Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace, Tract 1 · Part 2 · Subpart 1
Probabilities againſt the Separatiſts ſchiſme.
FIrſt, from the likelihoods (ſo I call the firſt reaſons, that they may not *A ſin vnbefitting men, profeſſing to go ſo farre beyond all other in puritie: yet I wiſh it were not vſuall in them.ſcoffe at them, had I iudged them more ſolide arguments) and great probabilities that that way is not good:
I. Is the noueltie therof differing from I. Likelihood.all the beſt reformed Churches in Chriſtendome: The guides in that way with colours of the opinions of the reformed Churches, and with ſome ſhewes of like practiſe in ſome things, doe perſwade their hearers, that the one and the other differ almoſt nothing: but if their words be true; I. why will they not ioyne vntountoThey differ much euen in things of great moment from the reformed Churches beyond the ſeas: elſe why ioyne they not with them? and why doth Barrow condemne their gouernment as falſe? them, if the difference be ſo ſmall? Saint Paul himſelfe would not, neither taught the Diſciples, to ſeparate from the euill diſpoſed Iewes, but only when they obſtinately reſiſted to receiue the outward profeſſion of Chriſt, and did blaſphemouſly raile on him, Act. 19. 9.
II. Howſoeuer they call them true conſtituted Churches, yet are they ſo farre from reuerencing them therefore, as Barrow calleth their way, in contempt of it, a ſillie Preſbyterie and Elderſhip: and in hatred thereof, perfidie and apoſtaſie; the building of a falſe Church to the Harlot, a ſecond beaſt. Yea Barrow and Greenwood doe auouch it as new, ſtrange and Antichriſtian, as preiudicial to the libertie of Saints, to the power, right, and duties of the whole Church, as (they thinke) the gouernment by the Biſhops is. Such as ſeeke that kinde of reformation, he calleth wretched diſciples of Caluine, counterfeit reformiſts, tranſgreſſors of the worſhip of God, diſturbers, and violaters of the holie order which Chriſt eſtabliſhed. Their writings for it, he calleth pernicious forgeries, and ſacrilegious prophanation of Gods holie ordinance, their owne timber, and ſtubble deuices. Whatſoeuer therefore they now ſay, except they publikely in print diſclaime theſe opinions of Barrow and Greenwood herein, they are as farre out of liking with other Churches as with ours, and can like none, but ſuch as are from and after their owne deuiſed conſtitution.
Sithence then their owne mouthes and preſent practiſe witneſſe the noueltie of their way from all the world; it is …euitie to entertaine a new deuice ſuddenly; it is dangerous to forſake all Chriſtian Churches in the world for it: and it is a proud preſumption to imagine themſelues to ſee, what other yet neuer ſaw, neither can bee made to ſee …y any thing they yet publiſhed, (viz. …hat their deuice is the onelyonly truth) and to goe away with ſo peremptoric condemnation of all other Churches, to be …alſe Churches: for theſe men now li…ing doe call ours a falſe Church, and Barrow you ſee calleth that forme of gouernment in reformed Churches, a …alſe forme, and the building of a falſe Church vntounto Antichriſt, yea to bee the ſecond beaſt: what can be ſaid more againſt vsus?
II. For that it agreeth ſo much with the II. Likelihood, See for this M. Gyfford againſt Browniſts.ancient Schiſmatikes, condemned in former ages by holy and learned men: Such were the Luciferians, Donatiſts, Nouatians, and Audians. And leſt men might think that theſe are not to bee likened to the anciēt Schiſmatikes, in reſpect of ſoundNothing commendable in theſe new Schiſmatikes, in which the ancient Schiſmatikes heretofore were not commended, and yet of the Church condemned. Vide Mornae…m de Eccleſia. truths which theſe hold, and for that theſe be of ſo religious a conuerſation; let ſuch vnderſtand, that Lucifer was baniſhed and ſuffered perſecution for the faith of Chriſt agreed vponupon in the Nicene Councell: So did Nouatus vnderunder the Emperour Maximinian. It is ſaid of the Donatiſts, that they beleeued one and the ſame things, that they were baptiſed, and did baptiſe after one ſort with the Churches of God then. Of Audius it is reported by Epiphanius that he was vpright in life, in faith, and full of zeale towards God: and can any thing more be ſaid in commendation of any? and yet neuertheleſſe for ſeparating themſelues from the Churches, becauſe of corruptions, they were condemned for their Schiſme, into which after they were fallen, they perſiſting obſtinately in the ſame, were left of God to their particular conceits, which afterwards bred further miſchiefe; wherein alſo they as willingly ſtood, as in the former beginnings. Heretikes are full of craft and ſubtiltie; Schiſmatikes more plaine and of paſſionate affection: but both wilfull in their courſes, as experience doth teach.
