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are mflictiogupon Ui«in. For, 1 believe, before God. and id bis protection, T dare to utter it, tbiit my owi^ church is tmoslatin;^' fipiritual tnith into intellectual forms aft zealotiily' as ever the Papists did translate tbcm into sensual larma, and that the " dry rot of infidelity" working as ha*ttily berde^tnictlon, as Ihe fermeo- tatfoa of sensual lust is working thedowofal of the Papacy. And I believe, moreover, that in the ruling party oftbe Church of Engird, there isasmncbof formnlityand I'hari^aism, and a.<Emiich tf not more hatred of •ipiritu^l truth than lit the Pnpacy, which hath retreats where piety pours itself out unseen. And that, take it for all in dl^ the Church ol England, though pure in doctnne, and devout in prayer, bath» from total want of diaciplinct no right to be considered at a cburdi, but as a mere nationsil inRtitiition where Christian doctrine it preached. And I believe, moreover, that the' Dissenting bodies are becoming generally so po- litical and sectarian, not to nay radical in tlieir spirit, and so invaded with popular fccUngi commanded and overawed hyit, that theSpti God it very closely confin^, aiid sorely grieved, and much quenched amongat them. And to ihe' Evangelical body of the Church of Engiatid, which I did once look upon ss a titar in the gloom, and to Ihe spiritual of all churches and sects (for it it the work of the Spirit blowing where he listeth), 1 have tins to my, that if ihey will preach lest a dogmalical. and mure a p^rHonal GuHpel; that it, present the persons of the Godhead, thi pvrpOMng, thus spcaktni?, and tlins aciini*, for' men, rather than the abatract purpose, word, aiul' action, if they w.ll go about to separate a church^ VIK] inKLAHDa EVIL GOKDITIOK. 1225 rrotn the worldly tuasK by presen'in^ the aacra- meiiU. tho3C bulwarks of the visible church, full of mcaQiagp and pure in application, as far as man ca» preserve tlivin, tiit? I#onl loay be pleased to make thvm tlie bearers cf hi^ fitandard ; bul if not, (and faint, faint arc my bopetf.) if itiey go about to court the favour of priocefi and prelates, and put their trust in tbcir growing nunib<;rs, or in their Shibboiethfi of sballowefit doctnnc. or lit their BtTuurite [>reachers& mid approved hookft, tbea let thctn mark that it wa» spoken and »aid unto them by one that loves them maeb, though biro Ihcy have little loved, that ihcy aUo shall die away bkc an untimely birth, and bring forth no fniit of refbrmutiun to the land, and ahull be cast out witli that general caAting out of t