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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34014	Charity commended, or, A catholick Christian soberly instructed by J.C.	Collop, John.	1667 (1667)	Wing C5391; ESTC R16883	68,489	162

shadows forms of Religion while we lose the essence of it which is Charity May every one abound in his own sense and God of his mercy give every one sense to abound to his glory May blindnesse bee the mother of devotion in the Papists and though pious frauds are us'd to induce zeal may they be zealous without fraud May light occasion no darknesse in the Reformists and peeping into the Ark not strike them with the Leprosie of evill works May the Motto of both be non loquimur sed vivimus contend in nothing but who shall most glorifie God and our light may so shine before men that they who are without may be brought to glorifie our Father in Heaven by being brought into his Church the Kingdom of Heaven here on Earth May all hunger and th●●st after righteousnesse and even Enemies by administring thy blessings one to the other heap coals on each others head till they melt into mutuall affection and obsequiousnesse to thy Law May none without think worse of Christ because his Coat is divided embrace those truths all hold and all hold nothing to differ one from another may all within seek rather grounds of aquiescence then excuses of dissatisfaction truth in differences like Gold in oar wheat with chaffe none may neglect Gold because ther 's drosse or grain for the intermixture of off●ll but all united into the same body may become one with thee who art the bread of life and refin'd from the drosse of mundan corruption by the fire of this holy spirit bear the Image of our King May he who boasts of the Church remember no unclean th●ng can enter into the K●ngdom of Heaven and he that b●eaketh the least of the Commandements shal be the least in the K●ngdom of Heaven of little repute in his Church May they who cry who shall lay any thing to the cha●ge of Gods Elect live so that no body may have any thing to lay to their charge and while they boast they are above all law by sin come not under the premun●re of any while they are Kings as they pretēd whose hearts are in Gods hands may they not be slaves to their own lusts the Devils servants may the Cōmonalty be no more an Oglio of knaves and fools and tools to the Polititian nor he the Devils quilted Anvile on which he frames all sin but both may be instruments of Gods glory finally may the Gentry have an use for estates above gilding their imperfections and Papists abov an annuall Composition for their follies● and not love to their purses make their Antagonists irreconcilable with their persons and may I have no emnity with any thing but my self who though I have not found what I may define friend I know not what I may truely cal Enemy beside my self by the rules of Christian warfare I am oblig'd to fight aga●nst the World the flesh and the Devill I find a world in my self and a Devill in my flesh which if I could but conquer I could look down on those petty acquisitions of the nicknam'd worthies which were kneaded up with dirt and blood as something below my self Legion is not onely renew'd in me but Legions of Devils as if they had not a lesser world to conquer and colonize are entred into me I find a Lapland Finland Gothland and the storms they raise there in my passions the various shapes in which they familiarise with their votaries do but resemble the disguises of my curiosities vy'd with which the Mythologies of Paganism in an Achelous Proteus Polypus Cameleon may seem sober verities Nor could I bee lesse then a world in whom all the Monsters of Africa have conven'd and all the African tincture in my blacker impieties I have had the blindnesse of America to sacrifice to the Devill ne noceat by complying with aberrances having with Asia lost a reall Paradise by Euthymy could challenge affinity with Mahometism and dream of a Paradise in carnall concupiscencies Nor hath any part of Europe been defective to the complement of this Microcosm Papist Reformist Subreformist Familist Atomist all the phancies which crumble into factions and mince into divisions while old time is forc'd to chew the cud and raise up the stubble and chaffe of whimzies swallowed fourteen ages past have concentred in me and met in this Masse of antipathies I carry about me Lord teach me to know my self so I shall not d●sire to exchange wisdom with a Solomon lend me the auxiliaries of thy holy spirit to subdue my self and I shall be more a Conqueror then Alexander by hating my self instruct me how I shall love thee and by loving thee I shall be sure not to hate my brother FINIS S. Hie● in Psal. 133. S. Hier. ad Lucif post med tom 2. Th●od l. 2. Hist. Eccl. dialog inter Constant Imper Lib. pap 16. Vin● Lir. Cont. Haer. c. 23. 