Gods blessed truth being of that value that, in defence thereof, his meekest seruants will stir, and the mildest fight before it shall be indamaged by their forbearance: Our assurance through Gods mercy, of that we professe, and the benefite of our faith, and the certaine knowledge of our aduersaries vngodly and reprobate practises against it, is such, that no course of theirs can discourage vs, no contention beate vs off, no importunity make vs shrinke from that which we know to be the truth. when the Canaanites stopped their wels, opened them againe, and would neuer yeeld the inheritance of their master to the heards men of Gerar, no more can we endure the truth of religion to be choaked with Popish heresies, or the inheritance of our Lord to be taken from vs by the Swaines of Rome: Nazianz orat.
This is the reason why the cause of religion, and the state of our Church, this day vnder your Highnesse most happy gouernement, is so deare and acceptable to vs, that the opposition and violence of our greatest enemies can neuer make vs weary of defending it but as the seruants of Isaac, Gen. saith Dauid, is better to me then thousands of gold and siluer. MOst dread and renowned Soueraigne, may it please your excellent Maiestie: Such is the power of true Religion, and the hope that all men haue to be deliuered from error and their naturall miserie, and to attaine supernaturall and eternall good thereby, that they which haue tasted it cleaue vnto it more then to all the hopes of this life beside: The law of thy mouth, Psal. TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAIESTIE, IAMES, BY THE grace of God King of great Brittaine, France and Ireland: defender of the Faith. This material was created by the Text Creation Partnership in partnership with ProQuest's Early English Books Online, Gale Cengage's Eighteenth Century Collections Online, and Readex's Evans Early American Imprints.
A Table of the Questions and Controuersies, either purposely and largely handled, or, by occasion, briefly falling out, betweene my Aduersary and me, in this Defence.TO THE KINGS MOST EXCELLENT MAIESTIE, IAMES, BY THE grace of God King of great Brittaine, France and Ireland: defender of the Faith.
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