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7 The Separatist, that speaking of his country, cries he is fled out of Babel, he hath forsaken his mother, therefore denied his Father. And whither runs he? out of the free and clear air of the Gospel, into the stench and irksome mixture of Jews, Arians, Anabaptists. Who but a mad man would forsake the Church of England, which Rome envies, all the world admires; to go to Amsterdam? ⟨p. 394⟩It is their delight to be thwartingly peevish: and where the gate stands open, to be ever seeking for a stile. They will be cross, though they be absurd: and because the Law enjoins abstinence on some certain days; therefore their greatest seals shall be on fridays. Like certain Islanders near to China, that salute by putting off their shoes, because the men of China do it by their hats. He that wrongs the wife, is no friend to the husband: in refusing the Church, they have denied Christ.

7 The Separatist, that speaking of his countrey, cryes he is fled out of Babel, he hath forsaken his mother, therefore denyed his Father. And whither runs he? out of the free and cleare ayre of the Gospell, into the stench and irkesome mixture of Iewes, Arrians, Anabaptists. Who but a mad man would forsake the Church of England, which Rome envies, all the world admires; to goe to Amsterdam? ⟨p. 394⟩It is their delight to be thwartingly peevish: and where the gate stands open, to be ever seeking for a stile. They will be crosse, though they be absurd: and because the Law enjoynes abstinence on some certaine dayes; therefore their greatest seals shall be on frydayes. Like certaine Ilanders neere to China, that salute by putting off their shooes, because the men of China doe it by their hattes. Hee that wrongs the wife, is no friend to the husband: in refusing the Church, they have denyed Christ.

8 The Persecutor, that invades the liberty of those who love the Lord Jesus, denies Christ, Joab smote Absaloms body but therein Davids heart. The rebel says, he means no hurt to the person of the king: but because he doth it to the subjects, he is therefore a traitor: so he that strikes the Christian, strikes Christ. Such shall not escape unpunished, either here or hereafter. Not even Paul himself was transmitted, without feeling what he inflicted. Examine his own testimony,