A Second Admonition to Edward Bagshaw, Postscript
Poſtſcript.
REader, ſince the Writing of this, two things have faln out which make it a more diſpleaſing work to me than it was before; And I am ſorry that Mr. Bagſhaw made it neceſſary. The one is, that (as the current report ſaith) he is again in Priſon, for Refuſing the Oath of Allegiance: And I naturally abhorre to trample upon a ſuffering perſon (which hath cauſed me to ſay ſo little againſt the Armies and Sectarian miſcarriages ſince their diſſolution and dejection in compariſon of what I did before in the time of their proſperity.) The other is, The Printing of the Life of Mr. Vavaſor Powel, which hath ſo many good things in it, that I fear leſt the mention of his falſe Prophecies (extorted by Mr. Bagſhaw, who firſt publiſhed alſo his name as the Author of them) ſhould abate their exemplary uſe.
But yet I muſt give this notice to forreigners and poſterity, that they muſt not judge either of the JUDGEMENT or the SUFFERINGS of the Non-conformiſts by theſe mens: It is not for refuſing the Oath of Allegiance that they are ſilenced, and ſuffer as they do: nor do they conſent to the words which conclude the life of Mr. Powel, That ſince ſuch a time he hath learnt that we muſt pray for our preſent Rulers as ſinners, but not as Magiſtrates. No man can truly ſay that ſuch Doctrines as theſe have been proved againſt any conſiderable part of the Miniſters that are now caſt out, or that they were depoſed and ſilenced for ſuch things, ſeeing they commonly take the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy.
And how far the ejected Miniſters of Scotland are from the Principles of Separation, Mr. Browne a Learned Scottiſh Divine hath ſhewed in the Preface of a Learned Treatiſe Newly Publiſhed in Latine againſt Wolzogius and Velthuſius, (even while he ſaith moſt againſt receding from a Reformation;) overthrowing the Tenents maintained by our two or three Engliſh Brownes, which formerly were called Browniſme. (Though the ſame mans numerous reaſonings againſt the derivation of the Magiſtrates Office from the Power of the Mediator, I waite for leiſure to refell.)
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