22 A Commentary upon the Go(j'el Chap.2. (beep withgolden fleeces ; yea to do it ( >`7 as the Syriack hath it ) Joh.si is r me, for my fake ( faith our Saviour ) to whomPeter cannot egi, ended better feal up his love, then by taking care of his Cure. I know howBe/tar/nine glofleth that text, FeedmyJheep, that is, Regio more impera,Rule like an Emperour : Supremum in Ecclefia do- minit tibi afjere, faithBaronisr-c; Domineer over the Church : , >,,,, becaufe the word here ufed(and Co in 7ohn)fgnifieth as well to go- vern as to feed. But what will they fay to g,'oxn, the other word there twice ufed.by our Saviour ; which alwaies fignifieth to feed, andnot at all togovern ? But thek men catch at government, let go feeding : although the Fathers took the text onlyof feedingby doftrine,and that they beat upon,and urged altogether. ñrp'Own. Verf 7. ThenHerod, When he hadprivily calied the wife men, 4 Cura.vit, it enquired ofthem diligently] The children of this world are wife ore thus rervie in their generation, but fò are Serpents, Foxes,&c. to the which ircgóuit. the Churches enemiesare oft compared. He thought by this means ,xods$as. to have made all lure, but in the thing Wherein he dealt proudly and politikely GodWas above them, as oldyethro hath it. There is neither power nor policy againft the Lord ; Whoever waxedfierce again.fi him,andpros(Bred ? job9.a. Verle S. eAndhe font them to Bethlehem.] It was a wonder Deusquern de- he went not himfeif,. or fent not fome Aflafflne under hand,. to di /huit, oLmen .(patch the childe immediatly.But Godbefoold him. The Germans- tat. have aproverb, Where God intends to blinde any man, hefirff clo, as xs eth to his e es.So the A ofile, i Ccr. 1 He mketh the Wi e the Duda, f P r P 3 9 f 05,3.19. fineft and choiceft wits of the world, the rare and pickt peeves est. Mentemy3 ha bere quail bonam 4e9c.ri at,Ell Et effecorculis datum eft : mane capeye, Thefehe taketh ; he catcheth and keepeth as beafts in a gin (: fo the jnnitdr tc.. nere word fignifieth) and that in their own craft: when they have . nu,eç- wrackt theirwirs,and wrackt their fortunes,to effe t their fetches; yfá, when they have done their utmoft ( as the word imports) to bring its veteratoria about their devillifh devices.. ver(ulia. E. That I may come, andWorfhip him] When he meant to wor- r''{`n' Cooitabat ie( him. Obale diflimulation l fach was that ofthole Incendiary .. r y turn non sotere fugitives ofRhomes, Giffard, Hodgfon and others: who at the Jed toiler:, non fame time, when they had let up, and let on Savage to kill QEli- aiorare,ledee. zabeth, they putfortha book, wherein they adtiaonifhed the Enb care Nteilu' Iifh Catholikes, not to attempt any thing againft their Prince. In Cambden. like fort Rob.Par¡ons that Arch-traitour when hewas hatching at
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