24. S. Be● Ser. de resurr Euseb. l. 5. Hist. Eccl. c. 26. Socrat. l. 5. Hist. c. 22. S. Aug. Cont. Bon. de Bapt. e. 4. Contr. Fund c. 4. Ibid. c. 4. Papal infallibility sifted Alphonsus contra hae lib. 1. c. 4. A Martin in Chron. cen 17. H. Blond dec 1. lib. 9 Bergomensis Martin in Chron. Sabel Naucl. Marian Scot. stella Palmerio Platina Blondus Vincentius Henricus de Erfordia impurities Blondus lib. 3. dec 2. Anto●ius 1. 16. c. 1. ex Iohanne de Col●a mina Sabellicus Na●clerus Platina Ranulphus l. 5. c. 3● Baleus Cent. 2. c. 30. c. 3. 10. Volateranus Martinus in Chronico Marianus Scotus Sigeb Platina Bergomensis c. Martinus Polorues in Chronico Platina Petrus Demi●nus Benedict 9. Silveste● 3. Gregorius 6. Cent. 11. Spelman Conc. an 705. Malin lib. 1. de gest Paul A●glor Math. Paris An. 1246. B. Bilson In Apol. 2. Cont. Triphon E●seb lib. 5. c 26. Euseb. lib. 4. c. 23. lib. 5. c. 16. Lib. 5. c. 3. Lib. 5. c. 23. S. Greg. lib. 4. Ep. 76. 83. Ep. 78. L. Her Hist. H. 8. Ter. de praej vincen Lir. de Haer. Eiph l. 1. adv Carpar l. 4. c. 6. pros de prom produe impren c. 5. Sab. Ennead lib. 72. Euseb. in Chr. pr. 10. Nicronis 14. Ignat. epist. ad Tract Gaffar● mon. curios● 152. Euseb. l. 2. cap. 12. Arnob. adver Gent. lib. 2. Iust. mart Ap. 1. Irenaeus Philaster Epiphanius Theodoret Thes. 1. 5. 2. Euseb. lib. 3. c. 18. * Seleucus Nicanor Antiochus Soter Anto. Theos Seleucus Callinicus Ptolomaeus Evergetes Seleucus Ceraunus Antiochus Magnus Ptolomaeus Philopator Antiochus E●piphanes Whit. in thesi pro posit defens in Cant. die Comitiorum D. in vit Pontif. 33. Stella Platina Test. Blon● dec 1. lib. 9 Martinus in Chronic● Platina Liber pontificalis Cent. 78. 480. Sigebert Marianus Scotus Guliel Nubrigensis l. 2. c. 6. Cent. xij Cambdens remains Vid. Iohn Stella Diaconus Plat. Onuphrius Platina dec Platina C●nt Ma. Cent. xi p. 5. 20. Of the Creed Mat. 12. v.

of our sins sting us look up upon him who was lifted up with healing under his wings and have respect to the fruits of the land of promise that blessed Canaan not being discourag'd by the Gyants of our sins but lift up our hands with Moses strengthned by the two Tables the Commandements of God till we overcome them and having the Corner stone Christ Jesus to support us in our weaknesse who will not fail them who rely on him in all their conflicts with the world the flesh and the Devill we may subdue the enemies of our peace who hinder us in our progresse to the promis'd Land Sect. 16. I may believe him conceiv'd of the Holy Ghost yet may safely neither believe the Popes and some Pontificians nor the conceptions of our Enthusiasticks of the holy spirit I can believe Christ born of a Virgin Mary yet need not believe a Virgin Maries Temple born by Angels to Loretto nor doubting the truth of the Virgins milk with which the Popish Priests impose on the vulgar may impose the stigma of infidel on me and deprive me of the milk of the word of truth He who had respect unto her humility will not have respect unto them who too much humble her since the glory of Heaven overshadow'd and the Bridegroom of our souls shined forth from the closet of her womb Nor exalt them who her that was humbled in her own eyes exalt in theirs above their Creator Casheer his name to admit hers in the Psalter while an Ave Mary can bring a Te deum Laudamus out of fashion and Christ himself must stil be in pupillage May we all provide innocent spotlesse and Virgin hearts for a Saviour to be born in so that we all may have by the overshadowing of the holy spirit a right Conception of him whose Conception could not be without it and be accounted for the mother and brethren of the Lord while wee do the will of his Heavenly Father Sect 17. I could wish that Christ still suffer'd not under a Roman Governor but instead of a Pilate he would be a good Pilot no longer steer by the gales of profit or the Whirlewind of ambition which may ingulph the bark of the Church into an Abysse of misery but calming the troubled Sea of his own lusts into moderation the winds of error and waves of false Doctrine may cease and the leaky vessell of the Roman Church by the pump of Faith and sincere repentance may arrive