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A02522 A common apologie of the Church of England against the vniust challenges of the ouer-iust sect, commonly called Brownists. Wherein the grounds and defences, of the separation are largely discussed: occasioned, by a late pamphlet published vnder the name, of an answer to a censorious epistle, which the reader shall finde in the margent. By I.H. Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.; Robinson, John, 1575?-1625. Answer to a censorious epistle. 1610 (1610) STC 12649; ESTC S103653 113,921 160

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praef._n to_o the_o separ_fw-la defend_v cause_n of_o separ_fw-la def_n p._n 12._o confer_v with_o d._n andr._n praef._n to_o separ_fw-la def_n gyff_fw-mi refute_v touch_v donat._n obseruat_fw-la of_o m._n h._n bar._n p._n 239._o fr._n johns_n reas._n 9_o ag_n m._n jac._n p._n 74._o johns_n ag_n m._n jac._n except_o 3._o nota_fw-la bene._n ibid._n counterpoys_n pag._n 127._o &_o 131._o barr._n confer_v with_o m._n sperm_n as_o bar_n him_n have_v write_v it_o pag._n 9_o fr._n job._n 7._o reas._n aga_fw-la jac_fw-la p._n 64._o g._n johns_n praef._n to_o the_o pastor_n russin_n l._n 2._o eccl._n hist._n c_o 3._o aug._n epist._n &_o possid_n in_o vita_fw-la aug._n euseb_n hist._n eccl_n damnis_fw-la gravissimis_fw-la &_o caedibus_fw-la afficiebant_fw-la armati_fw-la diversis_fw-la telis_fw-la socrates_n l._n 2._o c._n 22._o &_o 30._o cypr._n l._n 2._o ep._n 8._o novati_fw-la pater_fw-la in_o vico_fw-la fame_n mortun_n nec_fw-la postea_fw-la ab_fw-la illo_fw-la sepultus_fw-la sic_fw-la 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our_o conscience_n not_o only_o in_o the_o want_n of_o many_o christian_a ordinance_n to_o which_o we_o be_v most_o straight_o bind_v both_o by_o god_n word_n and_o our_o own_o necessity_n mater_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la mater_fw-la est_fw-la etiam_fw-la matris_fw-la nostrae_fw-la aug._n ep._n 38._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nemo_fw-la per_fw-la exteriorem_fw-la violentiam_fw-la corrumpitur_fw-la si_fw-la interior_a innocentia_fw-la custodiatur_fw-la c._n ●_o q._n 3._o custodi_fw-la etc._n etc._n ad_fw-la docendum_fw-la populum_fw-la israeliticum_fw-la omnipotens_fw-la deus_fw-la prophetis_fw-la praeconium_fw-la dedi_fw-la non_fw-la regibus_fw-la imperavit_fw-la aug._n l._n 2._o contr_n gau._n c._n 11._o barr._n cause_n of_o scpera_fw-la def_n p._n 6._o brow_n reform_v without_o tarry_v aug._n contr_n petilia_n n._n l._n 2._o optatus_n milevit_fw-la lib._n 3●_n barr._n 2._o exa●●i●_n nation_n before_o the_o l._n archb._n and_o l._n chiefe-iustice_n compar_fw-la with_o his_o reply_n to_o m._n gyff_fw-mi art_n 5._o ●_o sam._n 24._o 6._o num._n 16._o 3._o counter_a boy_n p._n 230._o 2._o chr._n 13._o 2._o chr._n 14._o &_o 15_o 2._o chr._n 29._o 2._o chr._n 30._o 2._o chr._n 34._o ezr._n 2._o &_o 3._o 2._o ezr._n 4._o 23._o 24_o 24_o august_n ep._n 58_o pastor_n autem_fw-la &_o doctores_fw-la qu●s_fw-la maxim_n ut_fw-la discernerem_fw-la voluisti_fw-la eosdem_fw-la puto_fw-la esse_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o tibi_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la alios_fw-la pastor_n alios_fw-la doctores_fw-la intelligeremus_fw-la sed_fw-la ideo_fw-la cum_fw-la praedixisset_fw-la pastor_n subiunxisse_fw-la doctores_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligerent_fw-la