Ofoffences. 351 ihtaking part with thetruth. God the Fathermay feemefurtheroff: But euc`n Chriftthe Prince of peacehimfelfe,Matjo. faith : I came not tobringpeace,butafivord,that theywhich content in wickednesmight flicke no Ionger together: andPfal. gq.. Dauid faith, whowill takemypartagainff the wicked? That wasa voice ofdiffen !ionifeuer therewere any, eúen thatwhich ' a/liecalleth thefanneofdiffenhon. Augufïine faith., this isnothing, but a Flabelluin, quc(tionbetweene the Conful , and theTribune, theywill agreewith the infer;ourmagi- ftrateagainfthim,thátisasfarreabonehim, asthe Conftilis aboue the Tribune. There. forewhen there is diffe» fionwe muff notbedifinaide.Ic is foretold Efäy 5.24. Ièretniah is sedition. faine tocrie,myMother hobborneme acontentious man.TheIfraelities faid,weIli all neuer bequiet,tillllmosbe from among vs.Euen theDine' himfeifechargeth our Sauiour Chrift with it.Art thoucometo tormentvs?And the leffe difmaide (hallwe bé,ifasa learned Father rn dijënj7on faith,firft,ifwehaue prayedagain$ it:fecondly,if we haue def red to ioynepeace &truth : what wemull thirdly, ifwe haue felt amourning,for that there is diffenfion : fourthly, ifwebe ready to obfwae. yeeId a reafonof that wedo : fiftly, andwill for quietn es fakeconk& afault, where there r a isnone. They haue bne great argument, that itbreedethno offencefotocontend. This 4S troubledmany in the prunitiue Churchleauingnianygoodthings vndone,which other-- wife-they wouldhaw done, tillat the Taft they concluded inaConned, which bath been . heldofallfathers,fchoolemen,andEquines hitherto,andIpray God it maybefo ofvs. It prilius fra .. ishetterthátan offencearife, thenthat and thus much ofcontrouerfies. dalumturd-. y Manynow adayes ingiuingvoices, haueapretie wifepolicie,becaufeitisfo mill a turquam -ve- thing; Iwill give no voiceat all, hold you content, fuckbe,téaws7,P,g1, .s, neuterpaf ties, °ÿeswi¢eirher indifferentmen, thatwilldoeneithergoodnorenill. Thefe are odious vntothe Lord,Ze- doeasweGJt, phani, i .12 .Iftherebe anyrnan,that faith,Iwil neither dogood norbad,orbath fet donne srnotdoeany that rulewithhimfelfe,I wil,faith the Lord,feeke himout with alanterne to a ((rangeiúdg- thingat all. ment.They willfay as itis Plal. s z.Our tongues and lungs aretoreowne,and therefore we may fpeake,as weliff, and when welift. Bythis theyflaw, that they haueneither Logike nor Diuinitie. Theholy Glioft faith, thou (halt not giue thy voice. Ifthe preceptbe affir- matiue,it bindethfempernoeadfemper ; butifit benegatiue, it biadeth bothfemper andad femper.The likeprecept is,thou (haltbeno v(itrer:well,I will nor lend at allibut thoumutt Ofgíùsgvoy: lend, and yet not lend tovfurie. Thou lhalt not take thename ofthe Lord thyGod in etc faiaii vain.Wel,I wil notfwearef t al ; yeathou muff fweareby his name,and yet nottake it in afemblier. vaine.Thou (halt notbeare.alfe witnes : well, I willbeare no witnes at all ; yea thon (halt be awitnes, butyet nota falfe witnes. So I will not giuemyvoiceat all; yes, thou flak, andyetnot to a Rabbi,or amhkitude.The reafon hereofis,becaufe we were borne to heart witnes tothetruth. Therefore wasI borne,faithChrift. Whereupon Assgufline faith, this belongeth to allchrillians : Fulgentiur a good and holy Fatherfaith, when truth is indan- gered,both he which denied' it,and he whichholdallhis peace doebetray the truth.Wehl, it is faid,thoufhalt not anfwere, and therefore we hold it notneedefuli toglue our witnes to thetruth, except webe askedand intreated. But is it not often faidin theEuangelíffs, Then Iefus anfwered and faid,when noman fpakevnto him?Hereupon one faid,truth de- mounded itin his confcience. AsGod is Paid inErg tohearevs, beforewe call vntohini 5 fo will he Isaac vsanfwerehim, beforehe fpeake to vs.Pfal.S.Dauidtarrieth nottodefend the innocent, till Ise be intreated ; takethno reward to doeright, being readywithout de- firing. As wehauetwo Landes offinnes ,finnesofomiffionand conmiiffion, andPfal.ia8. ifthey put but their hand towickednes, touch it with one finger, and nor 'put too their fhoulders ; fo it is not onely vnlawfull nottodoe good, butalto not to worke'together in goodAnd asthesisan that Infteth after a woman,committeth adulterie,but fhe-is deem :to thole that giuenot witnes tothe trutls,though itpreuaile,haue tothemfelues ouerthrowen the truth ; and thofe,that haue giuen witnes toit,though thetruthfall,to them it(tandetls. But that is flat without all exception : He thatitnot withme is again((me.Yet famehaue an- fwered this place vntonie in pnuateconferencewith thatother place,He that is notagainft me, iswithme : Sothen,ifye glueavoice,andnotagainit thetruth ,yeare with it:Mas:ke, of whomChriftfpeaketh, ofone thatwasnodifciple, that had not gmen his nameto Chrifi, of himChrilt faith : Ifhe benot againff vs, hen withvs. Asifone beof anotherland, if H 3 lie
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