L 518 TheficondBooke ofDiuinitie, CHAP.9. q Vet"8.9. whereofcom- me:h free.li- bercieof viing them all, yeñ.9.3. come manifef},whenwe with himThal be made perfe&, as the q Apofile there declareth. Whereof followeth Chrif }ian libertie in things indifferent, By Chrif}ian libertie, I mcane, that we may now lawfully and with a good con- fcience vfe all the Creatures ofGod , to our comfort, not onely for neceflìrie, but for ChriRian de líght,t. Corinthians 9. I. A,n lnot free? This bath not beene al wales fo from the beginning; it pleatedGod to make fbme ref}raints , till the fulneffe of time carne , that by degrees this libertie might bec madeknowne vnto the Church. Firf} , Before the giuing ofthe Law, in fome few things, and peraduenture(for I fpeake here but of things for common vfe, not of the Seruice of God ) onely that one of forbidding to eat blowd,çen.9.4.whereas other- wife r all meates were lawfull. Secondly,After that,more plentifully and aboundant. ly in the lewifii Pedagogic , when many meates and drinkes, and otherthings were barred them. The libertie thenwhich we haue byChrift,take from the Apofileswords,' know,and arseperfwadedin theLord Iefue, that nothing is prophane, Rota. 14. 14. And againe, Enerie CreatureofGodûgood andnone tohes reieft, if it le taken with Thankefgiuing,I.Tim.4. 3. Not that it is lawfull for vs to take fo great a libertie herein,as though we needed to refpea no other but our felues;wee muf} refpe& the infirmities of our weake Brethren, that our libertie bee not vied as a fnare to in- trap others and fo make them to offend : but to edific andbuildvp their confcience, whereof the Apofile ma- ny times taketh vs out the Lefhon, both by his owne praelice and commandement, I.Cor.g.I9.Beingfreefrom .all, Imademy fifea feruant vnto all, that I might gaine anany,te. $,Cor.10.2 3,24. Allthings are lawfullfor me tut The Papiflc doftrine of Deuils for- bidding fáefin vpoa ccrtaine dayes.
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