hitherto when they shall both see know by this man even a professed freind of hers thus to speak concerning her estate But yet concerning this point I must needs say that in deed the reformed Churches have not dealt with that Church of England so syncerely playnly as they should have done For what is it if one or two of the most famous members of them have thus in a few words and as it were by the way set down some few of her corruptions Have they not many thowsands of them both learned and unlearned seen and heard the estate of the officers of that Ch to be Antichristian that the very ofspring of every one of them is from the Archbishops which very name may not be attributed unto any eyther man or Angel without blasphemy against Christ Iesus who is the alone head and cheif of all Bishops and Pastours Have they not also seen that the manner of worshipping God in their Cathedral Churches as they call them with singing men and singing boyes cloathed with white surplices with Orgens and all manner of musique Have they not seen and heard that all manner of wicked livers both Papists and others are compelled to partake with the rest and of a confused multitude to make the Church and body of Christ and so force and compel men to take their condemnation and judgment Have they not also heard and known that the Archbishops and Bishops and others of the officers of that Church have so many yeeres continually opposed and shewed themselves to be deadly enemies unto all godly reformation Yea doubtles they doo know and have known all these things and many more But how have they dealt in this respect Have they at any time Christianly soundly admonished reproved convinced that Church of their corruptions by the lawe and word of God as they ought to have done not at al but they have rather eyther held their peace or flattered them in their sinns or so little spoken or written of them as that they may well and justly be ashamed of their unkindnes in this respect towards that Kingdome and people of whom they have received so many benefits in tyme of their calamities banishments Concerning the names of the officers of that Church they were sayth he unknown unto the Church of Christ c. And what is this Shal then any soule in whome there is but a very small sparkle of the feare of God be so bold as to dare submitt under the government and guidance of such vnlawfull Ministers and Ministery Are they not all thieves robbers which enter not in by the doore but climbe up another way And will any man of wisdome commit unto the protection and keeping of thieves the least part of his worldly goods No none wil be so unwise for every one knoweth that they wil but make a pray of them and spoile and robbe them And shall any then be so carefull for things of so small importance and shall he not care unto whom he dooth commit the guidance of that which is the principall namely of his soule Let them alone therfore for as our saviour Christ sayth they are blind leaders of the blind and both of them shall surely fall into the pit Finally the Angel of the Church of England is both a persecuter of the brethren and a deceiver of the Prince Marvelous and is he still for all this the Angel of the Church in Mr. Brightmans judgement In mine doubtlesse he is altogither otherwise even that Angel of the bottomlesse pit who is a King over those Locusts spoken of in the ninth of the Revelation like unto that wicked Haman spoken of in the book of Esther who both persecuted the brethren of the Church of God and also deceived the King but let these take heed for God who hath the hearts of Kings Princes in his hands for to turn them as the Rivers of waters shall no doubt discover the malice of this Angel unto the Princes of that land and then shall they be rewarded as Haman was Besides let every godly Reader observe that to be a persecuter of Gods people and saints is and hath been alwayes a sure mark of Antichrist and of his kingdome To conclude therfore this writing I wil come unto that which wee have set for the fourth prayse of the Church of England and the conclusions that he dooth inferr therupon which are these These things therfore proove that a double and great good thing dooth abide in the English Church that is to say the preaching of the word and the lawfull administration of the sacraments c. his 2. conclusion followeth therupon thus Therfore wicked and blasphemous is their errour who doo so fall away from this Church as if Christ were banished wholly from hence c. And so by this whatsoever sinns errours wickednesses abhominations he hath shewed before to be both in the Angel and in the Church it self all is now cured by this salve ô most miserable dawbing with untempered morter Can any preach in the office of an Angel purely and syncerely who is a theife and a robber Shal any man administer purely who is not lawfully called therunto as Aaron was Can any unlawfull minister administer lawfully the seales of Gods Covenant unto doggs and swyne purely and sincerely O cease to doe evill learne to doe good God who is jealous of his honour and glory shall not long suffer this wickednes unpunished Are the bodies of Idolatrous Papists or abhominable whores and whoremongers and of all manner of wicked ones the temples of the holy Ghost No who soever coupleth himself with a harlot is made one body with her as he witnesseth to the Corinthians Therfore Christ is far from that Church in respect of any blessing or approving of their worship howsoever Mr Brightman perswaded otherwise And therfore the two synns whereof he accused before that Angel of the Ch of England are here found upon him namely that in thus writing he hath been both a persecutor of the brethren and a deceiver of the Prince for what greater persecution could he put upon those poore soules which have separated themselves from those evills by himselfe set down then to accuse or charge them of blasphemy yea it is such a persecution as that it is unto death for by the lawe of God a blasphemer must dye And how hath he also deceived the Princes he others of his minde by causing them to banish and keepe in banishment their most loyall and faithfull subjects And in deed although I am but a stranger unto them and one of an other people yet the truth caused me to speak thus in their behalf that I know not any people at this day under the Sunne more loyall and faithfull unto their Prince and country and more zelous and religious towards God then they are and these things are seen in them and among them both privately and publikly yea in such measure as that I am fully perswaded that they are and shal be if they continue faithfull unto the end that people by which cheifly Antichrist the man of sin shal be rooted out for by that purity of doctrine which they doe teach by the syncere and publick administration of the glorious Kingdome of Christ publikly and before all the people as also by professing that glorious liberty in the Gospel that if any sinne be shewed or manifested unto them by the word of God is amended whatsoever opposition may be to the contrary by those things I say by them professed practised and taught it is impossible that where they have place Antichrist can or have any doore to come in And for my part I doe blesse the day in which I had that grace from my God to knowe both the people their faithfull walking in their wayes and religion of God and J besech the Lord of his grace even with tears that he vouchsafe to open the eyes of their most noble and wise Prince that he may see the iustice and equity of their cause and cause them to see his Royall face and presence agayn with ioy and gladnes of heart under his dominions and iurisdictions Amen And so I do here end though many more things might be said touching separation from evil and adjoyning or following that which is good and in deed in a word wee shall not read even from the beginning of the world to this day that there was ever any true Church of God truely established but by separation therfore this people not to be blasphemers but true worshipers of GOD.

