~2 i-~------Q~r_t_h_e_R~E_s_u_R_R~E_c_T __ I_O_N_.__________ 5~23~ ~h; f(omn 4 ture,at the[01ertemth. But (to fay the truth) fuch, as (he faw) th r gwit would elude. The nature of the que!hon affoorded none other It awran1inbferved and fer downe for a ruie by the Philofopher, That in mor.U;,atwas we 0 AJ not lo~kefor Mathematical! pmfu : The nat11re sf theft<bjel1 willnot beare thers, menifmot -1nmQtall inrituai!J much lelfe: they ofall other, leall: fufceptible ofa t ern. n ' demonrtrative reafon. · r 11 • h · · Tl vfpoflle(awthis, and therefore finally rc.olves a , mto thee urches pra- ~r b1ecujlome confirmed in matters of this kinde, enough of it felfe, tofuffice ICe h Yt •vill r 4 we ad (ohrietatem. Info doing, as he.erooke the right courfe (we any t a • J'I b h' 1 · · f h' f · · {i ) [o heetaught us y IS examp e, m pomtso t IS nature, o ceremony or a;e u:~ ne• ever to pitch uponhab~mt~>, or non ha6ermu talem confoetudiMm. This ,.lf(lllll}'-4 "' ;.... ' to be iinaJI. , . .. 3 And then followesupon what eenaltie. Vpon no other pame, but to be pro- Vponwhat nouncedeobe fallen into the Apoll:les Siquis; to be t~ke~ and declared, _pro contentio- P'"'""· fo· Then if any, for every point of rite that takesJum ~n the head, w1ll hazard the chnrches peace, will not ac~uief~ere, but fethimfelfe ag,amfr the_ churches csjlome? he knoweth his doomc here. For 1t rurnes backe rmpri/Ce. As, 1f any be contentious, rheChurchesctdlomeisagainllhim: So, ifany turne upon the Chur>hesmflome, be againll: it, it is no good figne; vitletur (faith Saint Paul) to the AP,offle he feemes fo (and he hadhis e'yes in bis head.) And what fuch fecmed to h!m, they maywell feeme 10 us ; and we take them for no Ietfe, that are like ll:irring in matters of no . , more weight. And fo an end ofthis matter. For the Apoftle, when he had faid ThearguiJ!<II! this thouaht he had [aid enough, needed to fay no more. The Chur&hes cujlom~ final[, fua!J ever be afforce, to over-rule fuch as are&ontentiom. And when Saint Paul had faid this,hehadfaid. And fo have we. This then being fet downe, !hat CuflimeJ fo qualified are to bekept: Shall we I I I; I'IOWgoe on to thehyfothejis, that the keeping ofEaffer is fu"h ~ (And now I would The keeping the hourewereto begin againe, fo much is to be faid for it.) Eafter i• rue~• · One foot of our compilfe wee fixe in the vfpoffles times. The other, T{;;7;~"0 where ~ They appoint us Gelajim time, who was faft upon the five hundredth makqlusc•~ yeare. Be it fo. . fl•m•- From theApllj'lles Age(which ended withSaintlohn, who furvived C 11 R 1sT How long the , fixty eight yeares, and dyed the yearc CII. underTrajan) to Gtlajius Age. Ofthefe A~ofllis. •••, five hundred, the firlt hundred yeares are'for (Nos) the Apojllcsrime. Fromthence~ How Ion;;che tile foure hundred yeares following; are for thechurches. Which foure hundred we Cb,.ffb<s. 400 ' may divide againe, into two even nioities, two hundred under perfecution; two hundred under peace. . · 'f~ prove _(then) our habemid con(uctudinem: Wee cannot betterbegi'nne, ;:;~!;~;:t! than w1th tlus mrh~ Text, thecsntenttons, that from the begmntng rofe about ir.;: Cburc~ts. · Thofe very contennons prove lt• lr mull bee, that mull bee conteqdeil ~'or : and • Pwole. .. thtn't n. b T · · Jd {'. h fi h . . . I' Fromeonltltl• ~ I mu" ee, ""en Jt IS contenae . 1 or. T e e t ree thmgs m this one proofe. onobouu1- · The contenttons that were about 1r, even prefently upon the <..Apoffles timeS: • The cb~r&~ •hThe great care had,_ and continual! paines raken, to lay them downe, that is, ~i~~"lif~- t e Chnrches comendmg for the Feall: : 3 The eenfurina of rhofe that tooke 3 cenfu"d jl them up, with Saint Pants contentio{~« here, and with fome~hat more: (Of Bla· ever for H<rr~ • "' at R · f .r. - - r "k"·'hacas ~ omemEurope; 0 Cre;centtu.s 10 lEgypt, ror v1ftike: Of vfud.eus, in gamflsc, · · b{""' for u!Jia:) Thefe were the principals, thefc were all wrirren up in the Tertui.Repr.t~ l·~ckebool<e, by thofethat rcgifired the Heretikes; byTertttllian, Epiph4nius, J'hic ~~i~"t/lf~ref. •.rrtm, At~gt~flme,and Theodoret (all five.) 70·. · th But as GoD would have it, the quefiion never was of the Feall it felfe, but of scyn.-<nti"b• et11neof lt 1 All k .11 ,. • · '"-'· th . one Y· ept Ea 1 .er, though not al!atdne time. Fonhe Keepmg, The contwi< cm had the Churches ctdlome : for the time of keepina they' had their owne : the •• notabouc Fe'!i• ofthe Chrij1i411s ·thetime ofthe /ewes "'' ~eFeafi',buo , • '- And '"•ms: on~1,
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