z.Booke. Cafes ofConjcience. waswithinthi! cggc, and within the£hcll. It therefore wu fame other wondcrfull pow– er and wilcdome that madCir·, ahd· bruughr it forth, that furpatfeth the power of acreatureA.oaine, JetvSConfider thegenerationof the lilkc-worrne, one of the leatl of the creatures, and from 1t wee haue a notable dcmorifln.tion of a diuinc prouidcnce. This li!!Ie warme at the firt1, is but a finall fecdc, like vnto lin-feede: the fame fmall [cede breedethit and bringeth it foorth,The worme brougbt tOorth, and growing to fame biggenctie, or length weaues the lilke; hauing wouen the filke, it windes it fclfe within it, :u it were in a !hell: and there hauing lodged for a time, it concO(_uerh a creature of another forme, which ~cc· ing within a 010rc fpace perfected, brca– keth the fi1ell , and corumeth foortl: a flie, The fame flie, like a dutifull crea– ture, bringeth forth rhc feede agaioc, and A more, to whomc is it a witnclfe: Neither to men, nor to .angels :for it is vnpotlib_le that any man or angel, lhould either hcare the voice of confcJence, or receme the te· f!imonie thereof, or yet difceme what is in the heart of man, Hereupon itfollowes, that there is a fubflance , :moll wife, moll powerfull, moll holy, that fccth and knowecb aU thingcs, to whomc. COJlfcicnc~ bearcth record: and that is God hiin• fclfe, [ocontinues the kinde thereof from yearc to yeare. Heere let it bee rcmembred, that theflie hauing once brought forth the feede, lcaues And touching the iudgcment ofconfci– ence;Jct amancorntniltcanytrefp.tffc or of– fence, though it beedone in fCcrer, and con– cealed from the knowledge of any per· fan liuing: yet Confcience, that knowcth B it, will accufe him, terrific him, cite htm before God, and giue him no rcfl. What, or where is the re~(on i manknowethnor the rrefpatfe committed : and if there b.ee no God, whomc f!JaJI bee fearc? and yet hec fcarcth, This al(o necetfanly proouctlr, that there is a iut1 and mightie God, that will take vengeance vpon htm for his iinne. it, and dieth immediately: and yet thefeede it felfe, though cxpofed to winde and wea– ther, and v!!erly negleC\cd of man, or any creacurc, at a certaine time within fewmo– nerh becomes a wormo. When:e lhould all this procccde, but from a Creatour in– finitely powerfull and wife, who by his ad- C mirable power and prouidcnce, difpcnfcth life, becing, and propagation, euen to the leaf! thmscs in their particular forts and kindcs1 Ili. The third foot of Arguments fi'Om the light of nature, arc taken from the foule of man. The foulc is endued with excellent gifrcs of vnderllanding and rcafon. The vndctflanding bath in it from the beginning certaine principles, wh~reby it knoweth and difccrnoth both good and badde, things that arc to bee done, and thingsthat aro tobee left vndone, Now man cannot hauc this gift to difccrne be– tiV,CCI\C good and cull!, of, or from him– felfe: but it mut1 needes procccdc from D another c:~.ufe, which is, power, w1fedomc, and vndcrflanding it fe[fc : and that is God. · · Againe,thc confcience, another gift oftht rdu!cofman, bath in it twoprinctpallacti– ' ons; tct:lmwnte, and·iudgcmant : by both whtch thctruth in hand is euidendy confir· mcd. Touching the tefHmonie of confcience · let it bee dcmaonded of theAt\lctil,wh<re– of doth confcienc beeare witndfc? Hec can– not denie, but ofhis particular aCiions, I askc then, againft wbome, or wuh whomc dmh it gmc tcflimonie? The anliver will ca– uly bee made' by the heart of any man' tl~•with, or againll himfdfe. FurtherI V. •The fourth argument which .is, from nature, is rhis: There is a ground or. principle which is written in . cucry mans heart in the world, none exceptad, that,thecc ts a God. Renfuns for proofc hereof may be thefe: : - Firt1, the Gentiles worU1ipping idols. made of flockcs and llones, 'Ooc acknow– ledge bcr.cinthus much. that tbercis ~forucrhing whereunto honour and fcruice is due~ for man by nature is proud,.and will ne· ucr yeeld to bowc the knee•of·his•bodie be-, fore a·flocke or a flone to ado•e it, vnlct!c; h•e thinke and acknowledge·, that there is in then; a dmir.e•powcr, beltcr·thcn him-· felfe. Socbndly, !he oath that is taken for con· firmation, which-is commonly rearmed the atfertorieoath, is vfed inaiJ.countreycs, And it is forthe mot1·part, gene~ally. taken:o lbe alawfu11nrcanes·ot confirmtng amans worU, when it is bound by the oath takcn. ·lacob and Lah,m IJC~ing to make a.'couemtnr, la-; coi:..Civoareth b)l'the true God, La ban by. his falfe gods, and bythatbothwerebound to !land to rbeir :~.grecmenti and"not to gac· backc; rhcrofbrc neither of•rheril did, Or 1 ·durfl brcakc rheiF oath, And amono the Gentiles th<llnfclues there ar<l'.Vcry"fcwe or none to' .bee found , tha~ wtll falfifi~' rheir word giuen and auowe'd Gy atl oath ! Whereupon 1t 'is a clca~e cafe, that they' acknowledged'AGodhead, which kno•·eth' and <lifcernelfi their hearts, yea, that know– erh the trmh, :fnd call, and will pl•guc ~h.em for their di(gracing the·truth by lymg. ·:1· Thirdly, 1vee1arc not light-ly to palfe o– uer the vfualhcarmcs andordinariefpeech of all nations, who are~voq_n·r vpon occa~ E ,------fion
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