The encounter against M. Parsons, by a revievv of his last sober reckoning, and his exceptions vrged in the treatise of his mitigation. Wherein moreouer is inserted: 1. A confession of some Romanists, both concerning the particular falsifications of principall Romanists, as namely, Bellarmine, Suarez, and others: as also concerning the generall fraude of that curch, in corrupting of authors. 2. A confutation of slaunders, which Bellarmine vrged against Protestants. 3. A performance of the challenge, which Mr. Parsons made, for the examining of sixtie Fathers, cited by Coccius for proofe of Purgatorie ... 4. A censure of a late pamphlet, intituled, The patterne of a Protestant, by one once termed the moderate answerer. 5. An handling of his question of mentall equiuocation (after his boldnesse with the L. Cooke) vpon occasion of the most memorable, and feyned Yorkeshire case of equiuocating; and of his raging against D. Kings sermon. Published by authoritie

The Review.

1 I answere, that some of these Instances were ceremoni∣al, * 1.1 and some examples of Gods extraordinarie punishments. For the first, I denie not, but that Circumcision, Manna, and the Rock were types, and had analogie with the Sacraments, which are antitypa, and both conspire together in one Christ, as the archetypon of all, and therefore both are spirituall: for the which cause the Apostle sheweth of the Israelites that they in their Elements a 1.2 Eate the same spirituall meat, and dranke the same spirituall drinke, meaning Christ; which was, as S. Augustine expoundeth it, The same which we do, name∣ly Christ.

2 The second, concerning the Oxe, had the same mo∣rall equitie in the old law, for the maintenance of the Priests & Leuites, as it hath now in the Ghospel for the Preachers. And as touching the third, we may say that the diuerse mi∣raculous iudgements of God in former time vpon Fornica∣tors, Murmurers, and Idolaters in Israel, are figures vnto the after-Christian world, that if wee finde not the like visible vengeances. yet are we taught to make true consequences from them, to wit; that if we dwell securely in like sinnes, al∣though we feele not the like outward plagues, yet wee shall be sure to bee tormented in the end, because the God, who hath beene iust visibly, will bee euerlastingly iust, to punish transgressions and sinnes.

3 In the next place hee exaggerateth this difference of translation, to wit, The old Testament is a figure of the new in Christ, in stead of this (as M. Parsons will haue it) The earthly kingdome (of the Iewes) was a shadow of the spirituall gouernment, that was in the Church of Christ. Both which are no more disferent, in effect, than figure and shadow, for M. Parsons confesseth that the proposition is true, that The old Testament was a figure of the new in Christ. The next ex∣ception is of some importance.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ceremonies of the old law how figures of the new.
• a 1.2

  1. Cor. 10.