130 cod CommersMry upon the Go bel Chap. S. Naturall confience cannot but (loop and do homage to Gods image fairly Ramps upon the natures and works of his people. So that when men fee in fuch that which is above the ordinary "train, and their own expetation, their hearts ake within them, many times ; and they Rand much amazed at the height of their fpiríts and the majefty that fhines in their faces. Either they are convin- ced,asNebuchaelnezz,zr, "Darium,an j L iocletian (wholaid down the Empire,out of a deep difconten'c 'add diflisir öf ever conquer ing the cont1aocy ofChriffians by any'tOudy perfecutio :) or (which is better) they are converted, and feting fuchgood works, EQíy ß'ót s they glorifie God our heavenly father, as 7ufine Martyr, who vpas Elávx7ov, confcffethof himfelf, that by beholding the (=hrifiians piety in life, Mrou,v. and pa in death" he gathered, their do:"crinc' to be the truth, f.133. P' g and glorified God in the day ofhisvifitation. For there is noChri- LPE2; xeeçi:t Riau ( faith rithanagoras in his Apology to the Heathens;) that is r© ia:v e -.0 not good, unleffe he be anhypocrite, and a pretender only to reli- F 'c OI bOrut ion. Vcr m gna+ e l Done Girt , 1or , one: Cnl'Ce g ,i fli n fie, f11ó ìv7ó)Dr. 1M ritu a Heathen, beholding the fuferi :rigs ache PrimitiveMartyrs.. And it is reported of oneCecilia a Virgin, that by her conftancyr and cxtorations,before,and at hermartyrdom, four hundredwere converted. Chryf tom calls good works unanfwerable fylló- gifines, invincibledemonffrations to confute and convert Pagans. "arlian the Apoftatecould not but confefle, gr-ci Christiana gio proper G'hrifianorum erga omnes beneficeatiam propagarta : Chriftian religion fpread by the holinefle of thole that profef- fed it. Verle 17. Thing^ not that I am come to de froy the Law] As the Pharisees flanderedhim, only tobring him into hatred with the people. And as to this day, they malicioufly traduce him in their L.i;,.,.T'ral1, ds writings. Rabbi Maimonides in his Mifnah, hath a whole chap- funa,n, teú, terconcerning the punifhment of the faife-Prophet, that teacheth that he came CO deftroy the Law : Calumniare audac`tér : quidfitem adbarebit,faid Machiavel. A depraver ( faith Plato) Tim, ;. ;. is mom nominir, a devil, faith Panl. It is theproperty of defama- tions,to leave a kinde of lower eflimation,many times, even where they are not beleeved. Jam not come to deliray ] Gr. To lode, diffolve, or witty the xa'rn.7wimt.' Law,as thofe Rebels, Pfal. z.3. fought CO do, but with ill fucceffe. G31,3. For it tyeth andhampereth men, withan Antfaciendum, ant pa- tiendum, either you naafi have the directionofthe Law,or thecor- rection..'j
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