The Difcotierieaf$ÿpotrie, he a good man ? did he (hewforth good fruit? rarelyno; nagwe fee how that taking liberty for the feuenth Commandement , bee fell tocall awaythe care of the reft as;of the third Commandement in (wearing tothat wanton daunfer togive herany thing thee thould aske ; andof the fixt Commandement inbe- ing a perfecuter of the fame lohn , whom hee fo much reuereaced before ; Co- dangerousa thing is it toh ue willingly andpurpofelyin the breachOfanyone Commandement. So that this is theconclufon, thatour fruite is then raid to begood; when as there is a refpea had to all Gods Comivandements, with out taking liberty to a mans felfe to litie in the breachandordinarynegle&of anyone. Let vs makeefe ofthis. Firft ofall it fettles to (flew vntovs , that howfoeuer Papilla doe pretend to Tbs t yre Bland muchepos good workes , and wouldbee thought zealous therein,yetit i8 not pofsible that a Papift lhouldbring foorih good fruit , fuch asall thofemull bring foorih, which would efcape the callinginto the fire, which is here men- tioned in the latter end ofmy text. Andmy reafon.for that Ifayis, becaufe entry Papift dotb continue in a wilfull , fetledand aduifedbreach of thefecund Commandement, which forbids exprefly all making ofgrauen images fot the worlhipofGod. All the lhiftthey can make all thediltin &ionsthey are able to coyne, cannot quitthem from thebreach ofrhe lawe. for irisa cleare cafe, that that which wasthe Ifraeiiresfnnein making thegoldenÇalfe, is the thing chiefly forbidden in the feeond.Commandement; now their finitewas,the ma- kingofan image by which toworfhip God, and to preferue the. memorie of God ; forfó Aaron proclaimed, Too morrowfhallbee theholyday oflehoeah ¡: And the Pfalmiflfaith , :Rey trrnedtheir holloworglory (thatis, their God;the 'Eso. ;a.$. true worlhipofwhomwas the glory amongmen) him they turned into thefmi- litndeof, bukockethat methgaffe': neithercould they befogrolfeas to Minim, thatthat mohonllulfe, the callingwhereofthey themfelues beheld ; -was their Pla.los.i deliuerer oarof,rEgypt; common realos would not fuhr them tobe fo foteith: the truthwas; this they wouldhave, after the falhion ofotherAlations,to wor- thipGodby. And the fame is the right idolatrieofPapifls, theywill notbe thought toworihip Images, but to worilmipGod by, and at theImage; and therefore it is a plaine breach of the fecond Commandement the continue ance whereinmakes all their great workes abhominablebefore God ;. though they bee nener fo chargeable ro their purfes , or painelall to their bodies. So' that we muff learn to beware of chore favourablefpeeches which wee willvfc touching filch, as tofay, It is pittieof their errour, they are otherwifethus and thus, and ful l ofgood workes; whereas indcede, that which they doe, asgluing tothe poore, &c. though init felle it bee good, yet inthem it is not fo: forhee which commands gluing to the poore , commanded alto tomakeno Image; fo that he will not bepleated with theone,where and whenthere isnoreckoning made ofthe other. Secondly , thisplucketh off the vizard frommanyhypocrites , which line The a gjg in the face ofGods Church, who (land much vpon their tearms, and brag of their fruites, and thinke themfelues to be filchas theyought to bee , becaufe (it may be) they canname , or the worldmay behold; in them .; fome.one ortwo things, whichareefteemed to be good workes, as(parhaps) fome hofpitalitie, or now and thenforce large(Ce to thepoore , or peaceablenelte , orkinde and gentle conuerfation, or truth, and keeping prornife in thedealingsof the world; and filth like. An other (parhaps) will fay that he is no adulterer; ornotheefe, or no (tenderer, or he neuer went to lawewith any man,&c. Wee lindemany fuch , that for thefecaufes arewell thought ofwith the men ofthe world, and which doefoothe vpthemfelues for theftthings , as though their fruit were as good and wholefomeas it needeto bee a and thereforewhen they heartofany iudgementofeiod againflfinne,they fuppofe it concernesthemnot? Bixby this Y cult 243 ,
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