The Translators Preface To the Simple Seduced Reader.
Reader,
MAy the Father of Lights open thine Eyes to see over this Strangers shoulders, and by this Impartial perspect∣••ve, what thou, whilst kept down thu••
Two letters containing a further justification of the Church of England against the dissenters the first by one of the reverend commissioners for the review of the liturgy, at the Savoy, 1661 ; the second by Dr. Laurence Womock, Archdeacon of Suffolk, author of the Verdict upon melius inquirendum.
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- Two letters containing a further justification of the Church of England against the dissenters the first by one of the reverend commissioners for the review of the liturgy, at the Savoy, 1661 ; the second by Dr. Laurence Womock, Archdeacon of Suffolk, author of the Verdict upon melius inquirendum.
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- Pierce, Thomas, 1622-1691.
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- 1682.
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"Two letters containing a further justification of the Church of England against the dissenters the first by one of the reverend commissioners for the review of the liturgy, at the Savoy, 1661 ; the second by Dr. Laurence Womock, Archdeacon of Suffolk, author of the Verdict upon melius inquirendum." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B28115.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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low by thy new Masters and through thy Seducers false Mediums, hast not hitherto been suffered to perceive, it being till now purposely hid from thine Eyes: Behold a meer Stranger that notwithstanding his manifold Obligations and personal ingage∣ments to a contrary Discipline in the Church, and different form of Govern∣ment in the State, yet overruled by the ma∣nifest Truth and Honesty of the Kings Cause, breaks through all those Restraints of his Liberty (as far as he may) to tell the thus much plain English Truth; Behold here Geneva's veneration and full vindi∣cation too of thine own Mother the Church of England, as it stood under Episcopacy, traduced here at home by her own spuri∣ous Brood for Superstitious, Popish, Anti∣christian, what not? And this Apology directed to the Assemblymen in answer to their Letter what ever it was. Behold here again a clear Justification of the King, vilified by his own for that for which stran∣gers do admire him; his Clemency, his Inclinations to Peace, his Acts of Grace, &c. Behold here the Root of Gall, that which hath brought forth all these Natio∣nal Mischiefs, the Popular Tumults and Conspiracies pointed at there, as the only Evident Cause of the Kings Divorce from the Parliament. See here by whom poor Ireland was deserted: one thing also thou
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mayst here take notice of from these stan∣ders by, That the Clergy, in their own proper Sphere, may be as fit and as honest, and perhaps in some respect more able, for the good speed of a Treaty, than those that do slight them with utter preterition. Last of all behold here the Loyal and Re∣ligious Subjects only Militia or his own proper Magazine, to witt, the known Laws of the Land, that and Prayer and Submission are the only defensive weapons allowed here by this Master of Fence. I say no more to thee, save only, that I do heartily pity thee, and therefore I do still pray for thee, and for all thy fellow bond∣men, That God will bring into the way of Truth all such as have erred and deceived, Amen.
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See Dr. Deodates Notes on Rom. 1.2. and else∣where.