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Excerpt from A Discourse About the Charge of Novelty Upon the Reformed Church of England: Made by the Papists Asking of Us the Question, Where Was Our Religion Before Luther?
Canonized, Saints with their Fietares and Reliq ues made Rivals to cram. In Mediation and In terc'ellion, Gods Works we're fpoiled by Merit and Arrogance or done byway of, coin'pol'rtion'ior vices, the fear of Hell was abated by the invention of, Purgatory Chrifi was fetch, from Glory by the 'magi'ck, of a Priefi and put into a Wafer, or into a more fordid place; riddles and quirks of their Schools were made Articles. Of Faith; in lhort, old truths Were rooted'up, or new'err'ors' grafted on them, Power and Profit were Stiled the Church; the Court of Rome was brought into the Temple and called' the Holy of holics'j Such errours as thefe in the Chrifii'zin' Faith came from Rome and infeeted our Ancient. Britrlh Church (nor. At firfi planted by the Labours of the Rome/h Bilhczrs of old but Corrupted by their later Emi?aries) an lafied a long time among us being fupported by Power, twified with Intereft, futablc to the pleal'ures and vices of Men;, incorporated into the Government hattnfg put'out Mens' 'reafon to try and difiern'betyveen Truth and Error, 'and at length becamefalhionable, Fires'an'd Cen, fures 'which. Fm'ade us Sick' unto Death abfolute al-j molt and beyond recovery. Such was our condition here of Slavery and Ignorance, but irkpleafedhim? that dwells: between' the Golden Can'dlefii'c _s to difpelbur Dark n'ers' 'a'nd reusie the Ancient light or Primitive (3mm. Anity. Hisw'ifdor'n and Goodnefs' improving, the fions and, inclinations of temporal: changes and concerns to Spiritual encouraging the fecret groans and deli-res of others, putting many more upon; fearch and enquiry after Truth and' infufing, courage cfor'it, at length came to a refolution of Ar ing, and'debatingthe Errors of the Rmijh Faith and' manners of reforming the abu'fes in Difcipline and ms vorion and mean. Back True Chriftianity again and.
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