8r6 Certahz Notes to difcern Prophejies. Remedies agai11jl devilijh Prophejies. §~~~~l&:~ [¥~~),~~ colourof to take them, wherebythcythink mofl furely to d"capc. ~~~u~~~!fcc~~~:r1~~; tr~ph~{r~ ~~b~r~~~~ofi ~~~a:~~~~;;fafd~~n~~r~~~~ ~n~u!1~n1<'l~fr~1'ot~~,i~! which be of God, wluch be not, t!nce things are to events, which the tr.tdc of the World doth daily offer to obfcrv~ : our .<1'~. So ~ccn Margartr thought her then cockfure tnlhrt- 1. Frrfl, Whether they gofit:nplyand phinly, Orwhc· wh_cn Dukc~-lll_mfq was made away; whcnnothingC:lC~ ~=~ ~~%:~~:t.l~~~~;~~~~pir~~~~~~~ b:hrh:O~~~c~~ ;~~~er conluiton fo much as the lofs and lack of that d"r4. of the Scripture; the otha to come othcrwifc:, h1~ing a So if King_ RiebtiTJ the Sttond had not cxmifcd fuch ~~c~;N::u~ ~~~~rp~f~~~c1(S :~=~~~r; ~corO: :re~~~~ ~;~~~l:Ob;Ki'n~~:~:~~oc;!:~~~h~ ~~d~,7~;il~J~r~;~·e~~~; ~~~~6::~ ~~~~~~~l~~:efsx:d tu~nJ~~~:~~~:sG~:::t t'u~:~~ ~'lar:~rtt~l~~;~v~~ plainndS thereof it r_na): p:trdy be: difcaued. his Houfe had ~ot fo gone to wras:k by Richard his orha Tht~Ccond. 2._Sccondly,_ThJS ts.to bc:_cxpmdtd, wl~ctherthey Brothcr,asitd!?· WhatbcfduponthcSrudcntofAilr~ th!Rtftto !" ~pnvm, ta1dmg t~ thiS Fam1ly or that Fam1ly,or pub- logy in the Umv~ityof Bll;ftlre heard before; who~fhe f~btPro. !JCk. For as the Scriptures, fo COI_llmonly the Prophdies had not mewed h1mfclfin hiS Chamber forfm ofhisDivi· phtli"' of God haVl! no private interpretation,_ but general ; _for- na1ion, had efcapc:d thdlroke that fell. Now in avoiding fomuch as the care of Gods holy Spine is not relhamed fuch Prophctical events which he lbould not have fearch· parti_ali~ to one pcrfon more than to another, but g~craliy cd, he ~ell into that which he did fear. Thefc fc~ examand md.ifferently rcfpcd:eth the whole Church of h1s EleCt pies for mllruCtion fake, I thought by occalion to mfcr,uot in_ Chrifi Jcfusl~!S Son. When:forc fuchPropheties as asthoughthefe_wncalone; but by th~fcwto_admonifh pnvatcly arc touchmg t~e arnts ofhou(cs or names ofmm, rhe _Reader ofmtinirc other, which da1ly come m pr;:dife ofhfe, tot_he great da,~ger 'anddecay, as well in pnvate hou(es, asmwdspubhck. ~~,::~ . . . ~e~~~~~~~,~::~A~1t~~~~: fe~;~~g~~~:S~~t~~r~~~~ ~:~£!~~ },~~~- ~~~ ~:df~~~~~~.ff~~~~ i ~: ~~~~t~~~ ~~l~~~~ :~l~;,~;:vh~ ~~~~~u~h~i~&hi~:~ili~l\td~f~,al~~t~~~B~~~~~tr~:~;~~o :::~ r~~~ thcr they bt fpmtual, or whether they tend to any glory or thcr, Nephew againft the Uncle, Houfc aga1nfi Houfc, and Hate of this prcfcnt World, or whetha they tend to the Realm againfl Realm, gendring hatretl where love was, fp1ritu:1l infiruCtion, admonition, or comfort of the pub- an~ fubvcrting privily the fimplicity of our Chriftia.n lick Church. Faith; therefore the tirfiandbcfi thingisforgodlymcn ::~~;.be ~f~~l:l:~h~~~~';;o~~t~~~e ~~~o~ ~~~~~Jh~;: not to bu(ie their brains about fuch Phantafi(S, neither j 11 , ~~ ~t~~::;,~~r;ii~~g:g~~~~fF~~ lmch r~ them. the [hi! is.