OBc:mbe, <jtl. 0tU11l no!~ispro· fuirf.1..ula tfhde Chnfio' 4-16 Jl [ommentarie l'pon Chap.6. 1 I wm•eti.: thcfpft:chat PopeLfothe tench, ro A ther l1keSal~mons temple, whofe wmdowes / Ca'rdinall Bcmb,u:O Bembw.,.,.,hat rtchnhaHI werelargerwtthln rhenwithour, and not Jike "''!!.""'"bJthwftn<f.tbleoflcfr" ChriP/Byrhis the glow-worme, making a fmc glittering wee are contrarily admonlntcd, to praClife /hew ofrhat which we hauc not. 'thatwcprofetlc: thcMI!llfler,ofrheword, . 14. B?tCJodforbidthAtlfo•uldgloric,f••• efpeci:alJy,ought verf111 verltreinopera, (as /e.. · m the croJlt: ofourL~d /e[H.J Chrifl, wherePJ the romefpeakcth) that IS, to turne words into lPtnld iscructjied tofite, •nd I vntatheworld. workes,thatrheir l1uesmay bereall Sermons In thefewords Pau/comesco rheReddition torhcpeoplc: fur ()ther<v!(c <hey pull downe ofthe diffimilirudebetwixt him and thefalte wirh one hand, as fail as they build "ithanoApo£llcs,his glorying and rheirs.In 1hem we rh:r. Lcrvsconfider how Pttcrsbad exammay confide•· two gcnerall poims•.FirO, plc,is faid tohauacompellcd the Gentiles to wherein he would not glorie, in nothing fau~ l!ueas tbclewes.Gol.z. 14.For actions abide, m,&c, Secondly,rhethtog•·hewn he "'ould &arc ofiorce,when word, patfcas thcwindc. glori:, lnthecroffcof(hrtfl, whereofbercn. Mor~ouer, vpon this dcpendcth another ders a rcafon in the words following, taken propcnieof fcducers, which is, to fer a faire from the effects which rhecroffe wrour.lu in glotf~vpon the matter I &. to make the world B him,For,6ytt,t/u w~rld Wl/4 cruc'ljied to n;::n,,m4 bclceue, they docd cfe and rheletbingj, for hevnro rhfwor!d. (uch and {uch endcs (os tbcfefalfc teachers For the firO:Tog/orir:implicsthree things. did,pretcndingreligion and con!Cicnce, bur F1rlt,ro reioyce,exult,and triumph in a mans mtcnd.mgfreedome from the crotTe, & rbe1r Ce!fc}in regardoffomc good thing, or fame owncvaineglone) whereas thcymcanenofuppofed good. Secondly, to bcwray this thingJelTc:hkcHerod,wbo made f11ewofwor· great c:wltar1on, by.fpc<"ch, or adion, or tltipping Chrill, when his·purpofe was to borh. Tlmdly,byboallmgofn,to lookefor hauedellroye~ him.Marrh.•.This property pra1fe andapplaufc ofmen: wfach glorying an.::JpraCl:ifeis,and hath bcenevfuall , fpcci· (according to the natureol theobicct, &. rhe ally m rbeCburchot Rome. For generally, end)ioeilhergoodor eu!IJ. For if 1t bauea they would h:wctbcworldhdceue, rhat the r1ght obietl,nameJy,rhecroj[eDfCJmff:!dnd a Popes: triple crowne, and H1crarchie of that right cnd 1 rheglory ofq8d,it is good; orherWlle Sea, is for the maintenance and defence of 1t is eUIIJ:fucli as wasrhis glorying oftbcfall• the G<'fpcl:whcrc.s all the wmld knowcs,it" Apo1lles,& all othercarnall glorying,which onely eo kecf>e their kitchins hone, to vp~ IH10tin the Lord: for it is nothmg els but I hold their Perfian pompe,and ambttiousry- C vain•gl.ric: Vaind fay,firO, in regard of the I r.zonie. Pawcularly, thtrebec twopof,ucke things wherein men glon~ ,which are either pratli(es oftheirs, whiCh proouerhe pomr m ft•ch os are o'>r,aswhcn man boaUerh nfthat hand.F~rfi ,it is well knowne,that Popes haue whKh he harh not,bur weold feeme to boue: neucrceafed frou-.r1mc to rime, ro fol11c1te or fi.1ch os ht!' h~thnot of himfelfc,J.Cor.4.7.' ! rhePrinces ofE11rop~. to maintaine the hoJy or fuch ashaoe nocontinuance,bur:uc ~ran. warre(as they call it) pretending the recoueliconc and f.1dmg, as all earthly things arc, ric of1bcholy land, out of rite hand of the feemg man himfelfe is but M g'"•ff•, ••d .11 Turkcs,and Saracms: when a£(at leaH in rhe tb.-glori~ofnt~~n, but a1 the foure tllht fi,/d. bcg•nmng)<hey intended nothtpgletlc, but !fay 40.6. Secondly, it isv•inc in regard of that by rh IS meanes they m1ghr lcrritc Eat[ man,tfom whomewe!coke for glorie, and and Weft together by thecares, wh1fll the:r admw;jrion ,fecinghis iudgtrnent is crrone- .played rhm parrsat home 111 Iraly, Thdeous.Thircily,in regard oftheend,in notr efer1 cond,h the1rShnft)or auricular ConfetlJOn, rn~g 1t to tbcma1ncandprop_<l'r ~od,tbcgloty wh1ch they praCl•(cforrhis end (a• they fay) of God, and·the good of l11s Church. The that they may pacifiedi1lretfed Confciences, Prophet r<duceth all thofe thmgs, where;n by abfoluiug rhem of their finnes: whoa as D we ou£ht notto glorie,.tothree heads: wife· Irite rruth is, they fir!l brought it into the domc,f/rmgth,,chcs: all which wehauerecel- 1"·9'3· I Church, and doe OJI!conrinueit, in a poliued, and therefore cught not .to boaO of I ricke re[pctl, asbecmg theoncly way 111 the rhem. In particular, W1fcdome1snot to bee woriJ 10 know all rhefccret purpofc•, plots, gloned in,feeingit is very defrdme, whether poll•c•es, and prachfes, that are enher in wefpeake of fpeculariuew•fedome, Uanding I Churcb,orCommonwealth. 10 contctnplaticn,or praB:JcaJI,confi£l1~g m VVc are rhercfore here admonifhed to ,a,on:For in arres andfc~<nces,as alfo 10 <he take hccdeofditfcmbhng, in making Chr1· {e'crer.c:ofnature~ our 1gn0rance IS greater filamrie acloak..:: of impictic, or to pretend theour knowledge. He that knowesnorhmg_ oneth1ng,.and 1ntcmd another,JJkethe heart in thefe rhi11gs, Jet him reade the book~ ot poinrmg vpward,ond poifing dowm•ard; for /ob,chap. z8.and 57.and 38. And as fonVJfethat wil beafarre(owlcrfofa:cifm~ thl"n tbat dome !0 dininc things, JIPek...n~wnDthmg ~ )l'C f u b1chtheheathen commmcdWith his Oand, oH~ht rokno,t~.J Cor.8.z.Forffltk_ngr. 6mmpt1rt, inp;,inlmgrobeaucn, whenhefpakeof rhc ••dfccb•t"'inaglajfo,dar~'IJ, I.Cor.IJ, u. earth.Bur let vs a!way lahourfor nocerity,to And as for praCbcall WJ[cdo_me' Oamhngm bear lraH rhar wh1ch we preren~t to be nr r3po!ic1e.. it ;'ilnot c-lciTionnr~uue. but meerely
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