A JeriOffl Dif!wajive fromPoperie. · ;--~-:--- ..a........... dingherbookesfiomcorruption: Yea~ fome.ofthePopilhDol'torsmainrain, th1t A o..., .• co. the ]tP'es inhatred of the Chri!han f.mh, did on purpofe corrupt m•ny places of i::'h!'~~~=;. Scripture: fo holds Gregery de I' tlkfllia, Jaco6NI Chrlfl•polil•-in his Preface to the on, p. 1o 1• •- Pfalmes Canw in the fecondhookcofhis commonplaces. But in !ieadofall BeU~rgaJnft '!= mineth;ll !hut up all with thefc words : TheHereticksofthistime, inhatred ofthe ~:::;/;1 ~:;.0 vulgar Edition,give too much to the '!ehrlf' E~irion,as c,ztviD,Chtmnitilu)Gtorgilu H.,,; , h•pu M1jor:All whichwould have everythmg exammedalid amend~d by theH;6r~"' xt ""'"''"' oNIH which they commonlycall amoll: pure fountaine. See nowwbetherthat which Bel- ~1~~i~:~~ l~trmine confefTcs eo have beenthe judgementofHierome, ANftm, and all theancient '""'" edit;... Fathers, benot here condemned by him, as theopinion ofthe Hereticks: Ourswas ~~;:~t_: theirs)and theirs is condenmed under ournames: Judgewhether in this alfo Popery ' ' """"" a< be not an upll:arc. ;,;~;:;,;. fcu~e; ~~~!i;he~~;; {n ~lu;~~~i~l~;~~~~~~~~~ei~~:~~~~t%~:~er~::~~~~ B ~":ft~':1!'!t: hard in one place, i> openly laid forth in another: Heare the judgement of the old ,. •· Church.andours: ~11 things arec!eare an~ plaine,andnothing contrary in the ScripEp•p/o""·'"'J" rures, fanb l!.piphtunNs. Thofe thtngs whtch feeme doubtfully and obfcurelyfpoken :;•::;;[,!; in fomeplaces ofScriprare, are expounded bythem, which inother places are open <tau & 1.,;a.., and plaine, faith Bajil: What could Calvi~re and lMther fay more? &t.B•ftl·"' Af- There isnofo great hardnetfe in the Scripmres tocome to thofe things which are · ~{;;;;:";::!;~:,: necell'ary to falvation, faith A .often: Ia thofe thingswhich•reopenly laid downe in 1•.!•1 &,jf'"' Scripture, are found all thofe things which containe our faith and rules ofour life, ,;,w,., d~iin faith the fameFather; whoyet againealtOfaith thus: The Spirit ofGod bathroyally j,~~;r~,~(;. and wholefomely tempered the holyScriptures fo, as both by the plaine places he c >tg •67· A"(. might prevent our hunger, andbytheobfcureoemightavoidourniceOothfulnell'e· '!:/!;;~'::,J,"'J!j. fur there is fcarce any thing thatcan be fetcbt outofthofc: obfcuricies, which is no; p"~"' P""'" foundmoll: plainly fpoken elfewhere• •;,., aJ" qu And becaufe BeUarml.ottakesexceptionat this (I' ere, fcarce) compare thi! place [:ft:;~r:f. withthe former, andwith thatwhichbe bath inhis thirdEpi!ile, thus: The manner .u do£1>. thrift· offpeecbinwhich theScripture is contrived, iseafie to becometoof all; although it ~;:;;::,;;: be througbly attained byrew : ThQfe thingswhich it comainetb plaineand eafie, it ~'''''"' P•fi" fpenkes like afamiliatfriend, withoutguile, to theheart ofthe learned and unlearn- {~"';/:::;:;· ed, &c. Butitinvitcsall men with an humblemanneroffpeecb , whom it doth not 9~, ""'"""' only feed withmanife!hruth, but exercifewith fecret, having the fame in readiodfe D fi""' """h"' which it hathin fecrecy:t~usA.vjle,. Toomit Iren.t.os and 01'ige11:ChrJfoftome(whom , ~;.:;; 1:::,t BeU•rmine faith,we allege alone for us)befidesmany otherplain places,writeth thus: "'Jii•it. fan£1. Who is there to whom all is not manile!l:, which iswritten in theGofpell?who that it•f"ipt.&t. !hall beare, Ble[fod are themeek!, Bkjfidare themercif.vll, Bleifid•retbe p.vre i* heart, ~=~~;;~!''ft· and there!l:; would defire a teacher w learneany ofthefe things which are here fpo· -'"f·'Pifi·J· ken?Asalfo the !ignes, miracles,hifiories, arenotthey knowne andmanifefi to eve· :::i~J{:,1/;, ryman? This pretenceand excufc: isbut rhecloakeof our !lotbfulnnetfe: thouun. s.,;p1,,, .,.,, derfiandell: not thofe thingswhich are written; how thouldll: thon under!land them Sui in,;,,, ,,._ whicbwiltnot fo much asOightly looke inm them? Take the bookeinro thyhand, -:.;:,:~f.'fl. read all theHifiory, and what thou knowefi,remember; and what is obfcure, run ofHonn ' ' ' '"' tenover it: So Chryfoftome. Yea, hemakes this difference betwixtthePhilofophers E ~~"J.'/,1.~ and Apo!l:les: The Philofophers fpeake obfcurely, buttheApofiles and Propehts ,, 7 , .,.,,. (faith he) contrarily make all things delivered by them, cleareandmaoifefi: and as gt/. "' '· 1"m' the common reachersoftheworld havefo expounded all things,that everymanmay ~;:;f:."';;~; of himfelfeby bare reading learn thofe things which arefpoken: yea, la!l:ly, be goes ,;"'q.;dtmin fo farrein thispoinr, asthat bea!keth, Wherefore needsaPreacher? all thingsare f'"'~~tiU,<r< cleare and plaine in the DivineScriptures; but becaufe ye ate delicate hearers, and ;:.,,,;.~';:;~ feeke delight in hearing, therefore ye feek for Preachers. . . ~:::!.!?;b~~~r;';,ti~~~:;;;;~,=r;~:;:~{p"j-;At~:;adt::::~~j,j{~~::.J<J;;,:,r.:o:J~1:~~~t~~=:~~:~~~fi ,~1:, n.:ttTrt?MthiA fmu p!iVta rx fcripturll dJ'tliMJ ftdt]Ni.2 dtlir:.Jt•li tjlis,(?'c.Hom.3.in J.Tbtjf. BrY41mJ.b.J.dt1itrhr,r.1t-r· Nmffar;l fo_· tr1/JIMmtfl Script,rrtu t{Ttcbfcm1ffim.zs. Lll!brTP.$ dMt~tQisia fXt~ir rJit;unum q11od [criptln'a ttiamft AlmJ,; obf"u.s,tamtll ilbt~ 'tdttrt lflh-- 1 bidtUe praf0114t,&c.ibid(tfl.t, Et~iusinllr.clrtrid.t,4.LI4bmllliCMtt71dll1ft Striptur;u[lltrastjforlaras. DNr..-wrur.trJFinr~. /lb.6. 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