138 A Commentary-upon the ,ofe1 Chap.;. that thatwhich is highly eieerned among( men, is 'abomination in thefight of God. Civility refted in, is but a beautiful! abomination, a tmooth way to hell The world highly applauds it, becaufe fomeWhat better then outragious wickednefhe; as a cab ofdoves - dungwas fold inSamaria's famine at a very dear rate,&c. oie!- ma or Verfe I r. Ye have heard that it [aid by them ofold] An- aroì''"cid`rz. tiquity 'cis venerable : and ofwitnefles, e riffotte witnefleth, that oOooo 2 the more ancient they are, the more tobecredited, as leffe corrupt. xa<vá xsvá New things are vain things, faith the Greek proverb. And the Thueydrdes, Hiltoriancondemneth his countrymen,as defpifers of old adorns, Atbenienfesfu and carried after new. But as old age is a crown,if it be found in or rigoas1as theway of righteoufnefíe,Prov. 1 6.3 1.and not otherwife: So may n rtSv nee sobro it be Paid of thefe Kadmônin or the old Rabbins, later thenEzra, 6 . p várorn our Saviour here confuteth. Much might have been anti-. apyeaftat. 5 Car Fri[coram bated to their authority, had they not relied upon thebare letter of ,iuit 'kw porta theLaw,andwrefted it fometimes to anothermeaning. Antiquity porticue tempri, disjoyned from verity, is but filthyhoarinef e : and defervech no . at Vile"' era more reverence then an old leacher; which is fo much the more rum fie . i ak. odious,becaufeold. And as Manna, the longer it was kept,againfli rmod i;niblin, the commandofGod, the more it ftanke ; fo do errours and coot- 1 apifts bo.,ii mities. Laban pretendeth antiquity for his god, in his oath to . much of Anti- 7acob, The God of Abraham, faith he, and the GodofNahor, the asonce the Gr s airy, God oftheirfatherjudge between us. Bu7acob (ware by the fear of hie father aac. He rifèth not higher the .1 his father; and did of old .f I r llïoes and yet doubts not, but he worfhipped Godaright. Its no good rife . mouldy bread. to fay, wee. be at the fame religion withour forefathers ; unlade Gen-; 0, s3 we can approve it right by the holy Scriptures. Plus valet ma- FN.oi aQ 'xeo lam inolitum Imambonuminßliturn : And that Tyrannsu,triurn ssselgnac4r. titeras,um rhos, too often carries it agakalì< truth : The image that áH Aro7Rn7S. fell down from Jupiter ( for which there-wasCo much adoe at E- t1ft,t93f. phefus, Ads io..) IS laid by theTown-clarke, tobe inch as could not befpoken againfti with any reafon. And why ? becaufe it was Plin IF b. 18; wonderfull ancient (as Pliny celleth us.) For whereas the Temple cap-4o. off)iana had been seven ieverall times reedihed, this image was Viri ncumJ'oit neverchánged : and thence grew the fogreat fuperfti Lion, by the fire lcrbraro eovretoufneffe of the Priefts: as likewife the Ancilia among the Hungamt1úurá 8ornaues, and Peffrnuntium among the e,A ians, But what faith .a rum.feprier re. Noblewriter? Antiquity muff have nomore authority then what ftitwoterngto. it can maintain. Did not our predeceflourshold the torridZme. inhabitable ?. did they not confine the:wçrld in the Mk of Europe,
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