• I 1006 Ofthe GuN~POWDER.-TREASO.N. s~ fam~i# benefit' afslemne day : ) for thdfe other benefits after vouchfafed them they did appoint like {olemne dayts, of them[elves. . ' ~einflancein this ofPurim, whichMofesand the Propbetsnever knew. We in~ fiance m a~orher after thts, whtch Efther o: Mardochet never knew'·the Enc•ntt,or Feaft ofnew ded,catmgthf!...Temple, after tt had beene polluted by Antt6chm,recorded in the X. ofthe V. of Iohn. And I w~uld faine know, whyidhould ndtbelikeac– i::eptable to Go o,to keepe thefourtunthofthe lafi monethAdar,for their deliverance fromHaman;by Ejiher in Perfia; as ic w.1s, to keepe the fourteenih .ofthe fir(\ monetb Nifan, for their deliverance fron;t Pharaoh, by Mil{es in lEgypt: ~dintereft! 1'he ground beingmoral/, or rather n.turaO, as reducibleto thankfulnelfe,whicll is avertlie ofthe LawofNature: theprime exAmplebeing Go o's owne }By warrant ofit, thefmner Church havinginjlitute other~, theChriflian Church kne:-v nothing to· barre ir from domg the ltke: (o,Holy.dayes foee appomted too. lt•S Same Augufline (de Civitate X. f·) Jdemortam benejtctommDe:, &t. Thqnemory of Go o's benefits we chriftians lmpefacred andholy, by koldi,.gfsltmne Fe4flsfsr them, leji elfe, by rev,_ !ution oftime,fsrgetfulnejfe might creepe upon uo,andweprove unthankfu!l. And doe we any otherthin~ in appointing thi< day, than all the(e did? I conclude, wirh the !lylc -of the Cotmcels : SequenteStgitllr & no; per omnia Sanflorum Patrumvejligia, Wee herein, doe bur tread in rhelkps ofour holy Father.i, and follow them were follower; therein qf Go o Him(elfi. , · If it be [Jid,a.ll rhis while we heare noprecept alleaged, we have nothing but exAm-· ple: Nomore had Erther,here; precept had lhenone. Only Go o's e::Amplelhe had; Picked thefourtunth ofAdar,our ofthefourteenth ofNefan :fromPharaoh,thar,from Raman, this. It is true, Dirigim11rpr.ecrpti<; By p.recrpts wetake our direflion : But itis no ldfe true,Injimimtlr exempli<; We receive rnjfmflton (in agreat parr)from ex•mplei al[o. One Cervesfor our rNle, the orher for ourpAtterne; and we, astoobeytheone,· fo to imitate the other: For, Perfeflio inferiorum, Aj!imilatio{ttperiorum: Theinferiour hdth nogreater per{eflion,than to become lzlce to them that are his SNperiotlrS. Superiours tl fay) and thar,in ume, nolelfe than in place; that is,fuchashave informer rimes,lau~ dably gone before us. TheBible lhewech this plaine; there, belide rheBookes ofthe Larv, that Cervefor Preceptsro direflion, Go o barb caufed to be written rlieStory of the !Jible,toyeeld us ex•mples,for imiwion.And rhofeBoo!wof Story are inHebreir, called rhe former Prophets; to lhew,before there cameanypred:llion~ into rhe world, there was aPropheticaRforcein rhem,to guide Go o's people by. To the Law,anito theTeflimony: For,the praflice ofthe Saints runNethalong wit!. the Law,und1r the name ii(,Tejlimony; their lives having ever borne tejfimony to Go o, and His truth. Andas the Hebrewes fay,a barren Divine lhall hebe,q11i nefe~tfacere legem de Protbeti<, that out ofthe Saintspraflice, cannot frame aLaw. The ground then being laid: Ifthis be agreed of, chat aday, that afetday,and that thisvery day rnay be appointed: W ehave two poims more, to touch, 1 the Af· thoritie, by which it is to beenjoyned; and the • manner, according to which it is to be obferved. · t , 1. Theauthorityfirlt.For,bechegroundn'everfogood,yetarenotwetotakeup The~utboritr Jay6i, of our owne heads, but by order ofagth~rity : th~y are to be enfuyned us. pywluch" d ·wbofea"thBrity here~ There be in a Larv,bur threethings,' advice,' aNIHttzty,l and '~'~"""JOY"' · jitbm!fton,theybe all here. Idhould feeme,atthe lirll,Marducheididonly by a letter, adviCe them, VIfu(ciperent & revertentefemper anno celebrarent honm (Verf.zo. )be-_ fore; and this,before he was in place.That letter ofhis,either nor taking place,or noe r,bce enough; and they being either laid downe, or folike to be, herecommeth no'! p"~1'11 afec~nd,to confinne that (as the word is) and this, no 1 advicenow,bur ll~ll'l ~:l::l• ,w1rh all authority; ofthe nature ofaL4rv, to eftablilh rhem for ever. ., Now,thiscould not Mardochei,nor Eflher,nay,nor burh ofthem do,ofthe~(elves, inPerfta; not, witho~t ther~~·Ua11thority there, or wirhour commifion from tr. Not fend overthehundreiltwenty{even Provinces, nay, notover anyone Frovmceofthem, Jiuc by vijior of..4ffiieru/swarrant. His warrant they had,at theXXV. J'tr. and bdy 1~ -- · procee e..
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