36+ Chrihwhpnowmore angrlewith '\Tpon the \Vednefday after the Pharìlëesthan at other times. and as often fined,andyet be fuffered (till to fellwine ; fee the Officers wel, and yee (hail fell at what ratesand withwhat weights youwill : In a word, No man breakes in his trading, but heethat cannot content'thefe ExaEtors. Epiphanies auetoiirn faith, That Couetoufneffe is the onely God that commands the World ; and that eómands onewhile it'incounters with a brother; another with a father ; and now and the world. thenwith God and is the onely Tyrant that doth molt domineere over our Aets x6. r 6. foules. Saint Paul cured acertaine maid hauingct Spirit of Diuination , which gate hermafters much vantage by diuining : but now when her Mafters faw that the hopeof theirgaine was gone; they caught holdof Paul , and bringing him,before theMagiftrate theycomplainedofhim,That hetroubled the Curie. For Couetoufneffe is fuch aDeuill, that theDeuill himfelfe cannot(thoughhee would)cart it out ofdoores,where it concernesa mans particular intereft. And whenthe Deuill (hall affoord a man appareilfor hisbacke , meat for hismouth, andmoney in his purfe, ifGodfhould caftthis Deuill out the partie poffeffed would complainefor the loffeof his companie. In Andaluzia,out ofmeereco- uetoufneffethey fullertheir fhe-flaues euerie yearetobegot with child,thatf is may bring thema TurkeoraMoore, (as otherskeepeMares for breeders ) that when theygrow vp,and are able toworke for their lining, theymay bring them indaylygaines, like horfes that are hired out ., albeit they lead therein a courfe of life contrarie toall bothhumane and diuine Lawes. But theyfuffer this De- uill to dwell intheir houfe for couetoufnefl'e fake : but that this Deuill fhould dwell in Priefts, Sine miferabiligemitu (faith Saint Bernard) dicendxmnonell, It is amoft miferable and lamentablething. ForyourTraditions,&c. Sometimes thecaufe ofa finne is greater than the finne it felfe : To breake the Law is ill; but for tomaintain their Traditions, worke,for this is acontempt ofthe law,&ofhim thateftablifhed thefame.Eue. rie-foot the Prophets repeat, Sacdicit Dominus , ?briefaith the Lord; it feeming vnto them, Thattherecanbeno contradicting of this Proclamation, no reafon giuen againftit. For, to acknowledgeGod tobe infinitelywife, and toalledge rearms withal' againft that which he commandeth,is tomakehimignorant. In aeair.16 LeuiticusGod faid,Standin aweáfentringwithinmy Saalaarie; notifying thereby vntovs, Thatthere fhould dwell inour foulesfuch a reuerend opinion ofGods Maieftie and omnipotencie, that whatfoeuerwas not God,we fhould account as nothing compared therewith. Amongft other hisRobesand ornaments belon- ging to his place & Calling,the high Priefthad his Rationaleludic/,& hisZonam auream ; it was rayment of filke fetwith twelueftones,wherein weregrauen the names of' the twelue Tribes ; and in themiddeft thereofcertaine letters which fpakethus, Prim& Thummim,lllumination andPerfellion ; whichour Interpreter expounds to bee, Doétrineand Truth ; in token that the Doétrixeof the Law, which is theperfection ofourvnderftanding,ought tobeegrauen inthePriefts breft,and communicated tothe People. That fame Zonaaurea,orgolden girdle, wasthat fame Laminaor plateofgold, which beeing faftned tohisMitre, did ferueasa frontletto thePricftsforehead: whereonwas writtenSant7wmDomi no fignifyingrherby,That that which the Prieft ought moreefpeciallytohaue beforehis eyes, is theholyne(fe and pureneffeofour Lord God. To this end wasditced thatterrible thunderand lightningon the Mount, which ftrooke thepeopleinto fucha feare, that theycryed out, 2tin lodnatur nobleDominem,Let not theLordfyeakeonto vs ; fearingleaft they fhould bee ftrooken downe to the ground ina fwoone. Why,óLord,didft thou appeare in fo terrible and feareful a manner t Thattheymight hauea refpeétto theMaieftieofGod, and stand in feare
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