Contraries Tcflimo• nics. 56 Cafes of Conjcience. l.. BooJ(e. r bur were dirctled by the wi(cdomc of rhcfpi· A youngchildren,of tire miuclcs ofChrill , of ritofGod. rhedcarh ofHerod, Agrippa, andfuchbke. ) S•ff. 5· And rhcfe werake for true in humancllouer; Thefifrreafon is drawne from the Con· much more then ought we ro doe it in the trarico. The Dmell and wicked men, are in word ofGod. rudgemenr and difpoGrion, as conrrarie to The third reOimonie is, ofMiracles. Th~ Swprure,as light ro·darkenc!Ic. I proouc it dodrme ofScriprure wasconfirmed by mirarhu•, Let a man rcade any booke of Philofodes,wrought by the teachers rh'ereot;rhe Pro• phie, and labour to be rcfolued of any one phers and Apofilcs ,•aboue all power and pmnttherein, hcHtall neuer be tempted to llrengrh ofnature,and (uch as the Dmellcan infidelirie. But tf the fame man, reade the nor counterfeit; auhe l!aying of thefunne, bookes ofScripture, & labourtovnderfland raiuogofrhe dead,&c. them;hefhal haue within bimfclfe,maoy moThe fourth isthe refiunonie of the Holy tions and temptations, not to belccueand O· Gho!l, which is the argument of all argu. bey it. Now what n>ould be the coufe thereof, ments, ro fetrle and refolue rhe Confctence, bllt rhatchefe bookes are the word of God, aod to leale vp thecertcotie of the word of which the Diueli laboureth to oppugn< with B God. might and matnc1 Ifany fhaliaske,how this rdlimonie ofthe Agatne, confi~erthe fame in the pradife Holy-Ghofl may be obrained,and bemgob· ofwrckcd men. TheywiJ not brooke the reraincd,hviVwe maydafcernt ir to be the rdli· bukcoftheir Gnr.es, namely, their ldolatrie, momeof the Holy GhoJI,andnotofman : I blafphcmie, and other notoraouscrimes by an{wer,bydoing t~M'Orhings. Scrtpture; butwdlfeekethe bleed and life of F~rfi, by roiigning our fduesto become him' chat fhali n~arpely taxe and r<prooue truly obedicotro the dotlrine raught.Ioh.7. them. And hence itwas,thatwickedKiogsfo 17. If•"} man mUdoe "'1 Fathm will, (faith perfecured rhcLords Prophcts.Yea further, Chrifl) hcfhall/z.n•,.•ftbcdoarin•"httlm lf b• let it i>e marked, rhattbefc wicked men that •fGod.Secondly,by praying vntoGodfor his arc tainted with tbc(c horrible crimes t and Spirir,roc~rtifie our confcienccs, rharthcdo~ cannotabide the word, norreachers thtreof dnnc reueilcd, is the doC!rino of God. At!,; tothe death, hauecommonly feartfull ends. (fatth our Sac~our Chnrt)andt1 fl;aUb, gi••• Now the oppoGrion ofSaran and wicked men , l"" :fuf<!. and]' /hallfind< :k.nD<i{f,awdit p,.ube tothe word, fhcwes rhe Scriptures to be a optn~dvr.toyoH.ForbethAttU/:.{th,rrctiHrtiJJMar. moll holy word,and indeed thevery wordof C 7.7,8.Againe,Y••r h•auenf]farhtr wiUgu~e rh• God. Hoiyqhojl,tDrhcmtbat d•firehim,Luk. J1.13, S.£1. 6. Aod,IfanJmanlack•wif'd•mc,/nhim.uk;irif Thefixt rcafon is taken from fundry tclliGod,whogiHtthtoaUmtnbhfraiiJ,tWdrrprochetb monies. nomRn,nndit {hallhrgirm1him,Iam. 1. 7. Firrt,ofholyMarryrs,inrheOidandNew s.a. 7· T ertamcnt,who hauegcuen theirJiues forrhe Now hauingfetdowne the proofes ofthis Obicdions maintenance of this ·word, and fealcd che point, before I comero the nexc ~ellion, :tgaiDll the: fame with their owne heam blood ;yea futfeCome fpecial O bietlionsagainll this dodrine Scriptures, red the moll horrible and exquifitetormenu, arero be anfwered, and refolucd. For there rhat rhe wit ofman could dcuife, and that haue not be<newanring in all ages, both Amoll palitnciy ond wtllmgly,not bemg daunthcifls,and others : who haue profeifcdly exred or dcfcNycd.The florces ofMartyrs 10 all cepted againfl it,andof fer purpofe haue vnages,confitme rlHS rrnch, efpeccally of chofe dcrtaken to call the written word ofGod into that futfcred before, m,and after therimcs of Q.tceflloo.Such w<re Cd(ut,LHcian,luli••,Pwtenne bloody pcrfecurions. And vnlelfechey phri•, Apdlu,andothers.Fromwhom<fome bad btenefupported by a diuineP?Wcr, in fo D oflarrerrimes hauiog receiued the poi(on of good a cau(c, they could muer, {o many of Atheifme,ond prophancneife, hauenotceathem,haue futfercd in fuch manner. fed as much as m rhem Jieth, to oppugne(uoThefccondis, thctcOunonicaodconfcot dry parrs aod portions of holy Scripture. of He.~hen mcn,who haue recorded thevery Their principalI rcafoos and exccprions,I famcrhiogs , arleall many of the principal! will propound,andanfwer one byooc. . . thara'e(et downe in che Bible. It this were And fi, a,rhey except againfl tharwhrrh IS nm!o,man !lJouJdhaue fame colourable ex· written, Gen,l,J6.wh~reir isf2id, Godm~tJr cuCc ofhis vnbeleefe.And [hrfc things which thr fonnflh( ftmrth d;~.y. Now, fay they, the they record, (\'ere not all taken our of the funncis the cau(e ofrheday; ;nd therefore Obiclt.J. Scriprurc,burwcre rcglllrcd to memorie by there could not be rllf~e d.lics, before the Hdlorfographcrs, rhat lmed in the times, funne •·as crearcd. conf1dermg tharrhe diet! wl>cchcy wercdone.Sucharethe fiorcesofthe Is nor bcforethe caufc, but the coufe before Crcatioo,a11d Flood,ofthc cowcr ofBabel,of che etfcd. rhe Arke, ofAbraham and his poiTcflions,of I aofwer,Firfi,we murt puta difference beCircumcifion, of the miracles of Mofcs, of r.•eeoecaufcaodcou(e, For ofcaufes,fome be the birth of Chri£1, and the flaughter of the rhe highcfi,fomefubordinatevnto theiJl:T~e bighell
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