pastor_n ad_fw-la officium_fw-la suum_fw-la pertinere_fw-la doctrinam_fw-la barr._n ag_n gyff_fw-mi inveigh_v for_o this_o cause_n against_o the_o consistory_n of_o gene●a_n fr_n john_n complaint_n of_o the_o dutch_a and_o fr._n churches_n description_n of_o a_o visible_a church_n can_v make_v a_o distinct._n in_o the_o definition_n 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autem_fw-la post_fw-la ascensum_fw-la domini_fw-la in_o caelos_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sibi_fw-la constituerunt_fw-la episcopatus_fw-la su_fw-es &_o ecclesiae_fw-la ministros_fw-la rom._n 1._o 8._o 1._o cor._n 1._o 5._o 1._o thess._n 1._o 7._o gal_n 4._o 15._o phil._n 1._o 2._o sep._n but_o also_o in_o our_o most_o sinful_a subjection_n to_o many_o antichristian_a
enormity_n which_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o eschew_v as_o hell_n fr._n johns_n ag_n m._n jacob_n bar._n gyff_fw-mi refute_v i._o transgress_v p._n 28._o sep._n she_o be_v our_o mother_n o_o may_v she_o be_v and_o yet_o not_o the_o lord_n wife_n every_o mother_n of_o child_n be_v not_o a_o wife_n ammi_n and_o ruhae●ah_n be_v bid_v to_o plead_v with_o their_o mother_n apostate_n israel_n &_o plead_v that_o she_o be_v not_o the_o lord_n wife_n nor_o he_o her_o husband_n ho._n 2._o 1._o 2._o cypr._n the_o simp_o praelator_n adulterari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la sponsa_fw-la christi_fw-la incorrupta_fw-la est_fw-la &_o pudica_fw-la 1._o kin._n 12._o 29._o hos._n 2._o 16._o 2._o 13._o sep._n and_o though_o you_o forbid_v we_o a_o thousand_o time_n yet_o must_v we_o plead_v not_o to_o exccuse_v our_o fault_n but_o to_o justify_v our_o innocency_n and_o that_o not_o only_a nor_o so_o much_o in_o respect_n of_o ourselves_o as_o of_o the_o truth_n which_o without_o sacrilege_n we_o maynot_v suffer_v to_o be_v conden_v unheard_a and_o if_o you_o yet_o hear_v she_o not_o rather_o blame_v yourselves_o as_o deaf_a then_o we_o as_o dumb_a hierom._n ad_fw-la eustoch_n epitaph_n paulae_fw-la ex_fw-la psal_n 67._o august_n contr_n epist._n parmen_fw-la li._n 1._o epistol_n juni._n ad_fw-la separ_fw-la giff._n refut_n 2._o transg_n sep._n be_v not_o babylon_n the_o mother_n of_o god_n people_n who_o he_o therefore_o command_v to_o depart_v out_o of_o she_o lest_o be_v partaker_n of_o her_o sin_n they_o also_o partake_v of_o her_o plague_n revel_v 18._o 2._o answ._n for●_n speech_n to_o counter_a boy_n sep._n and_o to_o conclude_v what_o say_v you_o more_o against_o we_o for_o your_o mother_n the_o church_n of_o england_n than_o the_o papist_n do_v for_o their_o mother_n and_o your_o mother_n mother_n the_o church_n of_o rome_n against_o you_o who_o they_o condemn_v as_o unnatural_a bastard_n and_o impious_a patricide_n in_o your_o separation_n from_o she_o a_o simone_n zelota_n niceph._n alij_fw-la a_o jos._n arimath_n cvius_fw-la hic_fw-la sepulchrum_fw-la cernitur_fw-la angli_fw-la pascha_fw-la graeco_fw-la more_fw-it celebrarunt_fw-la jacob_n armin._n disp_n cant._n 8._o 8._o fr._n jun._n lib_n sing_v de_fw-fr eccle._n phil._n morn_n du_fw-fr plesses_n lib._n de_fw-fr eccles._n cap._n 10._o counterp_v p._n 171._o 1._o p●nry_n exam._n before_o m._n fanshaw_n &_o iust._n yong._n fr._n jun._n l._n de_fw-fr eccles_n m._n hooker_n eccles._n pol._n du_n plesses_n l._n de_fw-fr eccl_n jacob_n armin._n disput_n d._n reynolds_n thes._n d._n field_n of_o the_o ch._n revel_v 3._o &_o 2._o