We mu/1notfinne vpon examples. 295 we a this day denie it,and fay Pope,Councels and Church may erre.This wefay and hold io diuinitic,but in morali Matters, wherein are omit flippes, wec haue:let in the former Axioms. Here Protel:ants will let themfeluesvp a Pope,yeamany Popes, buttheturfe of God reinaineth on it ; for Refli is theirarme. With great reafon therefore theholyGhoft fettethit dowue.This were plainéenough,ifmen had not a prodigious fpirit oferrour in them : but for all this, this is the figge-tree l}ill, and they that haue eaten the forbidden . fruitcome hither for g-leaucs,Rabbi kids a one Looke through the bookesof the Pro- Parres,pr d. phets,audyouf liallhearethepeoplealwaíesanfvere: ourfathersdidit,ourPrinces,gaue '&Trophe- vs leaue,our Prophets defended it.Let vs relume theargumentoftheEunuch toTlicheas, he faith :Behold all fpeakegood.to the King,for therein lieth theforce of his argument : for k isas forcible toacarnali man to fay,the Kingwould have itfo, asall theProphets to denieit. Now I will fhewyouhowa King was mooed with this argamenr,that you may feethe forceof it. i, Sam.zg.Dauid Inuit begone fromAchif,to morrowbeforeday ,faith i.Sam.aeb: theKing,looke you begone. Why,faith Dauid,what haue I done? thou haft done good in my frght,fàith theKing,neither haue I found any coil! in thee. Why then inn i I goe ? my Princes faueur thee not, faith theKing, theythinke thou art not good. Is that enough Dauid proceedethand .iefendeth himfelfe. The King replieth,thou art in my light as an Angell of heaueu,but the princesdirtypeoplewill haue thee gone. here the King is car- riedaway with his Rabbins. A ftrange thing that theKing fliöuld tliru/t him out, whom his owaie heart iuftified,for two or three fonnes ofBeliall. Ioh.7.theyfend to Ch riff twoor three to entraphim in his Meech': they retorne and fay,wee neuer heard man Ipeake as he clods : this was it onelythat carried them,Doe any ofthe ScribesandPharif<es, or ofthe ralerr fauour him? But (Ìoli. s g.)ye (hall fee the ftrangeft thing of all,tbey would !lane Cl:rilt to beput to dcath,cve banea law,fay they,by which hemutt dye. The maior follower),for hemade himfelfethe f nneof God,the law is Leuit :24. Sothat their lyllogifire might feeme very good,buttheir minor was naught. Well the lawwould nothing MouePilate, there- fore they feeke a new argnmentforP:late, and that is If you lethimgeePilateyutsarena. Cfarsfriend.Prefendpagainfehisotvneconfcienceheecondemnethhint to death. Will you not doe it, why Cfarwill liane it fo ? ye fee then what force is in this Logicke argu- ment, and nodoubt it wit Inoue vs,vnleswe put offbothPilates and KingAchill, nature. tz Euery fin bath two reafonsfor it, an open and a fecretreafon 5 the open is to blind t cLosetdo the worldwithal l: yefhall fee it in ludas,his openreafon was the poore; betterit is the eca,oss ponce fhould be proaidedfor, than waíle should be made : his fecret argument was the cod °,ec; ox bagge,he carried the bagge, and paidhinifelfefor the carrying. So that whatfoeuerthey á«rboriticot pretend, thefecret reafon is the bagge. The fecond argument is madeout of the Smiths gra t men, ar forge, but fehollers cannot anfswere i. By Dianawee get ourgold, faith Demetrius, and c.camplcofthe thereforegreat is Diana: Sothat Diana(hall begreat,if the can get by her.This is their le- learned, which tree argument : profitmakes it honett. Thirdly, welet dowue withour Glues euen to con- ,oc rr of not fumeour felue,,1ówe may get. And for this iooke,t Sam.z3.inSoulsoration: Hearken doe. yeformes of le:aini,can this íLoocof llhaigiueyoufields andvineyards,and makiyasscaptains offerhundreds and thoufands? No, no, itis 1 that candoe it andwill ye then followhim? So that lie that can preferre you,orglue you a field or a vineyard either in Church or Com- monwealth,him ye follow. SoBalaac faith toBalaama, WhyCaine yenot when 1 Pent for you? airsnot I able topreferre you ? So that is alwaiestheir inward argument,whatfoeuer is pretended outward. Their fourth reafon is this, It is foolifh to (land againft lüin : ehé Kingwill haue itfo,he will haue the vineyard, fo that Nabothwas afooietodye. Let v% cometo the openreafons for finne,which are two : Commandement to doe the Gnne, or example for it; commandementfrom them inanthoritie,exainplefrom the learned: for commandement you(hall feeit its Efay.3 6.Rabfahah his commandement,rbe Kingfaithfo, he bid me doe it. Now if he hadfpoken this ofDauidas hedid of Rahfatiah a molt wicked wretch,yet hadit not beenenough for Isis warrant. For, if that were fufficicnt,thcn were it enough to flay Amon at Abfalomscominandement,and affoone as the feruants /Ball haue taken witneffe thattheir maftcrgaue them leave or bad diem they might kill Amon; they might doeit,and becaufe lefabel commandeth to flay Nabioth,the Eldersmayby this C c 4 reafon
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