[afes of Conjcience. 3· Booke. u:=rcommon andfupcrfluousoutward '-'·[~.As A forthattext, Ro1n. '3· s. ltisto bevnder– llood forconfciencefake,not ofthe law ofthe 1\hgi!lrate,butofthe Jaw ofGod that bindes vs to obey the Magi(\rateolaw. Obiett. II. Therewasblood,andthings llrangled forbidden,in the counceli at l<rufa– lem,after Chrills afcenfion,ACl. r 5.20, A••(.lr was forbidden oneJy in regard ofoffence, and vpon aiu!i caufe in himfclfe, (all the former caurionsobfcrucd) eatcs the !hew-brcaCJ, 14 nd finnesnor;becau!ehis confcicnce was freem thelc things, and thereforeDauids eatingwas not againll the Law, but only befide the law. II. ~eUion. roratim•. roJongasrheweakelewremained How we mav rif1htl" 'lJ'e weake,notm rcgardofconfclence.And thcr- '/ o ::.1' 'J' foteafrerwatdPatilfaies,rhatallthings, euen meatef & Jrin/,es iu fuL·h fort bloodirfelfewaslawfull, thoughuotexpedi· . '\:: > I' '1' cntinregardoffcandaiJ,I.Cor.G.u.Andto 4f OUr eattngma; be to qoJs thepur~,llfltbm,gsdrt:purt>.Tit.I,I$. l . J , . ? O b•ecl.I II. Pap>lls make lawes,in which B g OJY ,anq OUr O'Wne ·eom Ort! tbcyforbidfome meates, ·only to rdlraine concup>lcencc.A•(. Thcn rh'y Jhould forbid wine,~swcll as fieOJ;for wine,fpices,andfome kinds offiih,which tl!ey pcrmlt,areofgrearer force to JhrrevpJuU,rhen thc vfeof flclh.And hence i[ is)rhat SainrPaul exhorts men nor to be drunkcwith winc,whcrein is excetfe; Eph. s. 1'8. Againc, Janfwcr,rhat luU may be re– Clrained·bycxhortatio~ to temperance, with-_ out prohibitoric !awes for the obligatio~ of the cor:fciencc, which arc flat :1gainit Chn!h~ an libertie. Vpon this anfwer afurther ~ellion may be made. Tf/;;cthcra nunmaJ~vith goad Ciit:{cimce l~tc C fi¥/h al tWnrs(orbiddrn! ArJ[. Therearc rwokinds ofcaring; eating againll the L11v,and beGdes rho Law. Eating agamll the Jaw IS, When a man cares and by eJting. hinders the end of the Iaw,c~mcmnestheauthoritie of the Jaw-ma· ker,fruJlrates the law it fcJf.c, and withall, by his eating, giuesoccaGonro other to doethe fame. This eating is a Rat finne againJl the fiftcommaundcmen~. For ir ts nccelfarie,that the MagiJlrates!awes010uld be obeyed in all tbingslawfull. Heb.IJ.I7. ThemaJlerand rhe parcnr,mu!! be obeyed in al lawful things, much more the !Awes ofMagiJlrates. Eating bcfidethclaw, is, when a man eats that, which the law menuoneth and torbid– deth,but not hurringthelaw.And that a man D may thus care, fundry...cautfons are.to be ob– ferued.I.This ear~ng rnuti bcvpon mti caufe inamansownefelfe. If. ItmuU be without contempt ofthelaw-maker, and withaloyall minde. IIJ. It mull be without giuing of– fenceroany,by his bad example. I V. When itdorh not hinder rbc maineend of the la IV. V. When the eater dorh fubicCl himfclfe to tbe pen.altic, voluntarily and_wilhn~l~.. In thiscatino th~re isno breach m conlc!ence, neither is it a finnc, tocaterhatwhich the law forbidderh. For man harh free Jibertie, in - confcience~ toeate that which !Jcdoth cate. Now ifhevfe bis liberty, and hmt nolaw,ob– fCruing the(c cautions, his~aring is no finr.e. For examplc.lt wasGodsJa,lr·,thatrhcpricl1s onlv J10uld eote the fheiV-bread. Now Dauid d•f. That we may fo doe,lome things are to bedonebefore wecate,fome ineauno, and fame aft<Zr our eating. b SrE!. 1, . ~hethingthatistobccionc 6ifon P71ir tA~ Whadsrc. tmg,1s rheconfccrationofthe food,that is, the qui,~d he .. Blcilingof the meates which we are to care, fore we ear. 1.T1m.4 5.Eutr]crclltl1rtofGodis{an[lifiedbJ thmord•fG;d, andprnyer. By fanL'lificarion thcrc,is not meant chat, whereby we arefan~ Clifiedby the holy Gho!tncirher rhar,whcre- · by thebread and the wine is hallowed in the Sacramentofthefupper. But it is this; when wcareatfured, that che creature is made fa free, and Jawtull tovs, in rcfpeCl ofour vfe, that we may care it freely,and withgoodcon.. fcicnce. ByzhrwordofGod, Paul n1eanesthe wordofcreation,menrioncd inGcn.t .z8.2.9. and repeated, Gen. 9· 3· ~sal(o the word of God touching the Jibcrtie of con(cieoce, nameiy,that Nth~purenOthingsArepure. Ttt.l. 15.lt is further added,andprayn-,rhari~,praier grounded vpon thefaidword ofcreation, and thedoctrine touchingChriflianJiberry;wherbywe pray for gracetoGod,thatwemay vfe the creatures holily to hisgloric. Thercalons, why rhisfanClification ofour mear<is to bevfed,are thefe. Firfl,thatin the vie ofir, we may lift vpour hearts vntoGod, and bythis meanes,put adifference betweene our fclues and the brurebeafls,which run, vp– on thecreaturcs,withoutl:mClifyingofthem. Secondly,rhatwe may bcadmonifl1e'd there– by,tmichingthe title wehauc torhecreaturcs, which bceing loll by the fall of Adam, isre– flored vnro \'S againe by Chrill.Thirdly,that it may be anafTured rellimonieroourhearts, that •·e may vfe the creature wirh liberty of confcience,when we doevfcit. Fourrhly,that we may be fanClified to the v(c of the crca– turc,as it is fanCtlfied ro v~,to theend, that we may vfc it with temperance, and nor abufc it. Fifriy,that when we vfe rhe creature, we may depend on God for the bleiling ofit,to make it our nouriflnnent.For no creature can nou· rifl1 ofit felfe, but by Gods commandement, whoasDauidlaith,P(a/,145'· 16. Opmcrhhio ha•d,andfi!Jrzha/things fiRing•fhiogo.dp'l._•f•re, And
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