of ABSOLliTidN. 61 !~ope for pardon at 'f:Iis hands. If thofe b~not enough, we have exartJ... p leof one, whofe finnes weremore in number than tl>e.baires ct{ 'liu head ··pc 1 ., h S d f I S ; a ·40. 12. ;and of another,whofe were more than t e art so t 7e ea : both which Ornt.Man"ff give us hope; forthc:y both obtained pardon. . . .. , But that which followeth in the place ofMatthew,maketh both parts M 0',g"' 8"~'fi·. ., . • • a ;t ·•4•. . plaine. For there, a debt IS remitted, not ~nly of ji1>e hundred (as Luk..7.) but of temte thoufand, and thofe (not as tn Luke, pence> but) Talents t A Luk.7. 1 8; great and hugefumme~yet fbr that hath He remifsion in fiore. ·So that, . .· no man fhall need tofay,huftnne ugreater than can be remitted,M.[ain did, Gen.4.t3i fioce that affertion is convinced to be erroneous: For, his finnemay be. forgiven, that flew .Abel, though his brother; leeingSt.: Pe~er f~ith,chat · theirs was not greater than might be forgiven, that flew the Sonm 9/ God. ACh3r.i;J For no man but will com;eive, that the betraying and mur<ilering I E s us 1 9:' , CH R 1 s T, was farre a more heynous offence t~a[l that of Abels ~illing : But, that might (faith Saint rJ>tter;) therefore, this rnm:h mofe may. be forgiven. And to end this point,wheras it is affirmed;and that moll: true· ly, by the Apoflle, that theTPeakeneffi of G 0 D u.flrol1ger.fhan mek, ifthere I Cor• .z.m ,were any finne greater thar. could bee remitted, the Theakenejfe of man (for of that,commethfin) fhould be ll:ronger than GoD; which neither Religion nor reafon will admit: ,In refpetl: of the finne it felfc,.~erefore !~ere i~ no exception: ' . . . J •• . Bu~hecaufe it is not qu£ pe,ciitit but quorumjit fhe\Veth, that in nbe.aCl: ~llm.The of remif?ton,weare to refpect, no~ thefin ne [o much as cbeperfm. So chat; pr_•ttr imnl'", thoughall finnes may be remitted,yet not to all perfons; but to aq11ohwi; d.a~ Sul>Ject; aswe fee. For,there is another quorum,whofe finnesare retai.ned.:(0·-that, ,this limiteth the former, and ilieweth indeed; what is the Materia prqpin", qua, or immediate Jubje8: of this power committed, . · . . , ~- . ; Our Sa1>iour Cbrifl Himfdfe,at the reading ofHi$Co1111n!jSion (where] ·of this is a branch) in effect exprelfeth. as much. For He tell~th ~hem; .-, . Ther~ 111ere many lepers in the dayes of Elifha, ·and many TPidowes inAe-dayes, L~k.1.A: of El1a.s; yet none clean(ed but P{aaman, nor to none TPa.s Elta.sJertt;buMo the.. ·~>; WidoTP of SareplJthq. And fo the cafe ll:andeth here.. Many 1 f!.l'l:ners there be,and many finnes may be remitted,but not to any,except tl}ey be of this1Z.!!orum. In whjch point thet,e is a fpeciallufe of.rhe ~ey ofk.;Jotvl.idge, todirectto whom,and to whqm rlot; fince it is not, put\ with.;tdvice;to "' . i;_-;· he applied, nor lui11ds haflilj to be laid on any mall (as t:he Apoflle, teftihe\h; ) . .. 1 ~, which place is referred by the anciem Writers, to .the Act of Abfolu- r Tirri.$:2~; tion, and the circul!lll:a:nc<;of the place giveth no le{li:.... But di(cretic;m CJfr.:~· r6: is to bee ufed in applying of CE>i.llfort,counfaile,and~1e beq~ht of Ab{olu. ~;;:;,·~~~ · tion. Whereby it falleth out Comenimes,~hat the very-fame linnes to fome Aug. d. B"f'; may be re111itted, bei.ngofthe .Q!forum>Ehatto fome t<>thers may ndt, that 5·•M3· ,are out of it. , . . , , , , 1 • TheQ""/ifi. ! 0r~~ thena~~le !!t~~ ~hi~ qua/ificatiOIJ 1 thatthereby 'Yi:.J:til\-y'tlifcerne c;;fon~: th~ fgff who .
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