A 390 Çhap.,c. AComme-maorie v¡rotr no innes.Prideitcleanlines,couetoufilesis nóthingbutworld- lines , drunkennes good fcllowfhip, fornication-a tricke of youth. Thus menput vifards.vpon their vgly finnes The Po, lititianthat is ofno religion,faith,that weand thePapitls differ not in fubftance, but in final' circumflahces : and.that if they, erre, it is butin ftrsall points. But on the:contrarie, we are to e í fteeme cuery finne for a great finne, to humble our (clues for the leaf' firms, and to bring our Celtics in fubialiontoGod in the leaft ofour anions. Here we are taught by all nreares to maintaine the puritie to offound religion, whatfocuer befall vs. And for this caufèwe are to refift and withftand cuery erronious opinion that {hall be broched. For it is the pollicieof the deuill by foitting in Come one errour, to depraue and confound the whole bodie of truth. It maybe (aide, howmay weMoone errour from tS found doE rine,-confidering oftentimes they are like, as leauen is like dove ? Anf. Leauen is difcerncd from dow, not by co- lour , but by tall : cum fo they which are fpirituall, andhaue the gift ofdifcerning, direnedby the analogie offaith,difcerne truth from falfhood. For whatfocuer is againft one Articleof yo faith, or againfl any of the commandementsofthe dccalogue, isnot found donrine, but kauen. Againe, that which isPaid offalfc doCrine,maybe Paid pro- portionally of bad manners. Here thereforewe mull be put in mindeofthreeduties. The firfl, to refill and withf#and cue- zf ry particular lime . For euen one finne is able to defile the whole life ofman. One file is fufficient to mattea whole boxe offweete ointment. One offence in our firlt patents, brought corruptionvponthem andall rnankind,yca upon hcaucn and earth. He that makes noconfcicnce ofCome one Lime, is gull- ; tie ofthe whole law. Iam.2. Secondly , we muff doe our indeauour to thevttermoff, to cut offeuery badexample in the focieties ofmen. For onebad example is fufficient to corrupt a whole familic,a whole town, -a whole countrie. Theexample of oneinccftuous manwas ; fufficient to corrupt all Corinth. Therefore Paul faith , Purge kw theold leauen. i.Cor. 5.6. The lawofGod is, that blafphe- mers, murderers,adulterers, &c. fhah be putto death : the tea- [Con is,that cud/may he takenaway oat of7frael, thatis, the mill fwicked example,whichbeeing fuffcred_fpreads abroad,ado`d¡ mil
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