at the Haven of eternall security in vain like Pilat he may seek to wash his hands from the guilt of Christs blood while he can embrue them in the blood of Christians and suffer his Polemicks to plant thorns on Christs brow spinous questions and with the mock pageantry of state make Christian Religion ridiculous to Jew and Gentile Neither the Clergy though their name implies lot should as relative to their name and Christian warfare Souldier-like cast lots for Christs Coat neglecting internall purity quarrell about the supervesture externall ceremonies of Religion while their tongues sharp as spears pierce Christs sides through their brethren who is still crucified by Jews and betwixt theeves who rob Gods word while we apprehend examine accuse condemn shame and crucifie one another when we should rather crucifie the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof as pride envy malice and contention conforming our selves to the Image of a crucified Saviour and not to the crucifyers of a Saviour by our vices since some truths though seemingly precious are not so plac'd in competition with Christian-charity peace and communion with all who are fellow-members of Christs body Wee must relinquish that which is valuable rather then him who is above all value while dissention can renew his wounds in his members Dull phlegmatick and Plebeian constitutions are not only subject to paralytique but even apoplectick distemperatures sometimes they tremble and discompose Religion in their jealous furies and sometimes are superstitious and supine and stupid in trivial and ridiculous fooleries Resembling Apes and Dotterells more apt to imitate mops mows and gesticulations then vertues while others are madder then those who are asham'd of humanity because Apes have some resemblance with humane nature Sect 18. Cannot any one be perswaded Christ descended not into Hell since a S. Cyprian averrs this Article neither in the Roman or orientall Symbole and Tertullian takes no notice of it and Sh●ol and his 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 implies the grave without descending thither May I leave the works of Hell pride malice and uncharitablenesse by works of light treat with God where he is in Heaven by believing Christ was in Hell will not much advantage me in the way to Heaven though my uncharitablenesse to a misconceiving brother may warp me toward Hell Hell is described by the valley of Hinnom where sacrific'd children weak ones in Christ while their tongues are kindled at Hell fire who with trifling differences make schisms in the Kingdom of Gods Church and Communion which Saints should have for the service of Christ their King the Lords anointed against the powers of darknesse Sect. 19. May not any one believe in the Holy Ghost though hee should not phancy the picture or the sencelesse story of the Doves want of gall or the holy spirits non-appearance in that shape but onely hovering like a descending Dove Oh doubt the infallible pontificiall and enthustiasticks spirit one being repraesentative of the other where murder revenge Adultery and treasons are Cohabitants and by a necessary illation must passe for the fruits of that all-disposing spirit consecrate impiety and make villany precious while God himself must be introduc'd witnesse to a lie May we have the innocency of Doves in our Conversation the mourning of Turtles in the sorrow for our sins and a delight in the streams of life the holy Scriptures as the Dove in the waters finally all the resemblances with the Dove which imitate the gifts of the holy Ghost that the holy spirit may dwell in us which is pictur'd in the shape of a Dove Sect. 20. Wil it not suffice to believe a holy Church and not to believe in it since a Saint Cyprian informs me God is onely to be believ'd in or believe not a Church or Christian can be out of the Catholick Church since all men and Churches make up but one Catholick and the notion of Catholick introduc'd in opposition to the Jewish Church may not as oppositely be oppos'd to the Roman who like Jews presume a monopoly of Gods mercy the light of ages light of nature supernaturall light of Scripture must onely shine in their dark lanthorns and all blind who believe things not onely above reason but against it while a part must be greater then the whole a particular Church the Catholick resembling the mad-man who lived in a Sea-port town called all ships his own which arived at the haven All Bishops who have either writ appealed or communicated with