, ....... ,' ~.-~···., .. ,..... . ' ."~ .. Sermon 8~ carry themfelves quietly? it is ip<ian9n (unt virei: and tohdld ho ~onger, than iloni& eru~t;andthen you are hkc ro~eare ofrhem,to havet~emgoeaga1ne with fui:h ano. ther birth. (YoU !hall haye tlkmas milde as Gregom the lirfr, when they havenci> Jlrmgth; but asfterceas Gregory thefeventh?when the~ h?~e.) . . . . Nay,and they wdu1dbeare the world mhand, th1s th1ldmay cla1me kmdred of the Fat hers :that this was the rl1in?e of the blejfedSaiilts, a!J{J:Mitrtyrs, in theperfe~ · cutions ofrhePrimitive Chtmh• . Tl.iat, with them;all went bySi Aaelfent .vires;and ifthen they had hadHrength, nevtr anEmperour lhould have kept his Crowneupon his head. For, it was neither AllegiAnie, cpnfcience, Chriflian duty, nor ri[pefl, that held them in. Idfuit, qniil deerant vires: as (ifthey had not.beene wariting)full well they lhould have underfrciod. That they were gentleandmeelle; grartlercienon erant vires; that and nothing elfe; 0 write a booke for Gods fake, degluriJ. Martyrum (Turonenfls fo harh) ofthe glPriDus Mutjrs th:it fuffered then; but it was becaufe they had noftrength : elfe, theEmpersurs lhould have !uffered, not they; . But, they mightily wrong the Fathers, to father'this opinion on them. T~9 hNti~ tired ytures after C H R I s T, in the midfr ofthe fervdr ofperfecutions, TertuUian rels us another tale; that they hadftrength then, more than enough i and fo, fulteted then, upon a betterqui4, than qtliA 11on erant vires. Well neere two hundred yearC$ afrerrhar;theEccltfl4jlioAilSwry lhewerh,under Iuli~n theAp~at~,and under Yalens theArrian, they wanted no frrength then : (the greater pare of the Apoft4tes Armie being chriftians ;and the chiefe Leaders and bravcfi Companies, under the Arrian~ beingorthDdoxe.) And two hundred yeares yet after thar,againfrrheLom&ards,Gre. gory faith, there was then ftrength enough, to haye left them neither Kingnor Duke~ ifall had gone byvires;then. Bur, he (goodman) might nor mi(cerefe, meddle with ought that might be the death; l:ujHftjudtn, ofany one man. And rhefe would have beene thedwbofl know riot how many,but that Non erant vires. No fuch thildrtll then; as thofe, this day broughtforth. It is not theDiviwityof~ne oldChrijlians,bue ofthe new Ie(uits, this: They mufr take thechildto them(elv~ : It is nobabet;Jfthe Fathm, itis abrdt oftheir """e breed; hatched in thefe dayes ofours, never heatd of before. And fuch an oneit is; as ifit be let goe, we !hall have ageneration if inonftert tome ofit foone. , He began with vires : Another lince him taitli; ify~have riot vires, virmwill ferve as well. And fince that, another; ifvires,and virns faile too,go to it withftre~ "Drke : Pulvu Serpentuwhich is worfe thanvirm Serpentis ; Serpentine powderworfe thanSerpentine poyfon•.Poy_(on kils one by one; powder,with onef'~·?ifpatcheth all~ ForpoyjotJ, ye ma}t have acounter-poyfon : No anttdoteforpowder, 1f1t oncetake fire. Poyfongives men leave yet, ta die \Viih foine leaftiri: Ponia'er, diat it doth, it doth ~t onceina momenr; . , . To the utter confufionofthis error,that all is rei goe by{unt vi re~,was:it,that nOTi tram vires, this Day; And doe but marke it; that GodpayeSthem with theirowne money. They put all upon this very point ;in this point, Go n this day foiled them'; Theygoeall, byf/rength; aildthatftrength, then failed them; All;uponSi effent 'lli~ res: G o ri tooke order tjNod non ejfetit vires. And Go o never let them have Jlrength> that fo refolve to putlt i that, can they oncegatherftri:ngtb, noKing, nd State lhallll:andoefore them; but hlow tltem up, finlie them; poyfonrhem; one way ororher, away with them all. You fee the teafdri, with Go o : but, fee you no't withal!, next under Go ri; tvhereroweare to aR:ribe our fafery~ Even tondn erdnt vires. There is apoint hangs by that, For, while that lafrs,while ye keepe them rhere,ye !hall have thePrimitive <:hurchofthem; have thern lie as quiet, as frill, as ever did the ~arrels inthe vault, • ~11! vires(\ike flre) come to them; and then, offgoerhey :then, nothing but depofe Kmgs, difpofe ofkingdomes, t~j{oitefuhjeffi, imne themagai1ljl their So<Jertiignes: r~hen, doe they .care notwhat.• , B'ut; ifthepdwder rake notjire, then lh_all you frraigh~ ha~e bookes tendmg to m1t1giitidn; then, all quiet agame. Certamly 1 thus tbndmg, 1t )!erebell: to hold them in dife[/uviriMn, to pro'Vide ill neftnt ; tO keepe them at niin - ~qq4 fm~
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