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Tentations
talen
from
ili.
erent
relrgions.,:2nf. eyed.
fcripture
to
alleage,
but
feeing euery
heretike
is
as
readie
to
quote
fcripture,
for
the vpl,olding
and
defending
of
his
he-
rei
e,as
theprofeffors
of
Gods truth
for
the
maintenice.ther-
,of;
all
the queflion
is,
«
hof
interpretation
is
to
be
receiued
as
good,and
whole
to be reic&ed
as falfe
and erroneous
?
To
this I anfwere,that
though
there be
fore
places in the
fcrip-
ture
hard
and
fomew-hat
doubtfull,
and therefore the
more
eafie
to
bee wrefled vnto
a
wrong
fenfe,
yet
are
there others
cleere and
euident, for the confuting
of
all
feels,
herefs,
and
errors whatfoeuer
:
&
therfore
we muff
expound thofe
places
which
are
darke and
ambiguous,
by thofe which are perfpi-
cuous
and
manife(L.For
example,if
we
would.know
whether
hoperie
be the true
religion
or no,wee
muff examine the
do-
arines
thereof
by
Gods
word, not
making
choice
of
thofe
places which
feeme
any
way hard
and doubtfull,but
ofthofe
which
are cleere and
manifefi
;
and
fo
wee Mall
,
finie
that
their
doarities
are
as
contrarie to
Gods trueth,
as
light
to
darknef'fe.
For whereas they
teach
that
we are able
to
fulfill
the
law,and to
merit heauen,the
f
riptures
affirme
the
cleane"
parr
contrarie,narely,that
in many
thing
wefinne
all,latn.3.2.
and
1111a
i,
I
©.
whof
euerJ?
all
keepe
the
whole
law
andyet
faileth
in
one
point,is
oolitic
of
all,
Iarn.2.
i
o.
that
t&eere.is
no
man
lcho
finneth
not,
z
Kin
x.8.45.
i.:King.8.46. that.in
Gods
fight
none
that
linseth
can
be
iufitifed,
l'fai.Iq
;:.
Pfaltn.143..2.
that,mhen
wee haute
domed
thofe
things
that
are
commanded
vs
we
are
vnprofctable
f
ruants, and
haue
done
but
Luk.17.10.
our
dutie,
and
therefore merit nothing,
Luk.
t
7.10.
So
whereas
they teach
that
wee muff
pray
to
Saints
and
Angels, becaufe
they
make interceffion for
vs,the
Apoflle flatly excludeth
all
other
from
this
office,
but
Chriff
alone.
i.Tim.2.5.
there
is
I'itxtx
f
one
mediatour
between
God
and
man.
Where
as
they teach
that
marriage
is
vnlawfull for
fore
men
at
all
times, and
fore
meates vnlawfull
for
all
men at fometimes, the holy
Ghoft
telleth
vs
plainly
that
this
is erroneous
and
a doctrine
o
f
dtuels;
=.Tim.4.1.3.4
and
that
emery
creature
of
God
is
,good,and
nothing
ought to
bee
re
fufed,
"i
frt
be
receiuedwith
thane
gluing,
I
.T
im,4.1.3.4.And
that
m
artia
-e
vs
honorable
for
all
men,
and
the bed
vndefiled,
Heber
;
4.
Heb.
r
3.4.
That
to auoidc
fornication
emery
man múfl
prise
his
z.Cor.74.
wife,andemery woman
her
ownehwfoand,
I.Cor.7
:2:
And
that
better