III. The manner of defending their opinions, III. Likelihood. The truth… needes not ſuch ill means to maintaine it.and prouing their aſſertions: I. By ſtrange expoſitions of the Scripture, cō trarie to the generall and conſtant opinion of Diuines, for which, one chiefe leader of the latter companie is reprehended by diuers godlie and learned men extant vnderunder hand writing. II. By pulling and writhing the Scriptures to their opinions, and alleaging many impertinently,See Doctor Alliſons Confutation of Browniſme, in which he confuteth the Browniſts deſcription of a viſible Church for which they are reproued of one, who hath challenged the chiefe of the Church of Amſterdam, to anſwere about twentie poſitions; which another principall member, amongſt this latter companie, hath alſo.
This note by the way: that to deuiſe firſt a courſe in a mans head, and then toBeware of this. goe ſeeke for Scripture to maintaine it, is the breeder of all hereſie, ſchiſme, and what not? an abuſe of holie truth: for no lie is of the truth, and it is to make the holy and bleſſed Spirit of God a nurſe of impietie and euils: a horrible ſinne.
But to ſhew you, that hauehave not obſerued the deceit in their allegations of Scripture (which is done diuers waies) obſerue theſe things carefully.
I. In quoting Scripture by the way,They abuſe the Scriptures, and miſleade the Reader thereby diuers waies. that is, for things comming in vponupon occaſion, but nothing to the maine point: by which to the ſimple they would ſeeme to ſpeake nothing but Scripture, when, indeed the maine point conſidered, they ſpeak nothing leſſe then Scripture, as if all ſpake for the controuerted queſtion, when in truth it is nothing ſo.
II. By vrging commandements, admonitions, exhortations, dehortations, reprehenſions, godly examples, & ſuch like, not to proue corruption, or wants, (when good things impoſed are not done, and euill forbidden are not auoided) but to prooue a falſitie, which cannot be. As for example, the fift Commandement biddeth a childe to be obe…iēt to his parents, and Chriſts example of obedience to his parents ſhewes that …t ſo ought to be: but ſhall we therfore conclude, that hee which is not anſwe…able to the commandement and ex…mple of Chriſt is a falſe childe, or ra…her, that he is a diſobedient and not a good childe? and yet if you doe marke …heir Scriptures, they doe alleage much againſt vsus and our Churches, to this purpoſe, which is an vtter abuſe of thē.
III. In alleaging Scripture, not to proue the thing, for which to the ſimple …t ſeemeth to bee alleaged, but for that which they take for granted, and is the matter in controuerſie, and often hardly fit for that. As for example, one of them ſaith, that al ye truth is not taught in our Church: and to prooue this he citeth Act. 20. 21. where the Apoſtle ſaith, hee kept nothing backe, but ſhewed all the whole coūſell of God: Ergo, the Church of England doth not teach all the truth of God: which is the matter in queſtion and vnreproued: this ſhould rather hauehave been gathered, that therefore eueryevery Miniſter ought to hold nothing backe, b… ſhould teach the whole will of God and not, becauſe the Apoſtle did ſo therfore we do not ſo. In their writing may be ſound ſuch quotations.
IV. By bringing in places, ſettingSee their book of the deſcription of a viſible Church, and obſerue the quoted places anſwered by Doctor Alliſon. foorth the inuiſible Church, the excellencie and graces thereof, and holineſſe of the members, to ſet foorth the viſible Church by, as being proper thereto: as 1. Pet. 2. 9. 10. and ſuch places, * which is as much as to make the proper qualities of a mans ſoule, to bee the qualitie… of the bodie properly. And thus they deale with the Scripture to vphold their cauſe.
