• Of thr; Worfoipping. fenfe (asS. Petertermeth it) budi1ch a one, as hath been~ our fathers ancl fore-runners in the Chrifiian faith. Say I t/,uofme~J (laith theApo111e)jaith not the Law fo too? Give I this fenf'e of mine~ e e head,hath not [hriHs Church heretofore given the like?Which one c w~ ifit wqe firaightly holden, would rid our Church of many fond i~ur .e nations which now are Jlampcd daily, becaufe every man upon his 0~gt. fingle bond, is trufled to deliver the meaning ofany Scripture whichne many times nought elfe, but his owne imagination. This is'the difea~s ofour Age. Not thePharifee's a~dition(which is well left; )but (as bad as it) the Pbilofop/,er's glofle, wh1ch too much aboundeth. And I fee no way but this;to helpe it. · z . . jmaginationr from theC/,riHia1zs ~ Secondly, from among theChrifli.' FJom ... uhin I "1 fc n. I.. .r. l " h 1' by Chri· ans t 1em1e ves aro emen 1 real\mg per"JJerje tmzgs,w omS.Paul well ea]. ifinn<. leth fratres JubintroduElos. Who alfo by their imaginations, mainly cor~ Gab+ rupted the ApoHles 'DoElrine, which weheretofore divided. . ~ h ... , · It efoundatio. ~1 TheSubflan,e 1 and therein athe !Building 5 1 Matter,in which upon it. into thet Manner aTheCeremony. • Concerningall which, imaginations have rifen: 1 Inthe'mat· Imaginations touching the fomzdations. Which are two (fo called by the t<randfiJbname offoundations, firft laid by our Sa"JJiour Chrifl;and after kept by the ft•T~~ching Apojlles) Even 'rf\epentance, andbFai~b. :he found•- Imaginations touching !J\!pmtance. NicolMone of thefe"Ven, (as Eufe~ ~wb 6 bi;u teflifieth) became aman of Imaginations, and began the fctl: of the M~r: 1::5. Nicolaitans *whom Go o batetiJ. After whom aroie [arpocrates in rhe Atls 20 ·' 0 • fame, ofwhom came the feCI: oftheGnofliAu. Afetl: that blew up chat ~:;~~tance part of the{oundatton, which is called !J(epentancefromdeadworAes. For ~ Apoc••. I 5 (as Epiphani;u teftifieth )they held. that all other things befidesfoith,were ' , d. b indifferent, !J(epentance and all. And that, fo a man knew an 1m ra· ced certaineditl:ates and pofttions, they would deliver him; live howhe Iifl,he could not choofe but be faved. And ofthefe high points ofknow. ledge they entituled themfelves GnoHik.es,that is, mmofknewled,ge. And all other Chrillians that could not talke like them, Simplices, goodfirnple foules. Such is the imagination in our daies, ofcarnal! Gojfellers; Thar~ fo hee forget not his Creed, hee cannot mifcarrie. Thefe bee rbeGno~ jiil1.es of .ou~age: , .. " ' ' ,~ lma•inatiuij$ ;. - - 4l --·-- ·~..4
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