come over all? Indeed the Prelates so charge them as the cause of all Papisme, and Atheisme in the land; but Mr B. (I know) iudgeth otherwise of them: and so would he do of vs, if the beame of mal∣lice did not blynd his right ey, when he looked towards vs.
Now for the preaching of the word and gospell of salvation, as Mr B. doth but worthily and according to the excellency of it, magnify and advance the same, so doth he most iniuriously, and deceiptfully oppose it vnto the holy order within which the Lord hath rainged it, and to the true constitution of the Church and other the ordinances thereof, with which it consorteth ne∣cessarily by the Lords appoyntment, and so they make together a most heavenly harmony. And thus to set the ordinances of Christ at iarre amongst themselves, and in the commendation of one principall to bury the rest as vile, and vnnecessary, is a most effec∣tuall delusion, and deep deceipt, by which the mistery of iniquity is much advantaged in the false assemblyes, and the hearts of the simple fast held in the snares of error, and impiety.
The Bishops & those of their sect do in their sermons & writings extoll prayer. But to what end? That they may depresse preaching, and oppresse preachers, and so establish theyr service-saying Preists in the Ministery.
Mr. B. here, and so the forward sorte commonly will magnify preaching: but as he here, so they oft tymes with an evill ey to the right gathering, lawfull goverment, and orderly administration of the holy things of & in the church. Wel, the Lord sees this haulting on both sydes & will avenge the quarrell of his very meanest ordi∣nāce, & least cōmandement vpō all these deceiptful workers. Who is wise that he may vnderstād these things, & prudent that he may take know∣ledge of them? for the wayes of Iehovah are righteous, and the iust shall walk in them, but the rebells shall fall in them.
And for the preaching of the gospel would Mr B. but turne his eye a litle upon himself, and his nationall Church, he might finde that every text brought by him for the advancement of preaching▪ is as a sworn evidēce both against himself, & the Church for which he pleads.
The more needfull vision is, for which he quotes in the first place