Io8 Queftions and Anfwe.rs 9.Cornmand. and godly pureneffè and not infiefhliewifdome but by the gritceof (OD they haue bad their donuerfation in thoworlde as Paul fayd to the Corinthiansofhimfelfe. Quell. what ifIfetnofalfe colour on ,butonely eon ceileatrtuth and frynothín;? flnfw. It bath bcen (hewed before that infame cafes and times it islawefullfoto doo,as by name,when it may flande bothwith my loue to God and my brother. But ifit be contrarie toboth thefe,or to either ofthefe,then is it wicked and vngodly.And then ( faith theholy Ghoft ) The fearcfts ll 7ial lbauetheirportioninthelakethatburnah with fire and brimflone,which is the fecorddeath.And Hieroms comparifonis goo d; ifwe may not for our life denie any way atrueth, much leffeaflurcdly for leffercaufes. Yca be readie ever ( faieth,el'eter) in matters of faith to glue an account of the hope that is withinyou,to any that shall aske you a reafon thereof. Queft. Ton promifed before taadjointin the ende , more examples of godsiuflrcevpon this finneoffa lfewitneffëbearing,andnowei youwil 1, youmayperformeityfoconcludethis commandement for inallthinges elfe, I amfufficient y fatisfied. Anfw. Firft confider the punifhmcnt allotted to it by erpreffe vvorde ofthc Lord, in this worlde euen to rcape by iuft fentence ofthe iudgc, whatfoeuer he by his falfe Dana 9,16. witneffe had thought to haue brought vpon an other, life for life, hand for hand, eye for ICor.6.1o. eye,tooth for rooth,footc forfootc,without any pitie or fparing,and in the worlde to come euerlaflinodeath. Then ifyou will remember alfo what Eufebiue writeth ofthe ac- cufets- ofAfarciffmBifhopofBierufalcm: How 3. euill difpofed perfons that feting the foundnes and graue conffancie of his vrtuous life,and fearing their owne punifh- ment ( as.a ccnfcience that is gyiktç,is alwaies fearfull ) thought to prcuent his accu- fations with a great othe;onewiflttgg to be deflroyed with fire ifhe fayd not true,the other to be confumed with grieuouS ficknes , the third to loofe both his ties if they did lie. 1\arciffus "althoughba4ing his confcience cleare, yet not able being but one man to withfland the accufation bound with fuch oathes,gaue place & removed him - felffrom the multitude into a foli ary defers by himfelfe , where he continued by the fpace of many yeares. In the mane time to them which fo willingly and wickedly forfware them felues this hapned. The firft by cafualty of one little fparke of fire, was brent with all his goods and family : The fecond was taken with a great ficknesfrom the top to the toe,and detoured with the fame. The thirde hearing and Peeing the pu- nifhmcnt ofthc other confefhedhis fault, but through great repentance powred out fuch teares,that lice loft both his eyes. And thu;was their falfe,periurie and witneffe- bearingpunifhed. Narciffus after long abfence returning home againe was by this meaner both cleared of his faelandrefloredto his Bifhopricke again. Another good Rorie to this end is that of king Canutus the Dane,who being eßablifhed Male king. dome,caufed a parliament at London, where (amongfi other things there debated) it was propounded veto theBifhoppes,Bartons,and Lords of the parliament there pre- fent,whether that in the compofition made betwixt Edmond and Canutou any fpeciall remembrance was made for the children or brethren of Edmond for any particion of aniepartoftheland, WheruntotheEnid), Lordsfalfelyflatteringwiththeking ,and fpeaking againft theire ownemindes as alto againfi their natiuc countrcy, anfwered and fayd,nay : Afpinningmoreouer with an oath and for the kings pleafure,thatthey to the vttermofi oftheir powers would put offthe bloud of Edmond in all that they might. By reafon of which aunfwere and promife , they thought ( many ofthem) to haue purchafed with theking great fauour.But by the iuftretribution ofGod it chan- ced farre otherwife. For many ofthem,or the molt part, fuch fpecially as Canutus did perceiue to be fwornebefore time to Edmond and bis heires, and allo confidering that they were natiue Englifh men,he miflrufted and difdayned euer after. In fo much that fome he exiled & a great fort he beheaded , fomeby Gods punifhment died fodaine- ly. See therefore the heart and halide of the Lorde againft a falfe witneffe. Many hi- flocks are there to this end, And many experiences cum now adaics ofGods iuftpla- gucs vpon this finue. ButI will not runne ouer them now.Eafilie may they be turned to in our owne Church Rorie. Onely there two I cannot omit. Firfl hove Hamclton the Scot being brought vnto his death by the falfe accufation of a falfc Frier called Campbel,
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