a ~l)tiftiau ~utr. ' ~ I1 I'V ,,~ eJa'iWftiri V 47l0 IN >t..uva~~ Sefe ad pedeJ alicu– jus fubjectioni.r cau(;e .provoh·ere, ; qu4liter catellt heris fois ad– blandiuntJw. ·loved thee: This is not a r€ligious adoration., but a civil reverence ·due to real Saints as an evidence of re– pentance,or fpecial. refpetl:; as dogs fawn upon their Mafr~rs, laying themfelves at their' feet: As the word imports. Natural confcience fomerimes cloth homage to· the .image of God in the Saints _: However, this is a well– known truth, that ~s God hath brought forth wicked mens fecret works of darknefs,into open light, to their confuuon in this world : So he hath clearly ditcovered his Saints upright fervi,ces iJ1 fecret corners,to their ho– nour and iafety in the ni'ck of time: . Jaddus hearing of Alexanders approach to 1erufalem, fer himfelf to pray ; then put on his priefl:ty garments and met the Conqueror,who fell down en Iris fa1:e b~fore him. Par~ menio askt him, ,why he adored the . . Jews High-Priefr., when as other See Clarkf general dh . l -' ·f. MartyroJ. Fol. 5· men adore tm;A exanueran wered, I do not adore him., but that God whom the Hi_gh ... Prieft worfhippeth ; for in my fle~p I fa\V him in fuch an habit,when I was in Maced()nia :-But examples of • ' th'is nature are frequent every where, what firange ef- ~ fe~sprayer hath proughrforth, both for defence to the Saints, and offence ro their Enemies; fo that the clear evidence hereof hath·wrefied from manyfroutoppofers, tha~ acknowledgment of the Q!teen of Scots, that file feared more the prayers of John.'J(nox, than an Army of ten thoufand fighting men : But this is the fecond branch of this laft reafon. God openly rewards by _manifeft deliverances in time of danger., . SECT.
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