z sa i The deceitfulaeffe of Main bears. Práusuadere quam docere. Veritas docen- do ¡lode, on ¡uadendo doçct. Qws,r.brg. it is, our judgement fhould govern our affeeti- ons,, as Adam fhould have done Eves; yet thus it, fallech out, that affcc&ion over-rules and over -per- fwades judgement. Wee fee how our affeClions to I our children,kindred and fpeciall friends, doe often' dazzle our eyes,that we maintain errour and wrong. As 8atn.bas may feeme to have done againft Pawl in his fo fliffe handing out againft him in the cafe of nir(, who was his kinfman, as appeases, Colof. 4. io, How often have errors been entertained becaufe of our affr Lions to thole that bring and broach them ? Hence that fetch of heretiques, ob ferved by 7ertullia,2,firft to perfzvade,then to teach; firft to work upon wens affe &ions, and to gaine fome intereft in their hearts, then afterward to la- bour the underhanding thus prepared, to woe the Mi(lrefí'e by the Maide : Whereas the truth con- trarily loth perfwade by teaching, not teach by perfwading, Contrarily many whoIfome truths have beene difahed, onelyby reafon of the preju- dice which our naughty affeCions have conceived againft the teachers; As in the example of Ahab, refuting Micaiahs prophecie. Again, whats the rea- fon , that fo many wife and learned men in the Church of Rome have beene, and hill are fo grofly reduced with fuchfoppifh , and fenfelefte errours Even this,, their own affe6tion to gaine and glory, 1 and thole other alluring gifts, which that arum - pet hach in her hand, which they cannot receive unlefle they firft take her poyfoned cup and drink ' [hereof. Rewardblixeleth the eyes o f the wii; that is,. ,our corrupt affection towards reward. When once the
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