t ~78 l ;:;::::r:-;iA llltl11Uf1..1111Jdt PwsJ..41ur.us. Pr.n. M'f. tHIN t .T,f{:/i.iJ/J, lbulo Ibid. S4CT4TMI1l Ctrc· tr.!Jifi~trumlib.t. xcipltdc!rtmioCtutltr4ni fW111i:11'1' 0 116j • JIIiltamtittfl :::~!jn~;;; lt~itcit: AHrllm &Argt~lkm lf<Uit~nJibi: <71Ud liUtnnhA· btf.hlctib.ido.r' c.n~ P.miu,. tiA[ fJf,ol, \ { N umb.u. Ezcc+ luk.j· O,JJ, Fri(hr!_tnfts ill pr.Jt{ar· Is MRr·~J· yidt Prllft~tm Jt triLMs [lflh jud Alia drr flriwa. Ph..ri(twinn. qlllllt/lnififtr.i$ (m11eduma.r· Rtltl.hftrV4tio. Hitr.DIGJ/.1Pharifaifme I A.\ what they have gained fince we diilented; coforefec whlt thty will gaine f They are uur mutnall Jpoiles that havemade them proud and rich. Ifyou ever therefore look to feethe good daics ofthe Gofpell,the uuhorfing and confufion of that firum· per of fiornt, for Gods fake, for the Churches fake, for our own foules f•ke,let us all compcfeour felve• to peace and love:Ob pra7for thepe• ce ofJ<rNJ<Iem: that pc4Ct ""J hen 1thinberwalls,andp,.Jperltiewithin herpa/4Ces. for thcmmeruftheir Tradttions,ourSaviour h~th taxed them in manypanku· latf·abouc wa!hings,oathes,otferines,retribution:whereofhe hath fa:d enough when he Lath rearmed their dcltrine,the C.uven ofthe Ph;rifos,that is, fowre and I welling. S.l:licrotlleteduces them to two heads: They wereTHrpia •nilia; fome fojhamtfN/1 that they mighrnor befpoken; othersidle and d•tifh; both fonumeroos. that they cannot be reckoned. Take atafie for all 1 and to admit rheirreall Tradirions,heare fame oftheir interpretative. The Law was, that no Leper might come into the B Temple; theirTradition was, ifhe werelet down thorow the roofe, rhiswere no it regularity. The Lawwas, ammmight not carry aburrhen on theSabbath: their Tradirionall glofi'e; ifbecarried ought on one lhoulder,it was ahurrhen; ifonboth, none. I i lhooes alone, no burr hen ; ifwith naile;, nottolerahle. Their fiiot ofa Sabbaths journeywas a thoufand cubits; theirglolfewas, That this is to he underfiood without thewalls: bm ifa man fhould walke all day through a City asbigge as ~·imve,he olfeods nor. The Church of Rome !hall vie firange glolfems and ceremonious obfervations withthem, whether fur numberor for rilificnloufnelle. The d: ywou!d f.lile mee ifllhould <1ther epitomize the volume oftheirholy ritts, or gather up thofe which it harh omitted. The oew eleCted Pot"' in his folemneLareun proceffioo rr.u(l rake coppermoney our of his Chamberlames bp, and fcarter it among the people, and fay; Gold •flli Silver havt I none. Seven years penance is C injoyned to adeadly finne; becaufe Mlriam was feparared leven dayes for her leprolie ;andGod fayes to Ezd\kl, 1 havegi~e•tbee AdaJ f..-4J'"· Chri!t faid to Ptter, C.anch.forlh i•lo the dup: therefore he meant that Peters fuccefiOr lbould catch the great fiUlOfConJI•nlinet donation. But lfavonr yoQf eares. That one I may not omit, howS.I:lierome, whom they fondly termethoirCardinall, compares fome Popilh falhions ofhis time with the PharifoicaU 1 wbo wh<n he had fpokenoftheir purple fringes in the foure corners oftheir ( T•llilr) and the thornes which thefe Rabbins rye in their lkiK!,f"r pennance,and admohitionoftheirduty : Hoc 4pttd''" (faith he)(uptTJiitio[£ fltNiierculei• paroNii< Evallgelii~,;,urucls Jig/M C.• ijliufmodi ><h•tfaaitanl: That is, 1 hu,foperjlitlo•loi(/rPivudot amongJI NswithlittleG•JPtls ofJoh.w7th lhefJJoodoftheCro./Jt, ••ri the Mt. Thus that Fathtrdirefcly raxeth this RomHh ufe: whoifhewere nowalive', and lhould heare their Church groaning D undrr the number ofCeremonks more rhan theJewilh, would ( befides holy J•- (lins comphint) redouble that cenfureofourSaviours, Woe IOJOMS cribes,Ph4rifi1,hr pocrlltl:for1efinde be•v1 bHrthent •nrigrievous lo 6t 6omt, .,d l•y them on fltt!JI Jho•l· ders. lforbeareto fpeak ofthe erroreous opinio~s of tbefeJewilh Mafiers cancer· ning that P;thagori41Jtranfanimation or paffage ofthe foule from one body to onl!- cher (a point which the Jeweshad learned from th< m, Milth. 16. 14.) concerning the not rifingop ofthewicked, Afhonomicall d.efim~1free will,rnetit of works,per· f<Ction ofobedience, in every ofwhich irwere eafie t<>lofe my felf, and my (perch. I halle to rhdr mJine unriglueoafnel!e; which \l'GS oot 10 mucnthe plantingoftbefe fine!<!,whichGod never fer,as rhe graftingofall holine;&Gods fervice,npon them· a falJJiouableobfervatioo ol the outward Jeerer, with neglect ofthe rrue fubfiance of the Law; avaine-glorious ofientationofpiety and perfeClion; andmore care to be E thou~ht, than tqbegopd; a grearerdefire to be great, 1han good; cruelty and opordlioncoloured with devotion. My fpeech nowwwards the clofure lh•ll draw it felfeup within thefe two!iHs;of their HJPocrife,rheir World/i,t./Jt:H ypocrifie in Fa- · foio•ah~t~tffiand Oftt•t•tiOII! World!inelfe inCoveloNfnrfli,Jmhitil1i. Only fiirre up your felves awhik,and futfernoc your Chrillian attention ro faile in tbislafi alt. Someoftheir Rabbins fay wel!,that God requiresrwo things concerninghis Jaw; CuJiodie and Wor~r. Cofiodiein the heart;worke in theexecution: Thefe unfound and --------------------------------------------~---------
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