z. _Booke. Ca/es of C onjcien~e. 87 their faith; nay(which is more) their perfons; bych~n(>"iog their habirc and awre,vpon this ground~ccau(c the~ffir~laUue commaundc– ment doth not ahvares btnde, : A feruice, andheare Afttjfe,joas he·kfepe his heart'to (joct ?_ Here it~obietled.Firll,that wee arc faued oncly by fairh,and therefore confelli?n is not necell;r!e. An[. Wemufi confldcrfatth two wa1cs. f~r!t, asaninGrurnentcrc:ated m tht' hearr,wherebywcapptch~nd,&apply ChriCI with his benerits to'our [clues, for our rulltfi· ·cation and faluauon. Secondly,fait,h m4(l be cOlidcred mo.rc largely, a5 it i·Sa way eo brmg Y• to hte euerlaUtng. Now mthe firll accepti– on,tt may bee trulyliud,that \\'~e arofaued by fatthalone, For there ts no grace of God, wberebyweetake holdeof ChnU, but faith. B .Gut tf weerake11 in the fecondf<llfe, asa way eolife; then wemay rrulyfar,that iealonefa– u~th not, ,but hope:, ioue, rcpentaocc! good wOrkcs, .and all dmane venues. ln th1s fcnfe PauiJollh,»t•r<faued by hope, Rom.8.24:be· cau(ebyirwccwalte for our Caluauo.1: and nope l:i rhc way,m wh1chaH mu(l\Valkc: that lopke robefaucd.Agatne he [.uth,Momenta~ ny ...Jfoilmu duewJr/tnm/(J tJ/Ii"tttrnAUwazght of gtory,:.Cor.4.17 Bur how I Not ascautes, ·but as ~a1es, ligt~ti, anJ markes, rhat gtUe v:. dtredion toour 10urn~ycs end. And rhus the woman is fatJ to btfat~ ea by bw>ogofch>ldrcn, ' t .dnf. It is not:and I prooue ir by the fcop_e ofeheeight and eenehchaptersof the 6r11 E· pt(llt to theCo.rtnthians, wh;rethe Apollle d•(purcsehe quelhon, wheeherthe ( Ollothi– ar.s llitghe goe mto ehetempb ofidols,and eace ot 1neat offeredvoto them, in the rDeane ttme,noepartakingwith tdolatcrs tn eh~ \\'Or· thipof th.eiddsl This hceauoucheeh to bee vt:crly vnlawfull, and forthat purpofe rcls th.cCorinthians, ThAttheycannol iinn~t of the Lurdsc•p,&oftht c"pofdi~tels.Now as thts was vnlawfull tor them, lo iris vnlawlull fo:t·any Protefiant to goe ro any PopithQlfembly,-to heare Malfe. Againe,God is rhe Creator of the bodyandfoulc:thcrefore he isto be wor: thipped in both; and confequendy wee robbe him of his due,whcn wee retCrue our hcarr.ro hirn,and giucour bod1cs toJdols.Td thi$Pdr... pofePauJ exhortctb the RoiDancs,toglue vp their6odzes a liUing fa,nficc, holy,andact~ptabJcvntoGod,R~•"· r 2.1. \>Vh~ch pl~c<·•f· tttly condemn~th the errour of fome,""'Vt,o thwk that Godwtl be content with the1oulej andfhatthcy may befiow thetrbodte in•ther fcrutceof the dtuell. · J, Ttm, :, 1;. Which bearing and bnngmg ~Puf 'hilurcn, li:nocaufe, but oncly a. way wherein Ihe mufi conltantly wal,kc to glorae. AnJ though in mans tudgemene, rh.ae !llay tccme a 1.1.·ayot m1fcryand dearh,yettn.dced·lt 1 Buragamfl thu dotlrine fundry tllings are C allcadged, .Tbe firl1ts rheexamp1e oi-Naal .-1 n;an.:.Krn s-18,• 9.whofatdtothepropner, IS otherwtfe~ if thcchtldren contmue in fi•tlb, /uHc,andhoime.D~withmod41J· Agame,tbe A~ poHJe '"""'fal!h,that Abrah•ms f"'d' "rought. roge!J?ern•sdJhWwvrk,_eJ, lam, .z.. Z2, wh1cha:re ltkewifc not to bee vndertlood as workmg cau[cs, butastefhmo6tesand ewdences, Je· danngand ntamte!lrng, ehae hccwa• rufim the Ji,;ne of~od. ,. ~econd!J, ir is obietled, that confel1ion ol our faith to God IS fuffictenr. For fo Samt Paul fcemes eo fay, Romanes 14 H. H41 tfoouf~•tb!hauenw•&b lh]JciJ~ b1orcGod;th~r~· foreconfeflion before man is not nteddull. 4•fw.r. The Apo(!Je fpeoketh not of that D f~tth'whcrereby wee arc iul1tfied and c.ued, but of thatwhich llandeeh in a perfwation of the vfeor t)Ot vfcof things mdttferenr. And !Jl!s~man may lt!~p~tahsmj~lf~, that is, h~.:c may fo vfe 11, as hee thall not thereby otfend his brother. Thaecommaundemenewa;g,– _ueq.!>Y Paul for rhofeeime•, when men were not fully pcrfwadcd ol thevfepf Godscrea– tures,as meates,drmkes,&c.but to ehcli:ttmcs it is not. II. ~Gion, Whether it br: la"W[uO for a man beilrg "JJrged, togo toe idol~ I f'PiJtn i briJnm} felj~· inth~houjegf R•mmtm, the Lordbrmerciful!tom~m thi&thing. To whome Ehlha an{wercd,G•,.peace, H<re(fay Come) tlJc Prophet giucs Jeauc roN.tarnan, to·wor. 1 Jlup manidoJstcmpic. , · To this eherebeefundrie an(we!'S ·giuen. Someaffirmc,thatNaamanfpe•keaonely of C.iudl and Polmqueworllnp£1e; and not of RcltgtOus.Foe hts office wa. to kneeledowne in the temple, that the K•ngmlghtlcanevp· on his fhoulder, when he worthipped the idol, And Naaman makes "pen protefiar10n,verf. 7-thatheewillwoethipno God but theGbd oflfrael. .. . Oiltersanfwer, and that moretmelv,lhat Naaman doeh acknowledgeit a J;one, to goe to the houfeof Rimmon, and thcrelorc hee craue~ pardon for ir at Gods hands. tw1ce to· guhcr,~·erf.1~.and wirhaH makes a vowe,rhat hcewJ!l rilencttOnbotf,·r,nc:irher burntotfe· i'mg,n01 fat.nticc,roanyother God,fa'tJeonfy 10. t11eL~ro:anohct<llnt<l EJ.thaanll•ercth, 6'oeinpt11Cf• Yer further it is anfwercd, that Nairnan reque(lerh eh< Pwphcr eo pray for him, that hce mtght bc:econttant in the feruice of rhe true God. And (incafcliec weredrawnca– gallll1 his pu!J>.<>fe, by humane frailtie, to ·bow againe betore R'mmon,with his King~} tllar the Lotd in mercie ,.·ould pardon his oltencc. And ed tills the Prophet yeelderh faying, q.,inpeace,:Astl heflJould fay, Gee ro; l wtll pray for thee eottJis endc and purH z fO~
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