Chri!l:s of the[ree~e. . Arraignment. 203 \ , Thn.:. hereof:that whichPaulfaithofherdie, cornume,wluch are from God.Some ha•e thought paring it to a canker or gangren, may be faid that tbis dreame was ofthe diqell: as though I ofall finne. The nature of the gangren is to bee had laboured thereby to hinder the death run from one ioynt to another, from the toe ofChrict,and confequently our faluation ;_but to the foote from the foote to the legge, and I rather dunk 1t was occafioned by the thmgs from thelegge to the thigh,till it haue wafted which fhe hadhcard before ofChrift, orchat anddellroyed thelifc ofthebody: fo giue any tt was tmmedtarcly from God,asthe dreames finne butan entrance and it will foone ouerofPharaohand Nebuchadnez~ar, and fcrued fpread the whole ma~:and ifthediudl maybe for a further manifeftation of Chrifts inno· fuffered but to putone talon into thy hear~, cency. Here it may be asked,whether we may he will prefently winde himfelfe into thee,hts regard our dreames now, as7':/amwtfc dtd, PCai,JJ 7 · head,his body and all. The Pfalmift faith,that orno?.An[.Webauc the bookes oftheold and , heis bleffed that takes the childrenofthe Banew Tcftament to be our dtrechon, as Efay !Ca.~,,o, bylonians, & dllheth them againftthe!tones; faith,ro theiaw•ndto the ttj/imony,theymuft be and as trudy it may befaid, ble{fedist~e man ourrule and gmde. In r_hefedateswe muft not thatda!heththe head of his finnes aga10ft the looketobe taught by vtfions & dreamcs: yet ground while they are young, beforethey get B fi~all it not bee amiife to obferue this cauea~ llrength to ouermafter him. · conc!:rmng dreames, that by them wee may Thushaue we feenethepoliciesof l'i/au: gueOe atthe conftitution of our bodies,il< of. now followeth rhe abfolution of Chrifl: : for tenttmes at the fins wherunto we are inclined. Mot. ,,, when Piuu had vfed many meanes to deliucr The !aft motiue which eaufed 'l'il..te to ab- 'l•''' him, & uonewouldpreuaile, thenhe ~bfolues folue Chrict was a fpeech of the Iewes; for Lu<·•l· him bygiuingdiuers tef\imonies of hts mno· they f:ud,that Chriftoughttodie bytheirlaw ;,:·"· cen~i<:for he came forth three timesand bare becaHft hefoidhewa<the Sonne ofGod. And th; h ,:'• 'f• wi:ncfie; and laftof all he~teftified the fame text fairh;whenPi/.teheardthat,l,eWM aftaid, ; ~0 '''·7· Iob,r8. bywa!hingothishands. whichritefignifieth Marke how a poore Paynim that knew not ' ;8,& '9• properly tne defiling ofthe hands b•fore, but <Sods word, atthe hearingofthe name of the +• as yet Ptlate had not defiled his hands, and Son ofGod is ftrikcn with feare.No doubt he therefore he vfed it as a token to !hew that fital rifeiniudgmentagainft many among!! vs, Chrill was innoccr, & that he woldnotdelile that without all feare rendthename ofGod iri his owno h•nds wirh innocent blood. There pieces by fwearing,blafpherning,curf<d fpeawere three caufes that mooued 7')/atero ab• king. Bat let all thofe that feare theLordlearn foluo Chrift. firft, hce faw that he.was aU.ft C to tremble and beafraid at his blefied name. man,,, S.Mathm> notcth,Mat.27·I9,>0.and Thus much for the caufesthat mooued Pi. tn.r the ~i~h Priell:s andpeople had ddiuered ktt to abfolue Chrift: as alfo for the fecond htmvpofenHie,as S.Marf« laith, Mar.J5.IO. partofChrifts arraignment,namely,his accu· Bythis it isplaine,rhat a very pag.m or infidel fauon. Now followes the third part,which is 1 nuy in fomethings goe beyond fuch as bee in luscondemnation:aad thatistwo.fGlde. The Gods Church! nauingbetter confcience, and lirft, by the Ecdefiaftical afiembly& cou£cell l dealmg more tUfrly rhen they•. PonttHJ P•iatt ofthe Iewes at lerufalem, mthelngh ~iftells was a heathen man,ancl aGentde, the Iewes hall before Ca•ph111, The tenour of his' conwere the Chu~ch & people <:>fthe liuingGod: demnation wao this, He hathblaj;hemell,whai Moth.:•. yet he fecsplamly, that Chnft was.a tUft man, haue we •"J. more needofwitneffis?heu worthyto ••· & thereupon ts ~ouedtoabfolue htm; wheredie: Thecaufe w~y t~ey fay not heJha/1die,bilt 1 as the !ewes.;vhtchfitould bee menofconfcth~,;_wo~thytodie,tsthts:The !eweshad twoiu- · Dcur,t7. encc& reltgtO fcekh1sdearh. And thus a very nfdJCl:tons,the oneecdcfiafticall,rhc otherci· r,s,,. pagan may orherwh1les fee more intoa matuill, both prefcribed and diftin<'tly excoured te< then they thatbe reputed of the Church. by the commaodement of God, till tho time And;his muft admoniOt all ~chaspro_felle D oftheMachabces, inwhichbothioymlytothe Gofpell, to lookc vnro thetr proceedmgs, gethercame into tht hands ofthe prielh: but that they doe all thmgs Wtth vpnght confci. afterward a(>out the daies ofHerodthe Great ence: for if we deakvniuftly in ourproceethe Romane E;mperour tooke away both iudmgs,we mayhauenetghbours, men ofno re. rifdictions fro)Jl the Iewes, and mad> their hgton, that Wllllookc through vs, and fee the Kin•dome a prouincc,fo as they could doe no 1 gro{fe hypocriGe ofour profe!Sion, which alro mo~e but apprehend,accufe,and imprifon :.as would be loth to doe thofe things whichwee dothappeare by theexamp1e ofSa•/, who gat do.Thefecond caufe that moued Pilatctoab. letters from the high prie!ho Dam.fcus that folue Chrift,was his wiues dreame: for when ifhe found any eidter ma11 or woman tha't be- All. 9 , '· he was fer dow~e vpo~ the iudgement feate, lecuedin Chrift , he might bring them boundI !heefent _vnto htm, faymg,Math. '7·I9,HAHc 'o Ierufalem, and imprifQI\them: but.kill c~ thoJ' nothmg todJJewith thati~eft man: for I hauc condemnethey could not.' fliffcredmany things in a dreameby reafonofhim By the fact of this Coitnclll we learnefttn- \ Dreames are of tl?ree forts: narurall, rifing dry points: lirfr,thargei\etall Coun~els., ·and' from th.t conftttutton of the.bod~:dia~licall, the Pope hi~tfeltc litt.ing iudicially in h.is confuchas come by the fuggeftton ofthe,dmel:dt" fiftori~ may ett<• I,f tlwre wne any v!lible --....:.____ _______ -.___----~; ---~-Church 9•
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