1 334 of the Richman andLazarus. that the wicked Lane. He knowethhowweake ourbraixes are to beare theílrong W9ne of profperity; and therefore Hee ; fometintes) makes vs to drsnkke bitteraduertities out of a weaker cup .And who candeny that it is farre better to creepe,with fafety,then to clime todefirutlion?&fo better tokeepe on the lowground, then to rife and fall. Andnow thirdly, thisdar,9nedfoule,thorigh he couldnot be ignorant, how litle,nay,hownothing thenecromancy that he fpake of, could profit any to true conuerfion,feeingtheword is fuf.. ficient: yet becaufe hee loued to be contentious , and to take fide again godly truth, hee holdeth himfelfe fafl tohis former falfeground, which was, that good might be recey- ued by thepreachingofmen from thedead. But this is(after)as truely denyed byAbraham,as it was Doc3 falfly auouched by him,verf.3 i.where we learn,thatnone from thedead dideuer yet conuert foulr. Therefore it was forbidden to the Ifraell of God, to'aslte counfellat thedead: Deus. 1_8. I I. And amongother fumes, wherewith the Lord profelfed himfelfe tohaue been angred by rebellious 1/raell, one was,thatthey remained amongthegraues, efa, 65.4. that is(as it is expounded,Efa, 8.19)were Necroman- cers : andfought vnto them that had familiar fpilrits, and that could diuine. But Lazarus the brotherofMarthawas raifed by Chrift:after he had bin fouredaies inhisgrasse, lo.t 1.39. Did the legs for that,beleesse?nay, but rather theyconfsslred toput him todeath? loh. z 2. tu, Alfo , Chrit rayfed himfelfe from the dead. Why did not the /ewes caretoheare him ? rather they bribed thefeuldyers to becye his Refurretion. Math: 28, 12, I 3, I 4. Further,when Chrjrofe,many dead Saints(his bed.fellowes)rofe with him;and were feene in the holle cittie,Math: 27.52.53 . were the !eweseuer a whit the better for it, to tlHeir conuerfion ? nay,but they were more hardned rather in their vnbelee fe. The reafonr. That this cannotopen theheart, in the point ofFastb, muff needes /hut it ; And nothing canturne the heart to God, but that which bathpower from him fo to doe : which power the Word onely hath , not the lyingTaxing/ions of the dead. Se,
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