1.. Bo()ke. Cafe I ofConfcience. 101 thereOf, rhey (pared not thm owne bodres, /A th•twnhruugh hupuHmie might b,.maderich, Col.:. : 3 .Andlrkevmorhat,isrhc practrfe >.Cor.8.9. . . ofruePoplfh Votams, whrch renderh ro the F•frly,rheyalleadge;rhat the Drfcrples for· rwoo and ouetthrow ofnarure & hfcJt felfe. f.-k! •11, and lrued 1n pouemc; and their ex' Thefebe thereafom. In the next place,we ample is propounded for our imitation, An[. artt<>•onlider the Allegationsthat arccomThey for!ookeallindeede,yerhow /notfor •· monlymade,inthe fauour and defence ofPo· ucr, but fur • time; and thatnot 67 v•we, but pia• Vowes. · oncly inaffemound difPofitiunof their hearts. And fir£! it is obiected: In the Old T e'fla. For after theyhadforlakenal!,wee rcade,thar mcnt, Vowes were a parr ofGods wor!hip, they came to thezr ncttcs and boates againe; rhcrforerhcy arc (o robe holden inrheNew. Ioh.11.3. Againc, the Apo11lePaulfpeakes .dn(. Thereu greatdifference betwcnethem. of himfdfeand the refl;when hee farrh,ffane For.firU, thoy had their warrant outofGods wrenot pu'tPertoltadr66ont awife6e.ing •fift"? word: rhefehauenot fo,nay ,there be exprc!fe r.Cor.9·:5'· By which it isplaine, rhac 1hey 1dlimoniei of Scriplure again£! rhefe vowcs put no1away I heir wines, Secondly,in 1heir Vowes, there was alwai« B Sixtly,Mat.<9.: I .Iftho:milt!Jtprifeil(Caitq righ1referued ro!uperiours,10reuerfe them, . Chri!l to rhe young man)goe feU 4JI•h•1 thou rfrhey liked them nor. BurinMona!licaiJ. hAj/,,.ndgiuttorhepom,&thunf!,mtb4Hetreavowes, all right is taken from fupcriours.For jure inhc11uen, ;md~omea,Jdfollow mu. Here children are permitted to v01•e, and their (fa•thlhePapi!l)ourS<uiour prcfcribesper· promifes mull flandagain!lparents confent. petuall pouertic,by e~preifccounfcll, And wiucs (according 10 Popi!h doClrinc..) Anfw. Thewordsarcnocounfdl, but a fpemay vowagain£!1heexpre!Teconfent of I heir ciall Com,wmdrmentof triaU, directed to this husbands. youngman.Andthe end ofil was,ro difcouer Thirdly,they were HOt perperual!,bu1c.avnro him his fecrer pride and hypocrifie, in fed with 1he cerernoniall Jaw: But thefe are that he boailed,tharhehad keptall the corn· fuppofed 10 haue a perpe1uallequity, that maunderuents,whcnasindeedeheeknewnor mu!! continue 111l1heend ofthe world. what they meaned, Sccond!y,lheyallcadgethat which is writ· La9ly, 1hcyobicc!t the exampleof the Rereo, Manh. 19. u. Some hant?>l6de themfelun cabites, who according to the commaunde• chaflef.rrhe k.!n;;dome ofheAH<n. Anfwer, The C ment of their father Ionadab, would drinke meaning of the text is not, that fomt haue no wine, nor dwell in houfes, nor build, nor vowed fingle life,but thatthere are fome,who plant, nor fowe, Icr.3s. 8,9>10. and the Lord being a!Tured 1hat they haue thegift ofconti· approoue1h theirpractiCe. An[, They d1d onenc•e,vpon that gifr, do endeauouuo mainbey their fathers commaund in rhefe things, tame rheirprefenr e!late,that fo they may the as beeing tbingr indiffrrent, but not as p•rtt bwer fcrueGod,and aduance his.kingdome, •f Gods worfl"Pf' in the doing whereof they both in them(elues and others. placed Religion, And rbey obeyed it care• Thirdlt, they obiec!t J.Tim.;.u. ~>here fully,forrhisend,tbattheymigfirinurethem· Paul fpeaks of certaincyoung women,which felues vnro hardfl1ippe. Secondly, this their h""' dam•ati,n, 6ewif• the; hatu brok_en their obedrence .touching 1hefe things, !loodnot 1 ftrf/ f•ith; 1har is, (as they interpret it) 1heir by any vowe,muchlelfe was il perpetual!.For vow of tingle life. A•(wer, The words are then they Owuld haueobferucd all the thitigs notto be vnder!lood of the faith ofthevow; which they vowed, equally , whichthey did but either ·of that faith and promife, which not; forrhey difpenfed with iheirfathers vowao. ruade to God in their B•ptifrue,or the lunraryiniunctionfor dwellinginTenrs 1 and fa11h and promifeof feruic<and.relecfetobe a. wereade, ve1f. J1. Thqca"''"'P·for ft•.eof performed-to the poore; and for the breach D tht Chald<An.<,that mrein theland, and J,.eft •t ofeither of rhefe,they may befaid toincurre /eruf•lem. damnation. And fo much touching Popi!h Vowe,, Fourthly, they fay Chri£1 himfelfe was a whereof to conclude, thismay bdaid: Thar begger,aodthereforewhymay not\\CC alfo they area!!, but a meere wil! wor!hip, ilan· bebcggm/ An[. ThoughChritlwaspoore, ding vpon no ground or warrant of Gods yet was hec no begger. For he kept afamilic, word,and therefore of no force ro binde the and had atreafure: Judas was the ileward of confciences of men, bur arc to beeholden as his familie, and bare1he bagge, lob. 13.29· they arein trutb,wicked and abhominable. Againc,therc is mentaon madeof1oo.pence, lob. 6, 7· which inlikeliho<>dwasin the bag thatludas kept: yea,of1he money which he had,theDifciplesarefaid ro buy meatc,Ioh. C.HA P. XV. • 4.8. And though it IVcre granted,that Chrilt was a boggcr, yet it followes not, that wee Of FA/ling. OJOuid b·efo. For his poumie was expiatory, andparr of hisfufferings. So faith theApoTHe cighc Head of the outward wor!hip l m~, Hee bceing rich~ for OHt' fak!s btc4me poort, of God;is falling. ' I 3 By
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