~ mdy ro~nlwu :?~~~i~. !f*~~- ~~i~~~t ~h~~: t~~~~ea~u?h;~~tle~~h~:. ~~~;: ~'Y;~~rh:~· q~~~ by 0tdcl~ ~~d~i:ri~ ~~f~[ ?::~~t{~ ing this, that the Son. of God h:uh a~~ to dl!folve the fame Devil, alth~ugh he workcth not now by Idols, the_ Works of the Devil. And again, Thun the VtCfory yct~ccraftily C<ln g1ve now anfwer by Aftrologers and (fanh the Scnptme) thRt ovtrcomtth the W~trld, tvm our ConJUn:-rs in thde ou~days, and in fo doing, both to fay Fm~h. What_focver tht~l S~tan work~th, or_ can_ work truth, an~ yet to dccc1ve men when he hath faid._ \Vht'Ieagamft us, be 11 ne\'e~ fo forc1bk, Fait~ m Ch~1fi wtll van· fore, Jeavmg of£ fit~h curiality, let e~ery Chrifhan ma_n &~~eir~f ~~~c~0~ ~fd~.is in our Fa1th, behcving in the ~~111~ J1~t;r'K1 ;;~e ~~rr:~~;:cff~:~o~1~tor~~Ul~v~:~ r:t~ of ~;Jz:: in l~~~~~~l~ :r~~~l ~~~~:;l~ ~cl{·~~c ~~d~ ob;:~h:~ ;~~~~~~t':,:~:: %~ ~ iJ V:tfo; /o~~: r;::;:r;h~i:% YO!dcd. ~.Pto- ;~:;'~ltf:~·co:~~~~othh~rtkl~lf~ ~~~:i~1;~~H=i=~: =~:f:t:: tr,:imu, whub the Fatbtr hath ~pt ~~ h:s with ~mdl prayer; fo no more lha_ll any hniher Prop~fie ~ondly, In this mat.t~ of Prophdics, reqwfite u IS prC'vatl, where prayer out ofafaahfulhca.rt dothfirtve (as ts (aid) forcveryChnfhan man to learn, howtodif- , ~~~n~~i.s !:!dit~~~n~~e:~~~c~~~~:~~:ea~~~~~~ha~C:~ ~;;J,a~~dd~~i;1~t;~~~~~~~~fc~c~~~~~h~~hsf~:~!~ remedy heth alfo ht thiS, whm .Satan 6ndcth nothing difference_ whnrof, as 1t is not hard t~ be dtfccmcd > fo whcrC'ingrcatlytoaccu(eourconfciCJlCe. Butbccaufefuch nrcdfary1t isth:lt cvcrygoodmandoJJghdy wxl_trfiand a confcicnce is hard to be found, t~e next refuge is to Ay the fa111e, to the intmt that he, knowin~ and Aymg the ~::fi~~d:h ~tii:.la:::~~~~r:li~ie!'o;~~~n:lf~~ ~~~~~~~~~h~'o~he~:bcthc m~rtccrramand oon~nt optralionofS3tan ISfirongag:u~Jfi us, toaffiietourour- T birdly, Btcaufe it tsnot ftilfic1mt that the dtceltful \vardbodicshere; but as touchmgouretcma.l S:llvation, ProphdicsofthcDtvilbcknown, butalfothat they be neither work nor merit hath any place, but only our Faith rdillcd, 1 have alfo dtchrcd, by what means rht O!Xracion in Chri!l. And thus much briefly touching d~e two fpe- ofSatans Wcrks and Prophdics arc to be overcome; thar cial remedies, whereby the opc:rntion of all devili!h Prophc· i3, ll?t with flrcngth and policy of ~an, for that thne is lies may be avoided and d~feated. . nothmg i11 man able to counterva1l t~e pown of rhar ~~~~~~ fair0::t~~~ ~~rcrc~~~~~~l !:~~~ ~h~c~~~~ili ~c~~; ;;~:~1'• ag~:~erh:w~;ks:hb:r iso~;~~h~g ~~~~h~f ~~ rbtDnU. inChrill, take uthcr ways of thmown, feckmg byrhc1r Lord J~fus the Son of God, not outwardly pronoun~ed o_wn polity how ~o withftand and e~cape fuch_ Prophdics, only With our Lips, or Jigntd in our Foreheads With ;~~~fy ty e~llli~m~:h~:r~a;ewa~~nt~~~~y rf:~~:Y· woher~~- ~:~cl~~~w~~d ~ro~~~(Sbu~r ~lfi~~~y F~~he~tr~~~:i;~
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