Part I. Chap. 6. Ajfii{f ed Con(uiences. mout1 with dexterity, ana w_ikdome, fhat they ~re ftarke Ideots and Infants, 111 the very fpeculat1ve knowledge of the nature and ui:: of every piece thereof. They· have no sl<ill at all at that excellent ,inv inci-. ble weapon, the [word of tl;e Spirit, whhh i.o the Word 219 of God: bv which lefm Chrift f )yled that foule Fiend • _ in themoft hideous and horrible (o)temptarions, that So) C·7ft 0 ~1'f fcf/<t - r. i l . J f d h aew .e; euroy tny were e\·er 1uggt:~el to t Je mmne o man. ~n t ,ere- feltc. Mat. 4 (l, Fali fore hee cloth bnng them roo often thns blind-folded dr1W11c and worjl-;ipme. and bafl:led,to pdilh the1nf~lves, as they fay, in a mofl: Ihe: whtch, 1 think, bloody and defperatemanner, bothtemporally, and thcrewa;n~v~rn;o ·· e 11 · · ;~:.,horrd ll1Jechon, ererna y. . . . . . v. 9 TJ:e Ph~rijie~, Paptfl_J", and our ord1nane Ignorants. Pharif:cs, Papills,and are all, foulely faulty thts way. They lo\·e, and labour ol!r oi·dinlry igno: to enquire., and looke no fLJrther into C!ods Law, then ra :m;in panicu !ar. to the groffe atl:s, and greatefl: tranfgreffions onely. If . they finde themfelves free from thefe, they out of a mofi: abfurd, and f<.1tti& klfe-conceitedne!fe, jufiifie and applaud themfelves, as no fLJch dangerous and damnable Delinquents. Hence it- was, that Chrifo teaches,and tels the Pharifies,that not onely the groffe · a Cl: of adultery was to be taken hotice of, but alfo, that . . even a (p) lafcivious .and lufifulllook after a woman (p) l~m m~.e,batru eft · · r. - ffi ' f' h · ' eam zn r.ordc (uo) hoc was a tramgre ton o t ·at Law ; and to bee taken to en dice· r·· Gl, • d t - h d 1 b c G d 1 . . I' , • ,u1 a ope- eart as - ~ u tery erore o . T 1at not onely k!lhn5 ram_ in~~nufJa co1pora a man with a bloody hand, but alfo ra{h anger 111 the cur~o.{ites zntum,& de· heart,railing,and reviling fpeeches; Nay,even a frow- cor'!4 aNc~tflllri /acies, ning fC~ce, a contemptuous geH:nre, difcovering in- ta~zqu~a·nmam.(peflad d k'll h { l ~ . cu.o-paJcert,&obfttenos war rancour ·an rage, 1 t e ou e, anu ~~fi m to [mlcbru etiam vu!tibus hell,&c~ . · ' . octdo.s ajfigere. Chryf. Hence lt was, that Bellarmin~, asthe grand Impo- in Ma\t~. ~.Horn. 17. !l:or, and Impdf6ner,fo the great Pharifie ofChrifl:en- Bellarmme foundguil. dome,upon his bed ofdeath, could hardly ftnde what to ~Y· · co_nfef{e,or any n:atter of abfolution, Prodigious Phari· ~ fatfme ! Of which, hearefome pafliges from the repor~ tcr ofhis death : · · (q) S1tch wM the innocency .iifthe man, • (q) Bellarwincs dwh, (to Wlt, bye.] :a Iefui te, P• Bellar- 343·
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