Another way and manner of defendingAnother deceiueable way, which they entangle their followers by. their courſe, is by inferences; as, If that be true, this muſt follow: and therfore obiect to them their poſitions out of their own conceiued order, they cannot confirme them by themſelues with euident Scriptures, but muſt firſt ſet eueryevery one in their ranke and place, and ſo deduce one thing out of another; and by inferences and references (a deceiueable practiſe) the ſimple are intangled, who cannot conſider of antecedent, and …eceſſarie conſequence, nor compare …ings together.
*Note this.And a crooked way hath many win…ngs; but neceſſarie truthes of God to …luation (as they hold their opinions to …ee) though one depend vponupon another, …et may euidence of truth bee brought …r eueryevery one of them ſeuerally, without …ch inferences and references, ouer…helming the wits of the ſimple, and o…erIn what thing firſt to be informed, to iudge rightly in this controuerſie. of better vnderſtanding, not being …orowly acquainted with the cauſe, …nd with other grounds of the true do…rine of the Church, to diſcerne there…y the deceiueableneſſe thereof; and without which, none ſhall euer be able … diſallow or allow of our courſe, or …eirs, but generally and in confuſion, …s moſt do.
It is therefore maruellous with me to …onſider ſo many ſimple people, to bee … peremptorie in the cauſe, profeſſing … ſoone, to ſee the truth ſo euidently, …nd can ſo peartly champer againſt all …f vsus, and condemne vsus all for falſe Chri…ians, falſe Churches, and ſo forth: but would to God they yet were leſſe con…eited, and more humble, for their own good and the welfare of Iſrael, the people of God.
IV. Likelihood is, that they hauehave not the IV. Likelihood. See M. Junius three godly and learned letters to thē of Amſterdam: and a petition made to the G…ours by the other Engliſh Church. See more for this in the end of the booke.approbation of any of the reformed Churches for their courſe. They hauehave written to ſome learned beyond the ſeas, and hauehave publiſhed their confeſſion, but without allowance: and yet do all reformed Churches giuegive vsus the right hād of fellowſhip, as a true Church of God, whom theſe condemne as Antichriſtian and falſe: now it is an eſpeciall property of the true viſible Church, to be able to diſcerne of true viſible members thereto belonging; elſe who are they of mankind, to whom God hath reuealed this neceſſarie truth? The ſpirituall man diſcerneth all things, 1. Cor. 2. 15. euen the Word, and the true Teachers of the Word; how much more the Church viſible by the Word?
V. The condemnation of this way by V. Likelihood.our owne Diuines, both liuing and dead, against whom, either for godlineſſe of life, or truth of doctrine (otherwiſe then for being their oppoſites) they can take no exception; vnleſſe they will be Barrow-like in eueryevery point.
Doctor Whitaker (the Regius ProfeſſorDocter Whitakers lib. de Eccleſ. in the Vniuerſitie of Cambridge) calleth them new Schiſmatikes: and he ſpake not as a man raſh, fierie, or ignorant: but iudiciouſly, as learned, and in the ſpirit of ſobriety and meekneſſe, being a man farre from violence of paſſion.M. Perkins on the Creede.
Maſter Perkins (a famous man) ſaith, they are excommunicators of themſelues.
Bredwell againſt Browne, calleth theirBredwel. courſe a by-path.
Touching their reaſons maintaining their aſſertions, Doctor Willet ſaith, theyDoctor Willet. are ridiculous, more worthie to bee laughed at, then anſwered. And Maſter Perkins calleth them paper ſhotte.
The ſpirit wherewith Barrow and Greenwood were led, is iudged by many Diuines (ſetting downe ioyntly their iudgement thereof) to bee the ſpirit of lying, railing, ſcoffing: and (as another ſaith) of pride and inſolencie. How true they ſpeake of the forenamed men, ſhall appeare by that which followes: and how farre the ſucceeding ſort are from the ſame, let ſuch as by experiēce know, ſpeake. If they amend herein, it ſhallbe taken notice of; and the ſinnes of other yet partaked in, not bee laid to their charge. It ſeemeth Maſter Perkins iudgedIn a Treatiſe, … applie the Word to the conſciēce. as hee found in ſome of them, who calleth them an indiſcreete and Schiſmaticall company; full of pride in perſwaſion of knowledge; euill ſpeakers of the bleſſed ſeruants of God; affirming that the poyſon of Aſpes is vnderunder their lippes.
