532 The Treal[ersplea. _uinc to bewell ftudied intheFathers,yet itis good toreade their workes asthe workes ofmen.Ic wasa goad aduice which Augtr/Pine gaue toa friend of his; / Notoeuthori- wouldnot(faithhe) bow theeMoro myauthority, a a thoughyon thetatbinkeyonrfelfi tat.mumle boundtobeleeuewhatfoeuer lfay,becaufe 1fay it. It is wit-dome tohold that rule in quru,vt idea the peruing of them all. But I forget my felfe , to enter into this difcourfe to pates eeeffe you, whom it Bothnot fo properlyconcerne. Howloeuer, by this that I haue quebdew _.Y P P Y rpearedere, now faid,you mayvnderftand inyopinion touching both the Fathersandocket q4kofl me (asyou call ít)profaucrlearning. duitur Nymph. 7tntlprayfr, why meynot thetefftmenictandwritingtofmenbear lam_ AdPautinnuL u11 vedinthe alhion o reacbin u to the primate re aration orit. f lly fP &, P PP f e Epaph. It is no goodcoufequence, to fay that they may bealleagedin the pulpit,becaufethey may be perufed in theRudy. When as Salomon made pre- °,King,f.;g paration forthe building ofthe Temple,he hadg0000 Moronsinthe monntameso, and among fomany, there couldnotchute but bemuch hewingand knocking; andhanrering; yet, thereweoneither homer, nor axegnurany tooleofyron heard ¡tithe p t King. 7. boofewbileit was inbuildings :After the famemanner it is in Gods doritaal building s; grCor4.t. thofe things may lawfhlly be vfedin the making prouifion for it, whichare not of the like necefíityor lawfulneffe in the aâuall performance of it, Bat to fpeake moredirely (becaufe theft fimilitudes feruemore to giuelight, then flrength toa matter) ifyou bedeffrous to knowa reafon why weought white very fparing inthevie ofmens teftimonies inour ordinary Sermons, thisis(as Ithinke) theprincipali, namely, that oarfaitbAmid root eénrbewifdomeofinen,but r Cor.z.;. in thepowerofGod; that is to fay, that our judgement inmatters ofreligion might begrounded notvpon the opinions and verdi6 s ofmen , but vpon the certen andvndoubted truth ofGod. What is it tothe confcience ofthehearer, that this isfuch a mansopinion,or the layingof fuch aDo&or, it being fowell knowne that they mighterre? Surely theconfcience can neuer find fore foo- Si quid diva. ring vntill it commethto theScripture. It is a good fpeechof Chryfoflome : If tmr abrue anytbing(faithlie)be[]token witbontScriptare,the kaorrledge of the bearersbalteth:his Stripeura,an- meaning is,that the iudgemenc is neuer firme,till Scripture bath refolued it. It dttprumrog- is ofno ferce(faithdngofree)to relltbepeople,7b,0 lfay,and thisfach amonefaitb;on- nit¡o taudi- ut.ro ef486.1y,Thut faith the Lord, that ffrikeththe ftroke,.and dotheither conuinreorcon- Nonvolet,bas firme the hearers conscience , it maketh him either to agree toit, ofnot to bee rgodsro,bec able to fay againflit: tuderas,bac Nymph. DoefoutbenthiskeAar itirsesatanneal!foraPreacher inaSermon ittedint, /ed so swop Fathert ,or toinfer, thefayings ofHeathen Poett,Oratort,Pbilofophert,and bat dúit'DO- g minus..ad fach v.ncent. Epapbroe. I doe not fay that it is abfolutely vnlawfu(1 toalleageafentence out ofan ancient Writer, orout ofa Heathen Author: for betidesthat, many grave, godly, hod well-learned men doe fometimes fo: there may bee asI thinke tome (at lean) tollerable caufes toalleage them. Asfor example: the Papifts ordinarily giueout (asit is common in the mouchesof our fubuerted Profelites) that the ancient Fathers of the Church are all on their fide, For this cause, fometimesinCome fpeciall points of difference betwixt them and vs , I take it not to bee dilallowable, tfthe Preacher forthe taking away of thatscruple out of the mindesof men doe thew the contentof theelderWri- ters , that men may fee it is but a vaine braggewhich ouraduerfariesmake, when they fay that theirReligion is Curable tothe iudgement of the ancient Church; yet withall, I would nothaue 'a man make this ordinary, Andbe- fides I hold it fit for him to sdmoniflr thepeople that it isdone , notto de- rogate from the fufficiency ofthe Scripture, neither totiethem to theopinions . of meu,buc onely to remoue that doubt, which by thewhisperingofwandring Papiffs,may arisein themindes ofchore that nee not Co well titled in Religion. Solikewile, for the fpeechesani feateticesofprofaneAuthors, to barre them utterly
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