'~.Pct,J . 1·4· Fruits of this t!Y.>ugh~. r Machauc.. lifme. . Apofbcic. i hGai.t.6. i ~~~~~-· tv.f.~a~n~s ~n~at~u-~~O~i~m~a=~~in~a=tr=·on~s~·~~~-- 463 pudonofthem, if ho wouldbee{aued 1 they A wherupon men wereconrcntcd ro ycc!J theare foolifhncJ vnr() hi :n.NicodemHi aofwcno felues to any Other rcl1gion, rather rhen to Cnrrfhnlk<th thiS plaine,/•h.~.<f·ellceming that umplicitico(trurh,which io inChr~f! Icreu.neration (with~ut wh1ch Chr1Ll (aid no fus. We now in England by God<fpeciall m~ncould enrcr into ehe ki11gdome of he;t. mercic,hold,and teach the word ofGod:but ucn)ro6t.tr1Hfuretumeintohisrmtherrwombe. if God Owuld altar our rclig10n With rhe and .a b1nh fromrhenceagaine. times, the grcate£1 parr of men among vs This wicked thought muLl bevnderLlood would forfakeihctrurh,&cleauetoanyother I ofthe law ofGoJ alfo 1 the heart of man by religion,and chatoneJyvpon thisground,bc· narmeiudgeth rhc threatnings of the law to cau(i: they iudge the Gofpel fooliihnes: Let be vnrrurhes,and fo foohfhnelfc: hence the any man amongvs broach an error, or hereLord by M•fis for~ad the people when they lie, and it 01all h•ueparronesat tHe firLl, be ir heard rhethreatnings and cor(es of the law neuer (o vile&abfurd, and proteC!ors afterdenounced againI! them, (•)Tobi<Jf'th<m1vard.Whenrhat bruti01 herefieofthef•milj r~t.us in their hc4r'li,{a;i"g' Wefoa!t harupeace: of!?flt, tookeOlipping in Germanic, &~riucd hereupon he denouncerh awoe to them that in England (though 1t bean opinion voydo deride IllS iudgemenrs threaroed ;and !ay, B common(enfe) yet it had applaufe amongLI ([) Let him ""k!fPude,ht himh.j/en hi& w.rk: vs,and was receiued ofmany,and would haue thatwemaJfo<it, &c. A• if they lhould fay., fpred it felfefurther, if the preaching of the we doenot beleeue rhatany fuch thmgsfball "'ord,with thecareofrhe MagiLlrarchad not come topa!Te:liketo the mockers of whome fuppre!Ted ir. And the reafon hereof is this; /'mr prophccieth, (g) J/Pbo w•lk!.fur thtir mans mmde by nature io full ofdarkne!Te; he /ufls and f•J, J/Jibm iJ the P''"''i' of hiJ comcannot withowt Gods fpeciall grace,percciue msng/ thethingsofGod, &foheiudgerhtheGofNow rhat this is a moLl damnable thought, pcl foolifbncs,& cmbraceth crror,rathcrthc may appeare by the curfed fruits thereof; fOr 1he truth, yea lauerh dt:ir~e~.rather thm thr firll,hencc arifeth thatdiuellifb and carnal! alight,becaufohid dmlesareeuiii,Ioh. 3·'9· . pinion offundrie tnen, that thinkcand hold ~or t~c examination of our hearts tOU· Exlmin:trrreligiontohe hut hum4'Up~ticic to k$epe mm tn chmg thiS bad thought; Afr:r due ttiall wee on for this awc.andfovfeit asapoltticke dcuice to exer. 0Ja.li6nd, that theminds of moCl: among vs thought. cife mensbraines to keepethem from fcdiriare poiTelfed hcrewith:forweareindecd conon,rrechorie,and rebellion: Sccondly,hence " rentrocomeintothc a!Temblies where God fpriog.alf Apoflacy,and departing from the V isworlhipped , and we doefubmir our fduco fairh: ThcGalarians wore aworrhy Church to rhe miniLlcry ofthe word to be taught and planted by the ApoOie Paul, yet euco in his inLlruClcd:Therein we haue oar Ol\'ilC perfo' time they began ro fall away roanothcrGof. nalllioncs difplaid,aodreproued,and withall pell,which made him to marucll;and tbereaveryfearcfull &terrible curfes oft belaw dcfon was this, (h)Thq wer#not contented with nounccdagainll vs forthefamc,bothiudgethatfim?liciti~ . which Uin Chriff, butwouJd menu in tl1isl1fe,iudgemenrs in de~rh,&alfO ioynewith him,rheobferuarionof legal! ce· iudgements etcrnall after rhiolife: Now ler remonies. T he like we may fay of thofe fathe confcienceanfwer,whar isrhecaufewhen mouoEa!lerne Churches ao thofe feauen we heltetheferhings,rhatwebenot mooued, Churches ofAoa, planted bythe Apof!les 1 whyare nor our hearts touched with gricfe wh'erem the truth flouriOJed for a while, but andfadne!fe,whcn~·chcareGodsiudgments notlongafterthe ApoLIIestimes they fell in· duevntovs for our flnncs daily denounced to many damnable hcrefies, as Artianifmc, againfi vs~ Some indeCde there bee whofe and fuch hke.Yea about fixe hundred yeares heartHrea1ble arthe word, bur (mall isthat after Chritl,they embraced rhe damnable renumber.Ifa maa runne through the llreeres, ligionofMahom<t. In the WeLl parts alfo, D andcrie6re,fire,our hearrsarefoddeolyLlriwereworrhie,and famous Churches planted ken wirhgreat fearc:butthcMimller Ll God by the Apo!lles, and their fucce!Tors, as iA may Lland andcriefir<, fire, the fire of hell Iralie, France, Germanic, Spaioe, andEngwhich i•(i)kjoJ/,dbytht.6reath •f th<Lord/ikf •Ifay.;o-JJ land, who·aboutthefamerime of uxe hun· • riu.rof Brim~'"'' asrhe Prophetfpeakcth, dred ycares atrer Chri(t, fell to Papi(me, and yet mens hearts are nothing mooucd: which fprcad it fdfe ouer all Europe and furwhar is thecaufcrhat welhould be fo al!eC!ed rher (f01nc few Churches of Greece excepwirh the burning ofan old houfe by rempored.) In which religion men abandon the rail fire , and bee not afraid at rhe voiceo Gofpell ofChri(!, and bctake themfelues to God, which· proclaimerh vnto vs eternal! another Gofpell, by adioyning to the truth burning with rhe fire of Gods wrath?Surely ofChriLl,theirowne deuices: And this Pathecaufc isthis,our harts arcforeflallcd with pif111e)hath raigncdeucr fince,til now oflate, this ~al.f~im~gination,rhat thecurfesofthdaw and fo hath ApoLiacie taken place in thofe •refoolijbnes, & rhartherc be no!i1ch rormcts Churchcswh1ch the Apollles planted; The as the word dcnounceth;Ir will nor unke into caufe whereof was in the wicked and fin full the heart ofan>rurall man that hislinsarefo heart ofman,iudging the Gofpell foolilhnes, heinous, and Gods iudgements fo tcrribl< Q.; 4 agoinll J ..
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