AN ADVERTISEMENT TO EVERIE GODLY READER OF Mr. Thomas Brightman his book namely A REVELATION OF THE APOCALYPS In which advertisement is shewed how corruptly he teacheth that notwithstanding all the sinns abhominations that are in the Church of England and by him shewed yet that it is blasphemous to separate from it 1 King 18.21 How long halt yee between two opinions If the Lord be God follow him but if Baal be he then go after him Imprinted in the yere 1612. AN EPISTLE To the Reader GEntle Reader the causes that have moved mee to put forth this short writing are cheifly three the first the glory of the Lord my God Lev. 19.2 1 Pet. 1.15.16 who as he is holy so dooth he require that all his people should be holy in all manner of conversation and that all those that call upon the name of Christ should depart from iniquity 2 Tim. 2.19 The second the fervent desire which I have of the salvation of mens soules gaynning of them unto God the means whereof being Iam. 5.19.20 in shewing unto them their erring from the truth and to convert them from going astray out of the way The third is in respect of my self for having had a hand both in the translating and printing of M. B. book and there being in it as I am fully perswaded as by the grace of God I shal shew out of the holy scriptures errors and abberations from the truth of the living God If I had held my peace and sayd nothing I could not have cleared my self from partaking with other mens synns and so should have done contrary unto that holy commandement of the Apostle to Timothy 1 Tim. 5.22 To the end therfore that the reader may the better perceive the thing intended in this writing namely how corruptly Mr. Brightman dooth teach not to separate frō the Church of Engl. notwithstanding all the corruptions which he shewes to be in her this is the order that I shall observe to wit that first I will set down some of the particulars wherby he blames that Church of England for partaking with the corruptions and manner of government of Antichrist Secondly I shall shew some of the praises which notwithstanding these corruptions he gives vnto the same And thirdly what is the collection or conclusion that he gathers therevpon which having done I shal also declare my mind concerning these things And thus Christian Reader I shall cōmit the approving or censuring of all to thy godly wisdom grounded upon the canon and holy writings of the holy Prophets and Apostles Fare well Thine as thou art the Lords Iean de Lescluse An Advertisement concerning M. Brightman upon the Apocalyps FOr to come therfore unto the matter I will begin with that which is written in the 103 page of his book translated into English where he shewed the most fearfull estate of the Church of England in these words I could not but mourn from the bottome of myne heart when I beheld in her Christ * fastidientem lothing us and very greatly provoked against us The second blame which he layeth vpon the back of the Church of England is that the most mighty King Henry had expelled the Pope but reteyned the popish superstition pag. 104 of the sayd book The third evil wherwith he chargeth that Church of England is that there is such a form of Church established as is neyther cold nor hot but set in the middes and made of both and againe in the same place about 2. or 3 lines after he hath these words Hot in deed she is not whose outward government for the most part is yet stil Romish In the degrees of their Clergie in Elections and ordinations and whole administration of the Censures which † temperatio purioris doctrinae mixing of the pure doctrine and Romish regiment togither maketh this lukewarmnes wherby wee stand in the middes between cold and hot between the Romish and the reformed Churches of both which wee are * conflamur composed and a few lines after he produceth the testimony of the learned and godly Martin Bucer in a letter of his written to a freind at Cambridge in the yeare 1550 where he complayneth of the corruption of the Church of England in these words There be some who by most humane wisdome and vanishing cogitations would joyn togither God and Belial by the leaven of Antichrist Such are the words of Martin Bucer which are thus confirmed by Mr Brightmans These things he did write which wee at this day find by experience too true pa. 108. of his book 4. He maketh the condition of the poor blinde Papists to be farr better then the condition of the Angels of the Church of England in these words for in this place Christ preferreth the blinde Papists before those Angels who bewitched with ambition and covetousnes doe refuse holy reformation pag. 109. And in the 111 pag speaking of the punishment to be inflicted upon this English Angel for his sinnes he speaketh also thus of the whole Church It is also to be feared that the Church may feele some adversitie through contagion and consenting to Such as are the Angels such becometh shee for the most part and none is so ignorant of the matters that seeth not playnly that the whole body is sick of the same disease And so by his own grant the whole state of that Church to be worse then that of the Church of Rome 5. In the 112 page be sheweth what is the cause of the lukewarmnes of the Church of England in these words Jn our England the congruency is so manifest that nothing could have been expressed more lively for what other cause can wee bring of our lukewarmnes the Popish government mingled with the pure doctrine then the love of riches and honours c. 6. Observe also in the same page a short description of the Angel of the Church of Engl. in these words But our Bishops are Peeres of the Realme superiour in honour to many great states also in riches company of men and mayd servants in magnificence of howses and all the other pomp of the world equal to any even the greatest Earles How rich is the rest of the Clergie The Deanes Arch-deacons Prebendaries Chaplains c. And that these and the like are the Angel of the Church of England wherof he speaketh so often in this book it appeareth by that wich foloweth in the beginning of the page 113 in these words Doe not this amplify and increase very greatly the glory of the Church that her Ministers do shine in garments of silk and velvet c. and also by that which is in pag. 117. thus Thou art therfore a begger ô thou English Angel comprehending under the name of this English Angel which he calls a begger Curates Prebendaries Archdeacons Deacons the Bishops themselves as it may be plainly seen in the 116 and 117 pages of his book in