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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

which places observe also by the way the manner of entrance into the Ministery of the Church of England plainly described by Mr Brightmans 7. The seventh charge wherewith he dealeth with the Church of Engl. is to be seen in the 116 pa. thus So reprehensions are silent * nequitia regnat naughtines reigneth the hand of God is heavy upon us and whither the matter will grow at last prudent men feare not without iust cause With which is to be added that which he sayth in the pag. 117 namely that the lawes of Christ are not kept in the Ch of Engl. in these words wee avayle nothing with our Lawes where the lawes of Christ are not kept 8. In the pag 119. he observeth that the ordinances concerning the manner of entrance into the Ministery of the Church of England is such as for which the other reformed Churches may be ashamed thus Excellent ordinances in deed for which the reformed Churches may be ashamed 9 He chargeth this Church to have such officers as whose names except the Bishop have not been heard in the Church thus What is this auncient use of pronouncing the sentence by them whose names except onely the Bishop have not been heard in deed in the Church as long as the true honour and dignity of excommunication remayned The tenth and last charge of his which I doo here purpose to adde leaving the rest because it were too long to relate them all in particular shal be this written in the pag 128. of his book where he makes the Angel of the Church of Engl. a persecuter of the brethren a deceiver of the Prince Thus Repent of the iniuries which thou hast done to the brethren in casting some into prison in turning others out of their goods in depriving many of the power to preach the word in reproching and traducing all with the odious names of Anabaptists c. and in the same page a few lines after thus he speaketh That was a notable calumnie whereby both thou hast deceived the PRINCE and also hast procured hatred to the brethren c. These many the like charges are in his book wherby he sheweth the fearfulnes of the estate of the Church of England Now followeth to shew breifly some of the prayses which he also giveth vnto her wherby as with a salve he cureth all her soares And first in the very title of his Epistle dedicatory to the Churches thus he writeth To the holy reformed Churches of c. where note that the Church of Britany that is the Church of England hath this honourable title given her with the rest holy reformed vnto which title add that which also he saith in the 102 pag. of this book where he maketh the Church of England to be the Antitype of the Church of Laodicea thus The Antitype is the third reformed Church The second good thing which he sheweth to be in the Church and Kingdome of England is twofold double blessings in the Church of Engl. in the 104 105 pages of his book the first in respect of earthly blessings the second in respect of spiritual for the first thus he speaketh From hence the lawes are in force judgements are exercised every one inioyeth his own iniuries are restrayned wantonnes is repressed c. The second is thus Earthly And to what end were all these good things if we could not have the wholsom doctrine of truth Spiritual But ever since the first times of our most peaceable Queen he hath raysed up continually deligent and learned Pastours Teachers who have preached the word purely and syncerely Neyther at this day are wanting many by his infinite mercy who bestow all their labour in imparting to his people the whole will of God and that pure and uncorrupt from all leaven of falshood Adde vnto this also the sanctification of these Pastours by Christ in the 106 page thus But he that is a faithfull and true witness sanctifieth the Pastours with the truth beyond all hope in whose lipps he dwelleth even hitherto 3. But in the page 318 he is large in describing the good estate of the Church of England thus as it came to pass in our England to which Christ at the sound of the seventh trumpet in the yere 1558 gave the most gracious Queen Elizabeth who againe gave her Kingdome to Christ in rooting out through all her dominions the most part of the Romish superstitions and in restoring to her people the syncere and wholesome truth that wee might worship the Lord our God according to his ordinance The fourth good thing which he mentioneth to be in the Church of England is the preaching of the word the lawfull administration of the sacraments in these words These things therfore doo proove that a double and great good thing doo abide in the English Church that is to say the preaching of the word and the lawful administration of the sacraments In both which Christ bestoweth himself vpon his people keeping a mutual feast with them he first being received of us by hearing of the word secondly entertayning us againe with the supper of his body And thus much touching some of the praises which he giveth unto that Church of England now let the godly see in these words of his following what conclusion he maketh hereupon which may be read in the 131 pag. of his book thus Therfore wicked and blasphemous is their errour who doo fall away so from this Church as if Christ were banished wholly from hence and that there could not be any hope of salvation for them that tarry there Let them mind here Christ feasting with his people Wil they be ashamed to sit down there where they see Christ not to be ashamed Are they purer and holyer then he c. These things being thus set down it resteth now that according to my promise I doo also shew my mind concerning them thus therefore first to begin with that which I have set for the first charge which he layeth upon the Church of England I desire the reader to observe the word which he useth of Christ loathing them fastidientem nostri which word of loathing seemeth to be taken from the 95. Psal ver 10. where the Prophet speaking in the person of the Lord himself sayth that fowrty yeres long he had loathed that generation saying that they are a people erring in heart and not knowing his wayes wherfore he sware in his wrath that they should not enter into his rest So that by M. Brightmans own graunt this Church of England is in no better estate then were those rebels in the wildernes all which were consumed and entred not into his rest as he had sworn But that the Lord hath more just cause to loath the Church of England then that of the Israelites in the wildernes let the reader observe it in these particulars first that that Church had a true Ministery and true Offices