On the t 0 R 0 N AT I 0N,d~; , Was it thus here irt the Old Testament, and is it not fd likewife in rhe N£w ~ Yes, even in theNew coo. Fur there, Saint Peter willeth them . that they bee fubject to the I(ing, as to the Sowraigne, or moll excellent. I Pet.l.I~; AndSaint P~ul goeth further, and expreffeth it inore llrongly, in theftyle ofParltilment and (like a Law-gher) faith J.,..,... .;,~~: !J3e it enaEled, that they fubmit t/,emfe/)les~ And when Saint Paul there, h~d in his AEl faid; Rom. 13.t~ Omni5 anima; that this AEl reacheth toewry~ule, wh1ch was enough : yet, becaufe that feemed too generaU, Samt Peter came aftet, and goeth to the "Very point, and faith, Gens fanEla mull doe uhus too : xPet. I.~ thatis, there mull: be a I(ing even in Go t>'s lfrael. And, what wotlld ~e more? . . I come to' the third part. And eo what endaKing? ~id {acfat no- ~~d~~~~t 'hk ~ What will aI(lng doe unto us? ft hath beene faid already : He will · looke, that e'Very one doe not tl~at '!l>hich i5 good inbk owne, and e'Vil/ inGods eyes. He will in l':fis general! care looke to both parts, the eye and the band. The Eye, that men finne not blindely, for want ofdireElion. The Hand;that men finne not with an high hand (that is wilfully) for want of correElion. He will; there be goodOpbtbalmifls, with right Eye-falw, . that thefight may be cured, and things feeme as they be, and ndt beas theY. fteme. At the hardell; Si noluerunt intelligere, but the eye will rove and :runnc allray, that theband be bound to the goodabearing: That they doe it not : or ifthey doe it(as doeittheywill, yea though there bea l(.ing) yet that they may not doe it impu11e ; doe it and nothingdone to them for it, and fcape the punijhment due unto it; For, thatis the cafe, when there is no l(ing in Ifrael. And if, when there is one, that be the cafe too,where have we beene all this while ? For iffo, Etiam non eft (]?_ex, cum eft f!\.ex : ,Then, when there is,a f\.ing, there is no1\.ing ; or one in name, but none indeed. Which as it is not good for the ftate, fo neither is it faft for them- 'fel'Vm To this fpeciall regard will be had. N,.o11 enim fruftra (faithSaint ~aul)for they beare not the Jword in "Vaine' Rom;i3.~ 2. Thatewry onedoe notthus. E'very one, but namely (which is the Cc:cafton ofthis text) that not Mica. For,Mica'sfact brought forth this firR: jigfJt : that thq· were now come to this paffe, that he dr any fuch as he ;Was, might fet up in his houfe any IJ?sligion he \Vould, alld no rriah con~ troll himfor it.To looke to every one therefore, buti fpecially tOMicd:~n'd _ to care for all, but above all,rhe matter of!J(tligion. Ne qr1i[que "Videat quod teGiumeft' there; that ev·ery one be not allowe<:i to fee rvifions there: A:t Jeall Ne quifque faciat;.dian fee what they lill:, ~hey He riot fuffered eo fet .~hemupdjur if.theeye will'not bereCtified, the /,and be reflrailud. ' And fure, no,where-doth theeye molemiffe;nor the {,and fwerve,tli:eri in this : and t!Mefore no where more llaufe to call for a l(ing, then fot this. One would think,thiswere impertinent,and we \Vere free enough fromMica; ~earenoe. Eveneo this day,do men ll:ill'call images orima~ ~in~~O.'!!. (a~~~ one) in tl'ie:mould of their conceipts, and up they [et -- - - them 1
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