!!A 'Freatife of[allings~ 76'> ~e bodies oftheir wiucs, childrcn,fcr~~nts; A him,were the r{!:utcd commande-mcnts ofa neglclHng chc meansofche falu.ci<>n ofthei~ king, nor.rcucr cd by any Iewe, bur obeyed (oulcs. Clcane contrary to che rule m hand, ofall. For when he g.:tue cOmandemcnr char which inieyneth the prallife ofthe principal! all chc world, yel rhC Iewes 1-hould be raxed, duties in che tirll place: rhecefore all carcldfe they yctlded chcmlelues ro chis commande· & ignorant mafters offtmilics are here eo be mcnr5yea righteous !oflfJ, and MAr} went ro wamcd,to haue fpecial care eo promde for ~he ch~ir own wwne ro be caxed.Ca,ph.u wa) h{l- (auing ofchefoules of all the th'f liue vnder nourcd as high Pridl among rhe Jc:w~s ~ and rheir gouernment. This alfo fltewcch vs rhe chough his emr.ance was by corrupdO& bn.. faulrsofmany i\udenrs,whofwing chefelues bery~yct nocwichfb.nding, chc aftions done apm for the workc ofthe mi~iilery, doefir!t by J1im jn his office,were not dh:cmed nulli giuechcmfduesto i\udy the Fathers and an: cies,buc all ions don<:'. And rhcr~:forc ourSacicntwrirers,wht,reas their. firft principal\ du.. uiour c;hri'it Juffcred himfdfc to be accufcd, ty is, tO be foundly inllrulled in the word of ar!aig~ed, and iudgcd ofhim: and alfo was G9d, and to ground chemfducsin chc mainc comenr eo come imo ch.c T C"mplt: & ·~·mr1h1p poinrs ofreligion, that rhey may bee •ble ro Go,d accor ing tolhe manner of the Iewcs,eknow what is true, what u falr~;whac 1s eo be 8 uen belor<t'•iph.u himi'elfe. The Scribes and . done what is not to bedone in almatcers whe· Phanfies chat were cbc Do!tors qf the .lcWl'S, thcr ;hey cOccrnc faith or manners. And v.:~e had not many ofthe their calling by fuccellithis good foundation is laid,t~enthe~ore fa1d on fr?m .A4ron ; and for indgmenc were aJ[o helpes may with goodruccc!Te be ad1oyned. i6,P'ft hcrer~cal,holding (ome rhings againft A.gaine,necdfary works I call thore,wht-::h t .: found:nio,namcly,iufbfica~ion by works, vpon due conlideration,are not onely la~full &c. and yer our Sauiour Chrifl, becau(e rhey in themfelne5, and agreeable eo ourcalhng, (ace in Mofes chair~,' bids rhe; Church oJ th.: but a!fo expedient in the doer: for if they bee · Iewes,& his difcipl ei heare rhem,fo fa.rforch inespedimt, though othcrwife lawfull, th<y as they caught rhe doOrinc: ofMDfo,,Wherearc nor robe done. . . by it ismamfeO:, char it rl.1cre bee no fault 1n Before I pr<>ceed any further, here Is :i nethe,work, the defctliue calling ofrhe worker, I• ctffary quei\ion to be handled: Whether the c!.oth nor make a nullide ot cht: action do•.1c. works and atlions of a calling done by a ma'n For howfoeuer the worker linnes m his vnwbich entrcth vnlawfully intotha! calling,be · law(ulJ ~ncrait'ce.,' andin rhat regard, is nor to nullitiu or not,rhat is,to be re-pute~ofv~as a.. be ap!rom~ed,yerthe aCtions in the: calling fo aion• aot dondlanfwer,that JO thmgs done; whic 1 he is encred,arc the aC:bons ot that calehere bctwo kinds offaults;onc in the work, C lingj forthough he be called amilfe, yet hec another in the worker.A fault in the work,is i\andeth in the roome ofone lawf"IIY called. when the aCtion ic felfe is done ami{f..: : and it And wee are to maked,fference betwixt him may be doHe amiffe in fubA:acce, or in cirdzthat is called, though vnllwfully,& him that llance 1 & if thefault bein the fubfiance thrrof, hath no·c.alling ar aJI. For rile lltions done itil indeed a nullitic, and mufi be reputed aa wichoutcalling arc indeed nullicit;:s, wherasif not done. Secondly, the fault ofthe worker there be anycalllllg,chough t:ntrance be badis, when an aBion ofalawfull cailing is done lymade, it doch not make the al11on voidc. by oncthat is not eallcdlawfully. Now then, Andwllo(ocucrdcniech this ground oPcrurh, when the fault ofan aCl:ion is not in chcwork ouercuroes the regiment of kingdomcs, ir fclfe, but in the perfon that workcth ir,it is Churches,ftatcs,and fociecir.s whatfocuer. not to bereputed a nullity , neither to be re~ . By this which h2rh been<.laid, a qudlion verfea as nothing. As for example,one called JS rc(olucclconcerning bapcifine:many of our lawfully to the minifiery, baptizcth inta•ts in ancc:flors heretofore haue beene baprized by the nameof the Fat~er,andofthcvirgin M aMalfc·prielh, and ncuer rcceiued any baprJ: here is a fault in che ~llion done,and char D cifme hue in the Church of Rome: now the in the fubllancc ofbapnfme,& ch<rforc here demand is, whether th~r bapcifmc wC'rc fuffi. is no baptifme,but rachcr a prophanation of cient or no:& wherher chey muft bcrcbapri-. chc: ordinaace of God. Now put the caie fur~ zed?I an(wer thu~:che Romi!h pneft is no m1chcr i chat baptifme is adminifired by a man niller of God & Chrill,but of Antichrifi, in dm iscalled,thogh not lawfully; 1fay,ifrhere tlm he offen Chri!t a real! lacr;nce for th• be no fault in the atl:i6,buconlyinchc man, quick & the dead, whcrin chicAy !lands his that baptifme isnotto be reputed a nullity. office: yet b<e3Uii: he hath bin, & is deGgned This doCtrine is agreed vpon by the comby men ro baprize1 & lbnds in chc roome of mO confent of l>iuincs,as dfo by the ]awes & a lawfull minifhr, his ad:iO is notvci.d: for orders ofkingdomes,as may appeare piaindy thogh he be not a minilter lawfully carJed eo in particular. ANgNftmC4tr a Romane Em· baptize,yec is he not a mere priuar n1a buc'he pcrour, inuadcd chc kingdome of the !ewes, is ~erwe<:n bo_rh,that is,one caltedtthongh aand brought it into a Prouince:and rhus was nutfe,rhrog!l J..gno'race & ouerfight of me?':& hee made king of the Iewes, not by lawful! c6fequccly,he is one that·in eke ael: of b:tprizmea.nes,but by intrulion.Fora.Uchis,the aO:i- · ing,tl:ads m rorne ofaright~awfulminiftrr. on1 done,and the commandements giucn by Agaiac, it plelfcch fOme,cartied more by - Tee~ affdtion
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