Y Religion muft not beeguidedby Vpon the Fryda after 594 Pollicie,butPolliciebyReligion.. rail voiceof thisSe't, is , Let vsfir} regardour temporali ineanes be it privat or publike for religion and truth, fo nohurt thereby come vnto vs , let it (Eft for it felfe, what is it to vs what hazzard it runnes e Stomaperuerfto (faith Saint L,tugufline)fraivtendis, ¿ vtifruendis. Your Polititians fèc vp their reff and de - light in eniuying temporali goods, and in making vfeof Ipirituall goods. Pilot was a Polititian,for the !ewes alledging vnto him, Ifthou let this manbofe, thou artnot C.efars friend; he condemned our SauiourChrift todeath, preferringCa. f rs friendfhipbefore Chrifts life.lershoamwas aPolititian,whomade two calfes forthe fubieEts of his kingdome,thattheymight not go vp to Ierulalem.Thofe were Polititians, which in Saint 4uguflines time inforced him towrite tholehis bookes deCiuit. Dei, alledging, That they had manybad yeares , misfortunes, anddifaflers for profdling the Law Of Chrift. Thofe were Polititians , That knowing Chrift, would notconfeffe him openly before men, Leafl theyfhould be thrmflout oftbe Synagogue.lofephofArimathea,and Njcodeuaua,were Polititians, for that they fought after our Sauiour Chrift bynight , for feare of the Iewes. Polititians arethofe,pf whom Uremia faid,Since eve baue leftof toburn ineenf to 10%44. the&easeofbeauen, andto poure out drink( offeringsunto ber, Wee homehad fcarcenet ofallthings, andhomeheme conformedhy thefrvordandby famine. Againft all which ourSauiourChrift Paid, What exchangecanbe madefora mansfoule ? The tempo- tall Monarchie of the whole worldcannot bean equal! Counterpoize to Reli- gion. This Se& had it's firft beginning from Cain : God had reuealed vnto fa- ther Adam the commingof Chrift ; Adamvnto hisfonnes ; andCain fuppofing that he fhould lineally defcend fromAbel, and that hee fhould be thruft out and difgraced, refolued to remooue that blocke that flood in his way,preferring the temporali goodof the bodie,hçfore the fpirituallgood of thefoule. Privat intereR TheRomans willcome . Theharmewas not hatched inRone, butin the en- muft gineway use of your brefts ; thegeneraall lóffedid not foneerely touch you,as yourown to thegenerall privatintereff. There are fome Gouernors inaCommonwealth, whichapplie good. themfelues wholly to their privat profit. King Don vtlo re of Atragon was woontto fay, That ifhe hadbeeneEmperour when Rome flourifhed,he would hauebuiltaTemple before theCapitoll, where the Senators fhould haue layd downetheir owne particularhenefit. A conceit worthie fuch a King,whoknew Exaá3 i verie well, what Intereft willworke in a Gouernor. Mofes did defire to feeGods face, Skew me thyface : But Gods anfwer tohim was,Thou canfl notfeemyface,fer there [hallnomanfeeme and Iime.,TheProphet hereuponftrookefalle, and let his delre fall.What Moles, art thounow turned coward e What had itbeen tothee tohaue loft thy life, for to behold God face toface e We find afterwards, that defiringpardonfor his People, he faidvntoGod, OLordpardon this People, though thoublot my nameout of the booke of Life. Wouldeft thou not for- goethy life to feeGods face, andwilt thoupast with this and that other life for thypeopte e Thatwas a particulargood,thisacommon ; anda Gouernor ought mainlyandefpecially tohaue aneye vnto that. Thofe Cowes which carried theArketoBeth f hemifh, neuerturned theirheads atthe lowingoftheir Calks, becaufe being guided& led alongwith the loue& zeale ofthe commongood, they forgat their particularlongings anddefires. Hethat governs, muttfix his eye vpon this White, without turning it afide throughtheimportunitie ofwife, childtn, or kinsfolke,&c. TheRomans willow . This was but togiueacolour to the violenceoftheir envie andmalice. All theworld is a Maske or difguife. Dien/figs the Tyrant entringinto aTempleof Idols, tooke away from the chiefeft amongit them a cloake
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