- - Chap.6. the Epi~le to the (jalatianJ. . 415 \ trouble their guilticconfciences. And what A chers.The fidl is,tocomprllmmtoth"bfcrrring) (I befeechyou) I! the rea(on why thofe that ofthat, which th'7will not obfcrtu themfrlueJ m.,ke confcience oflirmcJ are fa maligned of For thus rhc[e feducers vrged theccrcmomR the wicked ,vorld, & brat!ded with the blacke all law. Re[emblinf: herein the Scribes •nd oam~s 0 ( P~tritarJu and Pr:cifi>ini, but this, PhariGes,who bound h'AHJ lmrdmtandgrwm1-J which our S.tuiour Chriil giueth, Ioh .15. 9· to6c born:,audlaidthem emmmrfboulden,wherBec.tufetbq 4Yt nrJt of the w'lY'ld, th~refoYe the .u thqthemfciuet would not mooue themwitbonc wor!dh.rrththrm I Now all this commcth to ofth<irftwgm. Matth. 23·4- The Popes,and palfc, by rea(on of that enmity which God Prelates ofthe Romi01 Clmrch, ace notori· harh put betWIXt the womao,and cheferpenr; ous in th1s k1nd, in vrgiug men tomakccoa. hisfeede,and her feed. Gen.3. 15. fcience of that, which they them[clues will Thisteacherh vs, fidl, that we lhould {u[. nor keepe,to pracbCe that,which theywil not peel oor {dues, that our hearts are not performe, and to beleeuethat, which they found, nor our pract1fe fincere, when all councfal[e,andfabulous.Forfirll,thcy£!nctmenfpeake well of vs: for <rue profeffion is w requireregul« obedience to bee perfor· alwates accompanied with perlCcution. flflot B med eftheirncUices, and orhers, to the!r gehetoyou, when agmcn (Juak;wellofJor•, Luk. neralsorgouernours, fpeciallycothe V1car <>.:<>. ' ofChrill,and SeeofRomc;whereasthoywtll Secondly,that we mull not be difcouraged not be fubicct to rhe higher powers as they in ourprofdfion, though there be neuerCo ought,Rom.a 3.ver.1.norobedient tog<?uerm3.nythatm1ke oppo!itioo, or Co rnighric nours)as it is required, 1. Per.1. J ),.'4· Nay, that raifc perfccucion again(f vs. Though their prad1fe is noronous in rhefc foure par· I they reil vs as they did Paul, Act.zS.u. Con· ticulars.Fir£l,m freeingchi!Jren r·rom obcdi· ccrningthi&fo/J,wek.._nowtha~tHtrJ whtrriti&j}o· enc~ to thei~parCu. S~condir,tn cxcmp~in~ /zenagainfl:or take V3 vpWlthNicodcmUJ.Ioh. rhetr JhaucJmgsfrom tub1edton to thec1~.uJJ 7·5:. Artth•u alfoofGaliM[earch andlook_r,for Magi£!rate.Thirdly,in freeing fubiet!s from outofGalilc arifuhno Prophet. In thelc blalls their oath ofa!lcagcitce rothm Spueraigncs. and llormes of temptations, wee ought to And la!lly,by aduancing that mnn offinnc arnaketbat faying of Chrill our anker hold, boueall that is called God, or worOHppcd, Blrf!rduhu th.ri4 notoffendedin me. Matth. and giuing him powerto depo[e Prince•, to 11. 6. di[pofeofcrowncs andkiogdomcs, andt~ Lalily, th•twc thinkeitnot llrangewhen C impofelaweswhich ll~all properly bindethe we tind affliction, ormeetewith pcrfecution. confcicnce5 yea to tread Kmgs and EmpcJ.Pct.4.ll,IJ. rours vnder his fcJJte, and caufc thcmJ1ke 1 3· F1rthqwhich arecircumci[ed,k_upr not valfalsto hold hiS £lirrop. Againe,thcy comthr Law,but defraohaue J•ucircumcifrd, that pell others to fall, cfpwally in Lent, wl1co theym~btglori~inyor~rflc/h. . . as they in thcmcanc rime fCafi;~heir faH bee~ Her et heApo(!Je prcucnteth an obtetll· ing to eate fall,and drinkc fall, 10 morrifying on,which might be made againll his !ormer the Rcih with their Indian capons, and pea· condufion, v. 1 z. For it m1ght be(aid, PIUil cocks)and char vpongood fridayjwherca.sco did themwrong inOanderingthem, to vrge eatcwhite-meatesvpon that day, lhould be \circ.umcifion only becau(e they would au01d in othersa mortall finne. Furrhcr,thcyboare per[ecution,whenas they did it,as zealous ob· the poote people in hand that Indulgences (ecucrs ofthe Law. To this he anfwereth ne. aremeanes to remit tins; and that thotc that gatiucly, that whatfocuer they did pretend, are excommunicated by the Pope arc in a they intended no fuch thing. And he proodamnable cllate:whcras many ofthe, accoiit ueth h.i! former a.!Ttrtion, by two arguments, Popes bulls to be but bull~t, meere triHcs,and and w1thalldefcrabeth thcfalfe Apo!lles by D [uch as buyrhem,£larke fooles; witnelferhe twootherproperties.Hisfir!lrea(onmaybe [peech of the Duke of Palrr.ce, ballard ro framedthus:lftheydidvrgecircumcifionos Pope Alex•ndrr the fixe, who hauing lo(l beemgzealous of the Law, and hamng con.. certaine thoufand crowncs, at q ehrowa: rh<: fcience ofthcob[cruing thereof, they would dice;Tulh(faid he)rhefearebut rhe finncsof keepeitthem(e!ues,aswellascompellothers the qermnnJ, And that of Charlu the fifr to the keeping of it, But they keepe it not (rhowgh a fauourcr and maintaincr of the themfelucs. Therefore they vrge it not in Romanereligion)who, bceing menaced by confc1cnce tohaue~toocyed, but for fame Pope Pa•lu;thethird, with excommunicati· finiller end.Thc[,cond reafon is this. They on,ifhc would notyceld vp Pf4Jfancdnro his that propound noother end to tbernfelucsin hands, let him vndcr£landby hi•Embalfav~gin.gcircumcifion , but vauntingandboadour,rhat he would thunder at s. Angdowirh !lmg 111 the HeOJ: they f<eke notthe obfcrua. his canons and artillerie if hewould needes tionoftheLaw: Bur rheCefeducers vrge cirbe thundering out his ~xcommunicarions. cnmciflon and othe< ceremonies, that they Lallly,they vrgeconfeffion ofPuroatorie almigbt glory in theRelli.Therfore they feeke mollasan arricleoffaith wherea~ fom; of not the ob[eruation ofthelaw. So that here thema~e fo farrc from belceuing ir, as that wee haue two orher properties of faltc tea• they thmke there ts neither heauen,nor bell; l Mm 4 wirn..::_le____ ..
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