sep._n and_o be_v not_o luther_n zuingli●_n cranmer_n latimer_n and_o the_o rest_n beget_v to_o the_o lord_n in_o the_o womb_n of_o the_o romish_a church_n do_v they_o not_o receive_v the_o knowledge_n of_o his_o truth_n when_o they_o stand_v actual_a member_n of_o it_o who_o notwithstanding_o afterward_o they_o forsake_v and_o that_o just_o for_o her_o fornication_n sep._n but_o 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devise_a office_n of_o ministry_n and_o confuse_a communion_n of_o the_o profane_a multitude_n and_o that_o mingle_a with_o many_o grievous_a error_n johns_n pres._n to_o his_o 7._o reas._n johns_n 7._o reas._n p._n 66._o tit._n 3._o 4._o psal._n 69._o 4._o mat_n 28._o 19_o eph._n 4._o 11._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 2._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 1._o act._n 13._o 1._o tim._n 3._o 9_o 1._o tim._n 5._o 22._o 2_o tim._n 2._o 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d discourse_v of_o the_o trouble_n &_o excem_fw-la at_o amst._n certain_a arg._n ag_v the_o com._n with_o the_o minist_n of_o england_n counterpoys_n vbires_fw-la convenit_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la verba_fw-la contemnat_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr ordin_n 2._o brow_n state_n of_o christian_n perplexae_fw-la sunt_fw-la istae_fw-la dvae_fw-la initate_v in_o hoc_fw-la seculo_fw-la invicemque_fw-la permixtae_fw-la donec_fw-la ultimo_fw-la iudicto_fw-la dirimantur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._n d._n l._n 1._o 33._o eze._n 18._o 20._o orig._n vnusquisque_fw-la propter_fw-la proprium_fw-la peccatum_fw-la morietur_fw-la in_o proprid_n iusticiâ_fw-la vivet_fw-la etc._n etc._n fr._n johns_n artic._n ag_n the_o dutch_a &_o fr._n answ._n ag_n brough_n ton_fw-fr discover_v of_o brown_n trouble_n and_o excom_n at_o amst._n charact._n pres_fw-fr cypr._n ep._n 2._o jidem_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la accusatores_fw-la in_o occulto_fw-la rei_fw-la in_fw-la semetipsos_fw-la censores_fw-la pariter_fw-la &_o nocentes_fw-la damnant_fw-la foris_fw-la quod_fw-la intus_fw-la operantur_fw-la ●arr_n conser_n with_o m._n hutchins_n etc._n etc._n &_o d._n ●ndr_n sep._n shall_v some_o general_a truth_n yea_o though_o few_o of_o they_o in_o the_o particular_n may_v be_v fond_o practise_v sweeten_v and_o sanctify_v the_o other_o error_n do_v not_o one_o heresy_n make_v a_o heretic_n and_o do_v not_o a_o little_a leaven_n whether_o in_o doctrine_n or_o manner_n leaven_n the_o whole_a lump_n 1._o cor._n 5._o 6._o gal._n 5_o 9_o hag._n 2_o 13._o if_o antichrist_n hold_v 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as_o appear_z in_o the_o sequel_n of_o the_o discourse_n he_o be_v utter_o ignorant_a which_o have_v he_o be_v but_o half_a so_o careful_a to_o have_v understand_v as_o he_o have_v be_v forward_o to_o censure_n he_o will_v either_o have_v be_v i_o doubt_v not_o more_o equal_a towards_o it_o or_o more_o weighty_a against_o it_o it_o 2._o confute_v confute_v hier._n marco_n presbyt_fw-la de_fw-fr cavernis_fw-la cellularum_fw-la damnamus_fw-la orbem_fw-la in_o sacco_n &_o cinere_fw-la volutati_fw-la de_fw-la episcopis_fw-la sententiam_fw-la ferimus_fw-la quid_fw-la facit_fw-la sub_fw-la tunica_fw-la paenitentis_fw-la regius_fw-la animus_n cypr._n l._n 3._o ep._n 9_o haec_fw-la sunt_fw-la initia_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la placean_n