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A19489	The Bishop of Gallovvay his dikaiologie contayning a iust defence of his former apologie. Against the iniust imputations of Mr. Dauid Hume.	Cowper, William, 1568-1619.; Hume, David, 1560?-1630?	1616 (1616)	STC 5915; ESTC S108980	120,052	204

it should seeme that yee striue for nothing but it will not be for you Is not this the confession of the reformed Churches Ad vnitatem fideisufficit si consentiatur de doctrina Euangelij administratione Sacramentorum It is sufficient for the vnitie of Faith that wee agree in the doctrine of the Euangell and ministration of the Sacraments Dare yee say that in these among vs there is any disagreement will you ●eclude them all from the vnitie of Faith who are not partakers of this Discipline What then will you say to Beza Exijs quaem Ecclesia Christi requiruntur vt partibus suis omnibus constet solam doctrinam videri nobis absolute si●e omni exceptione necessariam Of those things which are required to make vp a compleate Church perfect in all her parts it seemes to mee that the word onely absolutely and without all exception is necessarie Heare you this Mr. Dauid no word here of Discipline nor externall Church-gouernement as absolutely necessarie to make vp a Church yet you will haue it a matter of faith and againe Ordo est diuinitus praescriptus ordinis ratio arbitraria pro circumstantijs temporum locorum mutari potest quia positi●i est iuris Order is prescribed by God the manner or forme of order is arbitrarie and may be changed according to the circumstances of times and places because it is of humane constitution Praised be the Lord againe there is no question of faith no disagreement in anie article of our Creede all the Doctors of the reformed Churches in Europe agree in the vnitie of one and the selfe-same Doctrine of saluation some discrepance indeede in the matter of Discipline some of them standing for Episcopall gouernement and others impugning it but will the one of them for this account the other false Teachers And in our owne Church many that haue different iudgements concerning Church-gouernement doe liue in mutuall loue as brethren the one not esteeming the other Heretiques till you come to make it so if you could but God forbid rather all of them ioyntly haue cause to account you a diuider of brethren a seditious fire-brand in the Church and a disturber of Christian peace if it lay in your power In your other criminations you are still like your selfe you will be as one of those Dogges and Swine that turnes backe to rend them who hath cast vnto you the pearles of the Kingdome of God with horrible imputations of implicite faith inconstancie rashnesse temeritie negligence and sloath in my calling Mr. Dauid humum haec sapiunt non Theagrium imo nec 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quidem sed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Argiua enim haec insectatio you were wiser to forbeare this language of Ashdod and speake in Canaans tongue and out of the new generation But since you haue cast your selfe loose to speake what you should not Sine iugo statera aut mensura Without a yoake a ballance or a measure which three Ambrose requires in the speech of a moderate man you must euen heare againe that which you would not that these criminations though they be not of such weight yet are they of no lesse falshood then the former And first among all the points of Ditta which you haue here giuen in against mee I meruaile most what you meane to charge me with a Papists implicite faith Would you perswade them that I am become a Proselite of theirs tell me thinke you so your selfe or would you haue others to thinke it At that same time when mine Apologie was published there came forth also a Treatise of mine against Papists in defence of the antiquitie of the Church of Scotland prouing that we receiued not Christian Religion from the Church of Rome might not that serue to cleare me if you were not malitious to speake against cleare light of all Papisticke implicite faith What should haue moued you to this calumnie I know not except that in my young yeares as other modest men of the Ministrie did I imployed my studie to Doctrine and as for Discipline I embraced that which I found for the time not making anie enquirie of it But M. Dauid this will not proue mee guiltie of a Papists implicite faith but rather conuince you of an Apists explicite euill will who had rather giuevantage to an enemie or the Idoll of your conceit be not honoured in all points suppose to the disgrace of a friend But the string you harpe most vpon is my inconstancie euerie where throughout this Pamphlet you obiect a change to mee and as you call it an absurd change and heere you haue collected manie things together of my speeches Sermons subscriptions most part of them false as will be shewed when wee come to them but I pray you to what purpose bring you probations of that whereof in mine Apologie I haue made a plaine confession because say you I haue not beene cleare in that point to declare from what and vnto what I had changed but Mr. Dauid I supposed I had spoken more clearelie then you desired me and if yet you wil haue it more plainelie explained to you here it is In my younger yeares I misliked Episcopall gouernement not hauing studied the question of Church-gouernement Now after better consideration of it I approue it as best for the Church and hauing the best warrants of all other gouernement You haue cried for a Palinodie aduise how this will please you for I haue none other to giue you This is it which Mr. Dauid will haue inconstancie but if you can improue the iudgement which I haue embraced then I must say my change is euill yea worse then inconstancie but if you cannot for you plainely decline that point and I am sure you are not at anie time able to doe it then you should remember what I told you in mine Apologie Quod mentem in melius mutare non leuitas sit sed virtus But let vs consider of this change Vniformis est Christianorum vita vnicum habens scopum gloriam Dei Since mine heart is the same and the marke whereat I aime to wit the glorie of God and good of his Church remaines the same if I haue changed the meanes and made choise of that which is more effectuall for my proposed end what blame is this May not a wise man change his course and continue his purpose may he not alter the meanes for the better furtherance of his intention If you can blame a Marriner for changing his saile to take vantage of the winde or call him for that inconstant he being still constant in his purpose and course toward his intended harborie then may you blame mee also this is the truth vvherein mine owne heart allowes me condemne you it as you please But you blame me that I should be ignorant of any point of my calling and not learned all at the first and cannot abide to heare

