Whet is rneantbythe Vpon the Tuefday after Zit chaire ofMoyfes. Able for him that Hues ill to doe otherwife than teach ill ; nay, rather it may feemea kindof miracle, that his lifebeing bad,his preaching fhould begood ; zeath. i6. efpecially hauingour Sauiours warrant forthe fame,Hew can yeebeing euill, f eake good things ? And this difficultie is increafedby that which our Sauiourfayd be- fore, Take heedof the leauenof the Pharifees:Vnderftandingby theLeauen,the do- ¿b ine which they taught. Wee findin the Gofpell, That they raifedvp many falfe witneffes againít the Law. Saint Mathewreporteth , That theytaught It waslawful' to fweare by the Temple, but not by the Goldof the Temple ; and by the Alter, but not by the Offering, &c. I anfwer,That thename ofCathedra, or ofMofes Chaire,comprehendeth and includeth in ittwo things : The onc,Iurifdidion, for to command and chaftife. The other,Authority, for to teachand infiruét. In a Prelate likewifetwo other thingsareto beconfidered Firft,Hls Life. Secondly,His Doctrine. As it was anefpeciall effeêt of his diuine prouidence, That the vertue ofthe Sacraments Mould not be annexedandwedged to the goodneffeoftheMinifter, for thatmanymight thereby lofethe fruitof receiving them aright ; fo likewife gig 59. 2,, the goodneffe of the Doctrine is nottyed tothe Prelates goodneffe ; iwil make this myCouenant with them, (faith the Lord)MySpirit that is vpon thee,andmy words whichIhaueput in thy mouth,Hiatt not depart outof thy mouth, nor out ofthemouth of thy Seed(faith theLord)fromhencefortheven foreuer.S.t4uguflinein his book De DoE1rinaChrifliana , and in thatwhiccr hee wrote againft Fauflum t.5vianicheum, faith, Cathedra cí`vioyfi,j c. TheChaire ofrJ'fofes,wherein theyfateandbare rule, did inforcethem to teach well though they listed ill; befides,cAtofes in his Chairedid notal- lowofanyfirange Defírine. And incafefuch a one (hall read himfelfe, and ventin the Chaire the frothof his ownewit, Godis fo farre from commanding this mantobe obeyed, that he terew. 23. 9. coniurcthboth the Old andNewTeftament againft him. ieremie fpeaketh thus to the Prophets, Myneheart breaketh withinme becatifeofthe Prophets, (thofe falfe Prophets which decciue the People) allmy bones!hake 3 lam like adrunken man, and likea man whom Winehath ouercome, for the prefenceof the Lord, and for hisholywords. The Prieft and the Prophet {hake hands, and ioyneboth together in the perditionofmy fheep,and applaud themfelues in thefe their er- rors ; but they fhal haue nogreat caufe tobragandboaft thereof; for I will giue them HemIocketo eat, andGall to drink. The Prophetsof ierufalem haste defiled the Land,and haue been the onely Authors ofall thofe mifchiefes that arenow 1éem. r;: afoot in theWorld. The Prieftandthe Prophet are defiled,andhavefírengthened the handsof the Wicked. Thefe Prophets then, ô Lord, being that weemaynot imi- tatetheir workcs, Shall wegiue credit to their words?They doenot teach vs that which God repeateth vnto them, but the inuentions oftheir owne braine, Ezeeh, r 3:` and the fdolifh imaginations oftheir owne hearts. All the whole thirteenth Chapter ofEtiefhielis full ofthefe complaintsand threatnings.Andinthe twen- tie thirdChapter he repeateththat whichwas fpokenby Ieremias, Heare not the words oftholithatfee vanitie,anddiuine lyes.And in the thirteenth ChapterofDen- vest. 13. tronomie, ifthyneownebrother yhal 1perfuade thee toferue_grangegods ,hearkennotvnto him, be. In theNewTeftament there aremany cleere andplaineplaces to this purpofe : As inMath.. Rem. r 6. Tim.x .&3. Tina andTheffalonians 3. And Saint Iohn inhis Canonicall Epiftle,If any man(ball declare any other Gofpell, let him be accurfed. Ina word, The Doetrinewhich appertainethto theTruth,God corn-
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