ut_fw-la praepositum_fw-la superbo_fw-la tumore_fw-la contemnant_fw-la harison_n once_o they_o in_o psal._n 122._o of_o brown_n antichristian_a pride_n and_o bitterness_n bredw_n pref_o m_o brinsly_n his_o pref_o to_o the_o 2._o part_n of_o the_o watch._n optat._n mil._n de_fw-fr donat._n collegae_fw-la non_fw-la eritis_fw-la si●o_fw-la litis_fw-la fratres_fw-la estis_fw-la etc._n etc._n disclaim_v by_o themselves_o answer_v against_o broughton_n page_n 21._o separate_a schism_n m._n giff._n a_o ignorant_a priest_n barr._n p._n 64._o confer_v of_o d._n and._n &_o m._n huchius_fw-la with_o barrow_n m._n spr._n 3._o 〈◊〉_d siderat_fw-la iren._n l._n 1._o per_fw-la singulos_fw-la dies_fw-la nowm_fw-la aliquod_fw-la adsectant_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n bar._n confer_v with_o hutchins_n foe_fw-mi 1._o brown_a estate_n of_o true_a christian_n defence_n of_o true_a christian_n against_o the_o doct._n of_o oxford_n johnson_n against_o jacob_n passim_fw-la barr._n against_o gyfford_n sepa_n as_o this_o epistle_n be_v come_v to_o my_o hand_n so_o i_o wish_v the_o answer_n of_o it_o may_v come_v to_o the_o hand_n of_o he_o that_o occasion_v it_o entreat_v the_o christian_a reader_n in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n unpartial_o to_o behold_v without_o either_o prejudice_n of_o cause_n or_o respect_n of_o person_n what_o be_v write_v on_o both_o side_n and_o so_o from_o the_o court_n of_o a_o sound_a conscience_n to_o give_v just_a judgement_n to_o m._n smith_n and_o m._n rob._n ringleader_n of_o the_o late_a separation_n at_o amsterd_n charact._n of_o the_o beast_n write_v by_o m._n smith_n pref._n be_v it_o know_v therefore_o to_o all_o the_o separation_n that_o we_o account_v they_o in_o respect_n of_o their_o constitution_n to_o be_v as_o very_o a_o harlot_n as_o either_o her_o mother_n the_o church_n of_o england_n or_o her_o grandmother_n rome_n be_v etc._n etc._n iterato_fw-la baptizatus_fw-la scienter_fw-la it_o erato_fw-mi dominum_fw-la crucifigit_fw-la de_fw-fr consecr_n do_v 4._o qui_fw-fr vis_fw-fr &c._n &c._n &c._n the_o crime_n of_o separation_n how_o great_a sep._n the_o crime_n here_o object_v be_v separation_n a_o thing_n very_o odious_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o they_o from_o who_o it_o be_v make_v as_o evermore_o cast_v upon_o they_o the_o imputation_n of_o evil_a whereof_o all_o man_n be_v impatient_a and_o hence_o it_o come_v to_o pass●_n that_o the_o church_n of_o england_n can_v better_o brook_v the_o vile_a person_n continue_v communion_n with_o it_o than_o any_o whosoever_o separate_v from_o it_o though_o upon_o never_o so_o just_a and_o well_o ground_v reason_n vid._n johnson_n preface_n to_o his_o inquirie_n isaiah_n 5._o 20._o m._n penry_n in_o his_o disc._n of_o this_o subject_n num._n 16_o 31._o exod_n 32._o 30._o prou._n 21._o 2._o sepa_n and_o yet_o separation_n from_o the_o world_n and_o so_o from_o the_o man_n of_o the_o world_n and_o so_o from_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o world_n that_o reign_v in_o they_o and_o so_o from_o whatsoever_o be_v contrary_a to_o god_n be_v the_o first_o step_n to_o our_o communion_n with_o god_n and_o angel_n and_o good_a man_n as_o the_o first_o step_n to_o a_o ladder_n be_v to_o leave_v the_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d num._n 18._o 14_o num._n 16._o 9_o deut._n 10._o 1._o exod._n 13._o 12._o levit._n 15._o 21._o deut._n