of what spirit these railings haue proceeded Saint Iames saith that the wisedome which is from aboue is pure peaceable gentle easie to be entreated no oath of conscience can entreate Mr. Dauid It is full of mercie he is so full of malice that hee runnes ouer for who will say but that the house is full of smoake when it commeth out at the dore and window It is without iudging he is bold to iudge the most secret things It is without H●pocrisie hee at one time kisseth and killeth with Ioab The same man whom at one word hee cals A beloued Brother at the next word hee cals An abhominable man a false Teacher c. His mouth is full of bitter enuie and strife his tongue set on fire of Hell would set on fire the course of Nature yea the whole Church if hee could this wisedome descends not from aboue but is earthly sensuall and diuellish saith S. Iames. Loe where you are Mr. Dauid see by what Decree you are condemned in this doing not mine but the Apostles Is not this the monstrous birth of your Viperous minde Looke backe to it againe and see if it be well faced or not Thinke you not shame of it or otherwise will nothing content you except yee be the Basiliske king of Serpents and crowned as chiefe of railers But let vs examine more narrowly and see what truth is in him You will first haue mee to confesse an error why not I daily doe it who knoweth the errours of his life Errare possum Haereticus esse nol● Wee are men and may fall into errour from Heresie Grace will keepe vs and mine heart abhorres it But are you Mr. Dauid and your fellowes free from errour Homo iuste sanct●le tune sine macula Holie one tell mee are you without blemish Dic mihi noue Pharisae nomine duntaxat pure Is it so I hope you will thinke shame to be a new Pharisie pure in name onely Audes tu mundum te dicere qui etsi operibus mundus esses hoc solo verbo immundus fieres Dare the Catharan Nouatian Donatist say he is cleane albeit in regard of his workes he were cleane yet this same proud word would make him vncleane But I thinke Mr. Dauid will confesse error also why then casts he the first stone at mee O forsooth Mr. Dauid is a common Christian and I am a Preacher But may not a good and faithfull Preacher commit an errour To cite a testimonie of Scripture not out of the right place is an errour to draw a sense out of the words not consonant to the course of the Text suppose agreeable to the Analogie of Faith is an errour to say that Timothie placed in Ephesus was an extraordinarie Euangelist seeing it is plaine hee was setled there as an ordinarie Bishop may be an errour but no Heresie to say that Papall Hierarchie came out of Episcopall authoritie is an errour for it is not the proper cause of the other but who will call it Haeresie or falsifying of Gods message And many other waies not needfull to be repeated may Preachers commit errour which yet are not Heresies God forbid they so were O but it is an higher Commission which this Legate from the Legion hath brought against mee Hee is to accuse mee of many points of Treason against the most high God for so hee reckens them out You haue taught erronious doctrine false doctrine and deceiued others Auoid Sathan thou art shamelesse in lying You haue falsified Gods Message Goe behinde mee Sathan you are diuellish in railing You haue prophaned the chaire of veritie The Lord rebuke thee Sathan Mr. Dauid this is not you I will neuer thinke the good man of Gods-Croft hath said this no it is but subtle Satan abusing the sillie Serpent Vas es alius te vtitur organum es alius te tangit The Apostle leades vs to this consideration We wrastle not with ●lesh and bloud but with Principalities Powers and spirituall Wickednesses In this you are but Satans Serjeant Is est qui omnia peccata nostra rimatur diligentia inuidi● It is hee that searcheth all our sinnes with the watchfull eye of Enuie I am onely sorie that you are thus abused by him and haue learned Ex vno multa facere so cunningly to calumniate and to imploy your engin to make a mountaine of a mote if you could finde it yet you would seeme modest and professe you are loath to touch but can you be more malicious and if yee can I defie you For I must tell you many a time hath Satan troubled mee with his grieuous accusations so much more fearefull then yours in that they were internall I haue appealed and drawne him before the highest Tribunall and there sundrie absoluitorie Decrees hath my God giuen mee against his false imputations by many glorious victories hath the God of peace trampled Sathan vnder my feete And now you come in as it were vpon a new factorie from him to charge me againe with the same criminations and pursue mee before the Iudicatorie of men Sillie man why haue yee done this Seeing I haue endured the roaring of a Lyon thinke you that I will be commoned for the biting of a Flea Euen Satan himselfe as false as he is knowes and if hee could speake any truth hee might tell you that you are here miscarried from the truth I am no prophaner of the Chaire of Veritie I haue gone to the Pulpit in much feare and trembling I neuer went to it vnsanctified by Prayer and the best part of that houre of preparation haue I spent lying vpon the ground on my face with teares and cries begging the Lords mercifull assistance And after greatest humiliation I haue found his most comfortable presence I am forced to vtter that which I thought neuer flesh should haue knowne for answering this shamelesse Accuser who chargeth mee as a prophaner of the Chayre of Veritie And as for false Doctrine you are the first aduersarie among Professors that euer charged any in our Church with it Is any Article of Faith denyed because the gouernment which you would haue is denyed Are they all false Teachers who stand for defence of Presbyteries against Episcopall Gouernment or will you haue them false Teachers who stand for the maintenance of Episcopall gouernment Doth the one of them so esteeme of the other You will be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Doctor of the Law but vnderstand not what you speake nor what you affirme Can you call it false doctrine which impugnes not any article of Faith Know you not that Preachers are the lawfull Iudges of true and false Doctrine Spiritus Prophetarum subijcitur Prophetis You are no Prophet nor Preacher God called you not to that honour yet your pride causeth you to stretch your selfe beyond your line and to giue out against a Preacher a decree of false Doctrine You would haue it a matter of Faith least