· and'pei'petuall (juide. . . \ ·. 79 faw,or heard of.- Hofpitalit ie~Charitie,P.afiimes, and Plentiewere bani(l,edwith theoldReligion;·· for !0 tbey call the bloudie and idolatrous He- · re lie of Poperie. · · - . This bath ever bee-ne th~ ~ompla1nt !of: Idola- . ~nfi~~ ters and thewicked again!l:theTruthofGod· as· ThlShathal- ~ • ' ~ ' wayes beene 1t lS nmv ofthePapdl:s & prophane men amongll the complaint us?againfl: t'he glorious Ltght ofthe Gofpel,that ofldolaters. Hunes roumtabout us;When lcnmy,chap.44· had reproved the Iewes, anddenounced Gods Judgements again!l: them for th~ir Idolatry,they anfwer' him th~ts,inver[. I 6. *Theword thllt thouhaft Jtol>m• :•MarketMt, 1 . h .,. T ,p h L d ·u L . .~ befeech you ; untow tnt C.J.vame_o 1 t e or ,wewz •NOtm:arettD; foritistheve· thee; but-.wewil/ doe ,whatfotver thing goeth 'OUt ,f t'JfiY _ry lan~~age of . .mouth: as toburne incenre to the 6>ueeneo~H eaTJen and •th~ Paplfts at ' . . • 1' ~ 'J , ~ ;thn day•. to f'QUteout ·drink-ojformgs untoher,as wehave done-,hoth · 7. L .J t'. h . d . . , . ·,~tr•-t4•'"· m an~,~ur.r at ers, ourK tngs-an ~ur Prmcu, tn tneCttiuof ludAh,and in th-eftreetes of ler·ufi;lem; for-then l1adweplent), ofviflua!J, ttnd were f.t'eU, 11ndfelt no evil/'; . Bupfince ~e left 'if to.:burne inunfe to the ~~ene fJ/ ! ReA?)en, and to poure out drink:.offering.f\ unto her, 'flit· · have had fcitrcenef/'e of all thing:J,and ha'li'e bin'confumed hy the fo•ord,and hy the famine. Tbe very fame com- ·piaint was made ofthe wicked Heat~ens and Infi.:. . dels:; at-•the·firft plantation of ChriftianReligion , among the·G.enti,les: *· Tertullian, an ancien.t _Fa- r• --;IPoisgtti~. · ther tells us m bts ttme · If there wereany munf"'id. c.rtv. m ·· 'd. ·' .J fl • 'fT•b . R" · lerrHO• , anon anu ·o~er' owmg o 1 · ns,a great ·~1ver m . · """ Rome ; ifth~re were any extraordinarie--:.arJd· I:lll.;. c-ombHayJe, or Froft, or any-otherrniferie or calamitie-; all the fault was prefently laid on Chrift; .a-nd the ChriflianReligion~ .- It,:
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