6o6 There is Flo ilriuing agginá God. Vpori the Saturday after,&c. high Priefts and Pharifees ; who hauing had fomany tryalls , how littletheir power and their trickes couldpreuaileagainft our Sauiour Chrift, that.all this while they couldnot perceiue that this was Godsbufineffe , againft which, not counlell,not wifedornecan preuaile. Saint Peter preaching Chrifts refurrecti- on, the high Prieftsand Pharifees called him before them, notifying vnto him, That he fhould not anymore touchvpon that point : butheetold them, That he was bound rather to obey Godthan man. And perceiuinghis refolution, f fecabantur cord:btufuis,They burft foranger when they heard it,and confultedto flayboth him and his companions. But Gamaliel a Doettour of theLaw, being thereprefent, and one that was honoured ofall the people , aduifedthofe that A t.s fat there inCouncel;toputthe Apoftles, forth for a little (pace out oftheCoun- cell houle : which done,he thenPaidvnto them, Menof bee welladuifed whatye doe concerning rhefe men : Time will prooue whether this be a Truth oraLye thatthefe menvtter. It isnot long fnce that oneTheudes boafted tobe a Prophet,who wasfollowed by forcefoure hundred Difciples, but inthe endhe was condemnedtodeath,and theyal which obeyed him werefeat- teredandbrought to nought. Afterthis man,rofe vp ludaa ofGalilee, and drew away much people afterhim, but lie in the end alfo perifned and all his follow- ers. And therefore I now fay vnto ye, forbearea while, and refraineyour felues from thefemen,and let them alone : For if this theirdoarinebeofmen, it will cometo nought ; but ifit be ofGod ye cannot deftroyit. In aword,Time will bringthis to light:butto go about to take away theirliues now from them,were to fet yourfelues to fightagainft God. The like did the Prince oftheAmmonits deliuertoNebucbadnezzars Lieutenant Generall,attheSiegeof Bethulia;If God fauour and protetkthis people, all NebuchadneKKars forcesare not able tofubdue them. And thiswas that which made lob focon ident, Be thouon my fide, and let alltheworld be againft me, I care not. saul did vfe all his beft endeauours, and employedall the force andftrength he had,to workeDauids death,onewhile in his owneperfon, feeking to nayle himwith hisSpearetothewall; another whileby letting vpon him with his fouldiers 3 but neueryet couldthe power of a Kingpreuailewithout Gods permiffion, againfta filly flye.Gidsprotedios is above allhis tvorkes : fo the Princes oftheearrh,thehigh Priefts,the Pharifees,theClergie,and the Layfie,did cryoutagainft Chrift, but were forced to fay in theend,Pepreuayle nothingat all. They were ftrangely blinded, that theycould nor perceiveGodspower herein. Lord foopeo oureyes that we may feethe light of thy glorious Gofpell. To whom, &c. * * THE
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