Touching the cauſes of their outbreake, one (a godly man in the Epiſtle before his booke called the true watch) doth propound two queſtions to them, and withall ſhewes how it commeth to paſſe that they ſo leaue vsus. A conceitNone of theſe guides of the latter ſort did fall to this courſe, before they were in trouble, and could not enioy their libertie, as they deſired. VI. Likelihood. (ſaith hee) of their owne perfection, diſcontentment withall, and vncharitableneſſe hath cauſed this grieuous rend; What M. Doctor Alliſon, M. Cartwright; M. Iames. M. Rogers. M. Henrie Smith and others moe, hauehave iudged of them, their labours being extant I referre men thereto, as tedious here to relate.
VI. The Lords iudgement giuing ſentence with vsus and against them. I. The bleſſing of God vponupon vsus in our Miniſterie, by which people are wonne truelySaint Paul auoided this. to ſanctification of life; whereas they worke, but vponupon the labours of other men, for want of a bleſſing from God herein to themſelues; which becauſe they hauehave not, they deſpiſe the bleſſing, ſaying, A foole may beget a child, but it is Yet by the begetting he is a child, and not by education; and S. Paul held it more honor to beget, then to build vp. See Rom. 15. 20.a point of wiſdome to bring it vp. Thus baſely hauehave ſome of them made compariſon of the conuerſion of a ſinner, (for which Angels reioyce) with their new conſtitution.
II. The bleſſing of God and his outſtretched arme aſſiſting vsus, walking in our way with the reformed Churches, who hath from Luthers time (to aſcend2. Cor. 10. 15. 16. no higher) made proſperous our way by him & other glorious inſtruments, and in few yeares ſpread the truth into many nations, that wherſoeuer they came, they left conſtant Teachers, propagating the ſame truth, which yet is bleſſed in the hearts of many whereſoeuer the truth commeth. But contrariwiſe, it ſeemethBredwel ſaith a legible corſe of God hath been vponupon it. the Lord was from the beginning offended with their courſe, manifeſtlie ſhewed in their chiefe Leaders, of which, the firſt came to as fearefull an end as Iudas did, Bolton by name, theBolton. firſt broacher of this way, as M. Gyfford ſaith; which end the Lord letteth not his ſpeciall inſtruments come vntounto, to wit, thoſe which he calles forth otherwiſe then after a common courſe, either to plant Churches, as Apoſtles, or to reforme them, as Eliah, Eliſha, and Iohn Baptist in former time; or as Wicliffe, Iohn Hus, Luther, Caluin, and the reſt in theſe latter daies. The Lord was with theſe, as he promiſeth to bee with his, Geneſ. 12. 3. Matth. 28. 20. Ioſu. 1. 9.
The next man to this was Browne, Browne, and other moe of note amongſt them.whom the Lord forſooke and aſſiſted him not that new way (as he would, had he ſet him on work) diſclaimed his profeſſion, and did alſo very wicked things, during his continuance in that courſe, as the letter of Harriſon his companion, printed by M. Bredwell doth ſhew. Of any ſuch deſertion of the Lords owne extraordinarie inſtruments in his cauſe, one ſo after another, can we neuer reade of, let them not inſtance Iudas.
Next ſucceeded Barrow and Greenwood, Pag. 24. 25. 26. Barrow and Greenvvood.poſſeſſed with a fearefull ſpirit of rayling and ſcoffing, as ſhall after bee ſhewed; into which curſed ſpeaking they fell aboue all that euer we heard or can reade of, pretending ſuch holineſſe. There cannot any inſtrument of God bee nominated, who euer filling their mouthes with bitternes of rayling, and curſed ſpeaking, as theſe hauehave done againſt all the people of God, and holie things of God practiſed amongſt vsus.
After them roſe vp the two brethren,Iohnſons. the two brethren. See George Iohnſons book. both Iohnſons, vponupon whom the Lord ſent (rayſed vp, vponupon a ſmall occaſion) an euill ſpirit of hatefull and fierie contention, which ſo burnt vp both ſpirituall louelove, (if any were) and naturall alſo, as the one of them, George the yonger, forgetting their profeſſion and way (wherein for holines they were ſeparated from other) & alſo brotherlie louelove, became a diſgracefull Libeller, loading his brother, and other moe, with reproches of ſhame & great infamy, & that in print to abide for euer. The other now liuing, was ſo diuided from him againe, as that hee brake fellowſhip with his brother, and with his owne father (whoGeorge his booke, page 6. took part with his ſonne George againſt him, and curſed him with all the curſes in Gods book) and this breach was confirmed by the heauy ſentence of excommunication, and ſo did he deliuer vp his father & brother to the diuell; in which ſtate they ſtood till death, for ought yet publiſhed to ſhew the contrarie. Oh dreadful beginnings and full of horror! Is the cauſe the Lords? There may bee contentions in the Church, & amongſt the beſt: but Paul and Barnabas did not ſo farre euer runne.
