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Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome…
Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Beadles upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.
London: printed for John Crook, 1659
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To proceed: In or under the Obedience of Rome there is Persecution and that is a better mark of Christs people, then Bellarmines Temporal felicity all that will live godly in Christ Jesus (saith the Apostle) shall suffer persecution; ye shall be hated of all men for my Names sake (saith our Saviour) and so are all they on that side that are less superstitious then others, or dare speak of redress of abuses, yea, there is Martyrdom for a free opposing ⟨p. 81⟩mens traditions, Image-worshippers, Purgatory, and the like.
To proceed: In or under the Obedience of Rome there is Persecution and that is a better mark of Christs people, then Bellarmines Temporal felicity all that will live godly in Christ Iesus (saith the Apostle) shall suffer persecution; ye shall be hated of all men for my Names sake (saith our Saviour) and so are all they on that side that are less superstitious then others, or dare speak of redress of abuses, yea, there is Martyrdome for a free opposing ⟨p. 81⟩mens traditions, Image-worshipers, Purgatory, and the like.
Add, that inobedience to this call of Christ, there do some come daily from thence, and in truth how could our Saviour, call his people from thence if he had none there? How could the Apostles say that Antichrist from whose captivity they are called shall sit in the Temple of God (since that Jerusalem is finally and utterly desolated) unless the same Apostle otherwhere declaring himself had showed us his meaning, that the Church is the house of God, and again,1 ye are the Temple of the living God, and the Temple of God is Holy, which are ye; It will be said that there are on that side many gross errors, many open Idolatries, and superstitions, so as those which live there must needs be either partakers of them and like ⟨p. 82⟩