8o 7'reatife Ifwe had no more Pinnes, our ignorance were fufhcientto condemne vs. I L Godsword is tobeobcied,though we fhould offendall men,yea loofc all mens fauour,and fuffer the greatetl domase that may be, eucn the lofie ofour hues. And the rearon is at hand; bccauteGods wordbath this prero- gatiueto bridle, binde,and reffrainethe confcience. I I I. Whatfoeuer we cnterprifeor take in hand,wemuflfirft fearchwhether Godgiue vs libcrtic in confcience,and warrant to doe ir. For if we doe orherwife, confcience is bound pretentlyto chargevs offinnebeforeGod. Lathy, we doe here fee how dangerousthe cafe is ofall Time- feruers that will hue as they lit ,and be ofnocerten religion till differences and diffentions therein be ended, and they haue the determinationof a generali Council! : for whether thefe things corne topaffeor no,cercen it is that theyare bound in confcience to receiuc andbelecue the auncient, Prophetical!, and Apotlolicall dotrine touching the true worfhip ofCod and the way to life eucrlatling, which is the true religion. The fame is to be faid of all drowfie Proteflants,and duke- warmegofpellers,that vie religionnot with that care and conicience they eught,but onely thenand fòCarte forth as itfcrues for their turncs,comrnon 'y negleaing ordefpifing theof emblies where theword is preached : and feldome frequenting the Lords tablevnles it be at Eager. Like fillywret- ches they neither fee nor feele the con[fraining power, that Gods word bath in theirconfcieaces. Gods wordis either Law, or Gofpel.The Law is a partofGodswordof things tobe done,orto be left undone. And it is three-fold; Motall, Iudici- all,Ceremoniall. Moral( law concernesduties of loue,partly to Godand partlytowards S5 4.0fthe our neighbour: it iscontained in the Dccalogue or ten Cornmandements: more Saw and it is the very law of nature written io ail mens hearts (for fubtfance bdThe moral! though not for the manner ofpropoundíngit) in the.creatioñ of mao: and law is vnchá- therefore it binds the confciencesofall men at all times, euen of blind and geable in re- ignorantperfons that neither know themoli ofit nor care toknow it. Yet fpeftof that here muff be remembred three exceptions or cautions. I. When two eternal! iu- p Rice which it commandements of themoral! law arc oppofite in refpedt ofvs ; fo as we prefcribeth; cannot doe then bothat the fame rime : then the !der commandement yet is it chan- g1t1esplace tothe greater,anddothnot bindeor confiraine for' that infant. geablcas it Example. I. God commands one thing,and the magiftrate commands the is applied co flat contrarie: in this cafe which of thefe two commandements mutt be o- fome particu- lar a&ions & beied, e Honour God, or, a Honour the Magit}rate?the anfwer is, that the cafes,and in Iattermufl giucplace to the former, and the formeralone in this cafemuti that refpeet it beobeicd. Adt, 4. r 9. Whether it be right in the (76' ofGodto obeyyou rather admits a di- then god,iudoeye. I I. The fourth commandement prefcribcs reti on the and noother. Sabbath day: now it falls out that at the famed= a whole towne is let on wire. fire, and the fixt commandement requires our l,elpe in fauing our neigh. t Corn. bouts life and goods. Now ofthefe two commandements whichmutt be CO r°' obeied? for bothcan not, The anfwerisrthat the fourthcommandement at this
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