I Certayne profitable Qe1}i- ons and Anfweres upon the Commandements. The ftrf! ßiotr. .Aththere euer been in the world amongff men fume religion ? .nfw, Yea, for to make all men inexcufable,the Lord hath ingrafied in the miede of every one a fecret lure perfwafion, that there is a God :who at hee made man, fo is hee of man to be fettled and obeyed. By which fecretpecfwafion it came to patte, that there was neuer from the beginning of the world any Region, Towne, or Houfe, where- in was not fomeReligion. (Inca. Then is not Religion a policie of man to keepe people nsobedience? Anfw. No, it were horrible to thinke fo, for it is plaine that religion is of nature and by nature, though true region bee not. Quell. How prooue you that ? Anfw. Rift, verie reafon teacheth it. For whatpolicie could euer haue made man the Lord of all creatures,fall downe and worfhippe the vilell creatures, vnlelfe there had beene fomethingbefore in his nature to leadehim toit? Secondly, it is plainlie proved in the example of Pilate, who affoone as bee heard that Chrift was God,euen ieba i91: by very nature feared and flood in awe of him. And by the example of Gamaliel, eas ß 9, with diners others. Quell. Seeing then that there hath been euer in the worldforne religion, becaufe it is naturall,whet her is there but one ormany ? An fio. There can be but one truc religion, but of falfe there haue beene and are diners, and euer will be, till Chrifl come againe unto iudgement. Quell. what falfe religion can you name? Anfw. There bathbeene and is falfe religion in the Church,and out ofthe Church. In the Church, Poperie, Out of the Church the religion of the fewer, of the Gentilles and of theTurkes. Queft. what is the Religion of the ¡cives? Anf. They obilinately denyingthat Chrift is yet come, worlhip God full with fa. Hut. MagdeÀ orifices, burnt offerings, and other ceremonies of Mofeslaw , burg. Quell. what the Gentiles? -.Inf. Their Religion is a confufedwotlhipingof all things: for fo wee reade ih the 14. of the Açir of the tlpofiles, in the 17. and in the 19. And the Poet faith of them thus : Auicguid bumur, pelae ss. c reborn mirabile gignit A Id
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