CA P . 9. 4Revelat on.oftl?e,Apóça1ypee. 3o5 and children from them , to whom bothCod and nature joyned them.Whomwhen once they had gotten into their own cu Cody, as hoftages, what mifchiefe need they fear to be clone them by the moll loving husbands of thofe wives , and themoil indulgent parents of thofe children, when ,as they knew they, durft not attempt any thing aga nft. them , left they (honk!. be cruel':á ,air.ittheir own bowels ? Yea, rather what was there that they might not hope for, and carr y away at their hands ? This tyrannie therefore brought no leffe wealth and fecurity to the fpoylers, then torment to thofe who were fpoyled. Not to fpeak,how it vexed the facr.ificingPriefs, and the Rjhops to fee the Religious L3rufßsthruft their fickle thus into their harveft, and to'fee themfelves by this means wiped hanfomly both of all their eftimation with the people, and their gettings from them, while the Fryers carryed the mine ftroke inhearing confef- ions, andfper.forming other things that belonged by right to the Se- culars, as.the Arch-bifhop of theEithrights, complayneth in a Synodof the FrenchBifhops, Centur. Magdcb,i 3. Chap.9. Colum. y64.,Bùt this torment was the lighter, as confifting wholly in matters of this life, that was farre greater, which cafe afnare upon mens cenfciences, by . impofingupon them a neceflity of confeffing all their fins, andevery circumftance. Innoc: ntiue the third , ro whom theweflern Locufls are beholding for their ftings,itwas he that poured thehrft poyfoh, anti power of tormenting men into thisfuperftition. He (faith he) that doh not When he is alone concefe. allhisfinsfaithfully , at leali' once a yeer to his etbne Priefl let him be both .,kept from coming into the ChurchWhile- hee liveth , andWhenhe. is dead,let himWant Chriflian .huriall.Council.Later.Can.2I. The Locufts being armed with this dart,did torment men horribly ;And indeed what rack can bemore full of paine ? Not to confeffe, was as much as wilfully tocart away amans own falvation, as they wereperfwaded; but to confeffe, vvas all one as for ,a man to offerhis neck to a hang-man , when as thefe holy. hypocrites did moif'readilyy abfolve , wolvesand foxes of their . horrible crimes, but theywould devour fimple Affes only for lurch- ing a little ftraw from a Pilgrim ; as it was prettily taxed in that _tlaffe ofverfes,called a penitentiary for an Affe;the Injury Which thorn hafdine to a Pilgrim, in taping away thisftraWfrom him, is an huge andhorriblefin,&c.. So much for this torment, which is as much as füffifcth to make the truthmanifeft. The full opening and enlarging of it,wouldbelonger thenwerefitting for that work we have in hand. 6. Therfore in thole days ,&c,Men (hall befo weary oftheir life,that they
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