Chap. 3J. A'n Expsftion upon riot lleokt of ] o ta. Vert 1,6, Ss Thus we fee in what fence lob difclaimeth his beholding the Sunne and Moone. Before I proceed to the 27th verre, where the manner of Idolatrous creatureworfhip is fct forth , take a kw notes from the words a;readyopentd. Firfl Note. , The nature ofman io extreamély prone to Id:,latry or f 21¡e wsr- f,ip, - ?ob here di.Iclaimes the doing of that which manydid, and. which hehimfelfepoflîbly had found motions in his owne heart to doe. .11 theré were not a ttrorgnaturailintimation in man to- this fin, it were great matter not to beviciatcd with it. As it is fayd concerning íufferingc, a'Tis no venue to endure that which we doe not feels So 'cis karts an aet or Grace to abtlainc from that, to which wehave no temptation nor deli re. The ftrenger the fettingc of the heart and affeeaions are towards any flnne, the more is the power of Godmanifefled in us by our oppofcion of it, andviâor}' over it. And therefore when 70b faith; I did not behold the Sunne when it fhined,he intimates a preffure upon the fpirit of man ( pcfìibly upon hisowne) to it, both by the temp Cation of Satan, and innate corruption. For not only lath the ignorant and blind world found the power of this temptation, but even the wifeft and moth knowing among the Ions of men. Not only the vulgar heathen but the molt learned among the AcgefiJi ró Heathens, the ancient Pkilofophers, men eminont in morale ver- c e riudti. tues, and deepe-fighted in the (ecrets of nature , have been ex L ,,t,rie. 'rb ceedingly infnared with idolatrous opinions and practices. flxgte- 2. de ar g'r;e; f inechargeth the Piatonicks with it.And Lal?antiuí falls down- ETroru cap. 3.. right upon them for their balecomplyance-with the vulgar in I 'v'a`ote "t'Una' dot-worfhi what doth it advantage us (faith he) topreach thus et mans fàtia p. g ( ) p venrrari;vaaa to the ignorant multitude, when wefee even learned and prudent tine ínteliigir eF men, who know the vanityof thole fuperftitions,, yet fl'if fïly perfifl- Tnrn éadëfa- jug in them, anddoing that which they them/elves condemne ( are cis, gate fa:uwrt not flach condemned of themfelves ?-) and n fpeciall he applyerh l FOr his fpeech to'Cicero the Orator; I fee thee worlhippinig earthly terr ard,- things,and flash as are made with bands. Thou knower wet enough 1i;ur p- pa; zr- that theyare vaine, and yet thou does thefame things; which they dire to ve-it. doe, whom thou conkffrft to be very fooles. Theref,re what doth it tern, Nrao es' atvayle thee, that thou.jeef- the cruth,which:thou wilt neither defend re fcctttur es a' nor
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