Now that they be come to a certaineWhy God doth not now ſo deale in that high meaſure with the reſt. head; whereto (as ſeemeth by the Lords croſſing their firſt beginnings, as he did Balaam) they hauehave now attained, as it were, whether God will or no. He ſuffers them, as he did Balaam, to goe on, and proceeds not ſo in that manner, by iudgement viſible. But doth God like that afterwards at any time, which at firſt he did hate? no ſurely: inſtance in Balaam, M. Bornit a Teacher died in priſon of the plague, Gods fearefull correcting rod vponupon offenders. And it may ſeeme that God would not hauehave had M. Smith to hauehave gone that way, by ſo often thwarting his iudgement. I. To publiſh in print on the Lords Prayer, againſt that way, and for as much. II. In falling into it after, againe vnderunder his hand to renounce the principles of that way called Browniſme. III. Brought againe to like it, but not wholly, for he held ſome true Church, ſome true Paſtors here, and did diſlike the diſtinction of true and falſe Church in reſpect of vsus: then went hee, and conferred with certaine godly and learned men, whereby he became ſo ſatisfied, as he kneeled downe, and in prayer praiſed God, that he was not miſled farther, and was ſo reſolued, as hee purpoſed to diſſwade his Tutor M. Iohnſon, from the ſame, ſaying, hee would goe to Amſterdam for that end. This will be, and is confidently auouched by diuers then there preſent. Beſides theſe croſſes in iudgement, the Lord did chaſtiſe him with ſickneſſe nigh vntounto death, to cōſider better with himſelfe yet of his courſe: and this alſo was by ſome applied vntounto him: and with all theſe, a dauntableneſſe of ſpirit with feare, not daring to be bold to ſuffer for the cauſe here with vsus, did continually accompany him. Thus it ſeemeth, that God would more then by an ordinarie courſe taken, hauehave reclaimed him, if either inward diſtractions, or Gods ſpeciall outward meanes vſed to recouer him, might hauehave preuailed, but Gods ſecret counſell ſhall ſtand: behold the end. His owne former iudgement, hisNote well. hand writing, his owne mouth in prayer to God, godly mens teſtimonies, Gods correcting hand, all theſe openly are againſt him.
Secondly, this hand of God may bee ſeene partly in ſuch as are miſledde that way. Some of them, in our way (which they call corrupt and falſe) were ſo protected by the Lord, as they liued vnreproueable from notable crimes: but comming to them, hauehave been forſaken of God (for what is it elſe?) that they did fall into very deteſtable vncleannes, as M. White mentioneth in his booke.
This I note, not that I thinke any Church can be pure, or that there is any ſinne, which the diuell may not draw ſome into, who make faire profeſſiō; or that the whole aſſemblie there doth allow ſuch: it is far from me ſo to thinke; but I therefore note it, as Gods teſtimonie with vsus, where abiding truely fearing God, or but making an apparent ſhew thereof, hee doth ſo preſerue vsus heere, as we cannot be tainted (though no ſuch watch bee kept one ouer another, as were to be wiſhed) with ſuch euils, as men that forſake vsus (with ſuch condemnation as they doe, who entertaine that way) do often dreadfully fall into. What is this but a likelihood of the Lords witneſſing againſt them?
