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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94037	A letter sent to my lord maior. And his venerable bretheren: by no athist, no papist, no Arminian, no Anabaptist, no Familist, no separatist, or Brownist; but an honest beleeving Protestant, and that because that separatist otherwise called Brownist, was in many mens account said and held to be worse then papist. Written by A. S.	Streater, Aaron, b. 1609 or 10.	1642 (1642)	Wing S5944; Thomason E144_18; ESTC R16326	2,609	8

A LETTER SENT TO MY LORD MAIOR AND His Venerable BRETHEREN By no Athist no Papist no Arminian no Anabaptist no Familist no Separatist or Brownist but an honest beleeving Protestant and that because that Separatist otherwise called Brownist was in many mens account said and held to be worse then Papist Written by A. S. LONDON Printed in the yeare MDCXLII A COPIE OF A LETTER Sent to my Lord Major and his Brethren MAY your Honour with the rest of your Worshipfull Brethren with all that shall see heare or read this writing consider and understand how that Separatists caled Brownists why they should bee courted and imprisoned for the way they walk in I much marvel at Truth may be blamed but it can never be shamed these reasons I give for it First they are a people very desirous to make the Scripture the rule and patterne of their lives and actions during their extancy in this mortall life And King James of blessed memory told Master Burton that those men that did so walke as neere as the frailtie of the flesh would let them in avoyding the vanity and vitiousnes of the times hee loved immutably and so do I and so should we all doe if we will doe as we ought Saint Peters rule comprehends the whole Law of God for a good Christian to imitate 1. Is Sobriety in respect of ones selfe 2. Vprightnes in respect of our Christian Brethren 3. Of Holinesse towards God and this three-fould cord is not quickly broke And according to these rules do that Sect of Separatists called Brownists walke and those good Christian Protestants called Puritants or round-heads prick cares walk but shamelesse ruffians past grace and good manners with black mouthed Tertullus will bee babling when the shame lieth in length of their owne haire Is it not a shame for a man to weare long haire if they will not beleeve me they may Saint Paul I have digressed a little to my m●tter This Sect of Seperatists called Brownists endevour according to Saint Peters Rule to live First soberly in respect of themselves and so are no drunkards or at least no common ones if they fall and which of us Protestants doe not in a large field yet I am confident they rise againe by serious contrition and repentance Secondly they live uprightly in respect of their Christian Brethren using faire and honest dealing betweene man and man if there be a close Hypocrite amongst them as Iudas amongst the Apostles and is our owne wheat so cleane as to have no co●kell or kernell in it let us not then condemne all for some a generality for a particularity Thirdly they live holily towards God and it excellently appeareth in their frequent receiving of the Sacrament and in having a reverend regard of the name of God not daring to take it in vaine much lesse to curse sweare or blaspheme that holy name by which they are sealed to the day of Redemption besides the Sun-day most properly named the Saboth day or Lords day they celibrate not in luxury or wantonesse not in ryot or excesse not in hobihorsing morris dancing carding diceing bowling wrestling tipling sporting gaming or unnecessary idleing or vain spending that day or the evening thereof in unnessesarie walking to take the ayre and so forth but in sanctifying that day as the Lord requireth as is prescribed in the Practice of Piety a Book we allow good and made by the Spirit of God which tells that if we doe not sanctifie that day and every part thereof we shall never keepe a Saboth with the Lord in Heaven Me thinks whenwe consider our neglects in this dutie we should tremble to punish these good and godly people by courting or imprisoning them Object These are good things and wee like the people well being so carefull to please God but why will they not come to heare our Lyturgie or our Ministers preach Answ Time would not give way to satisfie in answer to that but their reasons shall bee given as speedily as may bee they shall bee so plaine that hee that runs may read And now because they are counted and said to be by too many of us Protestants worse then Papists I shall here prove the contrary First it is one thing to erre in opinion and tell mee which of us Protestants Divines and others do not Secondly it is another thing to erre in fundamentall truths in the first they may as wee our selves in the latter for fundamentalls they doe not and so are not worse but better then the Papists Reall presence in the Eucharist Merit of Heaven by good works Purgatorie for soules to rest in after death Pardon for sinnes present and to come Prohibiting Mariage to the Clergie with a vow to it Originall sin nor actuall transgression in the blessed Virgin Mary and that shee is glorified in body and sits at her sons right hand in Heaven making intercession for them That those that die in veniall sinnes on the want of satisfaction are by prayer delivered out of Purgatorie and so passe immediately into Heaven Maintaining Stewes taking a million of mony or more yearely by the sin of whoredomes and uncleannesse These though many more might bee named all contrary to fundamentall truths the Papists hold and beleeve Now I hope never a one of us Protestants will ever cenfure or acknowledge that Separatists otherwise called from Browne Brownists as we call from Luther Lutherans or from Calvin Calvinists not but they were long before ever Master Browne was I say ever beleeve any of this Sect to be guilty of these or other fundamentall truths and so are better then Papists and shall I say looking on our own lives and wayes would God I could not better then many of us prophane and luke-warme Protestants It is ever good to speake truth and to set the saddle on the right horse and I pray God grant that wee Protestants may make their lives and actions in all godlinesse our rules and patternes to walke by however never prove railing Rabshakes or scoffing Shimeis against our brothren and I verily beleeve to Gods deare ones And I am confident these Separatists called Brownists doe tender the person and welfare of his Majestie so highly that to doe him good and service they would stake estate and life for it many have protested it seriously and as really I beleeve it and they that doe not I question whether they be good Christians to God or good subjects to his anoynted had this Sect ever their hearts dipt in bloud in all their persecutions or molestations or were ever Traytors to the Crowne and Sate Object They have beene kept under and could not hurt us Ans And so have the Papists but would have hurt us but these people would have endured wrong and suffered patiently knowing they have thanks with God thereunto were they called and if they could they would not for their Religion is no bloudy one and so long wee need not be afraid for wee shall never be hurt I warrant you by them either in estate or life if there were ten times more then there are of them God blesse and preserve our Gracious King our Royall Queene the Noble Off-spring all the Honourable Lords Right worshipfull and worshipfull Burgesses now assembled in the High Court of Parliement and the whole Realme and send us peace and truth in Iesus Christ our Lord. Amen ARON STREATER Divine and licensed Physitian FINIS