Beſides this befalling ſome, there is an euill (the Lord open their eyes to ſee it) which hath ſeaſed vponupon moſt of th… generallie, not onelyonly that they cannot apprehend theſe things, but alſo herein, that as ſoone as they bee entred into that way, they are ſo therewith bewitched (that I may ſo ſay) as they bee nothing like themſelues, in what was laudable and good in them: before humble and tractable, then proud and wilfull: before they can feele the Word worke, after if but inclinable that way, then they iudge the Miniſter to hauehaveReade Doctor Downames Epiſtle to the Reader before his ſecond Sermon. loſt the power of his Miniſterie, becauſe they themſelues are in affection altered: blaming the Teacher, when they are in fault themſelues. They can with vnderſtanding ſtanding diſcerne betweene cauſe and cauſe, reaſon & reaſon: but thē they lick vp al which commeth from themſelues, as Oracles, be they neuer ſo abſurd: As to thinke that the ſpitte was the Altar wherupon the Paſſeouer was ſacrificed: That there was no conuerſion in a true Church; when, indeed there is conuerſion to ſanctification, though not to open profeſſion of Chriſt: That priuiledges and properties are all one: That one man hath all the power of Chriſt, and right thereto, as the whole aſſemblie. That godly men cānot chuſe them helpers to further their ſaluation, if any one open offender do ioyne with them therein. That if one man depart (after the manner) from one Church for corruptions, and ſo from all the true Churches in the world, which are corrupted, the true Church doth remaine in him only. And many ſuch conceits taken vp as truthes with greedineſſe, when moſt manifeſt verities of God, confirmed by ſound reaſon, and explained by moſt euident ſimilitudes, cannot be apprehended, as either taſting of truth, or reaſon: What is this, but a ſpirituall beſotment?
Before they bee in that fraternitie, they can feele in thēſelues liuely markes of the children of God, and can iudge ſo of other, and ſo imbrace them: but then afterwards they can be content to be perſwaded againſt former faith, and ſenſible feeling, to thinke that neither they themſelues had, nor any other (out of their way) hath any outward markes of the children of God, & ſo do fall into vtter diſlike of their owne former graces, the goodneſſe of God in other, and the power of God, working by our Miniſters, and all for that they be not within the compaſſe of their parke; as if a Deere had loſt his ſhape, for not being within the pale, where perhappes hee ſhould be. Is not this a ſpirituall fooliſhnes?
If their way (which in eueryevery particular they hold is as much knowne to me, as our way is to them) ſhould bee ſo abhorred of vsus, and eueryevery good thing of ours therein, as they do vsus and our way, only vponupon the good liking of the good mercies of God, which we doe poſſeſſe; I ſhould thinke verely, God had depriued vsus of common reaſon, as not diſcerning betweene good and euill; and might looke for a fearefull curſe, for calling euill good, or good euill, as they do the beſt things we hauehave, becauſe of corruptions.
VII. The ill ſucceſſe it hath had theſe VII. Likelihood. It hath had ill ſucceſſe.very many yeeres, being no more increaſed. The increaſing of God is not ſo: for it is like Iſaacs increaſe, hundreds for one, and that in a ſhort time, if hee begin to ſet men on work. We ſee his hand with Luther moſt miraculouſly, when he began, the Lord in larged his people mightily: but theſe hauehave bin here and there vp, and againe caſt down, and hauehave gotten no ſure footing by the ſpecial power of God. See how the Lord aſſiſted and managed his truth, when hee raiſed vp inſtrumēts not ordinarie, as theſe would be held, who onelyonly hauehave a toleration in another countrie, where the enemies ofIſrael left not Egypt without Pharaohs leaue, nor the Iewes Babylon without Cyrus conſent. Ieſus Chriſt (blaſphemous Iewes, and other Heretikes) may be, as well as true Chriſtians: which courſe as wee neuer read vſed of God (to raiſe vp men in one nation, and gather them to carrie them into another of a ſtrange language, as Ezechiel ſpeaketh, chap. 3. 6. and that without either leaue or compulſion in many): ſo will he neuer bleſſe ſuch new deuices held vp with ſuch waies and meanes.
To conclude, they leaue rather a curſeThey hinder the word where they come, a curſe not a bleſſing doth follow where they ariſe. M. R. then a bleſſing where they come, ſo as good things little proſper after them. They are like a ſcorching flame, ſwinging where it cōmeth, that the growth of things are hindred by it: So ſaid one (that is now amongſt them) before hee went that way: thus can men ſo obſerue and diſcerne before, and be blind afterwards.
And thus much of the likelihoods that the way cannot bee good, which I will conclude with that godlie Hezechias prayer, 2. Chron. 30. 18. Now the good Lord be mercifull vntounto him, that prepareth his heart to ſeeke the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not clenſed, according to the purification of the Sanctuarie. And the Lord heard Hezechias and healed the people. Euen ſo now Lord Ieſus. Amen.